1971 National Soccer League season

National Soccer League
Season	1971
Champions	Toronto Croatia (regular season); Toronto Croatia (playoffs, 1st title);
League cup	Toronto First Portuguese
Top goalscorer	Ferruccio Deni (24)
Best goalkeeper	Željko Bilecki
	← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 National Soccer League season was the forty-eighth season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in early May and concluded in October with the Canadian Open Cup final where Toronto Croatia defeated Challenge Trophy champions Vancouver Eintracht.^[2] The Croatians would secure a treble by successfully defending their regular-season title, and defeating Toronto First Portuguese for the NSL Championship.^[3]^[4]^[5] The NSL Cup was successfully defended by Toronto First Portuguese who defeated Sudbury City.^[6]

The Canadian Open Cup was created by the NSL to determine a national champion through an annual knock-out cup competition where all professional and amateur Canadian clubs were invited to participate.^[7]

Overview

The National Soccer League became centered once more within the boundaries of Ontario after the departure of Soccer Portugais du Quebec of Montreal. The city of Hamilton also witnessed a reduction in team representation as Hamilton Homer requested a leave of absence.^[8]^[9] Despite the departures the region of Northern Ontario was added to the circuit once again as Sudbury Italia returned under the name Sudbury City.^[10] The league expanded into the Niagara region for the first time as St. Catharines Heidelberg was granted a franchise.^[11] Heidelberg previously competed in the Inter-City Soccer League.^[6] Ottawa Sons of Italy began a process of Canadianizing their organization by renaming the team Ottawa Tigers.^[12]^[13]

The NSL experienced competition from the American-based North American Soccer League as it expanded into Ontario with the creation of the Toronto Metros.^[14]^[15] The league's match attendance continued to surge and surpassed the previous season's gate earnings at Stanley Park Stadium.^[15]^[16] The Toronto-based teams averaged around 1100 fans at Stanley Park.^[15] The league ownership also approved the creation of an under-23 division.^[17]

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Hamilton Apollos	Hamilton, Ontario	Hamilton AAA Grounds^[18]	Andy Pollock^[19]
Hamilton Croatia	Hamilton, Ontario	Hamilton AAA Grounds^[9]	Jackie Thoms^[9]
London German Canadians	London, Ontario	Cove Road Stadium^[20]
Ottawa Tigers	Ottawa, Ontario	St. Joseph's High School^[21]
Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[22]	Dragan Popović^[23]
Kitchener Kickers	Kitchener, Ontario
St. Catharines Heidelberg	St. Catharines, Ontario	Club Heidelberg Field^[24]	Eddie Brown^[25]
Sudbury City	Sudbury, Ontario	Queen's Athletic Field^[26]
Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[27]	Ivan Jazbinšek^[28]
Toronto First Portuguese	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[27]
Toronto Hellas	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[27]
Toronto Hungaria	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[19]
Toronto Olympia	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[27]
Toronto Ukrainia	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[27]	Alan O’Neill^[29]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
St. Catharines Heidelberg	Alf Herman^[25]	Replaced	July 5, 1971		Eddie Brown^[25]	July 5, 1971

Hamilton

Kitchener

London

Ottawa

St. Catharines

Sudbury

TORONTO

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Location of NSL teams outside of Toronto for the 1971 NSL season.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto Croatia (C, O)	26	22	3	1	58	14	+44	47	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto First Portuguese	26	17	4	5	45	19	+26	38
3	Hamilton Croatia	26	14	5	7	38	31	+7	33
4	Toronto Ukrainians	26	14	3	9	47	28	+19	31
5	Sudbury City	26	14	3	9	55	34	+21	31
6	Toronto Olympia	26	11	5	10	49	40	+9	27
7	London German Canadians	26	12	2	12	57	54	+3	26
8	St. Catharines Heidelberg	26	11	3	12	42	42	0	25
9	Serbian White Eagles	26	9	5	12	37	39	−2	23
10	Toronto Hellas	26	10	3	13	36	41	−5	23
11	Toronto Hungaria	26	11	1	14	40	52	−12	23
12	Ottawa Tigers	25	5	8	12	29	53	−24	18
13	Hamilton Apollos	26	3	5	18	23	69	−46	11
14	Kitchener Kickers	26	2	6	18	31	65	−34	10

Updated to match(es) played on October 30, 1971. Source: ^[1]^[30]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

October 3, 1971	Toronto Croatia	3–0	Sudbury City	Toronto, Ontario
	Bradvic 18' Mesik Slatko 27' Pilaš 37'			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium Attendance: 1837

October 3, 1971	Hamilton Croatia	2–0	London German Canadians	Toronto, Ontario
				Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium

October 4, 1971	Toronto First Portuguese	5–2	Toronto Olympia	Toronto, Ontario
	Antonio Rodrigues 16', 22', 43' Emilio Hernandez 21' Costa 37'		John McGurk 22' John Wark 70'	Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium

October 5, 1971	Toronto Ukraina	2–1	St. Catharines Heidelberg	Toronto, Ontario
	Keith Summers 88', 114'		Douglas 25'	Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium Attendance: 1000

Semifinals

October 7, 1971	Toronto Croatia	1–0	Hamilton Croatia	Toronto, Ontario
	Pilaš 30'			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium

October 8, 1971	Toronto First Portuguese	3–0	Toronto Ukraina	Toronto, Ontario
20:30	Antonio Rodrigues , Paulino Ferrari			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium

Finals

October 11, 1971	Toronto Croatia	1–0	Toronto First Portuguese	Toronto, Ontario
15:00	Pilaš 31'			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium Attendance: 7000 Referee: Alf Roberts

Cup

The cup tournament was a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all fourteen teams took part. The tournament would conclude in a final match for the Cup.

Semifinals

August 23, 1971	Toronto First Portuguese	1–0	Toronto Hellas	Toronto, Ontario
	Correia 56'			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium Attendance: 3457 Referee: Alf Roberts

September 26, 1971	Sudbury City	1–0	Ottawa Tigers	Sudbury, Ontario
	Ferruccio Deni 10' George Courtney 49'

Finals

October 3, 1971	Toronto First Portuguese	3–0	Sudbury City	Toronto, Ontario
	Piotti 26' Valdemar Serrano 40' Paulino Ferrari 65'			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium Attendance: 3518

Canadian Open Cup

The Canadian Open Cup was a tournament organized by the National Soccer League in 1971 where the NSL champion would face the Challenge Trophy winners to determine the best team throughout the country.^[40] The tournament intended to form an annual knock-out cup competition open to all Canadian professional and amateur clubs to determine a national champion.^[7] The championship was initially sponsored by the Macdonald Tobacco Company and was named the Export Trophy.^[41] Toronto Croatia as the NSL champions was selected as the league's representative while their opponents were Vancouver Eintracht of the Pacific Coast Soccer League, who were the Challenge Trophy titleholders.^[42]

October 17, 1971	Toronto Croatia	3–0	Vancouver Eintracht	Toronto, Ontario
14:30	Pilaš 38' Solak 45' Bradvic 87'			Stadium: Stanley Park Stadium Attendance: 4373 Referee: Emerson Mathurin

Individual awardsedit

The NSL awards were given to recipients from St. Catharines Heidelberg, Sudbury City, and Toronto Croatia.^[17] The most gentlemanly team award was given to St. Catharines, and league official John Parfect received the most dedicated official award.^[44] Željko Bilecki of Toronto Croatia was named the goalkeeper of the year, and would later represent the Canada national team and play in the North American Soccer League. The league's top goal scorer was Sudbury's Ferruccio Deni, and he later returned to the NSL to play with the Sudbury Cyclones.^[45] The final award went to Hugh Morrow as the top referee throughout the season.^[17]

Award	Player (Club)
NSL Top Goal scorer	Ferruccio Deni (Sudbury Italia)
NSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Željko Bilecki (Toronto Croatia)
NSL Referee of the Year Award	Hugh Morrow
NSL Official of the Year Award	John Parfect
NSL Most Gentlemanly Team Award	St. Catharines Heidelberg

Referencesedit

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Soccer League 1926 to 1992" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ Kernaghan, Jim (October 18, 1971). "Toronto Croatia overcomes Vancouver". Toronto Daily Star. p. 31.
^ "CSL Past Champions" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Koep, Bob (October 12, 1971). "Croatia confirms right to crown". Toronto Daily Star. p. 20.
^ Waring, Ed (October 12, 1971). "Croats spent $80,000 on team to win National Soccer League". The Globe and Mail. p. 33.
^ ^a ^b Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. pp. 117, 119.
^ ^a ^b Kernaghan, Jim (October 14, 1971). "Open soccer championship is in offing". Toronto Daily Star. p. 23.
^ Lovegrove, Don (29 April 1971). "No soccer lack in local area". Hamilton Spectator. p. 20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lovegrove, Don (6 May 1971). ""Hard season" ahead for Croatia". Hamilton Spectator. p. 32.
^ Pascal, Randy (June 20, 2020). "The Sudbury Cyclones and their semi-pro soccer stint". Sudbury Star. p. B1.
^ "Club Heidelberg Officially Accepted in Pro League". St. Catharines Standard. 2 March 1971. p. 20.
^ "Require 66 Young Soccer Players". Ottawa Journal. April 1, 1971. p. 20.
^ Henderson, Bruce (May 12, 1971). "Pro brand slowly gaining popularity". Ottawa Journal. p. 23.
^ Waring, Ed (April 30, 1971). "Zagreb soccer team plays Croatia July 3". The Globe and Mail. p. 29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kernaghan, Jim (September 28, 1971). "Soccer loop having a great year at gate". Toronto Daily Star. p. 14.
^ Waring, Ed (June 10, 1971). "MSL pays its way drawing 1,507 fans". The Globe and Mail. p. 42.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kernaghan, Jim (November 22, 1971). "Expansion planned for NSL next season". Toronto Daily Star. p. 19.
^ Lovegrove, Don (13 May 1971). "Apollos aim to get off round". Hamilton Spectator. p. 31.
^ ^a ^b Waring, Ed (June 4, 1971). "Apollos' coach pleased with feam despite 4 defeats in 5 games". The Globe and Mail. p. 28.
^ "London Ontario Competitive Soccer History". www.gcfclondon.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
^ "Tigers on road". Ottawa Citizen. May 15, 1971. p. 25.
^ Waring, Ed (June 15, 1971). "5,321 watch Croatia blank White Eagles". The Globe and Mail. p. 36.
^ Serbian White Eagles FC. "Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
^ "Nationals First Game in Toronto". St. Catharines Standard. 7 May 1971. p. 31.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Nationals Sign New Coach". St. Catharines Standard. 5 July 1971. p. 21. Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1971_National_Soccer_League_season
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[:0-1] "National Soccer League 1926 to 1992" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[2] Kernaghan, Jim (October 18, 1971). "Toronto Croatia overcomes Vancouver". Toronto Daily Star. p. 31.

[3] "CSL Past Champions" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[:1-4] Koep, Bob (October 12, 1971). "Croatia confirms right to crown". Toronto Daily Star. p. 20.

[5] Waring, Ed (October 12, 1971). "Croats spent $80,000 on team to win National Soccer League". The Globe and Mail. p. 33.

[:6-6] Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. pp. 117, 119.

[:2-7] Kernaghan, Jim (October 14, 1971). "Open soccer championship is in offing". Toronto Daily Star. p. 23.

[8] Lovegrove, Don (29 April 1971). "No soccer lack in local area". Hamilton Spectator. p. 20.

[:10-9] Lovegrove, Don (6 May 1971). ""Hard season" ahead for Croatia". Hamilton Spectator. p. 32.

[10] Pascal, Randy (June 20, 2020). "The Sudbury Cyclones and their semi-pro soccer stint". Sudbury Star. p. B1.

[11] "Club Heidelberg Officially Accepted in Pro League". St. Catharines Standard. 2 March 1971. p. 20.

[12] "Require 66 Young Soccer Players". Ottawa Journal. April 1, 1971. p. 20.

[13] Henderson, Bruce (May 12, 1971). "Pro brand slowly gaining popularity". Ottawa Journal. p. 23.

[14] Waring, Ed (April 30, 1971). "Zagreb soccer team plays Croatia July 3". The Globe and Mail. p. 29.

[:7-15] Kernaghan, Jim (September 28, 1971). "Soccer loop having a great year at gate". Toronto Daily Star. p. 14.

[16] Waring, Ed (June 10, 1971). "MSL pays its way drawing 1,507 fans". The Globe and Mail. p. 42.

[:8-17] Kernaghan, Jim (November 22, 1971). "Expansion planned for NSL next season". Toronto Daily Star. p. 19.

[18] Lovegrove, Don (13 May 1971). "Apollos aim to get off round". Hamilton Spectator. p. 31.

[:4-19] Waring, Ed (June 4, 1971). "Apollos' coach pleased with feam despite 4 defeats in 5 games". The Globe and Mail. p. 28.

[20] "London Ontario Competitive Soccer History". www.gcfclondon.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.

[21] "Tigers on road". Ottawa Citizen. May 15, 1971. p. 25.

[22] Waring, Ed (June 15, 1971). "5,321 watch Croatia blank White Eagles". The Globe and Mail. p. 36.

[Head_Coaches-23] Serbian White Eagles FC. "Head Coaches". Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

[24] "Nationals First Game in Toronto". St. Catharines Standard. 7 May 1971. p. 31.

[:9-25] "Nationals Sign New Coach". St. Catharines Standard. 5 July 1971. p. 21. Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1971_National_Soccer_League_season
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