1978 American Soccer League

American Soccer League
1978 season

Season	1978
Champions	New York Apollo (4th title)
Premiers	New York Apollo (4th title)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Rolland (17) Mike Mancini José Neto
← 1977 1979 →

Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1978.

League standings

Eastern Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts
New York Apollo	24	18	1	5	65	37	51	143
New Jersey Americans	24	10	1	13	49	45	42	94
Indianapolis Daredevils	24	8	3	13	33	41	32	78
New York Eagles	24	6	5	13	33	55	33	73
Cleveland Cobras	24	7	4	13	27	55	25	68
Connecticut Yankees	24	6	2	16	24	53	24	58

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts
Los Angeles Skyhawks	24	17	1	6	55	28	43	130
California Sunshine	24	15	2	7	55	27	45	124
Southern California Lazers	24	15	1	8	44	29	40	117
Sacramento Spirits/Gold[a]	24	7	2	15	27	42	25	64

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Sacramento Spirits expelled from league during the season and replaced by Sacramento Gold franchise.^[1]

ASL All-Stars

First Team[2]	Position
John Granville, Southern California	G
Rildo, Southern California	D
Daniel Mammana, Sacramento	D
Paul Cahill, Southern California	D
Ramon Moraldo, California	D
Juan Cano, New Jersey	M
Ramón Mifflin, NY Eagles	M
Kevin Mahon, NY Apollo	M
Sid Wallace, Southern California	F
Tony Douglas, California	F
Jimmy Rolland, Los Angeles	F

Playoffs

Bracket

	Division semifinals (single match)				Division finals (2-match aggregate)						ASL Championship Final (single match)
					New York Apollo	0	5	5
	New Jersey Americans	4			New Jersey Americans	2	2	4
	Indianapolis Daredevils	2									New York Apollo	1
											Los Angeles Skyhawks	0
					Los Angeles Skyhawks	1	4	5
	California Sunshine	1(6)			California Sunshine	0	1	1
	Southern California Lazers	1(5)

Division semifinals

August 29	New Jersey Americans	4–2	Indianapolis Daredevils	Rutgers Stadium • Att. 2,576[3]

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August 29	California Sunshine	1–1 (PK, 6–5)	Southern California Lazers	LeBard Stadium • Att. 3,714[4]

Division finals

Higher Seed	Aggregate	Lower Seed	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
New York Apollo	5–4	New Jersey Americans	0–2	5–2 (OT)	August 31 • Rutgers Stadium • ??? September 2 • Hofstra Stadium • 5,134[5]
Los Angeles Skyhawks	5–2	California Sunshine	1–0	4–1	August 31 • LeBard Stadium • 3,000[6] September 2 • John Shepard Stadium • 4,938[7]

Championship final

September 10, 1978

4:00 PM PST

Los Angeles Skyhawks (CA)	0–1	New York Apollo (NY)
	Report 1 Report 2	Rupert De Los Reyes 44:10'

John Shepard Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Attendance: 6,242

Referee: (USA)

References

1. Johnson, Kent (June 16, 1978). "Spirits Die, New ASL Club Born". Sacramento Bee. p. AA1. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
2. "ASL All-Stars". Los Angeles Times. September 3, 1978. p. 10, part III. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
3. Conover, Allan (August 30, 1978). "Jersey advances in soccer playoffs". Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey). p. D-2. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
4. Strege, Dave (August 30, 1978). "Lazers See Red, Fall to Sunshine in Shootout, 2-1". Los Angeles Times. p. 20. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
5. Heilman, Don (September 3, 1978). "Apollo eliminates Americans in OT". Rochester Central New Jersey Home News. p. B1. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
6. Strege, Dave (September 1, 1978). "Skyhawks Take Playoff Lead". Los Angeles Times. p. III-9. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
7. Strege, Dave (September 3, 1978). "Skyhawks Win the West, 4-1". Los Angeles Times. p. III-3. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

• American Soccer League II (RSSSF)