1970 Washington Darts season

The 1970 Washington Darts season was the team's first season in the North American Soccer League, and the club's fourth season in professional soccer. Previously the club fielded a team in the American Soccer League. In their initial run in the NASL, the team earned first place in the Southern Division and finished with the top record in the league. As division champions they automatically qualified for the championship game known as the NASL Final.

Washington Darts
1970 season
ChairmanWilliam Cousins Jr.
ManagerNorman Sutherland
StadiumBrookland Stadium
30,000
NASLSouthern Division: First place
Regular Season: First place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trinidad and Tobago Leroy DeLeon
(15 goals)

All:
Trinidad and Tobago Leroy DeLeon
(16 goals)
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Background edit

Review edit

Competitions edit

NASL regular season edit

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, 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 G W L T GF GA PT
Rochester Lancers 24 9 9 6 41 45 111
Kansas City Spurs 24 8 10 6 42 44 100
St. Louis Stars 24 5 17 2 26 71 60
Southern Division G W L T GF GA PT
Washington Darts 24 14 6 4 52 29 137
Atlanta Chiefs 24 11 8 5 53 33 123
Dallas Tornado 24 8 12 4 39 39 92

Results summaries edit

Results by round edit

Match reports edit

NASL Playoffs edit

NASL Final 1970 edit

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 First leg Second leg Attendance
Rochester Lancers 4–3[1] Washington Darts 3–0 1–3 September 5 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 9,321
September 13 • Brookland Stadium • 5,543

Match reports edit

First leg edit

Rochester Lancers[2][3]3–0Washington Darts
Costa   26' (Kankam)
Costa   61' (Ofori)
Marotti   72' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 9,321
Referee: Mike Ashkenazi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rochester[4][5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Washington[4][6]

Second leg edit

Washington Darts3–1Rochester Lancers
DeLeon   44' (pen.)
Gyau   49' (Grell)
Browne   65' (Archibald)
Report Costa   40' (Metidieri)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Washington[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rochester[8]

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

See also edit

1970 Washington Darts

References edit

  1. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1970". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Previo Campeones: Rochester Lancers Capturan Titulo En 1970". September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Loj, Alex (September 6, 1970). "Lancers Defeat Darts". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. ^ a b It went that a way
  5. ^ Lancers
  6. ^ 6 Sep 1970, Page 46 – Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com
  7. ^ Stolze, Craig (September 14, 1970). "Lancers Soccer Champs". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Lincoln Philips