1970 Washington Darts season

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.

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)

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

NASL Final 1970
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 First leg Second leg Attendance
Rochester Lancers4–3[1]Washington Darts3–01–3September 5 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 9,321
September 13 • Brookland Stadium • 5,543

First leg
Rochester Lancers[2][3]3–0Washington Darts
Costa 26' (Kankam)
Costa 61' (Ofori)
Marotti 72' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 9,321
Referee: Mike Ashkenazi
Rochester[4][5]
Washington[4][6]

Second leg
Washington Darts3–1Rochester Lancers
DeLeon 44' (pen.)
Gyau 49' (Grell)
Browne 65' (Archibald)		 Report Costa 40' (Metidieri)
Attendance: 5,543[7]
Washington[8]
Rochester[8]

See also

1970 Washington Darts

References
  1. "The Year in American Soccer - 1970". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. "Previo Campeones: Rochester Lancers Capturan Titulo En 1970". September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  3. Loj, Alex (September 6, 1970). "Lancers Defeat Darts". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. It went that a way
  5. Lancers
  6. 6 Sep 1970, Page 46 – Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com
  7. Stolze, Craig (September 14, 1970). "Lancers Soccer Champs". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  8. Lincoln Philips
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