1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

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Tampa Bay Rowdies
1979 indoor season
Owner Flag of the United States.svg George Strawbridge, Jr.
General manager Flag of the United States.svg Chas Serednesky, Jr
Manager Flag of England.svg Gordon Jago
Stadium Bayfront Center
Budweiser Indoor Invitational runner up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Brazil.svg Mirandinha (4 goals)
All:
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Steve Wegerle,
Flag of Brazil.svg Mirandinha (5 goals)
Highest home attendance6,342
(Jan. 27 vs. Ft. Lauderdale)
Lowest home attendance6,002
(Feb 2 vs. Houston)
Average home league attendance6,181
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The 1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fifth indoor season of the club's existence.

Contents

Overview

Much to the dismay of Rowdies owner, George Strawbridge, the North American Soccer League owners voted to hold off on a full indoor season for 1978–79 after previously approving it. [1] [2] And just as in the winters of 1977 and 1978, when indoor seasons had been nixed, the NASL did not restrict teams from scheduling indoor matches on their own. The end result of this was that the Major Indoor Soccer League was able to launch its inaugural season from December 1978 though March 1978 with virtually no competition from the NASL.

For their part, Tampa Bay played five indoor games in the Winter of 1979, the last four of which were played at the Bayfront Center. The Rowdies first match, on January 25 against the Houston Hurricane, took on a different complexion than the ones that it preceded, and not just because it was an away game. The Hurricane spent their winters playing indoors in the MISL, as the Houston Summit. Although the Summit were in midseason, the two leagues didn’t officially sanction interleague play, so when facing the Rowdies Houston played under their “Hurricane” moniker. Despite that fact, they wore their Summit uniforms, and the match featured MISL timing (four 15-minute quarters), MISL goal dimensions (6.5’ high x 12’ wide), [3] even a bright orange MISL ball. [4] Ironically, the NASL would wind up adopting the MISL's timing and goal size when they finally began their first full indoor season 10 months later in November 1979. [5]

Tampa Bay's next two matches were part of a two-day, four-team mini-tournament called the 1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational. [6] The Rowdies won both of their matches, but lost the title on goal differential to the Dallas Tornado, who had also won both of theirs. The second of those invitational matches saw Tampa Bay goalie, Winston DuBose, become only the second goalkeeper in the NASL’s brief indoor history to record a shutout. [7]

The Rowdies game on February 2 versus the Houston Hurricane (this time played with NASL goals and timing) marked the first time they had ever lost an indoor match at home to a domestic opponent. [8] Tampa Bay's final match of the indoor campaign was an international friendly against FC Dynamo Moscow on February 19. The lopsided, 8–1, loss closed their indoor season record at 3–2. Over 24,700 fans watched the Rowdies at home in 1979, with all but about 650 total tickets being sold for the four matches.

Club

Roster

No.PositionPlayerNation
1 GK Winston DuBose Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 GK Željko Bilecki Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
3 DF Malcolm Chandler* Flag of England.svg  England
4 DF Arsène Auguste Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
5 MF Jan van der Veen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6 DF Mike Connell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
7 FW Steve Wegerle Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
8 MF Wes McLeod Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
10 MF Rodney Marsh (capt.) Flag of England.svg  England
11 FW Mirandinha Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
12 MF Perry Van der Beck Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 FW Dave MacWilliams Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 FW Peter Chandler Flag of the United States.svg  United States
15 MF Timothy Collins* Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
16 DF Farrukh Quraishi Flag of England.svg  England
17 DF Tony Crudo Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 DF Sandje Ivanchukov Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 MF Tommy Maurer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
23 DF Teun Kist* Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

*trialist players

Management and technical staff

Honors

Competitions

Invitational final standings

GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential

1979 Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational
TeamRecordGFGAGDPosition
Dallas Tornado *2–0159+61st place
Tampa Bay Rowdies2–094+52nd place (Runners-up)
Tulsa Roughnecks 0–2711–43rd place
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–2613–74th place

*Dallas wins Invitational on goal differential

Results summaries

Match reports

January 25, 19791 Houston Hurricane 4–6 Tampa Bay Rowdies Houston, Texas
8:00 PM (CST) Vaccaro Soccerball shade.svg 15:17' (O’Sullivan)
Russell Soccerball shade.svg 18:26'
Russell Soccerball shade.svg 34:57' (Marasco)
Vasquez Soccerball shade.svg 48:57' (Stremlau)		 Report on p. 2C Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg 00:44' (Marsh)
Van der Beck Soccerball shade.svg 24:28'
Marsh Soccerball shade.svg 24:51' (Connell)
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg 31:02'
Connell Soccerball shade.svg 44:37'
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg 59:46' (DuBose)		Stadium: The Summit
Attendance: 2,743
January 27, 19792 Bud Invit'l Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
8:30 PM Marsh Soccerball shade.svg 9:16'
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg 11:50' (McLeod)
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg 20:44' (Maurer)
Maurer Soccerball shade.svg 26:38' (Marsh)
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg 27:43' (Marsh)
Quraishi Soccerball shade.svg 28:25' (Mirandinha)		 Report 1
Report 2 		Njie Soccerball shade.svg 20:33' (Wiggemansen)
Gemeri Soccerball shade.svg 24:37'
Njie Soccerball shade.svg 30:21' (Wiggemansen)
Vaninger Soccerball shade.svg 34:13'		Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,342
January 28, 19793 Bud Invit'l Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Tulsa Roughnecks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM Marsh Soccerball shade.svg 1:49' (Wegerle)
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg 17:50' (Marsh)
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg 31:47'		 Report on p. 2-C noneStadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,338
February 2, 19794 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–15 Houston Hurricane St. Petersburg, Florida
8:00 PM Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg 00:17'
McLeod Soccerball shade.svg 25:26'
Marsh Soccerball shade.svg 28:12'
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg 31:48' (Marsh)
McLeod Soccerball shade.svg 43:44' (Quraishi)
Quraishi Soccerball shade.svg 54:38' (McLeod)		 Report Jump Soccerball shade.svg 3:12' (Stremlau)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg 8:04' (Haaskivi)
Stremlau Soccerball shade.svg 9:40' (Anderson)
Jump Soccerball shade.svg 12:07' (Lindsay)
Lindsay Soccerball shade.svg 18:14' (Megaloudis)
Lindsay Soccerball shade.svg 20:38' (Jump)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg 27:51'
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg 29:03' (Megaloudis)
Jump Soccerball shade.svg 33:33' (Stremlau)
Lindsay Soccerball shade.svg 33:50'
Charbonneau Soccerball shade.svg 34:55' (Haaskivi)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg 41:14', Jump'
Maurer, (T.B.) Soccerball shade.svg 49:12' (o.g.)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg 35:25' (Megaloudis)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg 59:19' (Megaloudis)		Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,002
February 19, 19795 Int’l friendly Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–8 FC Dynamo Moscow St. Petersburg, Florida
8:00 PM Kist Soccerball shade.svg 25:32' Report on p. 5C Gershkovich Soccerball shade.svg 1:49'
Lovchev Soccerball shade.svg 4:43' (Gershkovich)
Latysh Soccerball shade.svg 12:51'
Yakubik Soccerball shade.svg 15:47' (Maksimenkov)
Latysh Soccerball shade.svg 18:29'
Reznik Soccerball shade.svg 35:25' (Latysh)
Reznik Soccerball shade.svg 46:36' (Latysh)
Maksimenkov Soccerball shade.svg 56:00' (Gershkovich)		Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,040

Statistics

Scoring

G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

PlayerGAPts
Rodney Marsh 4614
Mirandinha 5111
Steve Wegerle 5111
Wes McLeod 226
Farrukh Quraishi 215
Mike Connell 113
Tommy Maurer 113
Perry Van der Beck 102
Teun Kist 102
Winston DuBose 011

Goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

PlayerGPMinGAGAAWL
Winston DuBose 5250235.5231
Željko Bilecki 120515.0001

Player movement

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References

  1. ↑ Tierney, Mike (April 3, 1978). "NASL approves official indoor league in 1979". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Tierney, Mike (January 20, 1979). "Rowdies want to come indoors". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ Tierney, Mike (January 25, 1979). "Rowdies hope to hold onto goalie". St. Petersburg Times. p. 4C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rowdies roll 6-4". St. Petersburg Times. January 26, 1979. p. 1C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Indoor Returning, Officially This Time". Evening Independent. September 28, 1979. p. 4-C. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ Tierney, Mike (January 27, 1979). "Blast off! Rowdies aim for indoor orbit". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1c. Retrieved October 24, 2016– via Google News Archive Search.
  7. ↑ Beard, Randy (January 29, 1979). "Rowdies Had To Do More". The Evening Independent. p. 1–C. Retrieved January 2, 2017– via Google News Archive Search.
  8. ↑ Beard, Randy (February 3, 1979). "Bayfront Turned Slaughterhouse". The Evening Independent. p. 1–C. Retrieved January 2, 2017– via Google News Archive Search.
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