1970 National Soccer League season

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National Soccer League
Season 1970
Champions
League cup Toronto First Portuguese
Top goalscorer Nino Flamini (25)[1]
← 1969
1971 →

The 1970 National Soccer League season was the forty-seventh season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in late April and concluded in early November with the NSL Championship final. The regular-season title was clinched by Toronto Croatia by finishing first throughout the regular season.[2][3] In the playoffs, the championship title was won by Hamilton Croatia after defeating Toronto Croatia.[4] The NSL Cup was secured by Toronto First Portuguese after defeating Toronto Hellas.[5][6]

Overview

Before the commencement of the season, a dispute emerged between the National Soccer League (NSL) and the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA) over a variety of issues during the OSA's annual meeting.[7] At the meeting, the NSL's delegation requested that the league receive more representatives in future OSA meetings and a percentage of the gate earnings from friendly matches involving touring European teams.[7] All of the NSL's requests were denied, and in addition, the league was required to recruit match officials from the local Referees Society.[7] The league's circuit become centered around a Montreal–London corridor with the league expanding to the Ottawa region for the first time in its history.[8]

The Ottawa franchise was given to Ottawa Sons of Italy, who were the 1969 champions of the Ottawa-Rideau Soccer League.[9][10] Hamilton received further representation with the acceptance of Hamilton Apollos and Hamilton Croatia.[8] Hamilton Croatia previously competed in the Inter-City Soccer League.[11] The NSL retained its presence in Quebec with the Portuguese de Quebec of Montreal replacing Montreal Inter-Italia.[8] Two notable absentees were Toronto Italia and Sudbury Italia as both were given a leave of absence to settle their financial troubles.[8][12] Another departing club was Arsenal Portuguese Oakville.

Reports were also circulating of a potential national Canadian championship featuring champions from the NSL, and the Western Canada Soccer League.[12] The NSL began to experience an increase in match attendance since their initial decrease and stagnation in the mid-1960s.[13][4] The Toronto-based teams at Stanley Park averaged the highest amount with an average of 1000 per match followed by London which averaged around 680 spectators.[4]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Hamilton Apollos Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton Croatia Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton Homer Hamilton, Ontario
Kitchener Concordia Kitchener, Ontario
London German Canadians London, Ontario Cove Road Stadium[14] Phil Brooman[15]
Ottawa Sons of Italy Ottawa, Ontario St. Joseph's High School[16] Sandro Rausa[17]
Portuguese de Quebec of Montreal Montreal, Quebec Jarry Stadium[18]
Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13] Alan Harvey[19]
Toronto Croatia Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13] Arthur Rodrigues[20]
Toronto First Portuguese Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13] Arthur Rodrigues[19][note 1]
Toronto Hellas Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13]
Toronto Hungaria Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13]
Toronto Olympia Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13]
Toronto Ukrainia Toronto, Ontario Stanley Park Stadium[13] Leo Dowhaluk[21]
  1. ↑ Rodrigues was First Portugal's head coach at the start of the season then later joined Toronto Croatia

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Toronto Croatia Marijan Bilić[22] End of caretaker spell Arthur Rodrigues


Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto Croatia (C) 26 20 3 3 75 19 +56 43 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Hamilton Croatia (O) 26 16 8 2 67 24 +43 40
3 Serbian White Eagles 26 17 5 4 60 26 +34 39
4 Toronto First Portuguese 26 15 4 7 56 37 +19 34
5 London German Canadians 26 13 6 7 55 29 +26 32
6 Toronto Hellas 26 13 5 8 49 36 +13 31
7 Hamilton Homer 26 12 7 7 48 36 +12 31
8 Ottawa Sons of Italy 26 9 6 11 39 49 −10 24
9 Toronto Hungaria 26 7 8 11 42 43 −1 22
10 Soccer Portugais du Quebec of Montreal 26 6 7 13 23 45 −22 19
11 Toronto Ukrainians 26 7 3 16 34 51 −17 17
12 Hamilton Apollos 26 6 4 16 25 57 −32 16
13 Kitchener Kickers 26 5 3 18 31 84 −53 13
14 Toronto Olympia 26 1 1 24 23 91 −68 3
Updated to match(es) played on October 30, 1970. 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 fourteen teams took part. The tournament would conclude in a final match for the Cup.

Finals

References

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