1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians season

Vancouver Royal Canadians 1967 football season

Vancouver Royal Canadians

1967 season

Owner

Brigadier General E.G. Eakins

Head coach

Ian McColl

Stadium

Empire Stadium

United Soccer Association

5th, Western Division

Average home league attendance

7,019

Home colours

Away colours

1968 →

The 1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians season was the first season in the history of the Vancouver Royal Canadians soccer club. The club played in the United Soccer Association (USA), a league that used clubs from Europe and South America to represent American and Canadian cities. First division Football League side Sunderland A.F.C, who finished 17th in the 1966–67 Football League, was the club that represented Vancouver in the USA. The club played its home games at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Following the 1967 season, the USA and the National Professional Soccer League merged to form the North American Soccer League.^[1] The San Francisco Golden Gate Gales of the USA merged with Vancouver, and the club was renamed the Vancouver Royals for the inaugural season of the NASL.^[1]

Players

The Vancouver Royals' roster was made up of Sunderland A.F.C. players on their summer break.

Num	Name	Pos	Height	Weight	Apps	G	A
1	Jim Montgomery	G			6	0	0
2	Cecil Irwin	D			12	0	2
3	John Parke	D			7
4	Colin Todd	M	175	69	12	1	0
5	George Kinnell	M	183	76	12	2	0
6	Jim Baxter	M	180	76	12	2	3
7	Allan Gauden	F	173	70	8	2	2
8	John O'Hare	F	173	81	11	1	1
9	Neil Martin	F			11	1	1
10	George Herd	F	173	70	6	3	2
11	George Mulhall	F	175	70	10	3	0
12	Jim Shoulder	D	173	71	5	1	0
13	Derek Forster	G	175		7	0	0
14	Colin Suggett	F	175	68	12	3	0
15	Brian Heslop	M	178	73	8	0	1
16	William Hughes	M	173	66	8	0	1

Num = Number, Pos = Position, Height in cm, Weight in kg, Apps = Appearances, G = Goals, A = Assists

Results

Standings

This section is transcluded from United Soccer Association#Western Division. (edit | history)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Wolves (C)	12	5	5	2	21	14	+7	15	1967 USA Championship
2	San Francisco Golden Gate Gales	12	5	3	4	25	19	+6	13
3	Chicago Mustangs	12	3	7	2	20	14	+6	13
4	Houston Stars	12	4	4	4	19	18	+1	12
5	Vancouver Royal Canadians	12	3	5	4	20	28	−8	11
6	Dallas Tornado	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	9

Source: American Soccer History Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Note: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions

Match results

Win Draw Loss

San Francisco v Vancouver

May 28 1	San Francisco	6–1	Vancouver	San Francisco, California
	Houwaart Maassen Heynen	^[2]	Suggett	Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 8,177^[2]

Detroit v Vancouver

June 4 2	Detroit	1–1	Vancouver	Detroit, Michigan
	Trainor	^[3]	Herd	Stadium: University of Detroit Stadium Attendance: 11,629

Vancouver v Dallas

June 7 3	Vancouver	4–1	Dallas	Vancouver, British Columbia
	Martin Suggett 47' Mulhall	^[4]	Hainey 38'	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 10,053^[5]

Vancouver v Boston

June 11 4	Vancouver	1–0	Boston	Vancouver, British Columbia
	O'Hare 21'	^[6]		Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 7,616^[6]

Los Angeles v Vancouver

June 14 5	Los Angeles	5–1	Vancouver	Los Angeles, California
	Hunt Buckley Dougan Knowles	^[7]	Heslop	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 5,251^[8]

Vancouver v Houston

June 18 6	Vancouver	1–4	Houston	Vancouver, British Columbia
		^[9]	Borge	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 6,785

Vancouver v Toronto

June 21 7	Vancouver	2–4	Toronto	Vancouver, British Columbia
	Martin 27' Herd	^[10]	Heslop 31' (o.g.) Stein 55' Scott Stevenson	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 5,114

Toronto v Vancouver

June 25 8	Toronto	2–2	Vancouver	Toronto, Ontario
	Stein Davis 78'	^[11]	Gauden 33' Mulhall	Stadium: Varsity Stadium Attendance: 4,385^[12] Referee: Harry Sadler

Washington v Vancouver

June 28 9	Washington	1–1	Vancouver	Washington, D.C.
	Munro 14'	^[13]	Gauden 48'	Stadium: D.C. Stadium Attendance: 8,709

Chicago v Vancouver

July 1 10	Chicago	2–2	Vancouver	Chicago, Illinois
				Stadium: White Sox Park Attendance: 3,602^[12]

Vancouver v New York

July 5 11	Vancouver	1–1	New York	Vancouver, British Columbia
	Kinnell 83'		Ribeiro 10'	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 6,533

Vancouver v Cleveland

July 9 12	Vancouver	3–1	Cleveland	Vancouver, British Columbia
				Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 6,012^[12]

References

General

Litterer, Dave. "North American Soccer League I (NASL) 1967-1984". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
Severino, Carlos. "North American Soccer League 1967". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
Days, Paul. "Stars In Stripes Sunderland AFC as The Vancouver Royal Canadians". Blue House Field. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

Specific

^ ^a ^b Associated Press (December 14, 1967). "20 cities picked for soccer loop". The New York Times. p. 80.
^ ^a ^b "New Soccer League Greeted By Huge Crowd In Houston". The Miami News. May 29, 1967. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ Kearney, Jim (June 5, 1967). "The Tie Was Unfortunate". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ Jukich, Roy (June 8, 1967). "Canadians Click For Home Folks". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
^ "Gales Highest In United League". The Miami News. June 8, 1967. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Jukich, Roy (June 12, 1967). "Royal Canadians Win By O'Hare". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ Jukich, Roy (June 15, 1967). "Buckley's Pair Leads Second Half Outburst". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ "Houston-Detroit Soccer Game Ended By Brawl". Sarasota Journal. Associated Press. June 15, 1967. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ "Fans, Too, Like 'Kicks'". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. June 20, 1967. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ Jukich, Roy (June 22, 1967). "Leaky Defence Plagues McColl". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ "Referee Incurs Pickburn's Ire". The Vancouver Sun. June 26, 1967. p. 17. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Creel, Daniel. "1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians". soccer-almanac.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
^ "Stout Defence Earns a Draw". The Vancouver Sun. June 29, 1967. p. 15. Retrieved November 2, 2012.

1967 in American soccer

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ASL

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1967–68	Baltimore Flyers Boston Tigers Fall River Astros Hartford Newark Portuguese Newark Ukrainian Sitch New Brunswick Hungarian Americans New York Inter Rochester Lancers Patterson Roma Ukrainian Nationals Washington Darts

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