Warren "Laga" Archibald (born 1949) is a Trinidadian former soccer player who played as an

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. He spent one season in the

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and nine in the

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

, earning 1973 MVP honours. He also played professionally in Mexico and Haiti and was a mainstay of the

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from 1968 to 1976.

Club career

Archibald attended

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in Trinidad. In 1967, he signed with the

New York Generals The New York Generals were an American professional soccer team based in New York City that competed in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1967 and the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1968. Founded as charter members ...

of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1968, the NPSL merged with the

to form the

. The Generals folded after the 1968 NASL season. Archibald left the NASL at this point and may have then played for

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in Mexico and Victory Sportif Club in Haiti before signing with the

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of the NASL in 1970. During his time with the Darts, he was selected as a second-team NASL All-Star in both 1970 and 1971. In 1972, the Darts moved to Florida to become the

Miami Gatos The Miami Toros were a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League from 1972 to 1976. The club was founded in 1967 as the Washington Darts, and moved to Miami, where they played the ...

. In 1973, the team was renamed the Toros. That season, Archibald was voted NASL MVP and a first- team All-Star. He was a second-team All-Star again in 1974. In 1976, Archibald began the season with the Toros but was traded after three games to the Rochester Lancers. He netted only once in fourteen games in Rochester. In April 1977, the Lancers released Archibald.

International career

Archibald was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team for the 1973 CONCACAF Championship to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup when Trinidad and Tobago defeated Mexico by four goals to nil. The Trinidad and Tobago team had five goals controversially disallowed against Haiti and fell two points short of qualifying. He was first a regular with the

from at least 17 November 1968/9 when it lost 4–0 to

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in World Cup qualifying until 28 November 1976 when it tied Surinam 2–2.Trinidad Express – Haitian robbery: T&T cheated W/Cup spot
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