1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies season
| 1975 season | |
| President |
 George W. Strawbridge, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Manager |
 Eddie Firmani |
| Stadium | Tampa Stadium |
| NASL |
Division: 1st Playoffs: Champions |
| U.S. Open Cup | Did not enter |
| Top goalscorer |
League:  Derek Smethurst (18 goals)All: Derek Smethurst (21 goals) |
| Average home league attendance | 10,728 |
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1976 → | |
The 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the first season of the club's existence.
Club
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Hammond, PaulPaul Hammond |  England
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| 1 | Goalkeeper | Hewitt, MikeMike Hewitt |  Scotland
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| 1 | Goalkeeper | Stetler, BobBob Stetler | United States
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| 2 | Defender | Quraishi, FarrukhFarrukh Quraishi | England
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| 3 | Defender | Pringle, AlexAlex Pringle | Scotland
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| 4 | Midfielder | Boyle, JohnJohn Boyle | Scotland
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| 5 | Defender | Linton, MalcolmMalcolm Linton | England
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| 6 | Defender | Connell, MikeMike Connell | South Africa
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| 7 | Midfielder | Hartze, BernardBernard Hartze | South Africa
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| 8 | Midfielder | Garber, RandyRandy Garber | United States
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| 9 | Forward | Best, ClydeClyde Best |  Bermuda
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| 10 | Forward | Scullion, StewartStewart Scullion | Scotland
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| 11 | Forward | Wark, DougDoug Wark | Scotland
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| 12 | Forward | Smethurst, DerekDerek Smethurst | South Africa
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| 13 | Defender | Jump, StewartStewart Jump | England
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| 14 | Forward | Sissons, JohnJohn Sissons | England
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| 15 | Midfielder | Linday, MarkMark Linday | England
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| 16 | Defender | Bluem, JohnJohn Bluem | United States
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| 17 | Forward | Austin, EddieEddie Austin | United States
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| 18 | Defender | Auguste, ArsèneArsène Auguste |  Haiti
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Competitions
NASL regular season
Standings
| Pos | Club | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 16 | 6 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 135 | NASL Playoffs |
| 2 | Miami Toros | 22 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 123 | |
| 3 | Washington Diplomats | 22 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 112 | |
| 4 | Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 90 | |
| 5 | Baltimore Comets | 22 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 87 | |
Match reports
| 1 April 26, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–1 | Rochester Lancers | Tampa, Florida | ||
Smethurst  Pringle |
Report | Ord |
Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 12,133 | |||
| 2 May 3, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–0 | New York Cosmos | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Scullion |
Report | Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 8,378 | ||||
| 3 May 9, 1975 | Washington Diplomats | 3–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Washington, D.C. | ||
| Darrell Horton Ingram |
Report | Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance: 10,340 | ||||
| 4 May 14, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–1 | Boston Minutemen | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Smethurst Best , |
Report | Wooler |
Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 6,117 | |||
| 5 May 17, 1975 | Connecticut Bicentennials | 1–3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | New Haven, Connecticut | ||
| Travljanin |
Report | Boyle Best Wark |
Stadium: Yale Bowl Attendance: 3,410 | |||
| 6 May 21, 1975 | Baltimore Comets | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Baltimore, Maryland | ||
| Boyle Smethurst |
Report | Henderson |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,648 | |||
| 7 May 28, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–2 | Denver Dynamos | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Denver o.g.' Scullion , |
Report | Flater Dawes |
Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 5,281 | |||
| 8 May 31, 1975 | San Antonio Thunder | 0–4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | San Antonio, Texas | ||
| Report | Garber Best Hartze Smethurst |
Stadium: Alamo Stadium Attendance: 4,619 | ||||
| 9 June 6, 1975 | Miami Toros | 0–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Miami, Florida | ||
| Report | Smethurst |
Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl Attendance: 14,259 | ||||
| 10 June 11, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0–2 | Miami Toros | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Report | David Jordan |
Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 18,654 | ||||
| 11 June 13, 1975 | Philadelphia Atoms | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Hope |
Report | Best Stewart Scullion |
Stadium: Veterans Stadium Attendance: 5,819 | |||
NASL Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Soccer Bowl '75 | ||||||||||||
| Portland Timbers (OT) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Seattle Sounders | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Portland Timbers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| St. Louis Stars | 0 | |||||||||||||
| St. Louis Stars (OT) | 1* | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Aztecs | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Portland Timbers | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Toronto Metros-Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Miami Toros | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Boston Minutemen | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Miami Toros (OT) | 2 | |||||||||||||
* = Won coin-flip
Source:[1]
Match reports
| Quarterfinals August 12, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–0 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Report | Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 16,111 | |||||
| Semifinals August 17, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–0 | Miami Toros | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Report | Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 22,710 | |||||
| Soccer Bowl '75 August 24, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–0 | Portland Timbers | San Jose, California | ||
| Auguste 66' Best 88' |
Report | Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 17,009 | ||||
References
- ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1975". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
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