Champions Toronto Metros-Croatia Highest attendance 58,218 (NY @ Seattle) Average attendance 10,295 Champion Toronto Blizzard Matches played 240 | Premiers Tampa Bay Rowdies Lowest attendance 531 (Chicago @ Boston) Start date 1976 Goals scored 760 | |
Top goalscorer Derek Smethurst
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Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1976. This was the 9th season of the NASL.
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Overview
Twenty teams contested the league. The Toronto Metros-Croatia defeated the Minnesota Kicks in the finals on August 28 to win the championship. Tampa Bay finished the regular season with the best record, giving them consecutive titles in three different domestic NASL competitions. Though not in a calendar year, within 12 months they won the Soccer Bowl in August 1975, the NASL indoor cup in March 1976, and the regular season shield or premiership in August 1976. Since NASL teams at that time did not participate in the U.S. Open Cup, this would be the closest one would ever come to achieving any sort of a North American treble.
Changes from the Previous Season
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.Soccer Bowl '76
1976 NASL Champions: Toronto Metros-Croatia