1975 North American Soccer League season

1974

1975

1976

Teams and Alignment

Division	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Central Division	Chicago Sting	Soldier Field (1924)	Chicago
	Dallas Tornado	Texas Stadium	Irving, Texas
	Denver Dynamos	Mile High Stadium	Denver
	San Antonio Thunder	Comalander Stadium	San Antonio
	St. Louis Stars	Francis Olympic Field	St. Louis County, Missouri
Eastern Division	Baltimore Comets	Burdick Field	Towson, Maryland
	Miami Toros	Miami Orange Bowl	Miami
	Philadelphia Atoms	Veterans Stadium	Philadelphia
	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa Stadium	Tampa, Florida
	Washington Diplomats	Pat Cunningham Stadium	Fairfax County, Virginia
Northern Division	Boston Minutemen	Nickerson Field	Boston
	Hartford Bicentennials	Trinity Health Stadium	Hartford, Connecticut
	New York Cosmos	Downing Stadium	Manhattan, New York
	Rochester Lancers	Holleder Memorial Stadium	Rochester, New York
	Toronto Metros-Croatia	Varsity Stadium (1911)	Old Toronto, Toronto
Western Division	Los Angeles Aztecs	Featherstone Field	Alondra Park, California
	Portland Timbers	Providence Park	Portland, Oregon
	San Jose Earthquakes	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California
	Seattle Sounders	Memorial Stadium	Seattle
	Vancouver Whitecaps	Empire Stadium	Vancouver, British Columbia

Changes

• Boston Minutemen relocate from Alumni Stadium to Nickerson Field.
• Chicago Sting enfranchised in Central Division, playing at Soldier Field (1924).
• Hartford Bicentennials enfranchised in Northern Division, playing at Trinity Health Stadium in Hartford, Connecticut.
• Los Angeles Aztecs relocate from Weingart Stadium in Monterey Park, California to Featherstone Field in Alondra Park, California.
• Portland Timbers enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon.
• San Antonio Thunder enfranchised in Central Division, playing at Comalander Stadium in San Antonio.
• St. Louis Stars relocate from Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis to Francis Olympic Field in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri.
• Tampa Bay Rowdies enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
• Toronto Metros renamed Toronto Metros-Croatia.
• Washington Diplomats relocate primary venue from Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington to Pat Cunningham Stadium in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia.
• Baltimore Comets relocate during season from Memorial Stadium in Baltimore to Burdick Field in Towson, Maryland.

Regular Season Results

Division	Team	W	L	Pts
Central Division	St. Louis Stars	13	9	115
	Chicago Sting	12	10	106
	Denver Dynamos	9	13	85
	Dallas Tornado	9	13	83
	San Antonio Thunder	6	16	59
Eastern Division	Tampa Bay Rowdies	16	6	135
	Miami Toros	14	8	123
	Washington Diplomats	12	10	112
	Philadelphia Atoms	10	12	90
	Baltimore Comets	9	13	87
Northern Division	Boston Minutemen	13	9	116
	Toronto Metros-Croatia	13	9	114
	New York Cosmos	10	12	91
	Rochester Lancers	6	16	64
	Hartford Bicentennials	6	16	61
Western Division	Portland Timbers	16	6	138
	Seattle Sounders	15	7	129
	Los Angeles Aztecs	12	10	107
	Vancouver Whitecaps	11	11	99
	San Jose Earthquakes	8	14	83

Postseason Results

Team (Single-Game)		Team (Single-Game)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
Portland Timbers	2	Portland Timbers	1	Portland Timbers	0	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Seattle Sounders	1
St. Louis Stars	1 (5)	St. Louis Stars	0
Los Angeles Aztecs	1 (4)
Miami Toros	2	Miami Toros	0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2
Boston Minutemen	1
Toronto Metros-Croatia	0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3
Tampa Bay Rowdies	1

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	Boston, MA Metropolitan Division	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	Boston	Nickerson Field	Boston Minutemen	11	One	12
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division	Cook County, Illinois	Chicago	Soldier Field (1924)	Chicago Sting	11		11
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	11		11
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Mile High Stadium	Denver Dynamos	11		11
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division	Los Angeles County, California	Alondra Park, California	Featherstone Field	Los Angeles Aztecs	11		11
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	11		11
New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area		Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut	Hartford, Connecticut	Trinity Health Stadium	Hartford Bicentennials	11		11
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division	New York County, New York	Manhattan, New York	Downing Stadium	New York Cosmos	11		11
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	11		11
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Multnomah County, Oregon	Portland, Oregon	Providence Park	Portland Timbers	11	Two	13
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	11		11
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX Combined Statistical Area	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area		Bexar County, Texas	San Antonio	Comalander Stadium	San Antonio Thunder	11		11
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Santa Clara County, California	San José, California	CEFCU Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	11		11
						Portland Timbers		One	One
Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division	King County, Washington	Seattle	Memorial Stadium	Seattle Sounders	11		11
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area	St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area		St. Louis County, Missouri	Unincorporated	Francis Olympic Field	St. Louis Stars	11	One	12
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Stadium	Tampa Bay Rowdies	11	Two	13
Toronto Census Metropolitan Area				Old Toronto, Toronto	Varsity Stadium (1911)	Toronto Metros-Croatia	11		11
Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area				Vancouver, British Columbia	Empire Stadium	Vancouver Whitecaps	11		11
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area		Baltimore		Memorial Stadium	Baltimore Comets	Two		Two
			Baltimore County, Maryland	Towson, Maryland	Burdick Field	Baltimore Comets	Nine		Nine
	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV Metropolitan Division	Fairfax County, Virginia	Unincorporated	Pat Cunningham Stadium	Washington Diplomats	Six		Six
		Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division	District of Columbia		Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington Diplomats	Five		Five
Total							220	Seven	227