1978 Toronto Metros-Croatia Statistics
North American Soccer League (NASL)
Team Record: 16-14 - 144 points
in the NASL's Eastern Division
Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Coach: Domagoj Kapetanovic (16-14)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 93,501, Avg. 6,233 in 15 home dates
1978 Toronto Metros-Croatia RosterTeam Record: 16-14 - 144 points
in the NASL's Eastern Division
Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Coach: Domagoj Kapetanovic (16-14)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 93,501, Avg. 6,233 in 15 home dates
The Toronto Metros-Croatia of the North American Soccer League ended the 1978 season with a record of 16 wins and 14 losses for 144 points in the NASL's Eastern Division.
Toronto netted 58 goals and conceded 47. Ivan Lukacevic scored 16 goals for the Metros-Croatia, while Ray Treacy, Brian Budd, Marko Vujkovic, Sead Susic and Vanco Balevski each contributed five or more as well. Marko Vujkovic accounted for 11 assists. Zeljko Bilecki registered a 0.89 goals against average, best among qualifying goalkeepers.
Domagoj Kapetanovic coached the team. The 1978 Toronto Metros-Croatia lost in the Conference Quarterfinal.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | Pts | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Lukacevic | F | 17 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marko Vujkovic | M | 26 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vanco Balevski | M | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sead Susic | F | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Budd | F | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Treacy | F | 23 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivair Ferreira | F | 24 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vladimir Smolcic | F | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Poljak | M | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manuel Velazquez | M | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boris Matas | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pampos Papadopoulos | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damir Sutevski | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Roe | F | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kemal Hafizovic | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Polak | D | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stjepan Loparic | D | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Paez | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norberto Galluzzo | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ignacio Salcedo | M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Roe | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vasilios Konstantinou | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeljko Bilecki | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Kocijancic | D | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Filip Blaskovic | D | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 383 | 0 | 58 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeljko Bilecki | 17 | 0 | 1550:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1.34 | 0 | 122 | |
| Vasilios Konstantinou | 13 | 0 | 1180:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1.75 | 0 | 87 | |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 2730:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 1.52 | 0 | 209 |
