Future Liverpool and Scotland national team star Graeme Souness appeared in ten games for the club on loan from Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

[2] After starting the season with three consecutive losses without scoring a single goal, Tofani resigned as head coach and was replaced on an interim basis by Campo.

Fans who remained in the stands reportedly threw chairs, one of which hit referee Peter Johnson, knocking him unconscious and requiring stitches.

[14][15] On 9 April 1972, Welsh international and former Leeds and Juventus center forward John Charles signed to play with the Olympiques.

[22] As well as playing a series of exhibition matches against Canadian semi-pro and lower division teams, during the summer of 1972, the Olympique hosted Aberdeen F.C.

[21][25] The Olympiques ended the 1972 NASL season in third place of the Northern Division with a record of four wins, five draws and five losses and averaging 2,308 fans a game.

[15] On 4 May 1983, a week before the opening weekend, Montreal faced the Atlanta Apollos in a pilot contest erroneously reported as the debut of indoor soccer in the United States, losing 8-6.

[30] This an exhibition match was actually two years after the first officially sanctioned indoor variant by the North American Soccer League, the 1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament.

Veracruz[35] and lost four goals to none to FC Torpedo Moscow in a friendly held after the conclusion of the NASL season,[36] a match which would turn out to be the team's last game.