Talk:North American Soccer League (1968–1984)

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NASL Map

The map needs to be fixed. Among other things, Denver is nowhere near where it should be. If it isn't fixed in a reasonable time, I will remove it. KitHutch 13:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The map hasn't been fixed so I am a removing it. KitHutch (talk) 15:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MLS Part

I don't think that belongs here. Regardless of what happened to the league NASL, it shouldn't be here in it's entirety. It belongs in the MLS article itself. It should say something like, "MLS, now the Division One league of the United States, has taken precautions against such circumstances." And then LINK to the other article. But don't, for goodness sake, just slap the whole thing in there! It LOOKS and SOUNDS stupid and unproffessional, and while I do as well, it's more important that the article does than I do. I'm changing it. T.z0n3 00:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other Discussions

That map is terrible. It shows Denver as being in central Wyoming and Washington D.C. bordering West Virginia, among many other errors.


What about the Detroit Express? They featured Trevor Francis. Why don't you check out or add to the Detroit Express article? They are listed on the team section under the Washington Diplomats because that is where they moved to. KitHutch 01:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


I noticed that the teams in the USA all had foreign clubs listed next to them. In clicking some of the USA links, I saw that each team was actually a foreign club under an American euphemism. I added a note to that effect at the top of the USA section, just to clarify the article a bit. --Coryma 02:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please do something with the logo.

What does it mean when it says 'points'? I'm assuming it means number of goals scored, but it's also listed on the individual teams' pages. Does that mean total goals scored by a team? What relation does that have to their record, if any? It also doesn't say anything about the number of games or schedules or league alignment. If someone could add this information, it would be wonderful. PolarisSLBM 13:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The NASL used a points system to determine its scoring champion. Each player received 2 points for each goal they scored and 1 point for each assist. The player with the most points at the end of the season was the scoring champion. It is the same system that MLS used until 2005. See MLS Scoring Champion Award KitHutch 00:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FA on it.wiki

Am glad to announce that the North American Soccer League has just been voted as "featured article" on it.wiki. As I used also material published in the English article, wish to thank all the users who have contributed to this item. Blackcat it 14:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Nasl.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:49, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Script on NASL pages

on the nasl seasons pages what does the V N P GF GS PT stand for Ranul (talk) 17:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like someone copied the NASL seasons from a foreign language website without translating them into English. I would say that V is wins, N is ties, P is losses, GF is Goals For, GS is Goals Against, and PT is points in a season (The NASL had a weird standings systems where teams got 6 points for a win and 1 point for every goal scored up to three pergame). BTW, there is a better article for the final NASL season at 1984 NASL season. KitHutch (talk) 23:06, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article Name

I disagree with this article being name "North American Soccer League (1968–1984)" and the new NASL article taking the title "North American Soccer League". There are many many many already existing links in other Wikipedia articles that originally linked and referred to this page but now point the upstart league. This was a poorly thought out name change. The original NASL is still very relevant in the history of North American soccer and deserves its former article title with no qualifiers. This 21st century league is the new, unproven entity and therefore should be the one distinguishing itself from the old league — not the other way around. --Blackbox77 (talk) 13:30, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Agreed - let's move it back. The other league is only a proposal at this stage, and perhaps nothing more than a bargaining chip between a few teams and USL-1. Nfitz (talk) 15:57, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Too many flags?

There are now altogether too many flags in the article. The rules regarding their use are such that they should not appear next to the team (does anyone not know that Toronto Blizzard, Vancouver Whitecaps, etc. are Canadian teams and the rest are American?). They should also not appear next to a coach or player if the individual is from the same country as the team. I can find the reference, but I would request that this be applied correctly rather than getting into an edit war over the flags' presence. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:22, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. There were too many flags on this page. What is the exact policy when it comes to flags per article? KitHutch (talk) 21:19, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I think that when there are that many flags you must be Wavin' Flag. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

well for players i think it is essential to know what national team they played for. Especially the older generation of players. I mean most people would probably never know there were South Africans playing in the NASL during apartheid. That is important to show instead of just a name.

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