American Soccer League
1979 season
Season1979
ChampionsSacramento Gold
PremiersCalifornia Sunshine
1980 CONCACAF Champions' CupSacramento Gold
Top goalscorerJoey Fink (15)
Poli Garcia
Highest scoringIan Filby (14 goals; 17 assists)[1]
Longest winning runCalifornia Sunshine (13)
Longest unbeaten runCalifornia Sunshine (15)
← 1978
1980 →

Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1979.

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 semifinalsDivision finals
(2-match aggregate)		ASL Championship Final
                
California Sunshine000
Sacramento Gold011
Sacramento Gold3
Los Angeles Skyhawks2
Sacramento Gold1
Columbus Magic0
Columbus Magic11(4)2
Pennsylvania Stoners11(3)2
New York Eagles1
Pennsylvania Stoners2

Division semifinals

August 29 Sacramento Gold 3–2 (OT) Los Angeles Skyhawks Hughes Stadium • 7,223[3]
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)0–1Sacramento Gold (CA)
Report 1
Report 2		 Ian Filby 83:22'
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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