1979 American Soccer League

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American Soccer League
1979 season
Season1979
ChampionsSacramento Gold
PremiersCalifornia Sunshine
Top goalscorerJoey Fink (15)
Poli Garcia
Highest scoringIan Filby (14 goals; 17 assists)[1]
Longest winning runCalifornia Sunshine (13)
Longest unbeaten runCalifornia Sunshine (15)
← 1978
1980 →

Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1979.

League standings[]

Eastern Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts
Columbus Magic 28 17 3 8 55 41 49 140
New York Eagles 28 14 7 7 49 35 46 130
Pennsylvania Stoners 28 13 5 10 50 38 45 120
New Jersey Americans 28 12 3 13 36 38 35 101
Cleveland Cobras 28 8 3 17 29 47 29 75
New York Apollo 28 6 4 18 30 45 26 64
Source:[citation needed]
Western Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA BP Pts
California Sunshine 28 22 3 3 63 29 57 173
Sacramento Gold 28 14 2 12 49 34 42 116
Los Angeles Skyhawks 28 13 4 11 42 44 41 114
Indianapolis Daredevils 28 8 3 17 35 58 32 78
Las Vegas Seagulls 28 7 3 18 28 54 28 69
Source:[citation needed]

ASL All-Stars[]

First Team[2]   Position  
Tom Reynolds, California G
Ramon Moraldo, California D
Daniel Mammana, Columbus D
Anđelko Tešan, New York D
Mickey Brown, Sacramento D
Don Tobin, California M
Clyde Watson, New York M
Norman Piper, Columbus M
Poli Garcia, California F
, New York F
Ian Filby, Sacramento F

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Division semifinalsDivision finals
(2-match aggregate)		ASL Championship Final
                
California Sunshine000
Sacramento Gold011
Sacramento Gold3
Los Angeles Skyhawks2
Sacramento Gold1
Columbus Magic0
Columbus Magic11(4)2
Pennsylvania Stoners11(3)2
New York Eagles1
Pennsylvania Stoners2

Division semifinals[]

August 29 Sacramento Gold 3–2 (OT) Los Angeles Skyhawks Hughes Stadium • 7,223[3]
August 29 New York Eagles 1–2 Pennsylvania Stoners Bleecker Stadium • Att. ???

Division finals[]

Higher seed Aggregate Lower seed First leg Second leg Attendance
Columbus Magic 2–2 Pennsylvania Stoners 1–1 1–1 (4–3) September 4 • ASD Stadium • 7,048[4]
September 9 • Franklin County Stadium • 4,306[5]
California Sunshine 0–1 Sacramento Gold 0–0 0–1 September 2 • Hughes Stadium • 10,762[6]
September 8 • Murdock Stadium • 2,200[7]

Championship final[]

Columbus Magic (OH)0–1Sacramento Gold (CA)
Report 1
Report 2		 Ian Filby Goal 83:22'
Attendance: 9,378
Referee: (USA)

References[]

  1. ^ Kamb, Susan (August 29, 1979). "Gold In Showdown". The Sacramento Bee. p. D3. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Californians dominates All-Star Team". Spokesman-Review. September 9, 1979. p. C9. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Kamb, Susan (August 30, 1979). "Gold Score In Overtime Earns 3-2 Triumph". Sacramento Bee. p. E1. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Markowitz, Marc (September 5, 1979). "Stoners defense equal to challenge". The Morning Call. p. C1. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Markowitz, Marc (September 10, 1979). "Stoners lose on penalties". The Morning Call. p. C1. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Strege, Dave (September 3, 1979). "Sunshine and Gold Tie, 0-0". Los Angeles Times. p. III-2. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  7. ^ Kamb, Susan (September 9, 1979). "Gold Tops Sunshine 1-0 In Final". Sacramento Bee. p. C1. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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