1970 Washington Darts season

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Washington Darts
1970 season
ChairmanWilliam Cousins Jr.
ManagerNorman Sutherland
Stadium Brookland Stadium
30,000
NASL Southern Division: First place
Regular Season: First place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Leroy DeLeon
(15 goals)

All:
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Leroy DeLeon
(16 goals)
  1969 Darts (ASL)
1971 Darts 

The 1970 Washington Darts season was the team's first season in the North American Soccer League, and the club's fourth season in professional soccer. Previously the club fielded a team in the American Soccer League. In their initial run in the NASL, the team earned first place in the Southern Division and finished with the top record in the league. As division champions they automatically qualified for the championship game known as the NASL Final.

Contents

Background

Review

Competitions

NASL regular season

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, 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 DivisionGWLTGFGAPT
Rochester Lancers 249964145111
Kansas City Spurs 2481064244100
St. Louis Stars 245172267160
Southern DivisionGWLTGFGAPT
Washington Darts2414645229137
Atlanta Chiefs 2411855333123
Dallas Tornado 248124393992

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

NASL Final 1970

Team 1AggregateTeam 2First legSecond legAttendance
Rochester Lancers 4–3 [1] Washington Darts3–01–3September 5 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 9,321
September 13 • Brookland Stadium • 5,543

Match reports

First leg

Rochester Lancers [2] [3] 3–0Washington Darts
Costa Soccerball shade.svg26' (Kankam)
Costa Soccerball shade.svg61' (Ofori)
Marotti Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 9,321
Referee: Mike Ashkenazi
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Rochester [4] [5]
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Washington [4] [6]

Second leg

Washington Darts3–1 Rochester Lancers
DeLeon Soccerball shade.svg44' (pen.)
Gyau Soccerball shade.svg49' (Grell)
Browne Soccerball shade.svg65' (Archibald)
Report Costa Soccerball shade.svg40' (Metidieri)
Attendance: 5,543 [7]
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Washington [8]
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Statistics

Transfers

See also

1970 Washington Darts

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  8. 1 2 Lincoln Philips