1974 Season

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 (Incomplete)

First round

June 14, 1974 Toronto
Attendance: 9,000
Serbian White Eagles
Homer

Referee Joe Flynn refused to start second half.

XX, 1974
Attendance:
XX
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