Statistics of

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League may refer to: *North American Soccer League (1968–1984), a former Division I league *North American Soccer League (2011–2017) The North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional men's soccer league b ...

in season 1975. This was the 8th season of the NASL.

Overview

The league comprised 20 teams with the

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Champions ...

winning the championship.

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joined the

New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada) * New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Independ ...

in 1975. 1975 was the first year the league used the term

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for their championship game.

Changes from the previous season

Rules changes

The 1975 season saw the removal of tie games. Matches that were level after 90 minutes would go to 15 minutes of sudden death overtime, and then onto penalty kicks if needed. It would not be until 2000 that a top-tier American soccer league would again allow matches to end in a draw.

New teams

*Chicago Sting *Hartford Bicentennials *Portland Timbers *San Antonio Thunder *Tampa Bay Rowdies

Teams folding

*None

Teams moving

*None

Name changes

*Toronto Metros to Toronto Metros-Croatia* ''*after merger with Toronto Croatia of

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Regular season

''W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system'' 6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game. :''-Premiers (most points). -Other playoff teams.''

NASL League Leaders

Scoring

''*(2 points per goal, 1 per assist)''

Goalkeeping

''*(1,260 minutes minimum)''

NASL All-Stars

Playoffs

All playoff games in all rounds including

Soccer Bowl '75 Soccer Bowl '75 was the championship final of the 1975 NASL season, played between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Portland Timbers. The match took place on August 24, 1975 at Spartan Stadium, in San Jose, California. It was the first North Ameri ...

were single game elimination match ups.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Soccer Bowl '75

1975 NASL Champions:

Post season awards

*Most Valuable Player:

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, Miami *Coach of the year:

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, St. Louis *Rookie of the year:

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, Philadelphia

References

External links

Complete Results and Standings
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