1974 National Soccer League
League president: Joe Piccininni
League secretary: Ivan Habus
Referees
Referees included Paul Avis (Rexdale, Ontario) and Stan Tait (Montreal, Quebec).
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.
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
October 7, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Homer 6
Hamilton Croatia 0
October 8, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 1
First Portuguese 0
after overtime
October 9, 1974
Toronto Italia
Semi-finals
October 10, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 1
Serbian White Eagles 0
October 15, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Italia 1
Homer 2
Final
October 20, 1974 C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 1
Homer 0
Toronto Croatia won the 1974 National Soccer League Play-off final.
National Soccer League Cup
First round
June 14, 1974 Toronto
Attendance: 9,000
Serbian White Eagles
Homer
Referee Joe Flynn refused to start second half.
Second round
Quarter-finals
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 3-1.
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
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