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1971 Season

1971 National Soccer League

League officials

League president: Ian Dickson replaced by Joe Piccininni
League secretary: Ivan Habus

Referees

Referees included Emerson Mathurin

Review of the season

St. Catharines Heidelberg joined the league. Ottawa Sons of Italy changed their name to Ottawa Tigers.

The member clubs of the NSL during 1971 season were:

Croatia National S.C. (Toronto)

Toronto Ukraina S. A.

Kitchener Concordia

Hellas Athletic Club (Toronto)

Toronto Hungaria S.C.

Serbia S. C. White Eagle (Toronto)

The First Portuguese Canadian Club

Sudbury City F. C.

Croatia Sport Club (Hamilton)

Tigers S.C. Ottawa

Heidelberg National S. C. (St Catharines)

Olympia F. C. (Toronto)

Hamilton Apollos

Homiros Hamilton F. C.

German Canadian Club (London)

Toronto Croatia won the league and playoff championship.

Total attendance at Stanley Park for the whole season was 145,000. Up 15,000 from the previous season.

Final standings

GPWLTGFGAPts
Toronto Croatia2622 1 3581447
First Portuguese2617 5 4451938
Hamilton Croatia2614 7 5383133
Toronto Ukraina2614 9 3472831
Sudbury City2614 9 3553431
Olympia-Harmonie261110 5494027
London German-Can.261212 2575426
St. Cath Heidelberg261112 3424225
Serbian White Eagles26 912 5373923
Hellas261013 3364123
Hungaria261114 1405223
Ottawa Tigers26
Hamilton Apollos26 318 5236911
Kitchener Kickers26 218 6316510

Leading goalscorer:
1. Ferruccio Deni (Sudbury City)

Leading goalkeeper:
1. Zeljko Bilecki (Toronto Croatia)

National Soccer League Play-offs

Play-off quarter-finals

October 3, 1971 at Stanley Park
Attendance: 1837
Toronto Croatia 3 (Marijon Bradvic, Mesik Slatko, Bruno Pilas)
Sudbury City 0

Toronto Croatia qualified for the NSL playoff semi-finals

October 3, 1971 at Stanley Park
Attendance:
Hamilton Croatia 2
London German Canadians 0

Hamilton Croatia qualified for the NSL playoff semi-finals

October 4, 1971 at Stanley Park
Attendance:
First Portuguese 5 (Antonio Rodrigues 16:00; Emilio Hernandez 21:00; Antonio Rodrigues 22:00; Armando Costa 37:00; Antonio Rodrigues 43:00)
Olympia 2 (John McGurk 22:00; John Wark 70:00)

First Portuguese qualified for the NSL playoff semi-finals

October ??, 1971 at Stanley Park
Attendance:
Toronto Ukraina
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Toronto Ukraina qualified for the NSL playoff semi-finals

Play-off semi-finals

October 7, 1971 at Stanley Park
Attendance:
Toronto Croatia 1 (Bruno Pilas 30:00)
Hamilton Croatia 0

Toronto Croatia qualified for the NSL playoff final

October 8, 1971 at Stanley Park
Attendance:
First Portuguese 2 (Antonio Rodrigues, Paulino Ferrara)
Toronto Ukraina 0

First Portuguese qualified for the 1970 NSL playoff final

Play-off final

October 11, 1971 at Stanley Park
Referee: Alf Roberts
Attendance: 4,215
Toronto Croatia 1 (Bruno Pilas 31:00)
First Portuguese 0

Toronto Croatia won the 1971 NSL Playoff championship

National Soccer League Cup

Semifinals

August 23, 1971 at Stanley Park
Referee: Alf Roberts
Attendance: 3457
First Portuguese 1 (Carlos Alberto Correia 56:00)
Toronto Hellas 0

First Portuguese qualified for the 1971 NSL Cup finals

September 26, 1971 Sudbury, Ontario
Referee:
Attendance:
Sudbury City 2 (Ferruccio Deni 10:00; George Courtney 49:00)
Ottawa Tigers 0

Sudbury City qualified for the 1971 NSL Cup finals

Final

October 3, 1971 at Stanley Park
Referee:
Attendance: 3518
First Portuguese 3 (Jorge Piotti 26:00; Valdemar Serrano 40:00; Paulino Ferrera 65:00)
Sudbury City 0

First Portuguese won the 1971 National Soccer League Cup

Export Cup – Canadian Open Championship

October 17, 1971 Toronto
Attendance: 4,373
Toronto Croatia 3 (Bruno Pilas, Alija Solak, Marijan Bradvic)
Vancouver Eintracht 0

Exhibition games

July 3, 1971 Toronto
Attendance: 7,500
Toronto Croatia 0
Dinamo Zagreb 1 (Drago Vabec)


July 18, 1971 Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance:
Hamilton Croatia 0
Dinamo Zagreb 10

NSL Match Reports

DateHomeAway
03/06/1971Toronto Hungaria 4Hamilton Apollos 2
22/06/1971Toronto Hungaria 1Serbian White Eagles 3
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