• Source: 1976 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1976. This was the 9th season of the NASL.




Overview


The league's twenty teams were divided into two conferences (Atlantic or Pacific), playing a total of 240 matches. Each team's 24 matches were divided between a round-robin with other teams in the same conference and six matches against different teams in the other conference. Points were awarded for wins (six) and each goal (up to three) regardless of results; ties in regulation were decided by 15 minutes of sudden death overtime followed by a penalty shootout from 35 yards (105 ft). The playoffs were expanded from eight to twelve teams with automatic berths for the top two teams in each of the four divisions and two wild card slots per conference for the remaining best finishing teams.
The Toronto Metros-Croatia defeated the Minnesota Kicks in the Soccer Bowl on August 28 to win the championship. The match was hosted at the Kingdome in Seattle, the new home of the Seattle Sounders. The Tampa Bay Rowdies finished the regular season with the best record, giving them consecutive titles in three different domestic NASL competitions. Though not in a calendar year, within 12 months they won the Soccer Bowl in August 1975, the NASL indoor cup in March 1976, and the regular season shield or premiership in August 1976. Since NASL teams at that time did not participate in the U.S. Open Cup, this would be the closest one would ever come to achieving any sort of a North American treble.




Changes from the previous season






= New teams

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None




= Teams folding

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None




= Teams moving

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Baltimore Comets to San Diego Jaws
Denver Dynamos to Minnesota Kicks




= Name changes

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None




Map of clubs






Regular season


Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential, BP = Bonus Points, Pts= total points
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.

-Premiers (most points). -Other playoff teams.




= Atlantic Conference

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= Pacific Conference

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NASL All-Stars






Playoffs


All playoff games in all rounds including Soccer Bowl '76 were single game elimination match ups.




= Bracket

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= First round

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= Conference semifinals

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= Conference Championships

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= Soccer Bowl '76

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1976 NASL Champions: Toronto Metros-Croatia




Post season awards


Most Valuable Player: Pelé, New York
Coach of the year: Eddie Firmani, Tampa Bay
Rookie of the year: Steve Pecher, Dallas
North American Player of the Year: Arnie Mausser, Tampa Bay




References






External links


Complete Results and Standings
"The Year in American Soccer - 1976". homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2014.

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