Editing Los Angeles Aztecs (section)

===New ownership===
Following the 1974 season, [[Alex Perolli]] left his position as head coach to take up the same job at the expansion [[San Antonio Thunder]]<ref>{{cite web |title=San Antonio Thunder Original Roster Build and Preseason |url=https://www.sanantoniofc.com/news_article/show/1101384 |website=sanantoniofc |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225210/https://www.sanantoniofc.com/news_article/show/1101384 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and owner Jack Gregory sold his interest in the team to a group headed by John Chaffetz.<ref name="LATimes"/><ref name="TACO" /><ref name="Durslag">{{cite news |last1=Durslag |first1=Mel |title=Soccer League Keeps Trying |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nxYAAAAIBAJ&dq=soccer+league+keeps+trying&pg=PA9&article_id=3767,3820116 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |work=The News-Dispatch |date=February 24, 1975 |page=9}}</ref> The new owners hired 25-year-old [[Terry Fisher (soccer)|Terry Fisher]], at the time the youngest coach in the NASL, giving him a two-year contract as head coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yannis |first1=Alex |title=Coach Helps Aztecs Get New Image |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/coach-helps-aztecs-get-new-image.html |access-date=January 8, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 1975 |page=S15}}</ref>  That February, the team traded its first and second draft choices to the expansion [[Chicago Sting]] and drafted Michael Bain, two-time [[All-America]]n and captain of the [[1974 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament|1974 NCAA Division I Soccer]] champions [[Howard Bison]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Howard player 1st pick in pro soccer draft |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RlKAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+bain+los+angeles+aztecs&pg=PA6&article_id=2684,389204 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |work=The Afro American |date=February 1, 1975 |page=10}}</ref>{{efn|Michael Bain does not appear on any NASL Official roster}}  The Aztecs were one of the sixteen NASL teams to participate in the [[1975 NASL Indoor tournament]].  In total, the Aztecs played three indoor matches in 1975, a pre-tournament tune-up match against the [[San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988)|San Jose Earthquakes]] on February 14, and tournament matches against the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] and [[Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)|Seattle Sounders]].<ref name="Indoor">{{cite web |last1=Holroyd |first1=Steve |title=History of Indoor Soccer in the USA |url=https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usindoor.html |website=[[RSSSF]] |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>

The Aztecs opened the [[1975 North American Soccer League season]] with a 2–1 victory on the road against the [[San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988)|San Jose Earthquakes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=North American Soccer League – 1975 Friday, April 18, 1975 |url=http://soccerstats.us/games/36488/ |website=SoccerStats.us |access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>  The team's first home sellout occurred on July 3, 1975, in a 5–1 rout of the [[Pelé]] led [[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]], [[Uruguay Graffigna|Uri Banhoffer]] scored a hat-trick and was named NASL player of the week for his performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Banhoffer Chosen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZNPAAAAIBAJ&dq=los+angeles+aztecs+uri+banhoffer+1975&pg=PA8&article_id=3366,631486 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=The Bryan Times |date=July 9, 1975}}</ref>  The team officially protested their 2 August 1975 2–1 overtime loss to Earthquakes stating crowd noise prevented head coach Fisher from communicating with his players between the end of regulation and the beginning of overtime.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports in Brief |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBxDAAAAIBAJ&q=sports+in+brief |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=The Altus Times-Democrat |date=August 4, 1975}}</ref>  The team finished the season with a record of twelve wins and ten losses, ending in third place of the Western Division.<ref name="NASL"/>  Making the playoffs as a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]] after [[Chicago Sting]] lost their final game of the season to the [[Washington Diplomats]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Aztecs Battle Stars In Soccer Playoffs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GH9KAAAAIBAJ&dq=st.+louis+stars+playoff+1975&pg=PA7&article_id=7009,2049977 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |work=The Press-Courier |date=August 11, 1975}}</ref> the Aztecs were defeated by the [[St. Louis Stars (soccer)|St. Louis Stars]] in a quarter-finals match that was decided by a penalty shoot-out.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tossell |first1=David |title=Playing for Uncle Sam The Brits' Story of the North American Soccer League |date=April 13, 2012 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |isbn=9781780574721}}</ref>