1978 American Soccer League
American Soccer League
Football league season
Season | 1978 |
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Champions | New York Apollo (4th title) |
Premiers | New York Apollo (4th title) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Rolland (17) Mike Mancini José Neto |
← 1977 1979 → |
Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1978.
League standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
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New York Apollo | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 37 | 51 | 143 |
New Jersey Americans | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 94 |
Indianapolis Daredevils | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 41 | 32 | 78 |
New York Eagles | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 55 | 33 | 73 |
Cleveland Cobras | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 55 | 25 | 68 |
Connecticut Yankees | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 53 | 24 | 58 |
Source: [citation needed]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
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Los Angeles Skyhawks | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 43 | 130 |
California Sunshine | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 27 | 45 | 124 |
Southern California Lazers | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 40 | 117 |
Sacramento Spirits/Gold[a] | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 25 | 64 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Sacramento Spirits expelled from league during the season and replaced by Sacramento Gold franchise.[1]
ASL All-Stars
First Team[2] | Position |
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John Granville, Southern California | G |
Rildo, Southern California | D |
Daniel Mammana, Sacramento | D |
Paul Cahill, Southern California | D |
Ramon Moraldo, California | D |
Juan Cano, New Jersey | M |
Ramón Mifflin, NY Eagles | M |
Kevin Mahon, NY Apollo | M |
Sid Wallace, Southern California | F |
Tony Douglas, California | F |
Jimmy Rolland, Los Angeles | F |
Playoffs
Bracket
Division semifinals (single match) | Division finals (2-match aggregate) | ASL Championship Final (single match) | |||||||||||
New York Apollo | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
New Jersey Americans | 4 | New Jersey Americans | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
Indianapolis Daredevils | 2 | New York Apollo | 1 | ||||||||||
Los Angeles Skyhawks | 0 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles Skyhawks | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
California Sunshine | 1(6) | California Sunshine | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Southern California Lazers | 1(5) |
Division semifinals
August 29 | New Jersey Americans | 4–2 | Indianapolis Daredevils | Rutgers Stadium • Att. 2,576[3] |
August 29 | California Sunshine | 1–1 (PK, 6–5) | Southern California Lazers | LeBard Stadium • Att. 3,714[4] |
Division finals
Higher Seed | Aggregate | Lower Seed | First leg | Second leg | Attendance |
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New York Apollo | 5–4 | New Jersey Americans | 0–2 | 5–2 (OT) | August 31 • Rutgers Stadium • ??? September 2 • Hofstra Stadium • 5,134[5] |
Los Angeles Skyhawks | 5–2 | California Sunshine | 1–0 | 4–1 | August 31 • LeBard Stadium • 3,000[6] September 2 • John Shepard Stadium • 4,938[7] |
Championship final
Los Angeles Skyhawks (CA) | 0–1 | New York Apollo (NY) |
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Report 1 Report 2 | Rupert De Los Reyes ![]() |
References
- ^ Johnson, Kent (June 16, 1978). "Spirits Die, New ASL Club Born". Sacramento Bee. p. AA1. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ "ASL All-Stars". Los Angeles Times. September 3, 1978. p. 10, part III. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Conover, Allan (August 30, 1978). "Jersey advances in soccer playoffs". Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey). p. D-2. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Strege, Dave (August 30, 1978). "Lazers See Red, Fall to Sunshine in Shootout, 2-1". Los Angeles Times. p. 20. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ Heilman, Don (September 3, 1978). "Apollo eliminates Americans in OT". Rochester Central New Jersey Home News. p. B1. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Strege, Dave (September 1, 1978). "Skyhawks Take Playoff Lead". Los Angeles Times. p. III-9. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Strege, Dave (September 3, 1978). "Skyhawks Win the West, 4-1". Los Angeles Times. p. III-3. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
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