North American Soccer League (1968–84)
By year
Columns: Year | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Top Team in Regular Season (points) | Top Scorer (points) | Winning Coach
1968 | Atlanta Chiefs (1) | San Diego Toros | San Diego Toros (186 points) | Janusz Kowalik | Phil Woosnam | 1969 | Kansas City Spurs (1) | Atlanta Chiefs | Kansas City Spurs (110 points) | Kaizer Motaung | Janos Bedl | 1970 | Rochester Lancers (1) | Washington Darts | Washington Darts (137 points) | Kirk Apostolidis | Sal DeRosa | 1971 | Dallas Tornado (1) | Atlanta Chiefs | Rochester Lancers (141 points) | Carlos Metidieri | Ron Newman | 1972 | New York Cosmos (1) | St. Louis Stars | New York Cosmos (77 points) | Randy Horton | Gordon Bradley | 1973 | Philadelphia Atoms (1) | Dallas Tornado | Dallas Tornado (111 points) | Kyle Rote, Jr. | Al Miller | 1974 | Los Angeles Aztecs (1) | Miami Toros | Los Angeles Aztecs (110 points) | Paul Child | Alex Perolli | 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (1) | Portland Timbers | Portland Timbers (138 points) | Steve David | Eddie Firmani | 1976 | Toronto Metros-Croatia (1) | Minnesota Kicks | Tampa Bay Rowdies (154 points) | Giorgio Chinaglia | Domagoj Kapetanović | 1977 | New York Cosmos (2) | Seattle Sounders | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (161 points) | Steve David | Eddie Firmani | 1978 | New York Cosmos (3) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | New York Cosmos (212 points) | Giorgio Chinaglia | Eddie Firmani | 1979 | Vancouver Whitecaps (1) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | New York Cosmos (216 points) | Oscar Fabbiani | Tony Waiters | 1980 | New York Cosmos (4) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | New York Cosmos (213 points) | Giorgio Chinaglia | Hennes Weisweiler & Yasin Özdenak | 1981 | Chicago Sting (1) | New York Cosmos | New York Cosmos (200 points) | Giorgio Chinaglia | Willy Roy | 1982 | New York Cosmos (5) | Seattle Sounders | New York Cosmos (203 points) | Giorgio Chinaglia | Julio Mazzei | 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks (1) | Toronto Blizzard | New York Cosmos (194 points) | Roberto Cabañas | Terry Hennessey