[FM19] NASL legends 1978 Anniversary Edition

[themodelcitizen]

Travel back to 1978 with Pelé, Cruyff, George Best, Beckenbauer, Eusébio, Gerd Muller, Bobby Moore, Hugo Sánchez, and more.

Classic NASL rules include 6 points for a win and draws going to a shootout (sadly not from 35 yards).

Set in 1978 - essentially, subtract 40 years from each date you see - this was based on extensive research of the league, players, and finances of the era (adjusted for inflation). Although there's only 12 teams in 3 conferences, unlike the 24 that year, each team has a sort of all-star collection of their best players from the league's run.

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*change your game language to English (US) for full effect*

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Edited January 21 by themodelcitizen

[Rherm]

Is there any plan to also release a NASL database without the legend players?

[cel1234]

This looks great !! Can't wait

[grade]

12 hours ago, Rherm said:

Is there any plan to also release a NASL database without the legend players?

Never mind that... :P what about just release the legend players without the league?

[cel1234]

This still out today ??

[Rherm]

On 04/07/2019 at 04:52, cel1234 said:

This still out today ??

It's in the download section

[themodelcitizen]

I'll add some awards and a few more players/staff next week, currently in the middle of a trans-continental road trip taking in some Americana. Feedback is appreciated.

[anitamui]

what does the Continental competition file contain?

[themodelcitizen]

That file disables the CONCACAF Champions League, as NASL teams never participated.

Edited October 27, 2019 by themodelcitizen

[Rherm]

I recently got a new computer and I loaded this file with the logos and kits but when I get to the team selection the kits appear but only the Toronto logo appears. The weird thing is everything worked on the the old computer (which I can't use anymore). I don't know exactly what is going on.

[themodelcitizen]

That is an odd one. Have you gone into the settings and ticked the box for "reload skin on confirm" or whatever it is? Apologies for the slow updates, I'm finally back on the west coast and can get back to work on some additions. In the meantime, any feedback? High scoring games should be the norm from what I could tell during testing (and watching 70s NASL highlights on youtube)

[Rherm]

7 hours ago, themodelcitizen said:

That is an odd one. Have you gone into the settings and ticked the box for "reload skin on confirm" or whatever it is? Apologies for the slow updates, I'm finally back on the west coast and can get back to work on some additions. In the meantime, any feedback? High scoring games should be the norm from what I could tell during testing (and watching 70s NASL highlights on youtube)

Yeah, even when the confirm button is available nothing happens

[themodelcitizen]

This has been updated, teams have a full 24+ man roster with staff, awards, and a few dozen more faces in the pack.

Another quirk of the old NASL seasons is the need for 2 North Americans on the field (increasing after 2 years) and 1 more on the bench.

Research acknowledgements:

Lots of details and stats from the invaluable NASL Jerseys; this Rowdies Appreciation Blog; the Kenn.com blog; NASLhistory; Fun While it Lasted; NASL; Stats Crew; the American Soccer History Archives; and Tim Hanley's recollections at the RSSSF.

Inspiration from Ian Plenderleith's book Rock 'n' Roll Soccer; Gavin Newsham's Once in a Lifetime (and the movie); Adrian Webster; David Tossell; Andrew Horne; and Colin Jose.

Here are some highlights on Youtube which has a lot of old games in full:

• Rise and Fall of the NASL
• Goals of the Year: 1980, '81, '82, '83
• Rowdies '75
• Toronto '76: 1, 2, 3 (longer, English subs)
• Cosmos: '77, '78
• Sockers vs. Strikers '78
• Whitecaps '79: 1, 2
• Sounders '80
• Elton John at LA Aztecs
• Alan Brazil on Detroit Express
• Minnesota Kicks '78
• New England Tea Men Lipton ad

Edited January 18, 2023 by themodelcitizen

[themodelcitizen]

This was cleaned up earlier in the year, you only get 3 out of 3 subs, which is true-to-life but hilariously difficult to plan for and execute. I'm playing with Detroit and riding home advantage to a roughly .500 record, the draws go to short overtime and penalties which is different

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Might get bored enough over the holidays to add another team or some kind of "rest of world" thing so you could sign 1978-age Maradona, Kevin Keegan etc, as if NASL kept going strong and adding stars. (edit: done, link updated)

Edited March 2 by themodelcitizen