1979 North American Soccer League season

North American Soccer League
Season1979
ChampionsVancouver Whitecaps
(1st title)
PremiersNew York Cosmos
(3rd title)
Matches played360
Goals scored1,374 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgio Chinaglia
(26 goals)
Biggest home winSEA 9–0 EDM
(August 1)[1]
Biggest away winMEM 0–6 ATL
(July 21)[2]
SJ 0–6 SD
(August 11)[3]
Highest scoringDET 6–5 (SO) CHI
(July 7)[4]
DET 8–2 FTL
(June 27)[5]
Longest winning run8, New York
(July 8 – August 12)[6]
Longest losing run14, Edmonton
(May 26 – July 18)[7]
Highest attendance76,031 (Tulsa at New York) (August 26)[8]
Lowest attendance653 (N.E. at Houston) (April 19)[9]
Average attendance14,201[10]
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The 1979 North American Soccer League season was the 67th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer and the 12th with a national first-division league in the United States and Canada.

  1. ^ "Whitecaps still making waves". The Leader-Post. August 2, 1979. p. 35. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  2. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 213.
  3. ^ "NASL sets playoff matchups". Edmonton Journal. August 13, 1979. p. D3. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Francis' Goal Spurs Express". Toledo Blade. July 8, 1979. p. D4. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "Prati pays off for Lancers immediately". The Leader-Post. June 28, 1979. p. 26. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 225.
  7. ^ NASL: A Complete Record Of The North American Soccer League. 1989. p. 218.
  8. ^ "Fiery Cosmos demolish Roughnecks". St. Petersburg Times. August 27, 1979. p. 6C. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. ^ "Houston overcomes flooding, Tea Men". St. Petersburg Times. April 20, 1979. p. 4C. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  10. ^ "Attendance Project: NASL". Kenn Tomasch. Retrieved June 26, 2013.