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NASL Final 1974

{{short description|Soccer match}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox football match

| title = NASL Final 1974

| other_titles =

| image = File:Miami Orange Bowl (Super Bowl V).jpg

| caption = The Orange Bowl hosted the Final

| event = NASL Final

| team1 = Miami Toros

| team1association =

| team1score = 3

| team2 = Los Angeles Aztecs

| team2association =

| team2score = 3

| details = (Los Angeles Aztecs won 5–3 on penalties)

| date = {{Start date|1974|08|25}}

| stadium = Orange Bowl

| city = Miami, Florida

| man_of_the_match1a =

| man_of_the_match1atitle =

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| fair_player1 =

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| referee = John Davies (United States)

| attendance = 15,507

| weather =

| previous = 1973

| next = 1975

}}

NASL Final 1974 was the championship match of the 1974 season, between the expansion Los Angeles Aztecs and the Miami Toros. The match was played on August 25, 1974 at the Orange Bowl, in Miami, Florida. The teams played to a, 3–3, draw, and after a short break the game moved directly to a penalty shoot-out. Los Angeles won the shoot-out, 5–3, and were crowned the 1974 champions. This was the second consecutive year that an expansion team won the NASL title{{cite web|last=NASL |title=NASL 1968–1984 – Yearly Result |url=http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=458 |publisher=North American Soccer League |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012023409/http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=458 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://twb22.blogspot.com/2011/04/nasl-1974-los-angeles-aztecs-miami.html|title=Nasl 1974 Los Angeles Aztecs Miami Toros|website=Twb22.blogspot.com|date=April 10, 2011}}

Background

=Los Angeles Aztecs=

The Los Angeles Aztecs qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Western Division with 110 points. The point total earned them a quarterfinal bye in the playoffs. The Aztecs defeated the Northern Division champion Boston Minutemen, 2–0, in a semifinal game played on August 17, 1974 at ELAC Stadium{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/382018963/?terms=Aztecs |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |author=Grahame Jones |title=Aztec Coach Angry Over All-Star Snub |date=August 17, 1974 |page=III-4}} in Monterey Park, California to advance to the finals.

=Miami Toros=

{{main|1974 Miami Toros season}}

The Miami Toros qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Eastern Division with 107 points. They were also given a quarterfinal bye in the playoffs. The Toros defeated the Central Division champion Dallas Tornado, 3–1, in a semifinal game played on August 17, 1974 at Tamiami Stadium to advance to the finals.

=Game site controversy=

Although the Aztecs had a league-best record and points total, and rightly should have hosted the championship final, CBS intervened and strongly influenced the NASL's decision to play the match in Miami. CBS was under contract to air the game live and was unwilling to black-out the large Southern California viewing audience. At the time it was the standard in many U.S.-based sports for the host market not to broadcast games locally unless they were sold out. At the time, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum had a capacity of 94,500 and, even in a best-case scenario, an Aztecs sell-out was unlikely. Moreover, in an effort by CBS to capture more viewers during the peak East Coast time slot, a Los Angeles-hosted game would have begun at 12:30 (PDT) local time.

The league recognized that both these factors would be detrimental to ticket sales and agreed to move the game to the Miami Orange Bowl with a 3:30 (EDT) local start. CBS had also stepped in the previous week and forced the Toros to play their semi-final match at the much-smaller Tamiami Stadium in Tamiami Park. This was done so that if Miami did win, CBS's production crews would have a full week for set-up in the Orange Bowl stadium.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740814&id=UDw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4148,1615343&hl=en] {{dead link|date=November 2021}}

Match details

{{football box

|date = August 25, 1974

|time = 3:30 p.m. EDT

|team1 = Miami Toros

|score = 3–3

|report = [http://soccerstats.us/games/35726/ Report 1]
[https://www.newspapers.com/image/626820492/?terms=Aztecs&match=1 Report 2]

|team2 = Los Angeles Aztecs

|goals1 = Wright {{goal|17}}
Moraldo {{goal|73|o.g.}}
Aránguiz {{goal|87}}

|goals2 = de Rienzo {{goal|26|pen.}}
Banhoffer {{goal|78}}
McMillan {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

|attendance = 15,507

|referee = John Davies

{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/301689491/?terms=Toros |newspaper=Miami News |author=Grahame Jones |title=Aztec Coach Angry Over All-Star Snub |date=August 17, 1974 |page=III-4}}

{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8HZKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8CINAAAAIBAJ&pg=7039,5233642&dq=toros+overtime&hl=en|title=Aztecs Win Soccer Title in Overtime |newspaper=The Press-Courier (Oxnard CA) |date=August 26, 1974 |page=12}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D0BSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SnkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7264,196450&dq=aztecs+kick+toros&hl=en |title=Aztecs kick Toros for title |newspaper=St. Petersburg (FL) Times |date= August 26, 1974|page=3-C}}{{Cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1974/09/02/the-penalty-for-success|title=The Penalty for Success |first=Dan|last=Levin|website=Sports Illustrated}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j2wzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4129,5026763&dq=aztecs+kick+toros&hl=en|title=Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search|website=News.google.com}} (United States)

|penalties1=Aguirre {{pengoal}}
Sharp {{pengoal}}
Mallender {{pengoal}}
Verdi {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore=3–5

|penalties2= {{pengoal}} Zanotti
{{pengoal}} Banhoffer
{{pengoal}} Marotte
{{pengoal}} Filotis
{{pengoal}} Douglas

}}

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GK1{{flagicon|ARG}} Osvaldo Toriani
DF14{{flagicon|TTO}} Selris Figaro{{yel|73}}
DF5{{flagicon|ENG}} Ralph Wright
DF6{{flagicon|ENG}} Ken Mallender
DF15{{flagicon|USA}} Alan Hamlyn
MF2 {{flagicon|Cuba}} Rafael Arguelles
MF4{{flagicon|CHI}} Esteban Aranguiz
MF11{{flagicon|TTO}} Warren Archibald{{suboff|88}}
FW7{{flagicon|TTO}} Steve David
FW9{{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Watts{{suboff|77}}
FW10{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Sharp (c){{yel|86}}
colspan="4"|Substitutes:
DF3{{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Verdi{{subon|88}}
FW8{{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Aguirre{{subon|77}}
GK18{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Nuttall
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Young

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GK1{{flagicon|MEX}} Blas Sánchez
DF2{{flagicon|ARG}} Ricardo De Rienzo{{suboff|72}}
DF3{{flagicon|TTO}} Ramon Moraldo (c)
DF5{{flagicon|ARG}} Mario Zanotti{{yel|14}}
DF12{{flagicon|URU}} Julio César Cortés
MF6{{flagicon|MEX}} Pedro Martinez
MF8{{flagicon|BRA}} Renato Costa{{suboff|88}}
MF10{{flagicon|URU}} Luis Marotte
MF11{{flagicon|TTO}} Tony Douglas
FW7{{flagicon|USA}} Doug McMillan
FW9{{flagicon|URU}} Uri Banhoffer{{yel|86}}
colspan="4"|Substitutes:
FW15{{flagicon|USA}} Jose Lopez{{subon|72}}
DF16{{flagicon|USA}} Yeprem Nersepian
FW18{{flagicon|TUR}} Peter Filotis{{subon|88}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| {{flagicon|ALB}} Alex Perolli

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1974 NASL Champions: Los Angeles Aztecs

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Finals MVP:



Assistant referees:


{{flagicon|CAN}} Paul Avis{{cite web |title=1974-08-25 NASL FINAL Los Angeles Aztecs vs Miami Toros |date=August 25, 1975|work=CBS Sports|publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYEv7tjwWdo |access-date=January 25, 2017}}


{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Sumpter

Television: CBS


Announcers: Frank Glieber, Clive Toye, Kyle Rote, Jr.

Match Statistics

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope=col width=100 |Statistic{{cite news |last=Martz| first=Jim |title=Toros Lose in Tiebreaker, 4-3 |date=August 26, 1974|publisher=Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/626820277/?terms=Toros%20lose%20in%20Tiebreaker&match=1|page=1D |access-date=2023-03-04}}

!scope=col width=80 | Miami

!scope=col width=85 | Los Angeles

scope=row|Goals scored

| 3

| 3

scope=row|Total shots

| 25

| 26

scope=row|Shots on target

| 14

| 12

scope=row|Saves

| 9

| 12

scope=row|Corner kicks

| 8

| 4

scope=row|Fouls

| 11

| 12

scope=row|Offsides

| 5

| 2

scope=row|Yellow cards

| 2

| 2

scope=row|Red cards

| 0

| 0

{{Clear}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{YouTube|id= JYEv7tjwWdo&t=4544s|title= Complete match}}

{{Soccer Bowl (NASL Championship)}}

{{Los Angeles Aztecs}}

{{Fort Lauderdale Strikers}}

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