NPSL Final 1967
Soccer match
Football match
| Event | Soccer Bowl (NPSL) | ||||||
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| on aggregate | |||||||
| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | September 3, 1967 (1967-09-03) | ||||||
| Venue | Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||
| Referee | Walter Crossley (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 16,619 | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | September 9, 1967 (1967-09-09) | ||||||
| Venue | Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, Oakland, California | ||||||
| Referee | Mike Ashkenazi | ||||||
| Attendance | 9,037 | ||||||
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The 1967 NPSL Final was the National Professional Soccer League's postseason championship final of the 1967 season. The event was contested in a two-game aggregate match between the Oakland Clippers and the Baltimore Bays. The first leg was played on September 3, 1967 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, with the Bays winning 1–0. The return leg was contested on September 9, 1967 at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in Oakland, California, and the Clippers won it by the score of 4–1. With the two-day competition complete, the Oakland Clippers held a 4–2 aggregate lead and were crowned the 1967 NPSL champions.[1][2][3]
Background
The Baltimore Bays finished first in the Eastern Division regular season with 14 wins, 9 draws, and 9 losses for a total of 162 points. The Philadelphia Spartans had the exact same record, but finished in second position with only 157 points. This was due to the league's unique scoring system that allowed up to three bonus points per match for each goal scored. The Oakland Clippers finished first in the Western Division, as well as first overall in the league, with 19 wins, 5 draws, and 8 defeats for 185 points. The Clippers easily outpaced the division runner-up St. Louis Stars by 29 points. As division champions each squad earned the right to compete in the championship series.
Match summary
| Western Division Champions | Eastern Division Champions | 1st. leg | Venue | 2nd. leg | Venue | Agg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Clippers | Baltimore Bays | 0–1 | Memorial Stadium | 4–1 | Oakland-Alameda Coliseum | 4–2 |
Match details
First leg
| Baltimore Bays | 1–0 | Oakland Clippers |
|---|---|---|
Viollet  72' | Report 1 Report 2 |
Second leg
| Oakland Clippers[8] | 4–1 | Baltimore Bays |
|---|---|---|
| Djukic 27', 35', 38' (pen.) Marín 58' | Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 | Santisteban  38'Saint-Vil 41' |
         Oakland Clippers [9] |  Baltimore Bays |
1967 NPSL Champions: Oakland Clippers
References
- ^ NASL Retro: Oakland derrota a Baltimore on NASL, September 10, 2015
- ^ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
- ^ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
- ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Bays/Bays%2067%20Home%20Dennis%20Violett,%20Clippers.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Bays/Bays%2067%20Home%20Jersey%20Luis%20Mayoral.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Clippers/Clippers%2067%20Road%20Back%20Trond%20Hoftvedt,%20Gavric,%20Bays.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Bays/Bays%2067%20Home%20St.%20Vil,%20Klasson.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ Seese, Dennis J. (2015). The Rebirth of Professional Soccer in America: The Strange Days of the United Soccer Association. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-1442238947.
- ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Clippers/Clippers%2067%20Goalie%20Mirko%20Stojanovic.jpg [bare URL image file]
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