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The North American Soccer League Draft first overall pick was the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual North American Soccer League (NASL) Draft. The first pick was awarded to the club with the poorest regular season record during the previous NASL campaign. Exceptions were when there was an expansion club, where the expansion side has the opportunity to select the first overall draft pick.

The draft was held in 1968 and annually from 1972 until 1984.


Key

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^ Denotes players who have been selected to the All-Star Game or NASL Best XI
* Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame
^* Denotes Hall of Famers who have been selected to the All-Star Game
Player
(in bold text) 		Rookie of the Year
App. NASL appearances
Goals NASL goals
Asst. NASL assists

List of first overall picks

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Draft Selected by Player Nationality Position College/high school/former club NASL rookie statistics Ref.
App. Goals Asst.
1968 New York Generals Ford Brunner  USA GK Akron 12 0 1 [1]
1969–1971 No draft
1972 Miami Gatos Alain Maca  BEL DF Brockport 11 0 0 [2]
1973 Philadelphia Atoms Bob Rigby^  USA GK East Stroudsburg 13 0 0 [3]
1974 Los Angeles Aztecs José López  MEX FW UCLA 10 0 0 [4]
1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies Farrukh Quraishi^  IRN DF Oneonta State 23 0 0 [5]
1976 Los Angeles Aztecs Steve Ralbovsky  YUG DF Brown 22 2 1 [6]
1977 Dallas Tornado Glenn Myernick*  USA DF Hartwick 22 0 2 [7]
1978 Colorado Caribous Greg Makowski  USA DF SIU Edwardsville 30 2 5 [8]
1979 Dallas Tornado Njego Pesa  YUG FW Ulster County CC 12 1 1 [9]
1980 New York Cosmos Don Ebert  USA FW SIU Edwardsville 0 0 0 [10]
1981 Tulsa Roughnecks Joe Morrone, Jr.  USA MF Connecticut 30 8 6 [11]
1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies Pedro DeBrito  CPV FW Connecticut 29 2 4 [12]
1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies Gregg Thompson^  USA DF Indiana 30 0 1 [13]
1984 Tampa Bay Rowdies Roy Wegerle  RSA FW South Florida 21 9 7 [14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Associated Press. "Generals Pick Brunner In Soccer League Draft" (Digital scan). The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland: Schurz Communications. Newspapers.com. p. 12. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "1972 NASL Draft Transactions February 9, 1972". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "1973 NASL Draft Transactions February 12, 1973". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "NASL - Jose Lopez". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "1975 NASL Draft Pick Transactions". prosportstransactios.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "1976 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "1977 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "1978 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  9. ^ "1979 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "1980 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  11. ^ "1981 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  12. ^ "1982 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  13. ^ "1983 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  14. ^ "1984 North American Soccer League - College Draft". soccerstats.us. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
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