1979 Chicago Sting Statistics

North American Soccer League (NASL)
Team Record: 16-14 - 159 points
in the NASL's Central Division

Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Willy Roy (16-14)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 120,935, Avg. 8,062 in 15 home dates

1979 Chicago Sting Roster

The Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 16 wins and 14 losses for 159 points in the NASL's Central Division.

Chicago scored 70 goals and allowed 62. Karl-Heinz Granitza netted 20 goals for the Sting, while Derek Spalding, Thomas Sjoberg, Wim Van Hanegem and Peter Ressel each tallied five or more also. Jorgen Kristensen recorded 22 assists. Tony Chursky recorded a 1.27 goals against average, leading qualifying goalkeepers.

Willy Roy coached the team. The 1979 Chicago Sting lost in the Conference Semifinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts
Karl-Heinz Granitza	F	30	20	10	50
Peter Ressel	F	28	10	18	38
Thomas Sjoberg	F	17	13	4	30
Jorgen Kristensen	F	30	4	22	30
Wim Van Hanegem	M	27	6	7	19
Derek Spalding	D	23	7	3	17
Dick Advocaat	M	28	3	8	14
Charlie Fajkus	M	19	2	5	9
Gene Strenicer	M	20	2	3	7
Bruce Wilson	D	30	0	4	4
Steve Long	F	12	1	1	3
Luigi Martini	D	7	0	3	3
Stefan Szefer	D	6	1	0	2
Gerry Ingram	F	2	0	1	1
Arno Steffenhagen	F	1	0	0	0
Lucas Moripe	M	1	0	0	0
Mike Mahoney	G	3	0	0	0
Bret Hall	M	5	0	0	0
Lothar Skala	D	9	0	0	0
Tony Chursky	G	14	0	0	0
Paul Coffee	G	17	0	0	0
Horst Blankenburg	D	21	0	0	0
Clive Griffiths	D	28	0	0	0
Totals		378	69	89

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Mike Mahoney	3	300:00	0	4	1.20	26
Tony Chursky	14	1039:00	3	22	1.91	60
Paul Coffee	17	1454:00	0	33	2.04	76
Totals	34	2793:00	3	59	1.90	162