| Competition: | American Soccer League 1979 season |
| Season: | 1979 |
| Num Teams: | 11 |
| Continentalcup1: | 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| Highest Scoring: | Ian Filby (14 goals; 17 assists)[1] |
| Longest Wins: | California Sunshine (13) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | California Sunshine (15) |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1979.
| First Team[2] | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Reynolds, California | align=center | G | |
| Ramon Moraldo, California | align=center | D | |
| Daniel Mammana, Columbus | align=center | D | |
| Anđelko Tešan, New York | align=center | D | |
| Mickey Brown, Sacramento | align=center | D | |
| Don Tobin, California | align=center | M | |
| Clyde Watson, New York | align=center | M | |
| Norman Piper, Columbus | align=center | M | |
| Poli Garcia, California | align=center | F | |
| Branko Samatovic, New York | align=center | F | |
| Ian Filby, Sacramento | align=center | F |
| August 29 | Sacramento Gold | 3–2 (OT) | width=24% | Los Angeles Skyhawks | Hughes Stadium • 7,223[3] | |
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| August 29 | New York Eagles | 1–2 | width=24% | Pennsylvania Stoners | Bleecker Stadium • Att. ??? | |
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| Higher seed | Aggregate | Lower seed | First leg | Second leg | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Magic | 2–2 | Pennsylvania Stoners | 1–1 | 1–1 (4–3) | September 4 • ASD Stadium • 7,048[4] September 9 • Franklin County Stadium • 4,306[5] | |
| California Sunshine | 0–1 | Sacramento Gold | 0–0 | 0–1 | September 2 • Hughes Stadium • 10,762[6] September 8 • Murdock Stadium • 2,200[7] |