1980 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1980. This was the 13th season of the NASL.

Overview

The league comprisd 24 teams. The New York Cosmos defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the finals on September 21 to win the championship.

Changes from the Previous Season

The 1980 Season saw the regular season expand from 30 games to 32 games.

New Teams

None

Teams Folding

None

Teams Moving

None

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game

National Conference

Eastern Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
New York Cosmos	24	8	87	41	213
Washington Diplomats	17	15	72	61	159
Toronto Blizzard	14	18	49	65	128
Rochester Lancers	12	20	42	67	109

Central Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Dallas Tornado	18	14	57	58	157
Minnesota Kicks	16	16	66	56	147
Tulsa Roughnecks	15	17	56	62	139
Atlanta Chiefs	7	25	34	84	74

Western Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Seattle Sounders	25	7	74	31	207
Los Angeles Aztecs	20	12	61	52	174
Vancouver Whitecaps	16	16	52	47	139
Portland Timbers	15	17	50	53	133

American Conference

Eastern Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Tampa Bay Rowdies	19	13	61	50	168
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	18	14	61	55	163
New England Tea Men	18	14	54	56	154
Philadelphia Fury	10	22	42	68	98

Central Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Chicago Sting	21	11	80	50	187
Houston Hurricane	14	18	56	69	130
Detroit Express	14	18	51	52	129
Memphis Rogues	14	18	49	57	126

Western Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Edmonton Drillers	17	15	58	51	149
California Surf	15	17	61	67	144
San Diego Sockers	16	16	53	51	140
San Jose Earthquakes	9	23	45	68	95

Playoffs

First round

			Game 1	Game 2	Shootout
Minnesota Kicks	-	Dallas Tornado	0 - 1	0 - 2		August 27 , 30
San Diego Sockers	-	Chicago Sting	2 - 1	2 - 3	2 - 1	August 27 , 30
Tampa Bay Rowdies	-	New England Tea Men	1 - 0	4 - 0		August 27 , 30
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Seattle Sounders	1 - 2	1 - 3		August 27 , 30
Washington Diplomats	-	Los Angeles Aztecs	1 - 0	1 - 2	0 - 2	August 27 , 30
Houston Hurricane	-	Edmonton Drillers	1 - 2	1 - 0	0 - 1	August 27 , 31
California Surf	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 1	August 28 , 31
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 3	1 - 8		August 28 , 31

Quarter-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Shootout
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Seattle Sounders	3 - 0	0 - 4	2 - 1	September 3 , 5
Edmonton Drillers	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0 - 1	3 - 2	0 - 3	September 3 , 6
Dallas Tornado	-	New York Cosmos	2 - 3	3 - 0	0 - 3	September 3 , 7
San Diego Sockers	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	6 - 3	0 - 6	2 - 1	September 4 , 7

Semi-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Shootout
San Diego Sockers	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 - 2	4 - 2	0 - 3	September 11 , 13
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 2	1 - 3		September 11 , 13

Soccer Bowl '80

September 21	New York Cosmos	3 – 0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium

Post season awards

• Most Valuable Player: Roger Davies, Seattle
• Coach of the year: Alan Hinton, Seattle
• Rookie of the year: Jeff Durgan, New York

References