The 1980 Washington Diplomats season was the club's ninth season of existence, their ninth season in the North American Soccer League and their ninth season in the then-top tier of American soccer. The Dips played in the NASL's Eastern Division of the National Conference, and finished the season placed second in the division, behind the New York Cosmos.
The Dips qualified for the 1980 NASL Playoffs, but lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Aztecs in extra time of the second leg.
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their first few seasons of existence, the Diplomats did not qualify for the playoffs until 1976, their third year in the league. The Diplomats were knocked...
final year, the Diplomats were able to sign the future European Player of the Century Johan Cruyff. After the 1980season the Diplomats folded when then...
the six American diplomats who were harboured by Canadian diplomats Ken Taylor and John Sheardown and exfiltrated from Tehran in 1980. They were working...
franchise to Washington DC and became the second iteration of the WashingtonDiplomats in 1981. The Diplomats folded at the end of the season in October...
North American Soccer League draft with the 33rd overall pick by the WashingtonDiplomats. He played part of one indoor match for the Dips on February 12,...
1979 season with the Aztecs. He then began the 1980season in Los Angeles. On 12 July 1980, the Aztecs sold his contract to the WashingtonDiplomats. The...
American diplomats from Iran in January 1980 by arranging to have them pose as a Canadian film crew. As part of their cover, the diplomats carried passports...
Learned was born in Washington, D.C., the eldest daughter of Elizabeth Duane "Betti" (née Hooper) and Bruce Learned, a diplomat. Her maternal grandfather...
Stadium Attendance 13,117 August 17 - New York Cosmos 1, WashingtonDiplomats 1 (Diplomats win a Shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 55,764 August 20...
American League Washington Senators baseball team. In their first game in Washington, D.C., the Redskins defeated the New York Giants in the season opener, 13–3...
wild card after Chicago Sting lost their final game of the season to the WashingtonDiplomats, the Aztecs were defeated by the St. Louis Stars in a quarter-finals...
1977 to 1980. He was a 1978 First Team All American soccer player. In 1980, he played for Maccabee Athletic Club. In 1981, the WashingtonDiplomats selected...
playing career at Southampton. He also had spells at Portsmouth, WashingtonDiplomats, Dartford, Cheltenham Town, Chichester City, Waterlooville, Whitchurch...
25, 1990, Nikolic replaced John Ellinger as the head coach of the WashingtonDiplomats of the American Professional Soccer League. He also continued to...
the American University Eagles Hall of Fame in 1996. In 1974, the WashingtonDiplomats selected Kuykendall in the first round (second overall) of the North...
The following is a list of notable deaths in 1980. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the...
playing career. In June 1988, the WashingtonDiplomats of the new American Soccer League (ASL) signed Harbor. Diplomats coach, Julio Pinon, spotted Harbor...
August 1980 against Aston Villa, but this turned out to be his only first team appearance. In 1981, Haywood was sold to WashingtonDiplomats in the NASL...
Soccer League between 1980 and 1981 for the Detroit Express and the WashingtonDiplomats. He is the father of Daniel Nardiello who plays for Bangor City,...
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