1970 Washington Darts season

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ChairmanWilliam Cousins Jr.
ManagerNorman Sutherland
StadiumBrookland Stadium
30,000
NASLSouthern Division: First place
Regular Season: First place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Washington Darts
1970 season
ChairmanWilliam Cousins Jr.
ManagerNorman Sutherland
StadiumBrookland Stadium
30,000
NASLSouthern Division: First place
Regular Season: First place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trinidad and Tobago Leroy DeLeon
(15 goals)
All:
Trinidad and Tobago Leroy DeLeon
(16 goals)
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The 1970 Washington Darts season was the team's first season in the North American Soccer League, and the club's fourth season in professional soccer. Previously the club fielded a team in the American Soccer League. In their initial run in the NASL, the team earned first place in the Southern Division and finished with the top record in the league. As division champions they automatically qualified for the championship game known as the NASL Final.

Squad

Source:[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  ARG Ramón Narváez
1 GK  TRI Lincoln Phillips
2 DF  TRI Selris Figaro
3 DF  HAI Roland Crispin
4 MF  CAN John Kerr
5 FW  TRI Bertrand Grell
6 MF  TRI Victor Gamaldo
7 FW  GHA Joseph Agyemang-Gyau
8 FW  SCO John Muir
9 FW  TRI Gerry Browne
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  SCO Billy Fraser
11 MF  TRI Warren Archibald
12 DF  SCO Frank Donlavey
13 DF  GHA Willie Evans
14 FW  TRI Leroy DeLeon
15 MF  ARG Victorio Casa
16 DF  TRI Winston Alexis
17 MF  SCO Danny Paton
18 MF  CHI Christian Gonzales

Competitions

NASL regular season

G = Games, 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 DivisionGWLTGFGAPT
Rochester Lancers249964145111
Kansas City Spurs2481064244100
St. Louis Stars245172267160
Southern DivisionGWLTGFGAPT
Washington Darts2414645229137
Atlanta Chiefs2411855333123
Dallas Tornado248124393992

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

NASL Final 1970

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 First leg Second leg Attendance
Rochester Lancers4–3[2]Washington Darts3–01–3September 5 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 9,321
September 13 • Brookland Stadium • 5,543

Match reports

First leg

Rochester Lancers[3][4]3–0Washington Darts
Costa 26' (Kankam)
Costa 61' (Ofori)
Marotti 72' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 9,321
Referee: Mike Ashkenazi
Rochester[5][6]
Washington[5][7]

Second leg

Washington Darts3–1Rochester Lancers
DeLeon 44' (pen.)
Gyau 49' (Grell)
Browne 65' (Archibald)		 Report Costa 40' (Metidieri)
Attendance: 5,543[8]
Washington[9]
Rochester[9]

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References

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