Final Standings 1967

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Eastern Division
Baltimore Bays	32	14	9	9	53	47	162
Philadelphia Spartans	32	14	9	9	53	43	157
New York Generals	32	11	8	13	60	58	143
Atlanta Chiefs	32	10	9	12	51	46	135
Pittsburgh Phantoms	32	10	7	14	59	74	132
Western Division
Oakland Clippers	32	19	5	8	64	34	185
St. Louis Stars	32	14	7	11	54	57	156
Chicago Spurs	32	10	11	11	50	55	142
Toronto Falcons	32	10	5	17	59	70	127
Los Angeles Toros	32	7	10	15	42	61	114

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Championship
1967	Oakland Clippers	0	Baltimore Bays	1
1967	Baltimore Bays	1	Oakland Clippers	4
	(Oakland won 4-2 on Agg)

Note: 6 Pts Win, 3 Pts Tie, 0 Pts Loss, 1 Pt per Goal Scored up to a Maximum of 3 per Game.

Note 2: After the season Philadelphia Spartans and Pittsburgh Phantoms folded, Chicago Spurs moved to Kansas City, Los Angeles Toros moved to San Diego and the League merged with the USA to form the North American Soccer League.

Report

There were two professional soccer leagues in North America in 1967, both attempting at the same time to bring Pro Soccer to USA & Canada. The United Soccer Association was the FIFA-sponsored league and featured teams from Europe and South America guesting as North American teams over a Summer Schedule in between their normal Winter schedules. It included Shamrock Rovers (playing as Boston Rovers) and Glentoran (playing as Detroit Cougars). The other league was the National Professional Soccer League, and after the season the two leagues merged in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League which lasted until 1984.

Two Irishmen, Eric Barber & Joe Haverty played for the Chicago Spurs in 1967, and the Kansas City Spurs (After the team moved) in 1968. [Reference: 5-6]

Irish Players (Chicago Spurs) 1967

No.	Name	Pos	P	G	A	Pts	Born/Citizen
8	Joe Haverty	F	16	0	3	3	Ireland
20	Eric Barber	F	12	8	2	18	Ireland

Refernces

Bibliography

[1] Jose, Colin “The Complete Record of the North American Soccer League”.

[2] Litterer, David A. & RSSSF (1995/2018) North American Soccer League [Internet] Available from: http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html[Accessed 7 February 2020]

[3] Litterer, David A. & RSSSF (1995/2018) North American Soccer League 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl67.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[4] The Wild Geese (2012) Boston Rovers [Internet] Available from: http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.com/2012/09/boston-rovers.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[5] The Wild Geese (2011) Eric Barber [Internet] Available from: http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.com/2011/12/eric-barber.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[6] NASL Jerseys (2020) Joe Haverty [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Haverty.Joe.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[7] NASL Jerseys (2020) Boston Rovers [Shamrock Rovers] Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Rovers_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[8] NASL Jerseys (2020) Detroit Cougars [Glentoran] Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Cougars_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[9] NASL Jerseys (2020) Chicago Spurs Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Spurs_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

Images

[10] Wikipedia (2020) National_Professional_Soccer_League_1967_logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/National_Professional_Soccer_League_1967_logo.gif [Accessed 1 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell & Paul Foley.

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