1978 American Soccer League

American Soccer League
1978 season
Season	1978
Champions	New York Apollo (4th title)
Premiers	New York Apollo (4th title)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Rolland (17); Mike Mancini; José Neto
	← 1977 1979 →

Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1978.

League standings

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Sacramento Spirits expelled from league during the season and replaced by Sacramento Gold franchise.^[1]

First Team^[2]	Position
John Granville, Southern California	G
Rildo, Southern California	D
Daniel Mammana, Sacramento	D
Paul Cahill, Southern California	D
Ramon Moraldo, California	D
Juan Cano, New Jersey	M
Ramón Mifflin, NY Eagles	M
Kevin Mahon, NY Apollo	M
Sid Wallace, Southern California	F
Tony Douglas, California	F
Jimmy Rolland, Los Angeles	F

Division semifinals (single match)		Division finals (2-match aggregate)				ASL Championship Final (single match)

		New York Apollo	0	5	5
New Jersey Americans	4	New Jersey Americans	2	2	4
Indianapolis Daredevils	2					New York Apollo	1
						Los Angeles Skyhawks	0
		Los Angeles Skyhawks	1	4	5
California Sunshine	1(6)	California Sunshine	0	1	1
Southern California Lazers	1(5)

August 29	New Jersey Americans	4–2	Indianapolis Daredevils	Rutgers Stadium • Att. 2,576^[3]

August 29	California Sunshine	1–1 (PK, 6–5)	Southern California Lazers	LeBard Stadium • Att. 3,714^[4]

Higher Seed	Aggregate	Lower Seed	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
New York Apollo	5–4	New Jersey Americans	0–2	5–2 (OT)	August 31 • Rutgers Stadium • ??? September 2 • Hofstra Stadium • 5,134^[5]
Los Angeles Skyhawks	5–2	California Sunshine	1–0	4–1	August 31 • LeBard Stadium • 3,000^[6] September 2 • John Shepard Stadium • 4,938^[7]

September 10, 1978

4:00 PM PST

Los Angeles Skyhawks (CA)	0–1	New York Apollo (NY)
	Report 1 Report 2	Rupert De Los Reyes 44:10'

Attendance: 6,242

Referee: (USA)

^ Johnson, Kent (June 16, 1978). "Spirits Die, New ASL Club Born". Sacramento Bee. p. AA1. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
^ "ASL All-Stars". Los Angeles Times. September 3, 1978. p. 10, part III. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
^ Conover, Allan (August 30, 1978). "Jersey advances in soccer playoffs". Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey). p. D-2. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
^ Strege, Dave (August 30, 1978). "Lazers See Red, Fall to Sunshine in Shootout, 2-1". Los Angeles Times. p. 20. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ Heilman, Don (September 3, 1978). "Apollo eliminates Americans in OT". Rochester Central New Jersey Home News. p. B1. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
^ Strege, Dave (September 1, 1978). "Skyhawks Take Playoff Lead". Los Angeles Times. p. III-9. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
^ Strege, Dave (September 3, 1978). "Skyhawks Win the West, 4-1". Los Angeles Times. p. III-3. Retrieved November 13, 2018.