1969 American Soccer League

Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1969 season.

American Soccer League
1969 season

Season	1969
Top goalscorer	Jim Lefkos (22)
Longest unbeaten run	Washington Darts (19)
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League standings

Northern Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Syracuse Scorpions	20	12	5	3	53	26	29
Rochester Lancers	20	12	5	3	41	18	29
Boston Astros	20	5	0	15	24	48	10
New York Inter	20	2	4	14	20	44	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Darts	20	14	5	1	46	11	33
Philadelphia Spartans	20	7	5	8	26	32	19
Philadelphia Ukrainians	20	7	5	8	27	38	19
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	20	6	1	13	34	54	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

ASL All-Stars

First Team[1]	Position	Second Team
Lincoln Phillips, Washington	G	Walt Tarnawsky, Philadelphia Spart.
Frank Donlavey, Syracuse	D	Carl Yakovino, Philadelphia Spart.
Charlie Mitchell, Rochester	D	Robert Watson, Philadelphia Ukran.
Alberto Trik, Philadelphia Ukran.	M	Eddie Barker, Rochester
Willie Evans, Washington	M	Winston Earle, Syracuse
Jose Montero, Boston	M	______ Dalmago, Washington
John Kerr, Washington	F	Wagner Leao, Boston
Yaw Kankam, Syracuse	F	Tibor Vigh, Rochester
Jim Lefkos, Syracuse	F	Juan Paletta, Philadelphia Spart.
Frank Odoi, Syracuse	F	Marion Oleksyn, Newark
Gerry Browne, Washington	F	Carlos Metidieri, Rochester

Playoffs

Bracket

	Northern Division playoff (single match)					ASL Championship (2-match aggregate)
						S1	Washington Darts	2	2	4
	N1a	Syracuse Scorpions	2			N1	Syracuse Scorpions	0	0	0
	N1b	Rochester Lancers	1

Northern Division playoff

October 11[2]	Rochester Lancers	1–2	Syracuse Scorpions	Aquinas Memorial Stadium • Att. 2,456

Championship final

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
Syracuse Scorpions	0–4	Washington Darts	0–2	0–2	September 19 • Griffin Field • ??? September 26 • Brookland Stadium • 3,976

First leg

October 19, 1969

2:30 PM EST

Syracuse Scorpions	0–2	Washington Darts
	Report	Kerr 39' (Gyau) Browne 41'

Griffin Field, Liverpool, New York

Attendance: ???

Second leg

October 26, 1969

EST

Washington Darts	2–0	Syracuse Scorpions
Browne 5' Gyau 86' (Kerr)	Report

Brookland Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 3,976

1969 ASL Champions: Washington Darts (4-0 aggregate)

Season awards

• Most Valuable Player: Jim Lefkos, Syracuse^[1]
• Coach of the Year: Lincoln Phillips, Washington
• Manager of the Year: Walter Bahr, Philadelphia Spartans
• Rookie of the Year: Bob DiLuca, Rochester
• Most Improved Player: Jerry Kliveka, Philadelphia Spartans