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The Soccer Bowl was the championship game of the North American Soccer League from 1974 to 1983. This event was tagged by NASL Commissioner Phil Woosnam who was trying to build a neutral-site championship event in the mold of the NFL's Super Bowl
Unlike the Super Bowl, the game was not denoted by Roman Numerals but the last two digits of the year would be used to denote what game it was.
As they hit financial problems, 1984 (in what would be the league's final year) saw the NASL abandon the neutral-site format for a Best of 3 series played at each team's home field.
[edit] Game results
| Game |
Date |
Location |
Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Attendance |
Television |
| Soccer Bowl '74 |
August 16, 1974 |
Miami Orange Bowl |
Los Angeles Aztecs |
3-3 (6-5 on penalties) |
Miami Toros |
15,507 |
CBS |
| Soccer Bowl '75 |
August 24, 1975 |
San Jose, CA |
Tampa Bay Rowdies |
2-0 |
Portland Timbers |
17,483 |
CBS |
| Soccer Bowl '76 |
August 28, 1976 |
Seattle, WA |
Toronto Metros-Croatia |
3-0 |
Minnesota Kicks |
14,609 |
CBS, CBC |
| Soccer Bowl '77 |
August 28, 1977 |
Portland, OR |
New York Cosmos |
2-1 |
Seattle Sounders |
35,548 |
TVS |
| Soccer Bowl '78 |
August 27, 1978 |
East Rutherford, NJ |
New York Cosmos |
3-1 |
Tampa Bay Rowdies |
73,064 |
TVS |
| Soccer Bowl '79 |
September 8, 1979 |
East Rutherford, NJ |
Vancouver Whitecaps |
2-1 |
Tampa Bay Rowdies |
64,045 |
ABC, CTV |
| Soccer Bowl '80 |
September 21, 1980 |
Washington, DC |
New York Cosmos |
3-0 |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
56,768 |
ABC, CTV |
| Soccer Bowl '81 |
September 26, 1981 |
Toronto, ON |
Chicago Sting |
1-0* |
New York Cosmos |
36,099 |
ABC, CTV |
| Soccer Bowl '82 |
September 18, 1982 |
San Diego, CA |
New York Cosmos |
1-0 |
Seattle Sounders |
20,044 |
USA, CTV |
| Soccer Bowl '83 |
October 1, 1983 |
Vancouver, BC |
Tulsa Roughnecks |
2-0 |
Toronto Blizzard |
58,452 |
USA, CTV |
*Shootout
