1979 National Soccer League (Canada) season

National Soccer League
Season1979
Champions
League cupToronto First Portuguese
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The 1979 National Soccer League season was the fifty-sixth season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in May 1979 and concluded in September 1979 with Toronto First Portuguese producing a perfect season, which granted them the NSL Championship.[1][2] First Portuguese would also secure the double by defeating Toronto Panhellenic for the NSL Cup.[3][4] Toronto's undefeated streak lasted until the 1980 season and amounted to 52 games with Toronto Panhellenic breaking the streak.[5]

The NSL was operating a franchise in Northern Ontario, Quebec, and expanded its boundaries into the United States with two franchises in Detroit, Michigan.[6]

  1. ^ "CSL Past Champions – Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  2. ^ Kernaghan, Jim (May 16, 1980). "79' finalists". Toronto Star. p. B6.
  3. ^ "First Portuguese win National League Cup". The Globe and Mail. September 3, 1979. p. S14.
  4. ^ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 117.
  5. ^ "Soccer exhibition Sunday". Newspapers.com. Windsor Star. July 25, 1980. p. 32. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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