1972 American Soccer League

Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1972 season.

American Soccer League
1972 season
Season1972
ChampionsCincinnati Comets
PremiersNew York Greeks
Top goalscorerCharles Duccilli (5)
Nelson Brizuela
Josip Ognjanac
George Pulita
John Kostakis
Longest unbeaten runNew York Greeks (10)
← 1971
1973 →

League standings
Northern Conference
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
New York Greeks 10 8 2 0 31 7 18
Boston Astros 10 4 3 3 26 19 11
Connecticut Wildcats 10 5 0 5 11 15 10
New Jersey Brewers 10 4 1 5 21 19 9
Source:
Southern Conference
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Philadelphia Spartans 10 6 3 1 25 12 15
Delaware Wings 10 5 1 4 15 16 11
Baltimore Stars 10 1 3 6 10 33 5
Washington Cavaliers 10 0 1 9 4 22 1
Source: [1]
Midwest Conference
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Cincinnati Comets 8 6 1 1 19 7 13
Cleveland Stars 8 6 0 2 23 10 6[lower-alpha 1]
Detroit Mustangs 8 2 2 4 13 28 6
Pittsburgh Canons 8 2 1 5 11 18 5
St. Louis Frogs 8 2 0 6 13 16 4
Chicago Americans[lower-alpha 2] 0 ? ? ? ? ? 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. 6 points deducted?
  2. Chicago Americans played only a few games

Playoffs

Bracket
  First round     Eastern playoff     ASL Championship final
                           
  M1 Cincinnati Comets -    
  bye -    
      M1 Cincinnati Comets -  
            bye -    
               
      M1 Cincinnati Comets 2
  N1 New York Greeks 1               N1 New York Greeks 1
  S2 Delaware Wings 0              
      N1 New York Greeks 2    
        S1 Philadelphia Spartans 0  
  S1 Philadelphia Spartans 1    
  N2 Boston Astros 0  

First round
August 19 Philadelphia Spartans 1–0 Boston Astros Northeast High School • Att. ???
August 20 New York Greeks 1–0 Delaware Wings Metropolitan Oval • Att. ???

Eastern playoff
September 4 New York Greeks 2–0 (AET) Philadelphia Spartans Metropolitan Oval • Att. ???

Championship final
Cincinnati Comets (OH)2–1New York Greeks (NY)
Valdemar  3:45' (Brizuela)
Charley Roberts  53:45' (Aguirre)		 Report John Navronatis  5:10' (Nanos)
Referee: (USA)

References
  1. "Pro Soccer, ASL Final Standings". Boston Globe. September 9, 1974. p. 28. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
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