1971 North American Soccer League season

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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

Special Event Results

Event Home Score Away
NASL All-Star Match North American Soccer League

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Division County / Equivalent Municipality Venue Team / Event Regular Postseason Total
Área Metropolitana do Porto Póvoa de Varzim, Região do Norte, Portugal Traveling team Varzim SC
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 Clayton County, Georgia Unincorporated Tara Stadium Atlanta Chiefs
Fulton County, Georgia Atlanta Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Atlanta Chiefs
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) NASL All-Star Match
Coventry Built-up Area Coventry, West Midlands, England Traveling team Coventry City F.C.
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
Gush Dan Petah Tikva, Mehoz haMerkaz, Yisrāʾēl Traveling team Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
Hauptstadtregion Berlin-Brandenburg Berlin Traveling team Hertha BSC
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area Jackson County, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Robert L. Hicks Field Kansas City Spurs
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
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area St. Louis County, Missouri Unincorporated Francis Olympic Stadium St. Louis Stars
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
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington Darts
Zona Metropolitana de Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Traveling team C.F. Monterrey
Total
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