Editing Los Angeles Aztecs (section)

===Final season===
The Aztecs achieved their best indoor season record with eleven wins and seven loses and earning first place of the Western Division in the [[1980–81 NASL Indoor season]]<ref name="NASL"/> but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by [[Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982)|Edmonton Drillers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Drillers shoot past Aztecs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_tkAAAAIBAJ&dq=Drillers+snoot+past+Aztecs&pg=PA53&article_id=1080,3913094 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=Edmonton Journal |publisher=Edmonton Journal |date=February 2, 1981 |location=Los Angeles |page=D3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Finn finishes off Aztecs in playoffs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKJlAAAAIBAJ&dq=Finn+finishes+off+Aztecs+in+playoffs&pg=PA36&article_id=3137,5218740 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=The Vancouver Sun |publisher=The Vancouver Sun |date=February 20, 1981 |page=D2 |language=en}}</ref>  On January 9, 1981, the Aztecs announced [[Cláudio Coutinho]] had signed a two-year contract to coach the team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soccer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DhgAAAAIBAJ&dq=televisa+buy+los+angeles+aztecs&pg=PA34&article_id=6653,2625255 |work=The Phoenix |date=January 10, 1981 |page=C4 |language=en}}</ref>  The team also moved back to the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] to play their home games for the 1981 outdoor season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Larry |title=Sports |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3RkAAAAIBAJ&dq=aztecs+move+to+coliseum+1981&pg=PA49&article_id=1786,6260611 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=The Calgary Herald |publisher=The Calgary Herald |date=May 20, 1981 |page=C1 |language=en}}</ref> The Aztecs finished the [[1981 North American Soccer League season]] in second place of the Western Division with a record of nineteen wins and thirteen losses and an average attendance of 5,814.<ref name="NASL"/>  The team was knocked out of the first round of the playoffs by the [[Montreal Manic]] two games to one, the last game decided on a controversial penalty call in overtime.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maiden Manic Outpace Aztecs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CbhaAAAAIBAJ&dq=Maiden+Manic+Outpace+Aztecs&pg=PA21&article_id=3326,2434352 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=The Evening Independent |agency=AP |publisher=The Evening Independent |date=August 25, 1981 |location=Montreal |page=4C |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aztecs top Manic to tie series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFFmAAAAIBAJ&dq=Aztecs+top+Manic+to+tie+series&pg=PA33&article_id=3084,4257209 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=The Vancouver Sun |agency=AP |publisher=The Vancouver Sun |date=August 28, 1981 |location=Los Angeles |page=C3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Manic make most of call |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z49VAAAAIBAJ&dq=Manic+make+most+of+call&pg=PA29&article_id=958,4482847 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=The Leader-Post |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=The Leader-Post |date=August 31, 1981 |page=B9 |language=en}}</ref>  Following the season on December 9, 1981, [[Televisa]] released a statement stating the team would not be operating for the 1982 season and that any remaining player contracts would be sold.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aztecs are now part of history |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbVlAAAAIBAJ&dq=Los+Angeles+Aztecs&pg=PA42&article_id=850,6965024 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |work=The Vancouver Sun |agency=AP |date=December 10, 1981 |location=Los Angeles |page=C6}}</ref>