1972 American Soccer League

American Soccer League
1972 season

Season	1972
Champions	Cincinnati Comets
Premiers	New York Greeks
Top goalscorer	Charles Duccilli (5) Nelson Brizuela Josip Ognjanac George Pulita John Kostakis
Longest unbeaten run	New York Greeks (10)
← 1971 1973 →

Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1972 season.

League standings

Northern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
New York Greeks	10	8	2	0	31	7	18
Boston Astros	10	4	3	3	26	19	11
Connecticut Wildcats	10	5	0	5	11	15	10
New Jersey Brewers	10	4	1	5	21	19	9

Source:

Southern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Spartans	10	6	3	1	25	12	15
Delaware Wings	10	5	1	4	15	16	11
Baltimore Stars	10	1	3	6	10	33	5
Washington Cavaliers	10	0	1	9	4	22	1

Source:

Midwest Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Cincinnati Comets	8	6	1	1	19	7	13
Cleveland Stars	8	6	0	2	23	10	6
Detroit Mustangs	8	2	2	4	13	28	6
Pittsburgh Canons	8	2	1	5	11	18	5
St. Louis Frogs	8	2	0	6	13	16	4
Chicago Americans	0	?	?	?	?	?	0

Source:
Notes:

Playoffs

Bracket

First round

Eastern playoff

ASL Championship final

M1

Cincinnati Comets

-

bye

-

M1

Cincinnati Comets

-

bye

-

M1

Cincinnati Comets

2

N1

New York Greeks

1

N1

New York Greeks

1

S2

Delaware Wings

0

N1

New York Greeks

2

S1

Philadelphia Spartans

0

S1

Philadelphia Spartans

1

N2

Boston Astros

0

First round

August 19	Philadelphia Spartans	1–0	Boston Astros	Northeast High School • Att. ???

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August 20	New York Greeks	1–0	Delaware Wings	Metropolitan Oval • Att. ???

Eastern playoff

September 4	New York Greeks	2–0 (AET)	Philadelphia Spartans	Metropolitan Oval • Att. ???

Championship final

September 9, 1973

6:30 PM EST

Cincinnati Comets (OH)	2–1	New York Greeks (NY)
Valdemar 3:45' (Brizuela) Charley Roberts 53:45' (Aguirre)	Report	John Navronatis 5:10' (Nanos)

St. Xavier Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Referee: (USA)

References

• American Soccer League II (RSSSF)