1974 Miami Toros season

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

Contents

Background

Review

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 Minutemen 1091362394
Toronto Metros 9101303187
Rochester Lancers 8102233077
New York Cosmos 4142284058
Eastern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Miami Toros9563824107
Baltimore Comets 10824246105
Philadelphia Atoms 8111252574
Washington Diplomats 7121293670
Central DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Dallas Tornado 9833927100
St. Louis Stars 4151274254
Denver Dynamos 5150214249
Western DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Los Angeles Aztecs 11724136110
San Jose Earthquakes 9834338103
Seattle Sounders 10733717101
Vancouver Whitecaps 5114293170

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Semifinals

August 17Miami Toros3–1 Dallas Tornado Tamiami Stadium [1] [2] • Att. 5,045

NASL Final 1974

Miami Toros3–3 Los Angeles Aztecs
Wright Soccerball shade.svg17'
Sharp Soccerball shade cross.svg48' (pen.)
Moraldo Soccerball shade.svg72' (o.g.)
Aranguiz Soccerball shade.svg87'		 de Rienzo Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.)
Costa Soccerball shade.svg78'
McMillan Soccerball shade.svg88'
Penalties
Aguirre Soccerball shad check.svg
Sharp Soccerball shad check.svg
Mallender Soccerball shad check.svg
Verdi Soccerball shade cross.svg		3–5Soccerball shad check.svg Zanotti
Soccerball shad check.svg Banhoffer
Soccerball shad check.svg Marotte
Soccerball shad check.svg Filotis
Soccerball shad check.svg Douglas
Attendance: 15,507
Referee: John Davies (USA) [3] [4] [5] [6]

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finals NASL Final 1974
W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 2
N1 Boston Minutemen 1N1 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 3E1Miami Toros3
W2 San Jose Earthquakes 0

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

See also

1974 Miami Toros

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References

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