All-Time Canadian NASL Team

by Kenneth Jamieson krjamieson@connect.ab.ca Criteria

1. All players must either have been born in Canada or became Canadian citizens during their NASL playing careers.

2. Goalkeepers must have played in a minimum of 20 regular season games.

3. Field players must have played in a minimum of 40 regular season games.

4. Coaches must have coached on Canadian-based teams for a minimum of one complete season.

5. Teams include 1 Goalkeeper, 4 Defenders, 3 Midfielders, 3 Forwards and a Coach.

1st Team

G - Zeljko Bilecki, TOR 75-78, TPB 79-80, LAN 80
D - Bob Lenarduzzi, VCR 74-84
       Bob Bolitho, VCR 77-80, TUL 80, FTL 81-83, MIN 84, TPB 84
       Bruce Wilson, VCR 74-77, CHI 78-79, NYK 80, TOR 81-84
       Mike Sweeney, EDM 80-82, VCR 82-84, GDB 84
M - Wes McLeod, TPB 77-84
        Pat Ercoli, ROC 78, SDG 79, ROC 80, JAX 81
        Gerry Gray, VCR 80-82, MTL 83, NYK 84, CHI 84
F - Branko Segota, ROC 80, FTL 81-83, GDB 84
      Mike Stojanovic, ROC 80, SDG 81-82, SJS 82
      Dale Mitchell, VCR 77-78, POR 79-82, MTL 83
Coach - Tony Waiters, VCR 77-80


2nd Team

G - Tino Lettieri, MIN 77-81, VCR 82-83, MIN 84
D - Dwight Lodeweges, EDM 79-82, MTL 83, MIN 84
       Ian Bridge, SEA 79-83, VCR 84
       Robert Iarusci, TOR 76, NYK 77-78, WAS 79, NYK 81-83, SDG 84
       Peter Roe, TOR 73-81, TPB 82-84
M - Cliff Calvert, TOR 79-81, DAL 81, TOR 82-84
        John Kerr, DET 68, WAS 70-71, NYK 72-76, WAS 77
        Brian Gant, VCR 74-76, POR 77-82
F - David Proctor, DEN 74, ROC 74, MIA 75-76, FTL 77, WAS 78
      Nick Papadakis, ATL 68-73
      Glen Johnson, VCR 74-77
Coach - John Giles, VCR 81-83

Honorable Mention

G - Jack Brand, TOR 74-75, ROC 77, NYK 78-79, TUL 79, SEA 80-81, TPB 82
D - John McGrane, LAN 77-81, MTL 82-83, MIN 84
       Damir Sutevski, TOR 75-78, ROC 79-80, MTL 81
       Mike McLenaghen, MIN 79, TOR 80, LAN 81, EDM 82
       Tasso Koutsoukos, CHI 80-82, TUL 82
M - Carmen Marcantonio, TOR 76, WAS 78-80, MTL 81-83, NYK 84
        Igor Bachner, MTL 73, BOS 74-75, SDG 78-79, ROC 79
        Drew Ferguson, VCR 78, EDM 79-82
F - Buzz Parsons, VCR 76-82
      Garnett Moen, NEN 80, TUL 81
      Robert Meschbach, FTL 81-83, MIN 84, CHI 84
Coach - Bob Houghton, TOR 82-84

All-Time NASL Canadian MVP - Bob Lenarduzzi (Reg Season: GP - 288, G - 31, A - 57, PTS - 119; Playoffs: GP - 24, G- 2, A - 7, PTS - 11; Combined: GP - 314; G - 33, A - 64, PTS - 130)
* Played in more NASL games than any other player in League History *


Last update: December 29, 2000

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