1969 American Soccer League

American Soccer League
1969 season

Season	1969
Top goalscorer	Jim Lefkos (22)
Longest unbeaten run	Washington Darts (19)
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Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1969 season.

League standings

Northern Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Syracuse Scorpions	20	12	5	3	53	26	29
Rochester Lancers	20	12	5	3	41	18	29
Boston Astros	20	5	0	15	24	48	10
New York Inter	20	2	4	14	20	44	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Southern Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Darts	20	14	5	1	46	11	33
Philadelphia Spartans	20	7	5	8	26	32	19
Philadelphia Ukrainians	20	7	5	8	27	38	19
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	20	6	1	13	34	54	13

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

ASL All-Stars

First Team [1]	Position	Second Team
Lincoln Phillips, Washington	G	Walt Tarnawsky, Philadelphia Spart.
Frank Donlavey, Syracuse	D	Carl Yakovino, Philadelphia Spart.
Charlie Mitchell, Rochester	D	Robert Watson, Philadelphia Ukran.
Alberto Trik, Philadelphia Ukran.	M	Eddie Barker, Rochester
Willie Evans, Washington	M	Winston Earle, Syracuse
Jose Montero, Boston	M	______ Dalmago, Washington
John Kerr, Washington	F	Wagner Leao, Boston
Yaw Kankam, Syracuse	F	Tibor Vigh, Rochester
Jim Lefkos, Syracuse	F	Juan Paletta, Philadelphia Spart.
Frank Odoi, Syracuse	F	Marion Oleksyn, Newark
Gerry Browne, Washington	F	Carlos Metidieri, Rochester

Playoffs

Bracket

	Northern Division playoff (single match)					ASL Championship (2-match aggregate)
						S1	Washington Darts	2	2	4
	N1a	Syracuse Scorpions	2			N1	Syracuse Scorpions	0	0	0
	N1b	Rochester Lancers	1

Northern Division playoff

October 11 [2]	Rochester Lancers	1–2	Syracuse Scorpions	Aquinas Memorial Stadium • Att. 2,456

Championship final

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
Syracuse Scorpions	0–4	Washington Darts	0–2	0–2	September 19 • Griffin Field • ??? September 26 • Brookland Stadium • 3,976

First leg

October 19, 1969

2:30 PM EST

Syracuse Scorpions	0–2	Washington Darts
	Report	Kerr 39' (Gyau) Browne 41'

Griffin Field, Liverpool, New York

Attendance: ???

Second leg

October 26, 1969

EST

Washington Darts	2–0	Syracuse Scorpions
Browne 5' Gyau 86' (Kerr)	Report

Brookland Stadium , Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 3,976

1969 ASL Champions: Washington Darts (4-0 aggregate)

Season awards

• Most Valuable Player: Jim Lefkos, Syracuse ^[1]
• Coach of the Year: Lincoln Phillips, Washington
• Manager of the Year: Walter Bahr, Philadelphia Spartans
• Rookie of the Year: Bob DiLuca, Rochester
• Most Improved Player: Jerry Kliveka, Philadelphia Spartans

References

1. Loj, Alex (October 15, 1969). "Mitchell Gets ASL 1st Team All-Star Post". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
2. "16 Oct 1969, Page 31 - The Post-Standard at". Newspapers.com. October 16, 1969. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

• American Soccer League II (RSSSF)