1974 Miami Toros season

Miami Toros
1974 season
ManagerJohn Young
StadiumMiami Orange Bowl
NASLEastern Division: First place
NASL Championship:Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
(13 goals)
All:
Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
(13 goals)
Average home league attendance7,340
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The 1974 Miami Toros season was the second season of the team, and the club's eighth season in professional soccer. This year, the team earned first place in the Eastern Division. They advanced through the North American Soccer League playoffs to the NASL Final, before losing on penalty kicks to the Los Angeles Aztecs.

Background

Review

Competitions

NASL regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= PK Shootout Wins, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

Northern Division W L T GF GA PT
Boston Minutemen 10 9 1 36 23 94
Toronto Metros 9 10 1 30 31 87
Rochester Lancers 8 10 2 23 30 77
New York Cosmos 4 14 2 28 40 58
Eastern Division W L T GF GA PT
Miami Toros 9 5 6 38 24 107
Baltimore Comets 10 8 2 42 46 105
Philadelphia Atoms 8 11 1 25 25 74
Washington Diplomats 7 12 1 29 36 70
Central Division W L T GF GA PT
Dallas Tornado 9 8 3 39 27 100
St. Louis Stars 4 15 1 27 42 54
Denver Dynamos 5 15 0 21 42 49
Western Division W L T GF GA PT
Los Angeles Aztecs 11 7 2 41 36 110
San Jose Earthquakes 9 8 3 43 38 103
Seattle Sounders 10 7 3 37 17 101
Vancouver Whitecaps 5 11 4 29 31 70

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Semifinals

August 17 Miami Toros 3–1 Dallas Tornado Tamiami Stadium[1][2] • Att. 5,045

NASL Final 1974

Miami Toros3–3Los Angeles Aztecs
Wright 17'
Sharp soccer ball with red X 48' (pen.)
Moraldo 72' (o.g.)
Aranguiz 87'		 de Rienzo 26' (pen.)
Costa 78'
McMillan 88'
Penalties
Aguirre soccer ball with check mark
Sharp soccer ball with check mark
Mallender soccer ball with check mark
Verdi soccer ball with red X		 3–5 soccer ball with check mark Zanotti
soccer ball with check mark Banhoffer
soccer ball with check mark Marotte
soccer ball with check mark Filotis
soccer ball with check mark Douglas
Attendance: 15,507
Referee: John Davies (USA)[3][4][5][6]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals NASL Final 1974
W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 2
N1 Boston Minutemen 1 N1 Boston Minutemen 0
E2 Baltimore Comets 0 W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 3(5)
E1 Miami Toros 3(3)
C1 Dallas Tornado 1
C1 Dallas Tornado 3 E1 Miami Toros 3
W2 San Jose Earthquakes 0

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

See also

1974 Miami Toros

References

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  4. ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  5. ^ Dan Levin (September 2, 1974). "A bizarre overtime kicking contest enabled the Los - 09.02.74 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
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