1974 National Soccer League season

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National Soccer League
Season 1974
Champions
League cup Toronto Italia
Top goalscorer Momčilo Stojanović (54)[1]
Best goalkeeper Blagoje Tamindžić[2]
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The 1974 National Soccer League season was the fifty-first season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in April and concluded in late October with Toronto Croatia defeating Toronto Homer for the NSL Championship.[3] The regular-season title was clinched by the Serbian White Eagles, and as a result, faced the Challenge Trophy champions Calgary Springer Kickers for the Canadian Open Cup and successfully claimed the title.[3][4] The NSL Cup was won by Toronto Italia after defeating Toronto First Portuguese.[5][6]

The league experienced a further increase in match attendance and contributed an instrumental role in the construction of Lamport Stadium.[7][8] Toronto Croatia became involved with the Toronto Metros to form Toronto Metros-Croatia to compete in the 1975 North American Soccer League season.[9]

Overview

The membership in the league increased to 19 members with the additions of Toronto Macedonia, and the Quebec Selects.[10] The Selects were a developmental team sponsored by the Quebec government, and Macedonia was another ethnic associated club that represented the Macedonian diaspora in Toronto.[11][12] The previous time the Macedonian community participated in the NSL was in the 1963 season.[13] The increase in teams prompted the league ownership to partition the league into two separate divisions with a promotion and relegation system for the following season.[14][8]

The average match attendance increased from the previous season with the Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Homer as the vanguard clubs in match attendance.[15][16] The match attendance throughout the NSL would range from 10,000 to 400 spectators.[17] The NSL experienced further riots and fan violence which was primarily fueled by ethnic rivalries amongst the ethnically associated clubs.[18][19] The frequent hooliganism throughout the season caused several referees to refuse to officiate several NSL matches.[20][21] The league responded by issuing heavier fines, and suspensions to the responsible parties.[22] On the North American Soccer League front the Toronto Metros were experiencing financial difficulties, which resulted in Toronto Croatia becoming an equal financial partner to form Toronto Metros-Croatia.[9]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Hamilton City Hamilton, Ontario Ivor Wynne Stadium[23]
Hamilton Croatia Hamilton, Ontario Ivor Wynne Stadium
Hamilton Italo-Canadians Hamilton, Ontario Brian Timmis Stadium
London City London, Ontario Cove Road Stadium
Montreal Cantalia Montreal, Quebec CEPSUM Stadium[24]

Jarry Park Stadium[24]

 Salvatore Italiano[25]
Quebec Selects Montreal, Quebec Jarry Park Stadium[26] Graham Adams[26]
Ottawa Tigers Ottawa, Ontario Mooney's Bay Sports Complex[27] Nick Iulano[28]
Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12] Dragan Popović[3]
Srbija Kitchener Kitchener, Ontario
St. Catharines Heidelberg St. Catharines, Ontario
Toronto Croatia Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12] Vladimir Šimunić[29]
Toronto First Portuguese Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12] Luis Dabo[28]
Toronto Homer Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12]
Toronto Hungaria Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12] Tom Boljkovac[30]
Toronto Italia York, Ontario York Stadium[12] Franco Gallina[25]
Toronto Macedonia East York, Ontario East York Stadium[12]
Toronto Melita Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12]
Toronto Polonia Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12]
Toronto Ukrainians Toronto, Ontario CNE Stadium[12] Ostap Steckiw[31]

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Toronto Croatia Tom Zlodre[29] replaced June 1974 Vladimir Šimunić[29] June, 1974
Montreal Cantalia Ottavio Cucuraghi[25] replaced June 1974 Salvatore Italiano[25] June, 1974

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Serbian White Eagles (C) 36 28 7 1 118 16 +102 63 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Homer 36 26 5 5 89 41 +48 57
3 Toronto Croatia (O) 36 23 5 8 78 32 +46 51
4 Toronto Italia 36 21 9 6 99 36 +63 51
5 Toronto Macedonia 36 22 7 7 102 42 +60 51
6 Hamilton Croatia 36 20 9 7 84 43 +41 49
7 Toronto First Portuguese 36 23 2 11 78 39 +39 48
8 London City 36 19 9 8 89 45 +44 47
9 Hamilton City 36 17 8 11 67 58 +9 42
10 Hamilton Italo-Canadians 36 16 8 12 39 38 +1 40
11 Quebec Selects 36 13 4 19 44 78 −34 30
12 Toronto Hungaria 36 12 5 19 70 83 −13 29
13 Montreal Cantalia 36 9 7 20 42 64 −22 25
14 St. Catharines Heidelberg 36 9 7 20 39 67 −28 25
15 Toronto Melita 36 7 9 20 41 80 −39 23
16 Toronto Ukrainians 36 6 5 25 43 94 −51 17
17 Toronto Polonia 36 4 4 28 27 96 −69 12
18 Srbija Kitchener 36 4 4 28 49 150 −101 12
19 Ottawa Tigers 36 4 1 31 31 126 −95 9
Updated to match(es) played on October 30, 1974. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NSL_1921_1992.pdf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Playoffs

Finals

Cup

The cup tournament was a separate contest from the rest of the season in which all nineteen teams took part. The tournament would conclude in a two-legged match final for the Cup.

Finals

Canadian Open Cup

The Canadian Open Cup was a tournament organized by the National Soccer League in 1971 where the NSL champion would face the Challenge Trophy winners to determine the best team throughout the country.[32][33] The 1974 edition served as a qualifier match to determine the Canadian representative to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[34] Serbian White Eagles were the NSL representative for the 1974 competition while their opponents were Calgary Springer Kickers, who were the Alberta Cup, and Challenge Trophy titleholders.[3][35]

References

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