1979 New York Eagles Roster
Team Record: 14-7-7 - 130 points
Finishing 2nd in the ASL
Coach: Gjelosh Nikac (14-7-7)
Location: Albany, New York
The New York Eagles of the American Soccer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 14 wins and 7 losses and 7 ties for 130 points finishing second in the ASL.
The Eagles bagged 49 goals and yielded 35. Branko Samatovic scored 8 goals for New York and recorded 16 assists.
Gjelosh Nikac coached the team.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Roberto Barcio | F | 5'7" | 140 | , Argentina | |
Billy Boljevic | F | August 24, 1952 | 6'0" | 195 | Crvenka, Yugoslavia |
Momcilo Bozovic | D | 5'10" | 165 | ||
Marcos Bustamante | D | 5'8" | 145 | , Peru | |
Chris Castaldo | |||||
Jose Cristaldo | F | 5'8" | 150 | ||
Simon Curanaj | D | February 4, 1954 | 5'8" | 150 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
Val DeSouza | D | June 7, 1952 | 6'0" | 160 | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Chris Djernes | G | ||||
Edu | F | January 10, 1979 | 6'0" | 175 | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Clyde Ford | D | ||||
Tony Guilanio | F | , USA | |||
Herve Guilliod | M,F | November 18, 1956 | 6'0" | 150 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Hranislav Hadzitonic | G | 6'0" | 155 | ||
Medrick Innocent | M | 5'9" | 145 | , Haiti | |
Sunday Manara | F | , Tanzania | |||
Gaetano Messina | D | 5'10" | 175 | Castellammare Del Golfo, Italy | |
Abdullah Nezaj | D | December 25, 1952 | 6'0" | 175 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Brian Power | M | June 24, 1950 | 5'2" | 140 | Devon, England |
Leo Ramas | D | February 4, 1952 | 6'0" | 175 | , Brazil |
Julio Salas | G | 6'0" | 180 | , Peru | |
Branko Samatovic | F | 5'11" | 160 | ||
Joe Santos | M,F,D | 5'9" | 150 | , USA | |
Sal Scalici | F | 5'9" | 155 | , Italy | |
Aldo Sergovich | D | , USA | |||
Andjelko Tesan | D | November 21, 1949 | 5'10" | 150 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
Mark Vuksannaj | F | 5'8" | 150 | , USA | |
Clyde Watson | F,M | February 10, 1956 | 5'6" | 135 | Georgetown, Guyana |