Soccer Bowl '75

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Soccer Bowl '75
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Event Soccer Bowl
Tampa Bay Rowdies Portland Timbers
20
DateAugust 24, 1975 (1975-08-24)
Venue Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Man of the Match Stewart Jump
Referee Henry Landauer (United States) [1]
Attendance17,483
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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 North American Soccer League 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]

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Spartan Stadium was the venue for Soccer Bowl '75

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.

Match details

Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Portland Timbers
Auguste Soccerball shade.svg66:00' (Smethurst)
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TB Rowdies
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Portland Timbers
GK1 Flag of England.svg Paul Hammond
D13 Flag of England.svg Stewart Jump
D3 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Pringle
D6 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Mike Connell
D5 Flag of England.svg Malcolm Linton Sub off.svg 63:00'
M4 Flag of Scotland.svg John Boyle (c)
M15 Flag of England.svg Mark Lindsay
F9 Flag of Bermuda.svg Clyde Best
F10 Flag of Scotland.svg Stewart Scullion
F12 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Derek Smethurst
F14 Flag of England.svg John Sissons
Substitutes:
D18 Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg Arsène Auguste Sub on.svg 63:00'
D2 Flag of England.svg Farrukh Quarishi
M7 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Bernard Hartze
M8 Flag of the United States.svg Randy Garber
F11 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Wark
F17 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Austin
GK1 Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Hewitt
Manager:
Flag of Italy.svg Eddie Firmani
GK1 Flag of England.svg Graham Brown
D2 Flag of England.svg Ray Martin
D3 Flag of England.svg Barrie Lynch
D5 Flag of England.svg Graham Day
M6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Brian Godfrey (c)
M7 Flag of Scotland.svg Thomas McLaren
M8 Flag of England.svg Barry Powell
M13 Flag of England.svg Chris Dangerfield Sub off.svg
F9 Flag of England.svg Peter Withe Yellow card.svg
F11 Ulster Banner.svg Jimmy Kelly
F12 Flag of England.svg Willie Anderson
Substitutes: [4]
D4 Flag of the United States.svg Mick Hoban
D18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Nicolas
F10 Flag of Jamaica.svg Dan Gardner
F14 Flag of England.svg Tony Betts Sub on.svg
F16 Flag of the United States.svg Roger Goldingay
GK22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Landry
Manager:
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Vic Crowe

1975 NASL Champions: Tampa Bay Rowdies
Television: CBS
Announcers: Frank Glieber, Jack Whitaker [5]

Soccer Bowl MVP:
Stewart Jump (Tampa Bay)
Assistant referees: [6] [7]
John Davies
Cor de Groot

Match statistics

First half [8]
StatisticTampa BayPortland
Goals scored00
Total shots98
Shots on target26
Saves62
Offsides00
Yellow cards00
Red cards00
Second half [8]
StatisticTampa BayPortland
Goals scored20
Total shots1010
Shots on target66
Saves64
Offsides00
Yellow cards01 [9]
Red cards00
Overall [8]
StatisticTampa BayPortland
Goals scored20
Total shots1918
Shots on target812
Saves126
Offsides00
Yellow cards01
Red cards00
Fouls2521
Corner kicks84

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.
  3. ↑ Image of Soccer Bowl Ticket bp.blogspot.com
  4. ↑ Jose, Colin (1989). NASL: A Complete Record of the North American Soccer League. Derby, England: Breedon Books. pp. 311, 312.
  5. ↑ Martz, Ron (August 25, 1975). "TV coverage unfair to NASL". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1-C. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ World Sports Marketing, publisher. (1975). Kick match program. New York, NY. NASL. p. 67
  8. 1 2 3 "Box scores". Evening Independent. August 25, 1975. p. 2-C. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ Hunt, Tim (August 25, 1975). "Tampa outduels Timbers for Title". The Argus. Fremont, California. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2017.