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By Bill Turianski on 28 April 2026; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-1979 North American Soccer League season (en.wikipedia.org).
-NASLjerseys.com. {Recommended.}

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Note: This is the third in a series…
1977 NASL post is here: 1977 NASL map: the 18 teams of the 1977 North American Soccer League, with attendances; plus 1977 NASL All-Stars (1st and 2nd Teams).
1978 NASL post is here: 1978 NASL map: the 24 teams of the 1978 North American Soccer League, with attendances; plus 1978 NASL All-Stars (1st and 2nd Teams).

The map is a location-map of the 24 teams of the 1979 North American Soccer League.
To the right of the map is a chart of 1979 NASL Home Average Attendance, by team. Teams’ regular-season-points totals and playoffs results are listed. Next to that is a section that shows thumbnail team profiles (years the team existed [including franchise-shift information], NASL titles, venue & capacity, location, 1979 average attendance & percent-capacity, and 1979 playoff results). In the upper-right corner are the 1979 NASL standings, and the 24 team logos. And below that, at the lower-right-hand side, is a section for Soccer Bowl ’79 (Vancouver Whitecaps 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 1, in front of 50,699 at Giants Stadium, on September 8, 1979).

1979 NASL All-Stars, First Team & Second Team (22 players shown, with brief player-profiles). At the foot of the map-page is a long horizontal chart showing the 1st- and the 2nd-team All-Stars. Players are shown in their 1979 NASL-team-kit, if possible (for some players there are very few color images available online). Thumbnail bios, and stand-out honors and statistics are included.

At the center of the top banner there is listed the 1979 NASL post-season awards. Most Valuable Player: the Amsterdam, Netherlands-born Johan Cruyff, of the Los Angeles Aztecs. Coach of the year: the Helsinki, Finland-born Timo Liekoski, of the Houston Hurricane. Rookie of the year: the St. Louis, Missouri-born Larry Hulcer, of the Los Angeles Aztecs. North American Player of the Year: the Denver, Colorado-born Rick Davis, of the New York Cosmos. Playoff MVP: the Bolton, Lancashire-born Alan Ball, of the Vancouver Whitecaps (and formerly of the 1966 World Cup-winning English squad).
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Soccer Bowl ’79 image credits…-4 screenshots from 1979-09-08 Vancouver Whitecaps vs Tampa Bay Rowdies Soccer Bowl, uploaded by NASL 1968-1984 Soccer History at youtube.com. -Trevor Whymark (FW), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Whymark, Trevor]. -Alan Ball (MF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Ball, Alan]. -Some of the Whitecaps fans who travelled 2,400 miles to cheer on their team in Soccer Bowl ’79 in New Jersey, photo unattributed at bcsportshall.com. -Whitecaps DF Roger Kenyon holds trophy aloft after the game, photo unattributed at whitecapsfc.com/news.
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Photo credits of 1979 NASL All-Stars…
First Team…
-Phil Parkes, Vancouver Whitecaps (GK), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/Parkes, Phil via fynasl.tumblr.com.
-Carlos Alberto, New York Cosmos (DF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com.
-Bruce Wilson, Chicago Sting (DF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Wilson, Bruce].
-Wim Rijsbergen, New York Cosmos (DF), photo unattributed at www.nasljerseys.com/[Rijsbergen, Wim].
-Mike Connell, Tampa Bay Rowdies (DF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Connell, Mike].
-Franz Beckenbauer, New York Cosmos (MF/DF), photo by Bob Thomas Sports Photography via dailymail.co.uk/sport.
-Johan Neeskens, New York Cosmos (MF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Neeskens, Johan].
-Ace Ntsoelengoe, Minnesota Kicks (MF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Ntsoelengoe, Ace].
-Johan Cruyff, Los Angeles Aztecs (AMF/FW), photo by Richard Mackson /Sports Illustrated via gettyimages.co.nz.
-Trevor Francis, Detroit Express (FW), photo unattributed at fynasl.tumblr.com/page/7.
1979 NASL All-Stars 2nd Team…
-Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos (FW), photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images via gettyimages.co.nz.
Photo credits of 1979 NASL All-Stars…
Second Team…
-Paul Hammond, Houston Hurricane (GK), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Hammond, Paul].
-Marinho Chagas, New York Cosmos (DF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Marinho, Francisco].
-John Gorman, Tampa Bay Rowdies (DF), photo unattributed at mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com.
-Bob Lenarduzzi, Vancouver Whitecaps (DF), image from cover of Kick magazine [1979] via nasljerseys.com.
-Mihalj Keri, Los Angeles Aztecs (DF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Keri, Mihalj].
-Alan Ball, Vancouver Whitecaps (MF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/
-Teófilo Cubillas, Fort Lauderdale Strikers (MF), photo from corbis.com via nasljerseys.com/[Cubillas, Teofilo].
-Vladislav Bogićević, New York Cosmos (MF), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Bogicevic, Vladislav].
-Óscar Fabbiani, Tampa Bay Rowdies (FW), image from Estadio magazine [1979, Chile] via nasljerseys.com/[Fabbiani, Oscar].
-Gerd Müller, Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FW), photo unattributed at nasljerseys.com/[Mueller, Gerd].
-Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago Sting (FW), image from Kick magazine [1979] via nasljerseys.com/Granitza, Karl-Heinz.