NPSL Final 1967

NPSL Final 1967
Event NPSL Final
Oakland Clippers Baltimore Bays
4 2
Aggregate goals
Date September 3, 1967 (1967-09-03)
Venue Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
Referee Walter Crossley (England)
Attendance 16,619
Date September 9, 1967 (1967-09-09)
Venue Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, Oakland, California
Referee Mike Ashkenazi
Attendance 9,037

NPSL Final 1967 was the National Professional Soccer League's postseason championship final of the 1967 season. The event was contested in a two-game aggregate match between the Oakland Clippers and the Baltimore Bays. The first leg was played on September 3, 1967 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, with the Bays winning 1–0. The return leg was contested on September 9, 1967 at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in Oakland, California, and the Clippers won it by the score of 4–1. With the two-day competition complete, the Oakland Clippers held a 4–2 aggregate lead and were crowned the 1967 NPSL champions.[1][2]

Background

The Baltimore Bays finished first in the Eastern Division regular season with 162 points. The Oakland Clippers finished first in the Western Division regular season with 185 points. This earned each team the right to compete in the championship series.

Match summary

Championship results

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 First leg Second leg Attendance
Oakland Clippers 4 - 2 Baltimore Bays 0 - 1 4 - 1 September 3 Memorial Stadium 16,619
September 9 Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 9,037

First leg

Baltimore[3][4]
Oakland[5][6]

Second leg

September 9
Oakland Clippers[7] 4–1 Baltimore Bays
Dragan Djukic  1H'
Dragan Djukic  1H'
Dragan Djukic  1H' (pen.)
Edgar Marín  (Mitic) 58' 		Guy Saint-Vil
Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, Oakland, California
Attendance: 9,037
Referee: Mike Ashkenazi
Oakland[8]
Baltimore


1967 NPSL Champions: Oakland Clippers

References

  1. ↑ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
  2. ↑ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.
  3. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Bays/Bays%2067%20Home%20Dennis%20Violett,%20Clippers.jpg
  4. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Bays/Bays%2067%20Home%20Jersey%20Luis%20Mayoral.jpg
  5. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Clippers/Clippers%2067%20Road%20Back%20Trond%20Hoftvedt,%20Gavric,%20Bays.jpg
  6. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Bays/Bays%2067%20Home%20St.%20Vil,%20Klasson.jpg
  7. 1 2 Seese, Dennis J. (2015). The Rebirth of Professional Soccer in America: The Strange Days of the United Soccer Association. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-1442238947.
  8. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/images/Clippers/Clippers%2067%20Goalie%20Mirko%20Stojanovic.jpg

External links

NASL Soccer Bowl (official website)

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