1972 Miami Gatos season

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Miami Gatos
1972 season
Manager Flag of the United States.svg Sal DeRosa
Stadium Miami-Dade Stadium
NASL Eastern Division: fourth place
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Warren Archibald
(6 goals)

All:
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Warren Archibald
(6 goals)
Average home league attendance2,112
  1971 Darts
1973 Toros 

The 1972 Miami Gatos season was the first and only season of the new team, and the club's sixth season in professional soccer. It is also the first ever incarnation of the club's new name. Previously, they were known as the Washington Darts. This year, the team finished in fourth place in the Southern Division. They did not make the North American Soccer League playoffs. At the end of the year the club folded the team, relocated to a new stadium, rebranded themselves, and fielded a new team for the 1973 season called the Miami Toros.

Contents

Background

Review

Manager Sal DeRosa resigned in June. [1]

Competitions

NASL regular season

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 DivisionWLTGFGAPT
New York Cosmos 734281677
Rochester Lancers 653202264
Montreal Olympique 455192057
Toronto Metros 464182253
Southern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
St. Louis Stars 743201469
Dallas Tornado 653151260
Atlanta Chiefs 563191856
Miami Gatos383173244

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

See also

1972 Miami Gatos

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References

  1. Rand, Jonathan (July 27, 1972). "Gatos selected wrong course". The Miami News . p. 19. Retrieved December 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.