1973 National Soccer League
League president: Joe Piccininni
League secretary: Ivan Habus
Referees
Referee-in-chief: Steve Sohuyko
Referees included Emerson Mathurin and Bill Divorski.
Review of the season
The National Soccer League operated with seventeen clubs. The NSL again became an inter-provincial league by adding a club from Montreal. The new Montreal Cantalia club joined the league, previous versions of the Cantalia club had been members of the NSL in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Other new clubs in the 1973 season were London City, Montreal Cantalia and K.S. Polonia Toronto. London City had bought the NSL franchise rights from the London German-Canadians.
In January 1973 Hamilton Apollo decided to change their name to Hamilton City.
Ottawa Tigers where suspended from the National Soccer League on August 21, 1973.
Toronto Croatia won the league championship.
Toronto Hungaria won the playoff championship by beating Toronto Croatia in the final on October 19, 1973. A crowd of 2,110 watched Allan Callender and Tibor Molnar score for Hungaria at Stanley Park. Aleja Solak replied for Croatia.
Final Standings
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Toronto Croatia | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 23 | 48 |
| Serbian White Eagles | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 21 | 45 |
| First Portuguese | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 33 | 42 |
| Toronto Hungaria | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 41 |
| Toronto Italia | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 37 | 37 |
| Homer | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 35 | 36 |
| London City | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 33 |
| St Catharines Heidelberg | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 39 | 31 |
| Hamilton Croatia | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 53 | 29 |
| Melita | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 45 | 26 |
| Toronto Ukraina | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 48 | 23 |
| Hamilton City | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 58 | 23 |
| Montreal Cantalia | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 58 | 23 |
| Hamilton Italo-Canadians | 30 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 17 |
| Srbija Kitchener | 30 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 29 | 77 | 13 |
| Toronto Polonia | 30 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 30 | 83 | 13 |
| Leading goalscorers: | Goals |
| 1. John Fahy (Toronto Hungaria) | 24 |
| 1. Keith Summers (Toronto Ukraina) | 24 |
| Leading goalkeepers: | Shutouts |
| 1. Blagoje Tamindzic (Serbian White Eagles) |
National Soccer League Playoffs
October 14, 1973 Stanley Park, Toronto
Serbian White Eagles 2
Toronto Homer 1
Play-off final
October 19, 1973 at Stanley Park, Toronto
Toronto Hungaria 2
Toronto Croatia 1
National Soccer League Cup
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
August 20, 1973 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance: 411
Toronto Croatia 3
Hamilton Croatia 0
September 3, 1973 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance: 1,085
Serbian White Eagles 2 (Momcilo Stojanovic 2)
St. Catherines Heidelberg 1 (???)
Semi-finals
Toronto Hungaria qualified for final
Toronto Croatia qualified for final
NSL Cup Final
October 21, 1973 Stanley Park, Toronto
Toronto Hungaria 3
Toronto Croatia 1
* Game cancelled with 30 minutes remaining due to a riot by fans.
Toronto Hungaria won the NSL Cup
Canadian Open Championship
October 28, 1973
Toronto Croatia 3
West Indies United 1
Toronto Croatia won the Canadian Open Championship
Exhibition games
May 23, 1973 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 13,281
Canada Selects 0
Arsenal 1
June 12, 1973 Lansdowne Park, Ottawa
Attendance: 2,500
Ottawa All-Stars 1
Belenenses (Portugal) 4
June 16, 1973 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance: 7,196
First Portuguese 0
Belenenses (Port.) 2
Other leagues & cups
1973 Ontario Cup
Final
August 19, 1973 Windsor, Ontario
Windsor Italia 2
Toronto West Indies United 2
August 26, 1973 Toronto, Ontario
Toronto West Indies United 2
Windsor Italia 1
After 30 minutes overtime.
Toronto West Indies United won two-game total-goals series 4-3 and won the 1973 Ontario Cup
