The Nofrh American soccer League @@o@@eeeeeoeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeooo 1969
ytJH the near co^llapse of the \{SL foltou.ins the t96g each oi its cities. As season, only five of the l7 reams remained a result Aston Villa played for th. to sran ihe 1969 .\rraIlta Chiefs. West s€ason. Phil Woosnam. coach Ham United for the Baltimore Bar.. oi the Champlons _{rianla Duncee Lnited (as Chiefs. bec am^e e a_s in 1967) ,.p."r"nt.J-D"1il'i;;;". L u e ; l, :: ::-.. _ : .-- : :.-- : r. i : : L : u : .. - moteci lront .:::.;:toc.u:_t"; - - -- ;. th. \\ Lr,\ 3s \\ ent to Kansas City and f ilmarnoct Sar-. F:":,.:, : ::.: t:.:r,*.ilt \\'oiies *on to St Louis in -\trat:a rrhat was known as the International Cu: Fr': thr :tgular League competirion that followeJ il-i -.:.: .-..-: --_ :_-: .::: .:aS.-: :ie \-\SL rer.erted 1!-d 'n [";; jlii._!..] ol rop of the r eague. With all budgets cu: :t,]ro a mrnrmum tnire \\ere no play_offs in 1969.
Final League Tables and Statistics !!. , i. : {-Ft :I {:il\ P W T LFor Ag Pts Leading Scorers - Regular Season Gls 16 10 4 2 53 28 lr0 Ast Pts i Kaiser Motaung (Atlanra.) 1611324620 r09 Benitez (Kansas 16436i 16 8 2 3t ]_orge Ciil) 14 : 632 82 Ilija Mitic (Dallas) 15 5 3_< 16 3 2 il 2447 47 .''.' Fons^Stoffels (Kansas 1l 4 26 16 2 t 1327s6 42 City) 16 Manfred Seissler 8723 lKansas Cit1,) iO 8622 International Cup Competition Emment J(apengwe (Atlanra i 8622 \:.ana Chiefs _ Aston Villa Ademar.Saccone (Kansas Cii1,) !: - --- D^,.- _ Peter 16 9119 - .; Dd\r West Ham United. Millar t Baltimore Baysj 82lE lr=,..: Tornado _ Dundei U;iil. Cirilo.Fernandez (Kansas iitl r !'-::-::: _ 15 6618 :, )1,_,rs Wolverhampton Wanderers. lveqqld Cummings (Atlanta.l S: L.-u.s Stars- _ Kilm#nock. Freddie Mwila (Atlanta) 5 6 15 Tom Ferguson 7 1 l,i P W T LFor Ag Pts (St Louii) 12 Peter Short (Daltas) 7 1 15 8 6 9 2 25 t3 57 6214 8 5 I 2 23 13 52 82241322 31 In 1969. Trevor Brooktns tbelow) and Bilty Bonds 8 2 the beginnings (!eft) were at 2 4 10 16 28 of what vel- to prove long aih i;;;;;;i;,rccessJu_ 8 2 18 careers with the London ct,,b.'west- I 5 ll 26 ia'fr iiiiii."iJii"^en ptayeo . tar a win and three points tor.lhe-ltagmgrs vhen they _ "i...--._ for a tie, plus wg.re th" ;oi;;;;-ofE;itir"ore Bavs :: .::_-,.- jj--_::oal uptoamaximum if thrr"prriru-i., t.n the NASL. Brookins scoiea fite giais";;;;;i;,;;;;:;;;;;"C;; t n c t ud i n _ s a h a t t n c k a g a i n s t D al t a i ii;;iJ i't ii t ri',i',i iil e u n i t e d ). L9
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\\::r German 8.09.44 Goalkeeper 13.05 44 Defender Scott. Delro\' -l::r;:ca 22.01.47 Defender Crowe. Vic \\ a.. 31.01.32 Midfield Bracewell, Ken Ens.::c 5.10.36 Delender Bloomfield. Rav Ensia:c 15.10.44 Midfield Kapengwe, Emment Zambia 27.04.43 Midfield Mwila, Freddie Zamb a b.0".4b Midfield Motaung. Kaizer South Al-rica 10.10.44 Forward Nick Greece Canada 6.03.43 Forward Cumminss- Fverald Trinidad 28.08.48 Forward Henrv Jamaica 31.12.40 Defender Newton. Craham Ensland 22.12.42 Forward Ash, Mickey England ,1.09.43 Forward Coach: Vic Crowe Wales Stadium: Arianta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
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