2012 North American Soccer League season
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| North American Supporters' Trophy | San Antonio Scorpions |
| Champions League (CFU) |
Puerto Rico Islanders (2012 CFU Club Championship 3rd place) |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Goals scored | 294 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Pablo Campos (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
SAS 8–0 CAR (July 28) |
| Biggest away win |
SAS 0–4 PRI (April 15) |
| Highest scoring |
CAR 4–4 ATL (April 14) FTL 5–3 ATL (July 28) SAS 8–0 CAR (July 28) |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches: San Antonio (April 28 – May 19) Carolina (June 2 – June 23) Tampa Bay (June 16 – July 4) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches: Minnesota (April 7 – June 2) San Antonio (April 21 – June 16) |
| Longest winless run | 9 matches: Carolina (April 7 – May 19) Atlanta (April 7 – May 26) Minnesota (July 18 – September 8) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches: Atlanta (June 9 – July 3) |
| Highest attendance | 13,151 PRI @ SAS (April 15) |
| Lowest attendance | 520 EDM @ PRI (April 18) |
| Average attendance | 3,810 |
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The 2012 North American Soccer League season is the 45th season of Division II soccer in the United States and the second season of the revived North American Soccer League. It will be contested by eight teams including one from Canada and one from Puerto Rico. Montreal Impact were self-promoted to Major League Soccer as an expansion franchise and the expansion San Antonio Scorpions were added to the NASL. The NASL received full USSF sanctioning on March 3, 2012 at the annual general meeting. The defending Soccer Bowl champions are NSC Minnesota Stars, while the Carolina Railhawks are the defending North American Supporters' Trophy winners.
Note1: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold one or more non-FIFA nationalities.
Updated to games played on 23 September 2012.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
(C) = Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion)
Win • Loss • Draw • Home
Final regular season results. Based on the results at the
The 6 qualifying teams will be given seeds 1 through 6 with the top team in the standings receiving the number 1 seed.
The format of the Playoffs will consist of a Quarterfinal Round, Semifinal Round and a Final Round. The Quarterfinal Round will be a single game while the Semifinal and Final Rounds will each be a 2-game series with each team playing at home once and the team with the greater number of aggregate goals in both games winning each series.
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