1978 North American Soccer League season

North American Soccer League
Season1978
ChampionsCosmos
(3rd title)
PremiersCosmos
(2nd title)
Matches played360
Goals scored1,240 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgio Chinaglia
(34 goals)
Biggest home winDET 10–0 SJ
(July 12)[1]
Biggest away winLA 0–5 MIN
(August 2)[2]
Highest scoringDET 10–0 SJ
(July 12)[3]
TOR 8–2 OAK
(June 30)[4]
Longest winning run13, Vancouver
(June 22 – August 6)[5]
Longest losing run13, San Jose
(May 31 – July 19)[6]
Highest attendance71,219
Seattle at Cosmos
(May 21)[7]
Lowest attendance1,538
N.E. at Chicago (May 7)[8]
Average attendance13,084[9]
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The 1978 North American Soccer League season was the 66th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 11th with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada.

  1. ^ "Francis steals Express' show". Windsor Star. July 13, 1978. p. 26. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  2. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 196.
  3. ^ 1979 Official North American Soccer League Guide. 1979. p. 152.
  4. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 199.
  5. ^ "NASL prepares for playoff wars". St. Petersburg Times. August 7, 1978. p. 7C. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  6. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 204.
  7. ^ "Chinaglia powers Cosmos". The Spokesman-Review. May 22, 1978. p. 20. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  8. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 188.
  9. ^ "Attendance Project: NASL". Kenn Tomasch. Retrieved June 13, 2012.