1979 American Soccer League

Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1979.

American Soccer League
1979 season

Season	1979
Champions	Sacramento Gold
Premiers	California Sunshine
1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Sacramento Gold
Top goalscorer	Joey Fink (15) Poli Garcia
Highest scoring	Ian Filby (14 goals; 17 assists)[1]
Longest winning run	California Sunshine (13)
Longest unbeaten run	California Sunshine (15)
← 1978 1980 →

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
Branko Samatovic, New York	F
Ian Filby, Sacramento	F

Playoffs

Bracket

	Division semifinals						Division finals (2-match aggregate)						ASL Championship Final
							California Sunshine	0	0	0
							Sacramento Gold	0	1	1
	Sacramento Gold			3
	Los Angeles Skyhawks			2
													Sacramento Gold			1
													Columbus Magic			0
							Columbus Magic	1	1(4)	2
							Pennsylvania Stoners	1	1(3)	2
	New York Eagles			1
	Pennsylvania Stoners			2

Division semifinals

August 29	Sacramento Gold	3–2 (OT)	Los Angeles Skyhawks	Hughes Stadium • 7,223[3]

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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)	0–1	Sacramento Gold (CA)
	Report 1 Report 2	Ian Filby 83:22'

September 16, 1979

Franklin County Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

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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