1971 North American Soccer League season

1970

1971

1972

Teams and Alignment

Division	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Northern Division	New York Cosmos	Yankee Stadium (1923)	The Bronx, New York
	Olympique de Montréal	Autostade	Montréal
	Rochester Lancers	Holleder Memorial Stadium	Rochester, New York
	Toronto Metros	Varsity Stadium (1911)	Old Toronto, Toronto
Southern Division	Atlanta Chiefs	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta
	Dallas Tornado	John McClamrock Field	Dallas
	St. Louis Stars	Busch Memorial Stadium	St. Louis
	Washington Darts	Brookland Stadium	Washington

Changes

• Atlanta Chiefs relocate from Tara Stadium in unincorporated Clayton County, Georgia to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta.
• Kansas City Spurs fold.
• New York Cosmos enfranchised in Northern Division, playing at Yankee Stadium (1923) in The Bronx, New York.
• Olympique de Montréal enfranchised in Northern Division, playing at Autostade in Montréal.
• St. Louis Spurs relocate from Francis Olympic Field in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri to Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis and realigned from Northern Division to Southern Division.
• Toronto Metros enfranchised in Northern Division, playing at Varsity Stadium (1911) in Old Toronto, Toronto.

Regular Season Results

Division	Team	W	L	T	Pts
Northern Division	Rochester Lancers	13	5	6	141
	New York Cosmos	9	10	5	117
	Toronto Metros	5	10	9	89
	Olympique de Montréal	4	15	5	65
Southern Division	Atlanta Chiefs	12	7	5	120
	Dallas Tornado	10	6	8	119
	Washington Darts	8	6	10	111
	St. Louis Stars	6	13	5	86

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three		Team (Best-of-Three)		Champions
Rochester Lancers	1	Dallas Tornado	2	Dallas Tornado
Dallas Tornado	2
Atlanta Chiefs	2	Atlanta Chiefs	1
New York Cosmos	0

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Área Metropolitana Vicentina				Vicenza, Veneto, Italia	Traveling team	Lanerossi Vicenza
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	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta Chiefs	14	Three	17
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	Dallas	John McClamrock Field	Dallas Tornado	14	Two	16
Edinburgh, Edinburgh City, Scotland					Traveling team	Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Lemesós Metropolitan Area				Lemesós, Lemesós, Kipriaki	Traveling team	Apollon Lemesou F.C.
Montréal Census Metropolitan Area				Montréal	Autostade	Olympique de Montréal	14		14
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		One	One
		New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division	Bronx County, New York	The Bronx, New York	Yankee Stadium (1923)	New York Cosmos	14		14
Região Metropolitana de Rio de Janeiro				Rio de Janeiro	Traveling team	Bangu Atlético Clube
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area	Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area		Monroe County, New York	Rochester, New York	Holleder Memorial Stadium	Rochester Lancers	14	Two	16
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area	St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area		St. Louis		Busch Memorial Stadium	St. Louis Stars	14		14
Toronto Census Metropolitan Area				Old Toronto, Toronto	Varsity Stadium (1911)	Toronto Metros	14		14
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division	District of Columbia		Brookland Stadium	Washington Darts	14		14
Total							112	Eight	120