1972 American Soccer League

American Soccer League
1972 season
Season1972
ChampionsCincinnati Comets
PremiersNew York Greeks
Top goalscorerCharles Duccilli (5)
Nelson Brizuela
Josip Ognjanac
George Pulita
John Kostakis
Longest unbeaten runNew York Greeks (10)
← 1971
1973 →

Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1972 season.

League standings

Northern Conference
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
New York Greeks 10 8 2 0 31 7 18
Boston Astros 10 4 3 3 26 19 11
Connecticut Wildcats 10 5 0 5 11 15 10
New Jersey Brewers 10 4 1 5 21 19 9
Source: [citation needed]
Southern Conference
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Philadelphia Spartans 10 6 3 1 25 12 15
Delaware Wings 10 5 1 4 15 16 11
Baltimore Stars 10 1 3 6 10 33 5
Washington Cavaliers 10 0 1 9 4 22 1
Source: [1]
Midwest Conference
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Cincinnati Comets 8 6 1 1 19 7 13
Cleveland Stars 8 6 0 2 23 10 6[a]
Detroit Mustangs 8 2 2 4 13 28 6
Pittsburgh Canons 8 2 1 5 11 18 5
St. Louis Frogs 8 2 0 6 13 16 4
Chicago Americans[b] 0 ? ? ? ? ? 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 6 points deducted?
  2. ^ Chicago Americans played only a few games

Playoffs

Bracket

First round Eastern playoff ASL Championship final
         
M1 Cincinnati Comets -
bye -
M1 Cincinnati Comets -
bye -
M1 Cincinnati Comets 2
N1 New York Greeks 1
N1 New York Greeks 1
S2 Delaware Wings 0
N1 New York Greeks 2
S1 Philadelphia Spartans 0
S1 Philadelphia Spartans 1
N2 Boston Astros 0

First round

August 19 Philadelphia Spartans 1–0 Boston Astros Northeast High School • Att. ???
August 20 New York Greeks 1–0 Delaware Wings Metropolitan Oval • Att. ???

Eastern playoff

September 4 New York Greeks 2–0 (AET) Philadelphia Spartans Metropolitan Oval • Att. ???

Championship final

Cincinnati Comets (OH)2–1New York Greeks (NY)
Valdemar 3:45' (Brizuela)
Charley Roberts 53:45' (Aguirre)		 Report John Navronatis 5:10' (Nanos)
Referee: (USA)

References

  1. ^ "Pro Soccer, ASL Final Standings". Boston Globe. September 9, 1974. p. 28. Retrieved August 25, 2018.