1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational

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North American Soccer League
-1979 Budweiser Invitational-
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.

Map of clubs

Black pog.svg 1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational Clubs

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.svg1:46' (Haaskivi)
Collins Soccerball shade.svg6:34' (Haaskivi)
Ley Soccerball shade.svg8:16'
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg11:47'
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg12:34' (Ley)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg16:46'
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg37:56' (Ryan)
Ley Soccerball shade.svg43:56'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Mitchell Soccerball shade.svg1:53' (Earle)
Sautter Soccerball shade.svg12:43' (Ralbovsky)
Danaeifard Soccerball shade.svg13:24'
Earle Soccerball shade.svg17:18' (Danaeifard)
Abrahams Soccerball shade.svg18:23' (Danaeifard)
Abrahams Soccerball shade.svg32:14' (Earle)
Ralbovsky Soccerball shade.svg37:24'		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.svg9:16'
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg11:50' (McLeod)
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg20:44' (Maurer)
Maurer Soccerball shade.svg26:38' (Marsh)
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg27:43' (Marsh)
Quraishi Soccerball shade.svg28:25' (Mirandinha)		 Report 1
Report 2 		Njie Soccerball shade.svg20:33' (Wiggemansen)
Gemeri Soccerball shade.svg24:37'
Njie Soccerball shade.svg30:21' (Wiggemansen)
Vaninger Soccerball shade.svg34:13'		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.svg9:38' (Haaskivi)
Collins Soccerball shade.svg16:28' (Haaskivi)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg23:58' (Pecher)
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg28:54' (Haaskivi)
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg38:07' (Weddell)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg41:04'
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg43:38'		 Report on p. 2-C Wiggemansen Soccerball shade.svg14:36' (Jones)
Gemeri Soccerball shade.svg21:01' (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.svg1:49' (Wegerle)
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg17:50' (Marsh)
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg31:47'		 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.svg15:17' (O'Sullivan)
Russell Soccerball shade.svg18:26'
Russell Soccerball shade.svg34:57' (Marasco)
Vasquez Soccerball shade.svg48:57' (Stremlau)		 Report on p. 1C
Report B 		Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg00:44' (Marsh)
Van der Beck Soccerball shade.svg24:28'
Marsh Soccerball shade.svg24:51' (Connell)
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg31:02'
Connell Soccerball shade.svg44:37'
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg59:46' (DuBose)		Stadium: The Summit
Attendance: 2,743
February 2, 19794 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–15 Houston Hurricane St. Petersburg, Florida
Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg00:17'
McLeod Soccerball shade.svg25:26'
Marsh Soccerball shade.svg28:12'
Mirandinha Soccerball shade.svg31:48' (Marsh)
McLeod Soccerball shade.svg43:44' (Quraishi)
Quraishi Soccerball shade.svg54:38' (McLeod)		 Report A
Report on p. 10C 		Jump Soccerball shade.svg3:12' (Stremlau)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg8:04' (Haaskivi)
Stremlau Soccerball shade.svg9:40' (Anderson)
Jump Soccerball shade.svg12:07' (Lindsay)
Lindsay Soccerball shade.svg18:14' (Megaloudis)
Lindsay Soccerball shade.svg20:38' (Jump)
Haaskivi Soccerball shade.svg27:51'
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg29:03' (Megaloudis)
Jump Soccerball shade.svg33:33' (Stremlau)
Lindsay Soccerball shade.svg33:50'
Charbonneau Soccerball shade.svg34:55' (Haaskivi)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg41:14', Jump'
Maurer, (T.B.) Soccerball shade.svg49:12' (o.g.)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg35:25' (Megaloudis)
Anderson Soccerball shade.svg59:19' (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.svg25:32' Report on p. 5C Gershkovich Soccerball shade.svg1:49'
Lovchev Soccerball shade.svg4:43' (Gershkovich)
Latysh Soccerball shade.svg12:51'
Yakubik Soccerball shade.svg15:47' (Maksimenkov)
Latysh Soccerball shade.svg18:29'
Reznik Soccerball shade.svg35:25' (Latysh)
Reznik Soccerball shade.svg46:36' (Latysh)
Maksimenkov Soccerball shade.svg56:00' (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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