1979 Detroit Express Statistics

North American Soccer League (NASL)
Team Record: 14-16 - 133 points
in the NASL's Central Division

Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Coach: Ken Furphy (14-16)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 210,864, Avg. 14,058 in 15 home dates

1979 Detroit Express Roster

The Detroit Express of the North American Soccer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 14 wins and 16 losses for 133 points in the NASL's Central Division.

The Express scored 60 goals and yielded 56. Keith Furphy and Trevor Francis netted 14 goals each for Detroit, while Graham Oates and Ted MacDougall tallied five or more, too. Graham Oates contributed 12 assists. Jim Brown earned a 1.18 goals against average, leading qualifying goalkeepers.

Ken Furphy coached the team. The 1979 Detroit Express lost in the Conference Quarterfinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts
Trevor Francis	F	14	14	8	36
Keith Furphy	F	30	14	8	36
Ted MacDougall	F	19	9	11	29
Graham Oates	D	29	5	12	22
Roger Osborne	M	22	2	11	15
David Bradford	M	28	2	11	15
Bob Rohrbach	F	8	4	0	8
Angus Moffatt	M	28	0	8	8
Brian Tinnion	F	16	3	1	7
Danny Vaughn	F	15	2	3	7
Roberto De Oliveira	F	13	1	4	6
Steve Seargeant	D	28	0	5	5
Eddie Colquhoun	D	28	1	1	3
Niels Guldbjerg	F	3	1	0	2
Tony Dunne	D	12	0	2	2
Johann Scharmann	M	13	0	2	2
Mick Coop	D	13	0	1	1
Jim Brown	G	28	0	1	1
Slobo Ilijevski	G	2	0	0	0
Ivan Belfiore	D	3	0	0	0
Benny Dargle	D	6	0	0	0
Paul Hunter	D	24	0	0	0
Totals		382	58	89

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Slobo Ilijevski	2	90:00	0	1	1.00	0
Jim Brown	28	2593:00	6	51	1.77	151
Totals	30	2683:00	6	52	1.74	151