1974 National Soccer League
League president: Joe Piccininni
League secretary: Ivan Habus
Review of the season
The opening game of the 1974 NSL season was played on Sunday April 21 between Toronto Croatia and Toronto Hungaria. A crowd of 5,000 watched Croatia win 3-1 at C.N.E. Stadium.
Some of the other teams in the league kicked of it’s 1974 season Tuesday April 23. In Toronto Momcilo Stojanovic scored the only goal of the game when Serbian White Eagles defeated Polonia 1-0. In St. Catharines Chris Conlon scored on a penalty kick to give Hamilton City a 1-0 win over the Heidelberg club. Hamilton Italo-Canadians defeated Melita 2-1 in Hamilton.
Serbian White Eagles won the league championship.
Toronto Croatia won the league playoff final.
Toronto Italia won the league cup.
After the season Toronto Croatia merged with Toronto Metros and joined the North American Soccer League.
Final standings
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Serbian White Eagles | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 118 | 16 | 63 |
| Homer | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 41 | 57 |
| Toronto Croatia | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 78 | 32 | 54 |
| Toronto Italia | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 99 | 36 | 51 |
| Macedonia | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 102 | 42 | 51 |
| Hamilton Croatia | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 84 | 43 | 49 |
| First Portuguese | 36 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 78 | 39 | 48 |
| London City | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 89 | 45 | 47 |
| Hamilton City | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 58 | 42 |
| Hamilton Italo-Canadians | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 40 |
| Quebec Selects | 36 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 78 | 30 |
| Canadian-Hungarians | 36 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 70 | 83 | 29 |
| Montreal Cantalia | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 42 | 65 | 25 |
| St. Catharines Heidelberg | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 39 | 67 | 25 |
| Melita | 36 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 41 | 80 | 23 |
| Toronto Ukraina | 36 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 43 | 94 | 17 |
| Toronto Polonia | 36 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 27 | 96 | 12 |
| Srbija Kitchener | 36 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 49 | 150 | 12 |
| Ottawa Tigers | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 126 | 9 |
Leading goalscorer
| Player | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 1. Momcilo Stojanovic (White Eagles) | 54 | 12 | 120 |
Top goalkeeper
| Goalkeeper | Min. | Svs | GA | SO | GAA. |
| 1. Blajoe Tamindzic (White Eagles) | 28 |
National Soccer League Playoffs
Playoffs quarter-finals
October 6, 1974
Serbian White Eagles 3
Macedonia 0
Serbian White Eagles qualified for NSL semifinals
October 7, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Homer 6
Hamilton Croatia 0
Homer qualified for NSL semifinals
October 8, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 1
First Portuguese 0
after overtime
Toronto Croatia qualified for NSL semifinals
October 9, 1974
Toronto Italia
Toronto Italia qualified for NSL semifinals
Semi-finals
October 10, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 1
Serbian White Eagles 0
Toronto Croatia qualified for NSL Final
October 15, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Italia 1
Homer 2
Toronto Homer qualified for NSL Final
Final
October 20, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 3150
Toronto Croatia 1 (Boris Psaker)
Homer 0
Toronto Croatia won the 1974 National Soccer League Play-off final.
National Soccer League Cup
NSL Cup Final
October 4, 1974 CNE Stadium
Attendance: 2,187
First Portuguese 1 (Jorge Felix 44:00)
Toronto Italia 0
October 6, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Italia 2 (Carmelo Barbieri, Saban Romanovic)
First Portuguese 0
Toronto Italia won the two-game total-points series 2-1.
Exhibition games
May 20, 1974 C. N. E. Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 3,251
National Soccer League All-Stars 1
Hajduk Split 5
July 26, 1974 C. N. E. Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Serbian White Eagles 1
Vardar Skopje 0