1979 American Soccer League
Football league season
Season | 1979 |
---|---|
Champions | Sacramento Gold |
Premiers | California Sunshine |
1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Sacramento Gold |
Top goalscorer | Joey Fink (15) Poli Garcia |
Highest scoring | Ian Filby (14 goals; 17 assists)[1] |
Longest winning run | California Sunshine (13) |
Longest unbeaten run | California Sunshine (15) |
← 1978 1980 → |
Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1979.
League standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbus Magic | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 41 | 49 | 140 |
New York Eagles | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 35 | 46 | 130 |
Pennsylvania Stoners | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 45 | 120 |
New Jersey Americans | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 101 |
Cleveland Cobras | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 47 | 29 | 75 |
New York Apollo | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 26 | 64 |
Source: [citation needed]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
California Sunshine | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 29 | 57 | 173 |
Sacramento Gold | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 34 | 42 | 116 |
Los Angeles Skyhawks | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 41 | 114 |
Indianapolis Daredevils | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 35 | 58 | 32 | 78 |
Las Vegas Seagulls | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 54 | 28 | 69 |
Source: [citation needed]
ASL All-Stars
First Team[2] | Position |
---|---|
Tom Reynolds, California | G |
Ramon Moraldo, California | D |
Daniel Mammana, Columbus | D |
Anđelko Tešan, New York | D |
Mickey Brown, Sacramento | D |
Don Tobin, California | M |
Clyde Watson, New York | M |
Norman Piper, Columbus | M |
Poli Garcia, California | F |
Branko Samatovic, New York | F |
Ian Filby, Sacramento | F |
Playoffs
Bracket
Division semifinals | Division finals (2-match aggregate) | ASL Championship Final | ||||||||||||||
California Sunshine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sacramento Gold | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sacramento Gold | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Skyhawks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Sacramento Gold | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Columbus Magic | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Columbus Magic | 1 | 1(4) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Pennsylvania Stoners | 1 | 1(3) | 2 | |||||||||||||
New York Eagles | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania Stoners | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
August 29 | Sacramento Gold | 3–2 (OT) | Los Angeles Skyhawks | Hughes Stadium • 7,223[3] |
August 29 | New York Eagles | 1–2 | Pennsylvania Stoners | Bleecker Stadium • Att. ??? |
Division finals
Higher seed | Aggregate | Lower seed | First leg | Second leg | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbus Magic | 2–2 | Pennsylvania Stoners | 1–1 | 1–1 (4–3) | September 4 • ASD Stadium • 7,048[4] September 9 • Franklin County Stadium • 4,306[5] |
California Sunshine | 0–1 | Sacramento Gold | 0–0 | 0–1 | September 2 • Hughes Stadium • 10,762[6] September 8 • Murdock Stadium • 2,200[7] |
Championship final
Columbus Magic (OH) | 0–1 | Sacramento Gold (CA) |
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Report 1 Report 2 | Ian Filby 83:22' |
References
- ^ Kamb, Susan (August 29, 1979). "Gold In Showdown". The Sacramento Bee. p. D3. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "Californians dominates All-Star Team". Spokesman-Review. September 9, 1979. p. C9. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Kamb, Susan (August 30, 1979). "Gold Score In Overtime Earns 3-2 Triumph". Sacramento Bee. p. E1. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Markowitz, Marc (September 5, 1979). "Stoners defense equal to challenge". The Morning Call. p. C1. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Markowitz, Marc (September 10, 1979). "Stoners lose on penalties". The Morning Call. p. C1. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Strege, Dave (September 3, 1979). "Sunshine and Gold Tie, 0-0". Los Angeles Times. p. III-2. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Kamb, Susan (September 9, 1979). "Gold Tops Sunshine 1-0 In Final". Sacramento Bee. p. C1. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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