1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational

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Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 27, 1979 –
January 28, 1979
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Dallas Tornado (2nd title)
Runners-up Tampa Bay Rowdies
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored42 (10.5 per match)
Attendance12,680 (3,170 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Scotland.svg Jim Ryan (7 goals)
← 1978

The 1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational was a four-team indoor soccer tournament held at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida on the final weekend of January 1979. [1] [2]

Contents

Overview

Four teams North American Soccer League teams participated in the two-day event; the Dallas Tornado, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, and the Tulsa Roughnecks. Matches were 45 minutes long and divided into three 15-minute periods with an intermission between each. Each session consisted of two games (i.e. a doubleheader). Nearly 12,700 people attended the two sessions. Dallas and Tampa Bay each won both of their matches, but Dallas Tornado were crowned champions based on a greater goal differential. Dallas forward Jim Ryan lead the invitational in scoring with 7 goals. The tournament's final match saw goalkeeper Winston DuBose of Tampa Bay become only the second NASL goalie to record a rare indoor shut-out. [3] [4] Dallas goalkeeper Ken Cooper had accomplished the feat on two previous occasions. [5]

These were not the only indoor games played that winter. With a fully sanctioned season of NASL indoor soccer still eleven months away, [6] NASL teams were free to schedule their own games at that time. Tampa Bay, for example played three other indoor matches. By contrast, Fort Lauderdale scheduled only the two games of the invitational. [2] The competing Major Indoor Soccer League had already begun their first season in December 1978.

Tournament results

Sessions

Session 1: January 27, 1979

7:00 PM EST Dallas Tornado 8–7 Tulsa Roughnecks Attendance: 6,342
8:30 PM EST Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Session 2: January 28, 1979 [7]

6:00 PM EST Dallas Tornado 7–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Attendance: 6,338
7:30 PM EST Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Tulsa Roughnecks

Match reports

Session 1

January 27, 1979Match 1 Dallas Tornado 8–7 Tulsa Roughnecks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:00 PM Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 1:46' (Haaskivi)
Collins Soccerball shade.svg 6:34' (Haaskivi)
Ley Soccerball shade.svg 8:16'
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 11:47'
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 12:34' (Ley)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg 16:46'
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg 37:56' (Ryan)
Ley Soccerball shade.svg 43:56'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Mitchell Soccerball shade.svg 1:53' (Earle)
Sautter Soccerball shade.svg 12:43' (Ralbovsky)
Danaeifard Soccerball shade.svg 13:24'
Earle Soccerball shade.svg 17:18' (Danaeifard)
Abrahams Soccerball shade.svg 18:23' (Danaeifard)
Abrahams Soccerball shade.svg 32:14' (Earle)
Ralbovsky Soccerball shade.svg 37:24'		Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,342
January 27, 1979Match 2 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

Session 2

January 28, 1979Match 1 Dallas Tornado 7–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
6:00 PM Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 9:38' (Haaskivi)
Collins Soccerball shade.svg 16:28' (Haaskivi)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg 23:58' (Pecher)
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 28:54' (Haaskivi)
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 38:07' (Weddell)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg 41:04'
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg 43:38'		 Report on p. 2-C Wiggemansen Soccerball shade.svg 14:36' (Jones)
Gemeri Soccerball shade.svg 21:01' (Hudson)		Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,338
January 28, 1979Match 2 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

Final standings

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

1979 Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational
TeamLeagueRecordGFGAGDPosition
Dallas Tornado*NASL2–0159+61st place
Tampa Bay Rowdies NASL2–094+52nd place (Runners-up)
Tulsa Roughnecks NASL0–2711–43rd place
Fort Lauderdale Strikers NASL0–2613–74th place

*Dallas wins title on goal differential

Statistical leaders

Scoring

Goals (worth 2 points), Assists (worth 1 point)

Leading ScorersGoalsAssistsPoints
Jimmy Ryan (Dallas)7115
Kai Haaskivi (Dallas)4513
Mirandinha (Tampa Bay)419
Rodney Marsh (Tampa Bay)237
George Ley (Dallas)215
Steve Earle (Tulsa)135
Laurie Abrahams (Tulsa)204
Chris Collins (Dallas)204
Tibor Gemeri (Ft Lauderdale)204
Al Njie (Ft Lauderdale)204
Roy Wiggemansen (Ft Lauderdale)124

Goalkeeping

GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average, SV = Saves, SF = Shots Faced, % = Save Percentage

Leading GoalkeepersMinutesGAGAASVSF%WonLost
Winston DuBose (Tampa Bay)9042.001418.77820
Ken Cooper (Dallas)4522.0068.75010
Colin Boulton (Tulsa)90115.501324.54202
Steve Zerhusen (Ft. Lauderdale)90136.502235.62902
Billy Phillips (Dallas)4577.001017.58810

Non-tournament matches

In addition to the tournament itself, several NASL teams participated in international indoor friendlies, and tune-ups for both the tournament and 1979 outdoor season. Dallas and Houston played twice in December 1978. [2] [8] The Rowdies–Hurricane match on January 25 was played using the MISL-size goals, timing and ball, as the arena was already set up for the Hurricane's alter ego, the MISL's Houston Summit. [9] As part of a six-match, NASL tour in February, perennial Soviet powerhouse FC Dynamo Moscow scheduled three indoor games. [10] [11]

Match reports

January 25, 19793 (MISL rules) 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. 1C
Report B 		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
February 2, 19794 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–15 Houston Hurricane St. Petersburg, Florida
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 A
Report on p. 10C 		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, 19797 Int'l friendly Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–8 FC Dynamo Moscow St. Petersburg, Florida
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
February 25, 19798 Int'l friendly Oakland Stompers Canceled FC Dynamo Moscow Oakland, California
Cancelled: Team sold on Feb 19, moved to Edmonton on Feb 22. Report Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Note: NASL approves sale and move to Edmonton

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