1969 Washington Darts season

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Washington Darts
1969 season
ChairmanWilliam Cousins Jr.
ManagerNorman Sutherland
ASL Southern Division: First place
ASL Championship : Winners
  1968 Darts
1970 Darts (NASL) 

The 1969 Washington Darts season was the second season of the team in the American Soccer League, and the club's third season in professional soccer. This year, the team earned first place in the Southern Division and made it into the championship game known as the ASL Final. They were this year's champions. It would be the last year of the club in the ASL as it joined the North American Soccer league in the following year with a new team under the same name in 1970.

Contents

Background

Review

Competitions

ASL regular season

League standings

Northern Division
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Syracuse Scorpions 201253532629
Rochester Lancers 201253411829
Boston Astros 205015244810
New York Inter 20241420448
Source: [ citation needed ]
Southern Division
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Washington Darts201451461133
Philadelphia Spartans 20758263219
Philadelphia Ukrainians 20758273819
Newark Ukrainian Sitch 206113345413
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

ASL Playoffs

Northern Division playoff

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

Championship final

Team 1AggregateTeam 2First legSecond legAttendance
Syracuse Scorpions 0–4Washington Darts0–20–2September 19 • Griffin Field • ???
September 26 • Brookland Stadium • 3,976

Match reports

First leg
Syracuse Scorpions 0–2Washington Darts
Report Kerr Soccerball shade.svg39' (Gyau)
Browne Soccerball shade.svg41'
Griffin Field, Liverpool, New York
Attendance: ???
Second leg
Washington Darts2–0 Syracuse Scorpions
Browne Soccerball shade.svg5'
Gyau Soccerball shade.svg86' (Kerr)
Report
Attendance: 3,976

Statistics

Transfers

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