Soccer Bowl

This article is about the 1968–1984 first division soccer league championship game. For the 2010s second division soccer trophy, see Soccer Bowl (2011–2017). For the U.S. college soccer tournament played in 1950–1952, see Soccer Bowl (1950–1952).

Soccer Bowl
NASL Championship Final
The trophy awarded to champions
Organizing bodyNASL
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Abolished1984; 40 years ago (1984)
RegionUnited States
Canada
Number of teams2
Last champion(s)United States Chicago Sting (1984)
Most successful club(s)United States New York Cosmos
(5 titles)

The Soccer Bowl was the annual championship game of the North American Soccer League (NASL), which ran from 1968 to 1984. The two top teams from the playoffs faced off in the final to determine the winner of the NASL Trophy.[1] From the league's founding in 1968 through 1974, the championship game (or series, as it was played through 1971) was known as the NASL Championship Final, and in 1984 the single game was replaced by a best-of-three series known as the Soccer Bowl Series.

  1. ^ "NASL CLUBS TO COMPETE FOR 'THE CHAMPIONSHIP'". NASL.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2016.