1967 in American soccer

Season

1967

← 1966

1968 →

The 1967 season in American soccer was often considered to be the first season in the second professional era of American soccer. It was the 54th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States.

Changes from 1965–66

In response to high TV ratings for the 1966 FIFA World Cup domestically, National Football League (American football) owners opt to create the National Professional Soccer League, while others create the United Soccer Association. Drastically different from past soccer leagues in the United States, the NPSL and USA are played during the spring seasons.

Honors and achievements

Competition	Winner
NPSL	Oakland Clippers (1)
USA	Los Angeles Wolves (1)
ASL 1966–67	Baltimore St. Gerards (1)
ASL 1967–68	Ukrainian Nationals (4)
National Challenge Cup	New York Greek American (1)

National team

Men's

Wins	Losses	Draws
0	1	1

Bermuda

United States

May 21 Olympics qualifier

Bermuda

1–1

United States

Hamilton, Bermuda

United States

Bermuda

May 27 Olympics qualifier

United States

0–1

Bermuda

United States

League tables

NPSL

USA

Eastern Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Washington Whips	12	5	5	2	19	11	+8	15	1967 USA Championship
2	Cleveland Stokers	12	5	4	3	19	13	+6	14
3	Toronto City	12	4	5	3	23	17	+6	13
4	Detroit Cougars	12	3	6	3	11	18	−7	12
5	New York Skyliners	12	2	6	4	15	17	−2	10
6	Boston Rovers	12	2	3	7	12	26	−14	7

Source: American Soccer History Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Note: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss

Western Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Wolves (C)	12	5	5	2	21	14	+7	15	1967 USA Championship
2	San Francisco Golden Gate Gales	12	5	3	4	25	19	+6	13
3	Chicago Mustangs	12	3	7	2	20	14	+6	13
4	Houston Stars	12	4	4	4	19	18	+1	12
5	Vancouver Royal Canadians	12	3	5	4	20	28	−8	11
6	Dallas Tornado	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	9

Source: American Soccer History Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Note: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions

ASL

National Challenge Cup

Semifinals		Final

New York Greek American	3

Paterson Roma	0
		New York Greek American	4

		Orange County	2
Chicago Kickers	0

Orange County	1

Source: TheCup.us^[1]

References

^ Hikala, Josh. "1967 US Open Cup results". TheCup.us. Retrieved December 29, 2012.

1967 in American soccer

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Leagues

Men	United Soccer Association (USA) National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) American Soccer League (ASL) 1966–67 1967–68 NCAA

Cups

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions Cup

National teams

Team seasons

NPSL

Atlanta Chiefs
Baltimore Bays
Chicago Spurs
Los Angeles Toros
New York Generals
Oakland Clippers
Philadelphia Spartans
Pittsburgh Phantoms
St. Louis Stars
Toronto Falcons

USA

Boston Rovers
Chicago Mustangs
Cleveland Stokers
Dallas Tornado
Detroit Cougars
Los Angeles Wolves
New York Skyliners
San Francisco Golden Gate Gales
Toronto City
Vancouver Royal Canadians
Washington Whips

ASL

1966–67	Baltimore St. Gerards Boston Tigers Hartford Kings New Britain Olimpia New Brunswick Hungarian Americans Newark Falcons Newark Portuguese Newark Ukrainian Sitch New York Inter Paterson Roma Ukrainian Nationals
1967–68	Baltimore Flyers Boston Tigers Fall River Astros Hartford Newark Portuguese Newark Ukrainian Sitch New Brunswick Hungarian Americans New York Inter Rochester Lancers Patterson Roma Ukrainian Nationals Washington Darts

v t e Years in American soccer
Pre-1880s	1860s 1870s
1880s	1880–83 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90
1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–41 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Soccer in the United States

Men's

National teams

Outdoor leagues

Professional	MLS History Playoffs MLS Cup USL Championship USLC Final USL League One NISA MLS Next Pro
Amateur	USL League Two NISA Nation NPSL CSL EPSL EPLWA GCPL MWPL OVPL SFSFL UPSL USLPA
Defunct	AFA (1884–1924) American Cup (1885–1924) ALPF (1894) APSL (2015–2018) NAFL (1895–1898) AAFA Cup (1912–13) ASL (1921–1933) ASL (1933–1983) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–1984) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–1992) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USL 2nd (1990–2010) APSL (1990–1996) A-League (1996–2004) USL 1st (2005–2009) D2 Pro (2010) PLA (2015–2017) NASL (2011–2017)

Indoor leagues

Current	MASL MASL2 MASL3 MLIS NISL PASL WISL
Defunct	NASL (1975–76, 1979–1984) MISL (1978–1992) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–1997) EISL (1997–98) WISL (1998–2001) MISL (2001–2008) AISL (2003–2008) XSL (2008–09) MISL (2008–2014)