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|[[1972 North American Soccer League season|1972]]
|'''1973'''
|[[1974 North American Soccer League season|1974]]
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== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="3" |Eastern Division
|Miami Toros
|Miami Orange Bowl
|Miami
|-
|New York Cosmos
|James M. Shuart Stadium
|Uniondale, New York
|-
|Philadelphia Atoms
|Veterans Stadium
|Philadelphia
|-
| rowspan="3" |Northern Division
|Olympique de Montréal
|Autostade
|Montréal
|-
|Rochester Lancers
|Holleder Memorial Stadium
|Rochester, New York
|-
|Toronto Metros
|Varsity Stadium (1911)
|Old Toronto, Toronto
|-
| rowspan="3" |Southern Division
|Atlanta Apollos
|Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field
|Atlanta
|-
|Dallas Tornado
|Texas Stadium
|Irving, Texas
|-
|St. Louis Stars
|Busch Memorial Stadium
|St. Louis
|}

=== Changes ===

* League realigned into Eastern Division, Northern Division, and Southern Division.
* Atlanta Chiefs relocate from Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field and renamed Atlanta Apollos.
* Miami Gatos relocate from Nathaniel Traz Powell Stadium in Westview, Florida to Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, renamed Miami Toros, and realigned from Southern Division to Eastern Division.
* New York Cosmos realigned from Northern Division to Eastern Division.
* Olympique de Montréal relocate from Stade éxterieur to Autostade.
* Philadelphia Atoms enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!T
!Pts
|-
| rowspan="3" |Eastern Division
|'''Philadelphia Atoms'''
|'''9'''
|'''2'''
|'''8'''
|'''104'''
|-
|'''New York Cosmos'''
|'''7'''
|'''5'''
|'''7'''
|'''91'''
|-
|Miami Toros
|8
|5
|6
|88
|-
| rowspan="3" |Northern Division
|'''Toronto Metros'''
|'''6'''
|'''4'''
|'''9'''
|'''89'''
|-
|Olympique de Montréal
|5
|10
|4
|64
|-
|Rochester Lancers
|4
|9
|6
|59
|-
| rowspan="3" |Southern Division
|'''Dallas Tornado'''
|'''11'''
|'''4'''
|'''4'''
|'''111'''
|-
|St. Louis Stars
|7
|7
|5
|82
|-
|Atlanta Apollos
|3
|9
|7
|62
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
!Champions
|-
|'''Dallas Tornado'''
|'''1'''
| rowspan="2" |Dallas Tornado
| rowspan="2" |0
| rowspan="4" |'''Philadelphia Atoms'''
|-
|New York Cosmos
|0
|-
|'''Philadelphia Atoms'''
|'''3'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Philadelphia Atoms'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|-
|Toronto Metros
|0
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Home
!Score
!Away
|-
|NASL All-Star Match
|North American Soccer League
|1-3
|'''FK Torpedo Moskva'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
|Fulton County, Georgia
|Atlanta
|Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field
|Atlanta Apollos
|10
|
|10
|-
|Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area
|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
|Dallas County, Texas
|Irving, Texas
|Texas Stadium
|Dallas Tornado
|10
|Two
|12
|-
|Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Kansas City, MO-KS
|Jackson County, Missouri
|Kansas City, Missouri
|GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
|NASL All-Star Match
|
|
|One
|-
|Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area
|Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
|Miami-Dade County, Florida
|Miami
|Miami Orange Bowl
|Miami Toros
|10
|
|10
|-
| colspan="4" |Montréal Census Metropolitan Area
|Montréal
|Autostade
|Olympique de Montréal
|10
|
|10
|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Nassau County, New York
|Uniondale, New York
|James M. Shuart Stadium
|New York Cosmos
|10
|
|10
|-
|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia
|Veterans Stadium
|Philadelphia Atoms
|10
|One
|11
|-
|Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Monroe County, New York
|Rochester, New York
|Holleder Memorial Stadium
|Rochester Lancers
|10
|
|10
|-
|St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |St. Louis
|Busch Memorial Stadium
|St. Louis Stars
|10
|
|10
|-
| colspan="4" |Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
|Old Toronto, Toronto
|Varsity Stadium (1911)
|Toronto Metros
|10
|
|10
|-
| colspan="4" |Zona Metropolitana de Veracruz
|Boca del Río, Veracruz
|Traveling team
|''C.D. Veracruz''
|
|
|
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''90'''
|'''Three'''
|'''94'''
|}
[[Category:1973]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League seasons]]

1973 North American Soccer League season - Revision history