1971 North American Soccer League season

Soccer league season February 2023 February 2023 North American Soccer League 1971 season 1971 8 Dallas Tornado Rochester Lancers 112 USA Carlos Metidieri (19 goals) 306 19,437 Rochester @ NY 4,154 1970 1972 Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1971. This was the 4th season of the NASL. Overview Eight teams competed in the 1971 season. The Dallas Tornado won the league championship after playing several playoff matches under the new sudden death rule, which replaced the penalty shootout. In Game 1 of the best-of-three semifinal against the Rochester Lancers, league scoring champion Carlos Metidieri of Rochester scored to end the match at 2–1 in the 176th minute after six periods of overtime—shortly before midnight. Three days later, Dallas tied the series with a 3–1 regulation win. In the deciding match, the two teams ended regulation with a 1–1 tie and played four overtime periods before Bobby Moffat scored in the 148 minute for a 2–1 victory. Four days later, Dallas lost Game 1 of the NASL Championship Series, 2–1, in the 3rd overtime to the Atlanta Chiefs after 123 minutes.Lewis Michael September 1, 2015 Exhaustion and a 176th minute winner: The NASL game that lasted nearly three hours https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/sep/01/nasl-soccer-marathon-game-three-hours The Guardian May 31, 2023 All totaled, Dallas had played 537 minutes of soccer (3 minutes short of six games) in 13 days. The Tornado won 4–1 in Game 2 and 2–0 in Game 3 to clinch the league championship.http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1971.html The Year in American Soccer - 1971 Homepages.sover.net 2014-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20151105121049/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1971.html 2015-11-05 dead Changes From the previous season Rule changes Playoffs series switched from a two-game aggregate score to a best-two-out-of-three match format. Any playoff games tied after 90 minutes would now be settled by golden goal (or sudden death) overtime periods lasting 15 minutes each. New teams Montreal Olympique New York Cosmos Toronto Metros Teams folding Kansas City Spurs Teams moving None Name changes None Map of clubs left 10px Northern Division 10px Southern Division 1100 500 300 425 390 North America 900 North America 45.49 -73.54 Blue pog.svg 80 top Olympique North America 40.83 -73.93 Blue pog.svg 80 bottom Cosmos North America 43.19 -77.66 Blue pog.svg 80 right Lancers North America 43.67 -79.40 Blue pog.svg 80 top Metros North America 33.74 -84.39 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Chiefs North America 32.88 -96.79 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Tornado North America 38.62 -90.19 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Stars North America 38.93 -77.00 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Darts Regular season W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system 6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game. #B3B7FF darkgray-Premiers (most points). #ccffcc darkgray-Other playoff teams. Northern DivisionWLTGFGAPTRochester Lancers13 5 64831141New York Cosmos 9 1055155117Toronto Metros 5 1093247 89Montreal Olympique 4 1552959 65 Southern DivisionWLTGFGAPTAtlanta Chiefs12 7 53529120Dallas Tornado10 6 83824119Washington Darts 86 103634111St. Louis Stars 6 1353747 86 1971 NASL All-Stars First Teamhttp://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htm NASL Homepage 2008-05-01 2014-01-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080501104955/http://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htm May 1, 2008 http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/Arena/6925/nasl.html Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page Oocities.org 2014-01-13   Position   Second Team Honorable MentionYUG Mirko Stojanovic, Dallas GURU Leonel Conde, WashingtonGER Manfred Kammerer, Atlanta • BRA Claude Campos, RochesterUSA Dick Hall, Dallas DENG Clive Charles, MontrealSCO Frank Donlavey, WashingtonGHA Willie Evans, Washington DBRA Uriel da Veiga, AtlantaBRA Oreco, DallasENG Peter Short, RochesterDENG John Cocking, AtlantaYUG Gabbo Gavrić, DallasUSA John Best, Dallas DSCO Charlie Mitchell, RochesterUSA Mick Hoban, Atlanta • URU Roberto Lonardo, RochesterYUG Dragan Popovic, St. Louis MARG Francisco Escos, RochesterZAM Freddie Mwila, Atlanta • ENG Barrie Lynch, AtlantaUSA Siggy Stritzl, New York MPOR Felix Correia, TorontoSCO Billy Fraser, Washington • ENG Keith Pointer, Montreal • USA Roy Turner, DallasUSA Carlos Metidieri, Rochester FTRI Warren Archibald, WashingtonENG Tommy Youlden, DallasBER Randy Horton, New York FPOL Casey Frankiewicz, St. LouisBRA Iris DeBrito, RochesterRSA 1928 Kaizer Motaung, Atlanta FITA Franco Gallina, MontrealUSA Mike Renshaw, DallasUSA Manfred Seissler, Rochester FUSA Jorge Siega, New YorkTRI Leroy DeLeon, Washington • SCO Ian MacHattie, Toronto Playoffs Bracket 25 150px SemifinalsBest-of-3 NASL Final 1971Best-of-3 N1 Rochester Lancers 2 1 1 S2 Dallas Tornado 1 3 2 S1 Atlanta Chiefs 1 2 – N2 New York Cosmos 0 0 – S2 Dallas Tornado 1 4 2 S1 Atlanta Chiefs 2 1 1 Semifinals Higher seedSeriesLower seedGame 1Game 2Game 3AttendanceRochester Lancers 1 - 2 Dallas Tornado 2–1 (6ot) 1–3 1–2 (4ot) September 1 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 8,309September 4 • Franklin Stadium • 6,131Dallas Evens Soccer Series September 5, 1971 Atlanta Journal and Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/image/398254182/?terms=Dallas%2BTornado 6-D May 27, 2017September 8 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 7,635Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 0 New York Cosmos 1–0(3ot) 2–0 xSeptember 2 • Atlanta Stadium • 3,160Roberts Charles Chiefs Topple Cosmos In Sudden Death, 1-0 September 3, 1971 Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/image/398248044/?terms=Cosmos%2BChiefs 1-D May 27, 2017September 5 • Hofstra Stadium • 3,800Atlanta Moves into Finals September 6, 1971 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle https://www.newspapers.com/image/398254182/?terms=Dallas%2BTornado 3D May 27, 2017 NASL Final 1971 NASL Final 1971 Higher seedSeriesLower seedGame 1Game 2Game 3AttendanceAtlanta Chiefs 1 - 2Dallas Tornado 2–1 (3ot) 1–4 0–2 September 12 • Atlanta Stadium • 3,218 http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/09/22/previo-campeones-dallas-tornado-ganan-titulo-en-1971 Previo Campeones: Dallas Tornado Ganan Titulo en 1971 22 Sep 2015 2016-01-28September 15 • Franklin Stadium • 6,456September 19 • Atlanta Stadium • 4,687 Game one September 12 Atlanta Chiefs 2–1 yes https://www.newspapers.com/image/398292550/ Dallas Tornado Uriel da Veiga 71:53Kaizer Motaung 123:58 Tibor Molnár 40:39 Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia 3,218 Game two September 15 Dallas Tornado 4–1 Report 1Report 2 Atlanta Chiefs Phil Tinney 45Luiz Juracy 54Luiz Juracy 76Tony McLoughlin Henry Largie 44 Paton Franklin Stadium, Dallas, Texas 6,456 Game three September 19 Atlanta Chiefs 0–2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/398376412/?terms=Chiefs%2BTornado Dallas Tornado Mike Renshaw 2:34 TinneyBobby Moffat 44:30 Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia 4,687 1971 NASL Champions: Dallas Tornado Post season awards Most Valuable Player: USA Carlos Metidieri, Rochester Coach of the year: ENG Ron Newman, Dallas Rookie of the year: BER Randy Horton, New York References Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) seasons Category:1971 in American soccer leagues Category:1971 in Canadian soccer