North American Soccer League 2014

North American Soccer League 2014
master	San Antonio Scorpions
Teams	10
Games	138
Gates	379  (ø 2.75 per game)
spectator	762,441  (ø 5525 per game)
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The 2014 North American Soccer League was the fourth North American Soccer League season. It began on April 13, 2014 with the first game day of the Spring Season and ended on November 15, 2014 with the final game for the championship, the so-called Soccer Bowl.

The San Antonio Scorpions won this one . The Minnesota United won the Spring Season. The San Antonio Crew the Fall Season. Best team of the regular season, spring and fall season combined, was Minnesota United.

Competition format

The format of the competition has changed compared to the first three seasons. On July 26, 2013, the NASL approved a competition reform for the 2014 season by a large majority. The 10 participants play two separate competitions in one year. ( Spring Season and Fall Season ) In the Spring Season each team plays once against each other, in the Fall Season twice. The two winners and the best two best other teams in total qualify for the playoffs.

Teams

team	Stadion	capacity	Founded	entry	Trainer
Atlanta Silverbacks	Atlanta Silverbacks Park	05,000	1998	2011	Eric Wynalda
Carolina RailHawks	WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000	2006	2011	Colin Clarke
Edmonton FC	Clarke Stadium	05,000	2009	2011	Colin Miller
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Lockhart Stadium	20,500	2005	2011	Günter Kronsteiner
Indy Eleven	Michael Carroll Stadium	12,100	2013	2014	Juergen Sommer
Minnesota United	National Sports Center	08,500	2009	2011	Manny Lagos
New York Cosmos	James M. Shuart Stadium	11,929	2010	2013	Giovanni Savarese
Ottawa Fury	Keith Harris Stadium / TD Place Stadium	3,044 / 22,500	2011	2014	Marc Dos Santos
San Antonio Scorpions	Toyota Field	08,000	2010	2012	Alen Marcina
Tampa Bay rowdies	Al Lang Stadium	07,250	2008	2011	Ricky Hill

Spring Championship

The Spring Championship started on April 13, 2014 with the first day of play and ends on June 8, 2014 with the 9th day of play.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Minnesota United	9	6th	2	1	016: 900	+7	20th
2.	New York Cosmos	9	6th	1	2	014: 300	+11	19th
3.	San Antonio Scorpions	9	5	2	2	013: 900	+4	17th
4th	Carolina RailHawks	9	4th	2	3	011:150	−4	14th
5.	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	9	4th	1	4th	018:180	± 0	13
6th	Ottawa Fury	9	3	1	5	014:130	+1	10
7th	Tampa Bay rowdies	9	2	4th	3	011:160	−5	10
8th.	Atlanta Silverbacks	9	3	1	5	012:200	−8	10
9.	Edmonton FC	9	2	2	5	011:110	± 0	08th
10.	Indy Eleven	9	0	4th	5	014:200	−6	04th

Winner of the Spring Championship and qualification for the NASL Playoffs

Crosstab

Spring 2014
Atlanta Silverbacks		-	-	-	3: 3	1: 2	-	2: 1	1: 2	-
Carolina RailHawks	2-0		-	4: 1	-	-	1-0	-	-	2-0
Edmonton FC	1: 2	6: 1		1: 3	-	-	0: 1	-	-	-
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	4-0	-	-		3: 2	-	0: 3	2-0	-	-
Indy Eleven	-	1: 1	1: 2	-		-	-	2: 4	1: 2	1: 1
Minnesota United	-	0-0	1-0	3: 1	3: 2		-	-	-	-
New York Cosmos	4-0	-	-	-	1: 1	1-0		1-0	0: 1	-
Ottawa Fury	-	4-0	1-0	-	-	1: 2	-		2: 3	1: 1
San Antonio Scorpions	-	3-0	0-0	2: 2	-	0: 2	-	-		0: 1
Tampa Bay rowdies	1: 3	-	1: 1	3: 2	-	3: 3	0: 3	-	-

Fall Championship

The Fall Championship begins on July 12, 2014 with the first matchday and ends on November 2, 2014 with the 18th matchday.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	San Antonio Scorpions	18th	11	2	5	030:150	+15	35
2.	Minnesota United	18th	10	5	3	031:190	+12	35
3.	Edmonton FC	18th	8th	5	5	023:180	+5	29
4th	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	18th	7th	6th	5	020:210	−1	27
5.	Carolina RailHawks	18th	7th	3	8th	027:280	−1	24
6th	New York Cosmos	18th	5	8th	5	023:240	−1	23
7th	Indy Eleven	18th	6th	5	7th	021:260	−5	23
8th.	Tampa Bay rowdies	18th	5	5	8th	025:340	−9	20th
9.	Ottawa Fury	18th	4th	5	9	020:250	−5	17th
10.	Atlanta Silverbacks	18th	3	4th	11	020:300	−10	13

Winner of the Fall Championship and qualification for the NASL Playoffs

Crosstab

Fall 2014 October 26, 2014
Atlanta Silverbacks		0: 2	1-0	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0: 3	0: 1	1: 1
Carolina RailHawks	0: 2		2: 3	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	5: 4	3-0	3: 1	3: 4
Edmonton FC	2: 1	3-0		2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1-0
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1: 1	1-0	1-0		2: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0
Indy Eleven	2: 4	0: 1	1: 1	0-0		2-0	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 2
Minnesota United	1-0	1-0	3: 2	2: 1	5: 1		0-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1
New York Cosmos	3: 2	0: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1		2: 1	1: 3	2: 2
Ottawa Fury	2-0	2: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1: 2	2: 3	0: 1		1: 1	0: 2
San Antonio Scorpions	2: 1	2-0	3-0	2-0	2-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 1		7-0
Tampa Bay rowdies	3: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 3	2: 2	2: 3	3: 1	0: 2	0: 2

Playoffs

Overall table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Minnesota United	27	16	7th	4th	047:280	+19	55
2.	San Antonio Scorpions	27	16	4th	7th	043:240	+19	52
3.	New York Cosmos	27	11	9	7th	037:270	+10	42
4th	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	27	11	7th	9	038:390	−1	40
5.	Carolina RailHawks	27	11	5	11	038:430	−5	38
6th	Edmonton FC	27	10	7th	10	034:290	+5	37
7th	Tampa Bay rowdies	27	7th	9	11	036:500	−14	30th
8th.	Ottawa Fury	27	7th	6th	14th	034:380	−4	27
9.	Indy Eleven	27	6th	9	12	035:460	−11	27
10.	Atlanta Silverbacks	27	6th	5	16	032:500	−18	23

Games

	Semifinals					final
	1	Minnesota United	1 (4)
	4th	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 (5)
						2	San Antonio Scorpions	2
						4th	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1
	2	San Antonio Scorpions	2
	3	New York Cosmos	1

Soccer Bowl 2014

San Antonio Scorpions		Fort Lauderdale Strikers
	November 15, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. (EST) in San Antonio ( Toyota Field ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 7,847 Referee: Ted Unkel
	Josh Saunders - Jonathan Borrajo , Julius James , Greg Janicki , Stephen DeRoux - Wálter Restrepo (85th Eric Hassli ), Josue Soto , Richard Menjivar , Rafael Castillo , Billy Forbes - César Elizondo (74th Giuseppe Gentile ) Trainer: Alen Marcina	Kamil Čontofalský - Martín Núñez (73rd Walter Ramírez ), Rafael Alves , Stefan Antonijević (77th Jenison ), Iván Guerrero - James Marcelin , Pecka - Darnell King , Mark Anderson , Shawn Chin - Aly Hassan (60th Fafà Picault ) Trainers: Günter Kronsteiner
	1-0 Rafael Castillo (69th) 2-0 Billy Forbes (75th)	2: 1 Walter Ramírez (79.)
	Giuseppe Gentile (84.), Eric Hassli (88.)
		Martín Núñez missed a penalty kick over the crossbar (63.)

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NASL 2014 Season Format Announced , North American Soccer League . July 26, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2014.