Soccer Bowl '75

Soccer Bowl '75
Event Soccer Bowl
Tampa Bay Rowdies Portland Timbers
2 0
Date August 24, 1975 (1975-08-24)
Venue Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Man of the Match Stewart Jump
Referee Henry Landauer (USA)[1]
Attendance 17,483

Soccer Bowl '75 was the championship final of the 1975 NASL season, played between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Portland Timbers. The match took place on August 24, 1975 at Spartan Stadium, in San Jose, California. It was the first NASL championship to be known as the Soccer Bowl. The Tampa Bay Rowdies won the match 2-0 to claim their first North American championship. This was the third consecutive year that an expansion team won the NASL title.[2]

Background

Tampa Bay Rowdies

The Tampa Bay Rowdies qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Eastern Division with 135 points. The point total earned them the number 2 seed and the right to host all preliminary rounds of the playoffs. The Rowdies defeated the Toronto Metros-Croatia in the quarterfinal match, 1–0 on August 13, 1975. Three days later they dispatched the Miami Toros, 3–0 in their semifinal game played on August 16, 1975, to advance to the finals.

Portland Timbers

The Portland Timbers qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Western Division with 138 points. The point total earned them the number 1 seed and the right to host all preliminary rounds of the playoffs. The Timbers defeated the Seattle Sounders in the quarterfinal match, 2–1 in sudden death overtime on August 12, 1975. Five days later they beat the St. Louis Stars, 1–0 in a semifinal game played on August 17, 1975, to advance to the finals.

Game summary

Championship results

August 24
12:30 pm PDT
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Portland Timbers
Auguste  66:00'
Best  87:40'
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 17,483
Referee: United States Henry Landauer[3][4][5]
Tampa Bay
Portland
GK 1England Paul Hammond
D 13England Stewart Jump
D 3Scotland Alex Pringle
D 6 South Africa Mike Connell
D 5 England Malcolm Linton  63:00'
M 4 Scotland John Boyle – C
M 15 England Mark Lindsay
F 9Bermuda Clyde Best
F 10Scotland Stewart Scullion
F 12 South Africa Derek Smethurst
F 14England John Sissons
Substitutes:
D 18 Haiti Arsene Auguste  63:00'
D 2 England Farrukh Quarishi
M 7 South Africa Bernard Hartze
M 8 United States Randy Garber
F 11 United States Doug Wark
F 17 United States Eddie Austin
GK 1 Scotland Mike Hewitt
Manager:
Italy Eddie Firmani
GK 1England Graham Brown
D 2England Ray Martin
D 3England Barrie Lynch
D 5 England Graham Day
M 6 Wales Brian Godfrey – C
M 7 Scotland Thomas McLaren
M 8 England Barry Powell
M 13England Chris Dangerfield
F 9England Peter Withe
F 11 Northern Ireland Jimmy Kelly
F 12England Willie Anderson
Substitutes:
D 4 United States Mick Hoban
D 18 Canada Nick Nicolas
F 10 Jamaica Dan Gardner
F 14 England Tony Betts
F 16 United States Roger Goldingay
GK 22 Canada Dave Landry
Manager:
Wales Vic Crowe

1975 NASL Champions: Tampa Bay Rowdies
Television: CBS
Announcers: Frank Glieber, Jack Whitaker[6]

Soccer Bowl MVP:
Stewart Jump (Tampa Bay)
Assistant referees:[7]
Mr. Daviel
Mr. DeGroot

Statistics

First half[8]
Statistic Tampa Bay Portland
Goals scored 0 0
Total shots 9 8
Shots on target 2 6
Saves 6 2
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0
Second half[9]
Statistic Tampa Bay Portland
Goals scored 2 0
Total shots 10 10
Shots on target 6 6
Saves 6 4
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0
Overall[10]
Statistic Tampa Bay Portland
Goals scored 2 0
Total shots 19 18
Shots on target 8 12
Saves 12 6
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750825&id=AXVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rl8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6302,1696141
  2. ↑ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750825&id=AXVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rl8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6302,1696141
  4. ↑ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CoqWWZryDfU/Tk-SyjDtXOI/AAAAAAAALNs/QprEBSLeOSg/s1600/1975-8-24+Soccer+Bowl+Report+2.jpg
  5. ↑ http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_axffduAi2BA/TTVkBYFN2BI/AAAAAAAAKgM/fGOuEI7O-Io/s640/Soccer%2BBowl%2B%252775%2BTicket.jpg
  6. ↑ Martz, Ron (August 25, 1975). "TV coverage unfair to NASL". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1-C. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  7. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19750825&id=CUZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6963,1984490
  8. ↑ "Box scores". Evening Independent. August 25, 1975. p. 2-C. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  9. ↑ "Box scores". Evening Independent. August 25, 1975. p. 2-C. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  10. ↑ "Box scores". Evening Independent. August 25, 1975. p. 2-C. Retrieved 2015-12-25.

External links

Video highlight of game

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