1980 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1980. This was the 13th season of the NASL.

North American Soccer League 1980 season
Season1980
ChampionsNew York Cosmos
(4th title)
PremiersNew York Cosmos
(4th title) most total points
*Seattle Sounders
best Won/Loss record
Matches played384
Goals scored1,371 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgio Chinaglia
(32 goals)
Highest attendance70,312
(Ft. Lauderdale @ NY)
Lowest attendance254
(Memphis at New England)
Average attendance14,440
← 1979
1981 →

Overview

The league comprised 24 teams; for the only time in NASL history, the lineup of teams was identical to the year before, with no clubs joining or dropping out, franchise shifts or even name changes. The New York Cosmos defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the finals on September 21 to win the championship. For the third time in league history the team with the most wins (Seattle) did not win the regular season due to the NASL's system of awarding bonus points for goals scored.

Changes from the previous season

The 1980 season saw the regular season expand from 30 games to 32 games. Three North Americans were required to be among the eleven playing in the match for each team, up from two during the previous season.[1]

New teams
  • None

Teams folding
  • None

Teams moving
  • None

Name changes
  • None

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

6 points for a win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.

 -Premiers (most points).  -Best record.  -Other playoff teams.

NASL All-Stars
First Team  Position  Second TeamHonorable Mention[2][3]
England Phil Parkes, Chicago G Canada Jack Brand, Seattle Netherlands Jan van Beveren, Fort Lauderdale
Brazil Carlos Alberto, New York D Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mihalj Keri, Los Angeles England David Nish, Seattle
South Africa Mike Connell, Tampa Bay D Netherlands Wim Rijsbergen, New York Scotland John Gorman, Tampa Bay
Netherlands Rudi Krol, Vancouver D Germany Peter Nogly, Edmonton Haiti Frantz Mathieu, Chicago
Scotland Bruce Rioch, Seattle D England John Ryan, Seattle Iran Andranik Eskandarian, New York
Germany Franz Beckenbauer, New York M Germany Arno Steffenhagen, Chicago England Ray Hudson, Ft. Lauderdale
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladislav Bogićević, New York M Netherlands Johan Neeskens, New York South Africa Ace Ntsoelengoe, Minnesota
Peru Teófilo Cubillas, Fort Lauderdale M England Alan Hudson, Seattle South Africa Jomo Sono, Toronto
Italy Giorgio Chinaglia, New York F South Africa Steve Wegerle, Tampa Bay Scotland Tommy Hutchison, Seattle
Netherlands Johan Cruyff, Washington F Germany Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago England Alan Green, Washington
England Roger Davies, Seattle F Brazil Luis Fernando, Los Angeles Paraguay Julio César Romero, New York

Playoffs

The top two teams from each division qualified for the playoffs automatically. The last two spots would go to the next best teams in the conference, regardless of division. The top three conference seeds went to the division winners, seeds 4-6 went to the second place teams and the last two seeds were given wild-card berths. The winners of each successive round would be reseeded within the conference by regular season point total, regardless of first-round seeding.[4] The Soccer Bowl remained a single game final.

In 1979 and 1980, if a playoff series was tied at one win apiece, a full 30 minute mini-game was played. If there was no winner after the 30 minutes ended, the teams would then move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner.[5]

Bracket
Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Championships Soccer Bowl '80
                  
AC1 Chicago 1 3 1(0)
AC8 San Diego 2 2 1(3)
San Diego 6 0 1(2)
Tampa Bay 3 6 1(0)
AC2 Tampa Bay 1 4 –
AC7 New England 0 0 –
San Diego 1 4 0
Fort Lauderdale 2 2 2
AC3 Edmonton 2 0 1
AC6 Houston 1 1 0
Edmonton 0 2(2) 0
Fort Lauderdale 1 2(1) 3
AC4 Fort Lauderdale 2 0 0(3)
AC5 California 1 2 0(2)
Fort Lauderdale 0
New York 3
NC1 New York 3 8 –
NC8 Tulsa 1 1 –
New York 3 0 3
Dallas 2 3 0
NC3 Dallas 1 2 –
NC6 Minnesota 0 0 –
New York 2 3 –
Los Angeles 1 1 –
NC4 Los Angeles 0 1(5) 2
NC5 Washington 1 1(4) 0
Los Angeles 3 0 1(2)
Seattle 0 4 1(0)
NC2 Seattle 2 3 –
NC7 Vancouver 1 1 –

First round
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game (lower seed hosts Game 1)
Minnesota Kicks-Dallas Tornado0–10–2xAugust 27 • Metropolitan Stadium • 17,461
August 31 • Texas Stadium • 8,674
San Diego Sockers-Chicago Sting2–12 - 32–1 (SO, 3–0)August 27 • San Diego Stadium • 12,125
August 30 • Comiskey Park • 12,267
New England Tea Men-Tampa Bay Rowdies0–10–4xAugust 27 • Schaefer Stadium • 17,121
August 30 • Tampa Stadium • 26,368
Vancouver Whitecaps-Seattle Sounders1–2 (OT)1 –3xAugust 27 • Empire Stadium • 27,231
August 30 • Kingdome • 35,254
Washington Diplomats-Los Angeles Aztecs1–01–2 (SO, 4–5)0–2August 27 • RFK Stadium • 20,231
August 30 • Rose Bowl • 14,163
Houston Hurricane-Edmonton Drillers1–21–00–1August 27 • Astrodome • 3,902
August 31 • Commonwealth Stadium • 22,059
California Surf-Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–22–00–1 (SO, 2–3)August 28 • Anaheim Stadium • 2,929
August 31 • Lockhart Stadium • 15,282
Tulsa Roughnecks-New York Cosmos1–31–8xAugust 28 • Skelly Stadium • 22,890
August 31 • Giants Stadium • 40,285

Conference semifinals
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game (lower seed hosts Game 1)
Los Angeles Aztecs-Seattle Sounders3–00–42–1 (SO, 2–0)September 3 • Rose Bowl • 13,466
September 5 • Kingdome • 32,564
Edmonton Drillers-Fort Lauderdale Strikers0–13–2 (SO, 2–1)0 - 3September 3 • Commonwealth Stadium • 18,029
September 6 • Lockhart Stadium • 17,380
Dallas Tornado-New York Cosmos2–33–00–3September 3 • Texas Stadium • 7,459
September 7 • Giants Stadium • 45,153
San Diego Sockers-Tampa Bay Rowdies6–30–62–1 (SO, 2–0)September 4 • San Diego Stadium • 20,109
September 7 • Tampa Stadium • 25,852

Conference Championships
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game (lower seed hosts Game 1)
San Diego Sockers-Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–24–20–2September 11 • San Diego Stadium • 27,635
September 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,420
Los Angeles Aztecs-New York Cosmos1–21–3xSeptember 10 • Rose Bowl • 25,487
September 13 • Giants Stadium • 42,324

Soccer Bowl '80
Main article: Soccer Bowl '80
New York Cosmos3–0Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Romero 47:55' (Chinaglia, Bogićević)
Chinaglia 70:06' (Davis, Rijsbergen)
Chinaglia 87:07' (Cabañas)
Attendance: 50,768[8]
Referee: Paul Avis (Canada)[9]

1980 NASL Champions: New York Cosmos

Post season awards

References
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1980 Official North American Soccer League Guide. New York, NY: North American Soccer League. 1980.

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