1974 Miami Toros season

Miami Toros
1974 season
ManagerJohn Young
StadiumMiami Orange Bowl
NASLEastern Division: First place
NASL Championship:Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
(13 goals)
All:
Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
(13 goals)
Average home league attendance7,340

The 1974 Miami Toros season was the second season of the team, and the club's eighth season in professional soccer. This year, the team earned first place in the Eastern Division. They advanced through the North American Soccer League playoffs to the NASL Final, before losing on penalty kicks to the Los Angeles Aztecs.

Squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG Osvaldo Toriani
2 DF  CUB Rafael Argüelles
3 DF  ENG Roger Verdi
4 DF  CHI Esteban Aránguiz
5 DF  ENG Ralph Wright
6 DF  ENG Ken Mallender
7 FW  TRI Steve David
8 DF  ARG Roberto Aguirre
9 FW  ENG Derek Watts
10 MF  SCO Ronnie Sharp
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  TRI Warren Archibald
12 FW  USA Steve Baumann
13 MF  ARG Héctor Galice
14 DF  TRI Selris Figaro
15 DF  USA Alan Hamlyn
16 DF  USA Kip Jordan
17 FW  USA Don Ries
18 GK  USA Bill Nuttall
19 MF  BRA Nicanor de Carvalho

Competitions

NASL regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= PK Shootout Wins, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

Northern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Boston Minutemen1091362394
Toronto Metros9101303187
Rochester Lancers8102233077
New York Cosmos4142284058
Eastern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Miami Toros9563824107
Baltimore Comets10824246105
Philadelphia Atoms8111252574
Washington Diplomats7121293670
Central DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Dallas Tornado9833927100
St. Louis Stars4151274254
Denver Dynamos5150214249
Western DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Los Angeles Aztecs11724136110
San Jose Earthquakes9834338103
Seattle Sounders10733717101
Vancouver Whitecaps5114293170

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Semifinals

August 17 Miami Toros 3–1 Dallas Tornado Tamiami Stadium[1][2] • Att. 5,045

NASL Final 1974

Miami Toros3–3Los Angeles Aztecs
Wright 17'
Sharp football with red X 48' (pen.)
Moraldo red-colored football 72' (o.g.)
Aranguiz 87'		 de Rienzo 26' (pen.)
Costa 78'
McMillan 88'
Penalties
Aguirre football with check mark
Sharp football with check mark
Mallender football with check mark
Verdi football with red X		 3–5 football with check mark Zanotti
football with check mark Banhoffer
football with check mark Marotte
football with check mark Filotis
football with check mark Douglas
Attendance: 15,507
Referee: John Davies (USA)[3][4][5][6]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals NASL Final 1974
W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 2
N1 Boston Minutemen 1 N1 Boston Minutemen 0
E2 Baltimore Comets 0 W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 3(5)
E1 Miami Toros 3(3)
C1 Dallas Tornado 1
C1 Dallas Tornado 3 E1 Miami Toros 3
W2 San Jose Earthquakes 0

See also

1974 Miami Toros

References

  1. ↑ "Football in Miami and Beyond: Ft Lauderdale Strikers History: Part II: PRO SOCCER COMES TO MIAMI". October 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740814&id=UDw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4217,1489454&hl=en
  3. ↑ "The Press-Courier - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ Dan Levin (September 2, 1974). "A bizarre overtime kicking contest enabled the Los - 09.02.74 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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