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.
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.
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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 Soccer Bowl 75EventSoccer BowlTampa Bay Rowdies Portland Timbers2 0DateAugust 24 1975 1975 08 24 VenueSpartan Stadium San Jose CaliforniaMan of the MatchStewart JumpRefereeHenry Landauer United States 1 Attendance17 483 19741976 Spartan Stadium was the venue for Soccer Bowl 75 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 2 Portland Timbers 2 Match details 3 Match statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBackground editTampa Bay Rowdies edit Main article 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies season 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 edit Main article 1975 Portland Timbers season 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 editAugust 2412 30 p m PDTTampa Bay Rowdies2 0Portland TimbersAuguste nbsp 66 00 Smethurst Best nbsp 87 40 Spartan Stadium San Jose CaliforniaAttendance 17 483Referee nbsp Henry Landauer 1 3 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp TB Rowdies nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Portland Timbers GK 1 nbsp Paul Hammond D 13 nbsp Stewart Jump D 3 nbsp Alex Pringle D 6 nbsp Mike Connell D 5 nbsp Malcolm Linton nbsp 63 00 M 4 nbsp John Boyle c M 15 nbsp Mark Lindsay F 9 nbsp Clyde Best F 10 nbsp Stewart Scullion F 12 nbsp Derek Smethurst F 14 nbsp John Sissons Substitutes D 18 nbsp Arsene Auguste nbsp 63 00 D 2 nbsp Farrukh Quarishi M 7 nbsp Bernard Hartze M 8 nbsp Randy Garber F 11 nbsp Doug Wark F 17 nbsp Eddie Austin GK 1 nbsp Mike Hewitt Manager nbsp Eddie Firmani GK 1 nbsp Graham Brown D 2 nbsp Ray Martin D 3 nbsp Barrie Lynch D 5 nbsp Graham Day M 6 nbsp Brian Godfrey c M 7 nbsp Thomas McLaren M 8 nbsp Barry Powell M 13 nbsp Chris Dangerfield nbsp F 9 nbsp Peter Withe nbsp F 11 nbsp Jimmy Kelly F 12 nbsp Willie Anderson Substitutes 4 D 4 nbsp Mick Hoban D 18 nbsp Nick Nicolas F 10 nbsp Dan Gardner F 14 nbsp Tony Betts nbsp F 16 nbsp Roger Goldingay GK 22 nbsp Dave Landry Manager nbsp 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 GrootMatch statistics editFirst half 8 Statistic Tampa Bay Portland Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 9 8 Shots on target 2 6 Saves 6 2 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0Second half 8 Statistic Tampa Bay Portland Goals scored 2 0 Total shots 10 10 Shots on target 6 6 Saves 6 4 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 0 1 9 Red cards 0 0Overall 8 Statistic Tampa Bay Portland Goals scored 2 0 Total shots 19 18 Shots on target 8 12 Saves 12 6 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0 Fouls 25 21 Corner kicks 8 4See also edit1975 North American Soccer League seasonReferences edit a b St Petersburg Times Google News Archive Search news google com Retrieved June 16 2023 NASL NASL 1968 1984 Yearly Result North American Soccer League Image of Soccer Bowl Ticket bp blogspot com Jose Colin 1989 NASL A Complete Record of the North American Soccer League Derby England Breedon Books pp 311 312 Martz Ron August 25 1975 TV coverage unfair to NASL St Petersburg Times p 1 C Retrieved December 25 2015 The Evening Independent Google News Archive Search news google com Retrieved June 16 2023 World Sports Marketing publisher 1975 Kick match program New York NY NASL p 67 a b c Box scores Evening Independent August 25 1975 p 2 C Retrieved December 25 2015 Hunt Tim August 25 1975 Tampa outduels Timbers for Title The Argus Fremont California p 7 Retrieved August 29 2017 External links editMatch highlights on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soccer Bowl 2775 amp oldid 1160482353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
