NASL Indoor Tournament | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United States |
Dates | January 24, 1975 – March 16, 1975 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | San Jose Earthquakes (1st title) |
Runners-up | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 230 (11.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Paul Child (14 goals) |
Best player(s) | Paul Child (San Jose) Gabbo Garvic (San Jose) |
In early 1975, the North American Soccer League hosted its first league-wide indoor soccer tournament over the course of seven weeks. All but four NASL teams participated.
Though the Dallas Tornado had won the NASL's 1971 Hoc-Soc Tournament [1] and the Atlanta Apollos staged two league sanctioned pilot matches at the Omni in 1973, [2] [3] the birth of the modern game in North America can be traced to 1974, when three indoor exhibitions against the touring Soviet Red Army of Moscow club took place. The games were played on a field the size of a hockey rink, with goals 4 feet high by 16 feet wide. Much like hockey, matches were played in three 20 minute periods, allowed free substitution, and featured six man sides (five field players and a goalkeeper). The Soviets beat an outmatched NASL All-Star team 8–4 on February 7 at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. The second game against the reigning champion Philadelphia Atoms on February 11, is considered by many as the watershed event of North American indoor soccer. The game stayed close into the third period, though the Red Army squad eventually pulled away 6–3. [4] On February 13 the Russians closed out their tour with an 11–4 throttling of the St. Louis Stars in Missouri before an impressive crowd of 12,241. [5] [6] [7]
In spite of the losses, and because another 11,790 curious fans packed Philadelphia's Spectrum to watch this "new" game, the NASL began considering indoor soccer's potential to increase fan interest in the sport as a whole. A month and seven days later a Spectrum crowd of 6,314 turned out to watch the Atoms defeat the New York Cosmos 5–3. With this, franchises also recognized that they could generate more revenue from players already under contract. The league hinted at having a 10-game indoor season in early 1975, [8] but by autumn eventually scaled that plan back. [9] The following year the NASL staged an indoor tournament: sixteen of the twenty teams participated. It was divided into four regional tournaments, with the regional winners meeting in San Francisco for the overall title in a similar format to the NCAA college basketball tournament. In the regionals, two teams would play each other, and then winners would play losers in a two-game series. The team with the best record advanced to the semifinals; in the event of teams having identical records, the side with the best total goal differential advanced out of the region. That first year the goals stayed 4 x 16 and the games remained divided into three 20 minute frames like those played against the Red Army club the previous year. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Four NASL clubs, Chicago, Denver, Portland and San Antonio did not participate in the tournament. However three of them were recently announced, [14] expansion teams that had yet to play an outdoor season either.
The San Jose Earthquakes defeated the newly formed Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 in the Championship Final. Paul Child of San Jose scored seven goals in the regionals, [15] and added another seven during the final four to lead all goal scorers. Child and teammate Gabbo Garvic shared the MVP honors.
March 19, 19711 (Hoc-Soc) | St. Louis Stars | 1–2 | Dallas Tornado | St. Louis, Missouri |
8:00 PM (CST) | Leeker 8' | Report | Benedek 17', 21' | Stadium: St. Louis Arena Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli |
March 19, 19712 (Hoc-Soc) | Rochester Lancers | 3–1 | Washington Darts | St. Louis, Missouri |
8:45 PM (CST) | Seissler 13:08' Durante 13:45' Metidieri 29:43' | Report | Kerr 5:40' | Stadium: St. Louis Arena Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli |
March 19, 19713 (Hoc-Soc) | St. Louis Stars | 2–0 | Washington Darts | St. Louis, Missouri |
Popović 16:27', 29:31' | Report | Stadium: St. Louis Arena Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli |
March 19, 19714 (Hoc-Soc) | Dallas Tornado | 3–0 | Rochester Lancers | St. Louis, Missouri |
Renshaw 12:15', 24:08' Molnár 28:11' | Report | Stadium: St. Louis Arena Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli |
May 3, 19735 | Atlanta Apollos | 8–6 | Montreal Olympique | Atlanta, Georgia |
Child , , , Cocking Hoban Metchick Hamlyn | Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 | Bachner , Filby , Wheeler Simmons | Stadium: The Omni Attendance: 7,115 |
July 8, 19736 | Atlanta Apollos | 7–4 | Dallas Tornado | Atlanta, Georgia |
Child (Metchick, Mwila) Child Solem (Child) Child Child (Kapengwe) Twellman (Child) Howe (Child) | Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 | Mitić 0:10' (Attiah, Rote) Rote Reynolds Juracy (Reynolds) | Stadium: The Omni Attendance: 4,090 |
February 7, 19747 Int'l friendly | NASL All-Stars | 4–8 | Red Army | Toronto, Ontario |
Siega 35:40' (pen.) Strencier Siega (Child) Smith | Report | Tellinher , , , 53:57' Dorofeov 53:01' | Stadium: Maple Leaf Gardens Attendance: 11,535 |
February 11, 19748 Int'l friendly | Philadelphia Atoms | 3–6 | Red Army | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
7:30 PM (EST) | Siega 6:21' (Papadakis) Child 26:20' (Siega) Siega 42:51' (Child) | Report | Tellinher 6:55' (Shladak) Babenko 13:25' (Popev, Dorofeov) Kaplichnyi 35:44' (Tellinher) Popev 45:59' (Kodeikin) Dudarenko 53:25' (Popev) Dorofeov 58:06' (Morosov, Pollacarpov) | Stadium: Spectrum Attendance: 11,790 |
February 13, 19749 Int'l friendly | St. Louis Stars | 4–11 | Red Army | St. Louis, Missouri |
7:30 PM (CST) | Vaninger 4:31' (Trost) Vaninger 19:48' (Howe) Vaninger 35:18' (Carenza) Vaninger 42:15' (Trost) | Report | Tellinher 4:42' (Kovaleski) Fedotov 18:23' (Tellinher) Fedotov 18:50' (Tellinher) Morozov 25:07' (Polikarpov) Polikarpov 33:40' (Babenko) Fedotov 35:52' (Tellinher) Shlapak 36:29' (Tellinher) Kovaleski 37:10' (Dorofeov) Fedotov 39:52' (Smirnoff) Kaplichnyi 41:39' Tellinher 46:21' (Utkin) | Stadium: St. Louis Arena Attendance: 12,241 Referee: Larry King |
March 18, 197410 | Philadelphia Atoms | 5–3 | New York Cosmos | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
7:30 PM (EST) | Minor (McPhee) Minor (Child) O'Neill (Minor) Child (Minor) Child (O'Neill) | Report 1 Report 2 | Mahy Fink (Rose) Siega (Menoki) | Stadium: Spectrum Attendance: 6,314 |
played at Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas, Texas
January 24 | Philadelphia Atoms | 5–3 | St. Louis Stars | 3,200 [16] |
Toronto Metros-Croatia | 2–1 | Dallas Tornado | ||
January 26 | St. Louis Stars | 8–4 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 3,800 [17] |
Dallas Tornado | 6–2 | Philadelphia Atoms | ||
Pos | Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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1 | Dallas Tornado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 2 |
2 | St. Louis Stars | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 2 |
3 | Philadelphia Atoms | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 2 |
4 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 2 |
*Dallas wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals
played at Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, New York
February 6 | New York Cosmos | 6–4 | Hartford Bicentennials | Attendance: 2,191 |
Boston Minutemen | 4–3 | Rochester Lancers | ||
February 8 | Hartford Bicentennials | 5–3 | Boston Minutemen | Attendance: 3,173 |
Rochester Lancers | 8–7 | New York Cosmos | ||
Pos | Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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1 | New York Cosmos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 2 |
2 | Hartford Bicentennials | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Rochester Lancers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Boston Minutemen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 2 |
*New York wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals
played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida [18] [19] [20]
February 14 | Miami Toros | 11–8 | Baltimore Comets | Attendance: 4,437 |
Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7–2 | Washington Diplomats | ||
February 16 | Miami Toros | 7–4 | Washington Diplomats | Attendance: 4,032 |
Tampa Bay Rowdies | 8–6 | Baltimore Comets | ||
Pos | Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 4 |
2 | Miami Toros | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 4 |
3 | Baltimore Comets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 19 | –5 | 0 |
4 | Washington Diplomats | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | –8 | 0 |
*Tampa Bay wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals [21] [22]
played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California
February 21 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15–4# | Los Angeles Aztecs | Attendance: 9,223 [24] |
San Jose Earthquakes | 14–4# | Seattle Sounders | ||
February 23 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 9–4 | Seattle Sounders | Attendance: 7,232 [25] |
San Jose Earthquakes | 7–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
#Vancouver and San Jose won by such large margins, that the NASL and the two teams agreed to a head-to-head pairing on Feb. 28. [10]
Pos | Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
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1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 4 |
2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 2 |
3 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | –6 | 2 |
4 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 23 | –15 | 0 |
*San Jose wins region, advances to semifinals
Semifinals | Championship Final | ||||||||
R4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 8 | |||||||
R1 | Dallas Tornado | 5 | |||||||
R4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 8 | |||||||
R3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 5 | |||||||
R3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 13 | |||||||
R2 | New York Cosmos | 5 | Third place | ||||||
R1 | Dallas Tornado | 2 | |||||||
R2 | New York Cosmos | 0 |
played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California
March 14 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 13–5 | New York Cosmos [27] | Attendance: 9,113 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 8–5 | Dallas Tornado | ||
played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California
March 16 | Dallas Tornado | 2–0 | New York Cosmos [28] | |
San Jose Earthquakes | 8–5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
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Roboostoff 7:10' Child 9:25' (Gavric) Roboostoff 14:36' (Child) Child 16:22' (Welch) Roboostoff 18:38' (Moore) Welch 19:38' (Child) Zaczynski 50:50' (Child) Child 52:56' | Report 1 (p. 2C) Report 2 | Engerth 9:36' (Lima) Hartze 25:14' (Quraishi) Lezak 33:35' Wark 50:55' (Hartze) Quraishi 54:56' (Boyle) |
1975 NASL Indoor Champions: San Jose Earthquakes
Television: CBS (tape delayed)
Leading Scorers | Goals | Assists | Total Points |
---|---|---|---|
Paul Child (San Jose) | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Doug Wark (Tampa Bay) | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Bernard Hartze (Tampa Bay) | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Ilija Mitić (Dallas) | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Zygmunt Lezak (Tampa Bay) | 4 | 0 | 8 |
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential
Pos | Team | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 17 | +20 |
2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 21 | +11 |
3 | Dallas Tornado | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
4 | New York Cosmos | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 27 | –9 |
5 | Miami Toros | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 12 | +6 |
In addition to the Region 4 and Final Four tournament games (eight contests in all), the San Jose Earthquakes also hosted two other indoor matches at the Cow Palace as tune-ups for the impending tournament. The first one was dubbed the "Calamity Cup" because it pitted the Earthquakes against the Tornado. The second was against their in-state rival, Los Angeles Aztecs. The two matches drew a combined 20,908 spectators and San Jose won both. [29] [30] In another match, the Rochester Lancers hosted the Toronto Metros-Croatia on March 29 in front of 2,562 fans at the Rochester War Memorial. Toronto won the game, 10–7. [31]
February 7, 19751 | San Jose Earthquakes | 8–6 | Dallas Tornado | Daly City, California |
8:00 PM (PST) | Child 2:52' Moore 23:34' (Child) Kemp 27:47' B. Demling 30:19' Moore 37:25' (Child) Child 38:04' (Hernandez) Hernandez 45:18' (Moore) Roboostoff 59:55' (Kemp) | Report 1 Report 2 | Renshaw 5:18' (Mitić]) Renshaw 10:11' (Moffat) DeLong 20:15' (Renshaw) Mitić 26:04' (Moffat) Mitić 30:26' Newman 45:48' (Cohen) | Stadium: Cow Palace Attendance: 11,421 |
February 14, 19752 | San Jose Earthquakes | 11–7 | Los Angeles Aztecs | Daly City, California |
8:00 PM (PST) | Moore 6:10' (Roboostoff) Child 10:51' (Hernandez) Lopez 12:13' (o.g.) Moore 13:53' (Child) Roboostoff 17:26' (B. Demling) Moore 22:49' (Child) Child 32:33' (Zaczynski) Roboostoff 37:47' (Moore, Child) Child 41:14' (Moore) Moore 52:43' (Zaczynski) Child | Report 1 Report 2 | Perrichon 5:46' (pen.) Kazarian 25:17' Velasquez 29:22' Gay 34:05' Velasquez 46:40' (Mason) Fowzi 55:27' (Velazquez) Velasquez 56:58' | Stadium: Cow Palace Attendance: 9,487 Referee: John Davies |
March 29, 19753 | Rochester Lancers | 7–10 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | Rochester, New York |
8:00 PM (EST) | Ord , , 18:01' Odoi 17:13' Janduda 18:19' Cupello Mambo | Report | Šutevsk , , Perić , , Polak , 15:51' Zekić , 33:24' Pinto 19:33' | Stadium: Rochester War Memorial Attendance: 2,562 |
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