1975 NASL Indoor tournament

Indoor soccer tournament August 2023 North American Soccer League -1975 Indoor Tournament- NASL Indoor Tournament United States 160 px January 24, 1975 –March 16, 1975 16 San Jose Earthquakes 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 230 USA Paul Child (14 goals) USA Paul Child (San Jose) YUG 1945 Gabbo Garvic (San Jose) 1971 1976 In early 1975, the North American Soccer League hosted its first league-wide indoor soccer tournament over the course of seven weeks. All but four NASL teams participated. Overview Though the Dallas Tornado had won the NASL's 1971 Hoc-Soc TournamentFlachsbart Harold Fans Get A Kick Out Of Hoc-Soc March 20, 1971 St. Louis Post-Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140197378/ 6 August 8, 2016 and the Atlanta Apollos staged two league sanctioned pilot matches at the Omni in 1973,Indoor soccer 'pilot contest' pits Montreal against Atlanta May 2, 1973 Rome News-Tribune https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19730502&id=6-wtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qDUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3086,116270&hl=en 8A August 2, 2016Yannis Alex Cosmos Hire an Ex-Commuter June 23, 1973 New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/24/archives/cosmos-hire-an-excommuter.html?_r=0 August 2, 2016 the birth of the modern game in North America can be traced to 1974, when three indoor exhibitions against the touring Soviet Red Army of Moscow club took place. The games were played on a field the size of a hockey rink, with goals 4 feet high by 16 feet wide. Much like hockey, matches were played in three 20 minute periods, allowed free substitution, and featured six man sides (five field players and a goalkeeper). The Soviets beat an outmatched NASL All-Star team 8–4 on February 7 at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. The second game against the reigning champion Philadelphia Atoms on February 11, is considered by many as the watershed event of North American indoor soccer. The game stayed close into the third period, though the Red Army squad eventually pulled away 6–3.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYhz1EvkzJg - YouTube YouTube On February 13 the Russians closed out their tour with an 11–4 throttling of the St. Louis Stars in Missouri before an impressive crowd of 12,241.Mueller Gary Gritty Winter Impressive For Outclassed Stars February 15, 1974 St. Louis Post-Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139620090/ 30 August 6, 2016http://soccerstats.us/teams/red-army/ Red Army | SoccerStats.us 2014-05-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140518213232/http://soccerstats.us/teams/red-army/ 2014-05-18 http://www.nasljerseys.com/Friendlies/Teams/StarsStl%20Friendlies.htm NASL-St. Louis Stars Friendlies nasljerseys.com 2015-06-24 In spite of the losses, and because another 11,790 curious fans packed Philadelphia's Spectrum to watch this "new" game, the NASL began considering indoor soccer's potential to increase fan interest in the sport as a whole. A month and seven days later a Spectrum crowd of 6,314 turned out to watch the Atoms defeat the New York Cosmos 5–3. With this, franchises also recognized that they could generate more revenue from players already under contract. The league hinted at having a 10-game indoor season in early 1975,Indoor Plan For Soccer Set in '75 April 7, 1974 New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/07/archives/indoor-plan-for-soccer-set-in-75.html August 2, 2016 but by autumn eventually scaled that plan back.Chick Bob Soccer: A Small Season For The Great Indoors September 19, 1992 Evening Independent https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19741123&id=WF9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LFgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2381,2208704 1-C October 3, 2016 The following year the NASL staged an indoor tournament: sixteen of the twenty teams participated. It was divided into four regional tournaments, with the regional winners meeting in San Francisco for the overall title in a similar format to the NCAA college basketball tournament. In the regionals, two teams would play each other, and then winners would play losers in a two-game series. The team with the best record advanced to the semifinals; in the event of teams having identical records, the side with the best total goal differential advanced out of the region. That first year the goals stayed 4 x 16 and the games remained divided into three 20 minute frames like those played against the Red Army club the previous year.https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usindoor.html History of Indoor Soccer in the USA Rsssf.com 2013-11-04https://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html TAMPA BAY ROWDIES APPRECIATION BLOG: 01/04/09 - 01/05/09 Mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com 2013-11-04https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750312&id=EUFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1426,3592977 St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search 2015-06-24https://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html TAMPA BAY ROWDIES APPRECIATION BLOG: 01/03/11 - 01/04/11 Mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com 2013-11-04 Four NASL clubs, Chicago, Denver, Portland and San Antonio did not participate in the tournament. However three of them were recently announced,The 1975 Portland Timbers: The Birth of Soccer City, USA Orr, M. 2011 History Press 9781609494667 https://books.google.com/books?id=xKwretQccJkC&pg=PA15 15 2015-06-24 expansion teams that had yet to play an outdoor season either. The San Jose Earthquakes defeated the newly formed Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 in the Championship Final. Paul Child of San Jose scored seven goals in the regionals,Tex Maule https://www.si.com/vault/1975/03/03/616227/the-sport-that-came-in-from-the-cold The Sport That Came In From The Cold Sports Illustrated 1975-03-03 2015-12-17 and added another seven during the final four to lead all goal scorers. Child and teammate Gabbo Garvic shared the MVP honors. Pre-1975 NASL indoor matches 1 (Hoc-Soc) March 19, 1971 8:00 PM (CST) St. Louis Stars 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140197378/ Dallas Tornado Leeker 6:08 Benedek 16:00 21:00Benedek 21:00 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 5,060 Larry King / Ray Puricelli 2 (Hoc-Soc) March 19, 1971 8:45 PM (CST) Rochester Lancers 3–1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140197378/ Washington Darts Seissler 13:08Durante 13:45Metidieri 29:43 Kerr 5:40 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 5,060 Larry King / Ray Puricelli 3 (Hoc-Soc) March 19, 1971 St. Louis Stars 2–0 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140197378/ Washington Darts Popović 15:27Popović 29:31 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 5,060 Larry King / Ray Puricelli 4 (Hoc-Soc) March 19, 1971 Dallas Tornado 3–0 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140197378/ Rochester Lancers Renshaw 12:15Renshaw 24:08Molnár 28:11 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 5,060 Larry King / Ray Puricelli 5 May 3, 1973 Atlanta Apollos 8–6 Report 1Report 2Report 3 Montreal Olympique Child , , , Cocking Hoban Metchick Hamlyn Bachner , Filby , Wheeler Simmons The Omni Atlanta, Georgia 7,115 6 July 8, 1973 Atlanta Apollos 7–4 Report 1Report 2Report 3 Dallas Tornado Child Metchick, MwilaChild Solem ChildChild Child KapengweTwellman Child Howe Child Mitić 0:10 Attiah, Rote Rote Reynolds Juracy Reynolds The Omni Atlanta, Georgia 4,090 7 Int'l friendly February 7, 1974 NASL All-Stars 4–8 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139616326/ Red Army Siega 35:40 pen.Strencier Siega ChildSmith Tellinher , , , 53:57Dorofeov 53:01 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario 11,535 8 Int'l friendly February 11, 1974 7:30 PM (EST) Philadelphia Atoms 3–6 http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/philadelphia.html Red Army Siega 6:21 PapadakisChild 26:20 SiegaSiega 42:51 Child Tellinher 6:55 ShladakBabenko 13:25 Popev, DorofeovKaplichnyi 35:44 TellinherPopev 45:59 KodeikinDudarenko 53:25 PopevDorofeov 58:06 Morosov, Pollacarpov Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11,790 9 Int'l friendly February 13, 1974 7:30 PM (CST) St. Louis Stars 4–11 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139620090/ Red Army Vaninger 4:31 TrostVaninger 19:48 HoweVaninger 35:18 CarenzaVaninger 42:15 Trost Tellinher 4:42 KovaleskiFedotov 18:23 TellinherFedotov 18:50 TellinherMorozov 25:07 PolikarpovPolikarpov 33:40 BabenkoFedotov 35:52 TellinherShlapak 36:29 TellinherKovaleski 37:10 DorofeovFedotov 39:52 SmirnoffKaplichnyi 41:39Tellinher 46:21 Utkin St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri 12,241 Larry King 10 March 18, 1974 7:30 PM (EST) Philadelphia Atoms 5–3 Report 1Report 2 New York Cosmos Minor McPheeMinor ChildO'Neill MinorChild MinorChild O'Neill Mahy Fink RoseSiega Menoki Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6,314 Map of clubs left 10px Region 1 clubs 10px Region 2 clubs 10px Region 3 clubs 10px Region 4 clubs 1100 500 300 425 390 North America 900 North America 32.84 -96.91 Blue pog.svg 80 bottom Tornado North America 39.91 -75.17 Blue pog.svg 80 right Atoms North America 38.62 -90.19 Blue pog.svg 80 bottom Stars North America 43.67 -79.40 Blue pog.svg 80 top Metros-Croatia North America 42.34 -71.17 Red pog.svg 80 top Minutemen North America 41.75 -72.66 Red pog.svg 80 right Bicentennials North America 40.79 -73.92 Red pog.svg 80 right Cosmos North America 43.19 -77.66 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Lancers North America 39.33 -76.60 Black pog.svg 80 left Comets North America 25.78 -80.22 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Toros North America 27.98 -82.50 Black pog.svg 80 left Rowdies North America 38.89 -76.97 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Diplomats North America 34.04 -118.15 Green pog.svg 80 bottom Aztecs North America 37.32 -121.87 Green pog.svg 80 bottom Earthquakes North America 47.62 -122.35 Green pog.svg 80 bottom Sounders North America 49.28 -123.03 Green pog.svg 80 right Whitecaps 1975 Indoor Regional tournaments Region 1 played at Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas, Texas January 24Philadelphia Atoms5–3St. Louis Stars3,200 Wheeler Pat https://www.newspapers.com/image/57528578/?terms=Indoor%2Bsoccer%2Bhere Indoor soccer here to stay? Irving Daily News January 27, 1975 8 July 4, 2017 Toronto Metros-Croatia2–1Dallas Tornado January 26St. Louis Stars8–4Toronto Metros-Croatia3,800 Henderson Jim https://www.newspapers.com/image/334578744/?terms=Rowdies Rowdies Ready For Tournament Tampa Tribune February 12, 1975 8 November 23, 2018 Dallas Tornado6–2Philadelphia Atoms PosTeamGWLGFGAGDPTS1Dallas Tornado21174+322St. Louis Stars211119+223Philadelphia Atoms21179–224Toronto Metros-Croatia21169–32 *Dallas wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals Region 2 played at Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, New York February 6New York Cosmos6–4Hartford Bicentennials Attendance: 2,191 Boston Minutemen4–3Rochester Lancers February 8Hartford Bicentennials5–3Boston Minutemen Attendance: 3,173 Rochester Lancers8–7New York Cosmos PosTeamGWLGFGAGDPTS1New York Cosmos2111312+122Hartford Bicentennials21199023Rochester Lancers2111111024Boston Minutemen21178–12 *New York wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals Region 3 played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Floridahttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19750217&id=PZxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uvoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4116,4221060 Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search 2015-06-24https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z-YeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820,352775&dq=nasl+eastern+regional&hl=en Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search 2015-06-24https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z-YeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820,352775&dq=rowdies+bayfront&hl=en Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search 2015-06-24 February 14Miami Toros11–8Baltimore Comets Attendance: 4,437 Tampa Bay Rowdies7–2Washington Diplomats February 16Miami Toros7–4Washington Diplomats Attendance: 4,032 Tampa Bay Rowdies8–6Baltimore Comets PosTeamGWLGFGAGDPTS1Tampa Bay Rowdies220158+742Miami Toros2201812+643Baltimore Comets2021419–504Washington Diplomats202614–80 *Tampa Bay wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinalshttps://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SSME_CFHsq0/TX8uQHc6DfI/AAAAAAAAKyk/QUUa9V21_-o/s1600/1975-2-16%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BComets%2Bid%2BReport.jpg -SSME_CFHsq0/TX8uQHc6DfI/AAAAAAAAKyk/QUUa9V21_-o/s1600/1975-2-16%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BComets%2Bid%2BReport 4.bp.blogspot.com 2015-06-24https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TIEoRQXqGxw/TY2_VHqHNuI/AAAAAAAAK18/OUT162vbVio/s1600/1975-2-16%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BComets%2Bindoor%2BReport%2B2.jpg -TIEoRQXqGxw/TY2_VHqHNuI/AAAAAAAAK18/OUT162vbVio/s1600/1975-2-16%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BComets%2Bindoor%2BReport%2B2 3.bp.blogspot.com 2015-06-24 Region 3 MVP: USA Ringo Cantillohttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750218&id=NEFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6847,2754508&hl=en St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search (Tampa Bay) – 4 goals Region 4 played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California February 21Vancouver Whitecaps15–4#Los Angeles Aztecs Attendance: 9,223http://www.frankmacdonald.net/?p=665#more-665 Sounders first indoor venture: 'We were clueless' | the Frank MacDonald Blog January 22, 2015 San Jose Earthquakes14–4#Seattle Sounders February 23Los Angeles Aztecs9–4Seattle Sounders Attendance: 7,232https://www.newspapers.com/image/608923849/?terms=7%2C232 24 Feb 1975, 8 - The Berkeley Gazette at Newspapers.com 1975-02-24 2022-06-05 San Jose Earthquakes7–3Vancouver Whitecaps #Vancouver and San Jose won by such large margins, that the NASL and the two teams agreed to a head-to-head pairing on Feb. 28. PosTeamGWLGFGAGDPTS1San Jose Earthquakes220217+1442Vancouver Whitecaps2111811+723Los Angeles Aztecs2111319–624Seattle Sounders202823–150 *San Jose wins region, advances to semifinals Region 4 MVP: USA Paul ChildChittenden Ed SJ's Acrobatic Goalie Puts 'Quakes in Semis March 24, 1975 The Times (San Mateo, CA) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39035948/ 22 July 31, 2016 (San Jose) – 7 goals 1975 Indoor Final Four Bracket Semifinals Championship Final 35px R4 San Jose Earthquakes 8 R1 Dallas Tornado 5 R3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 13 R2 New York Cosmos 5 R4 San Jose Earthquakes 8 R3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 R1 Dallas Tornado 2 R2 New York Cosmos 0 Semi-finals played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California March 14Tampa Bay Rowdies13–5New York Cosmoshttps://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iFgNnJBUS14/TYpd_DtAe3I/AAAAAAAAK0k/g8u1Ko3memk/s1600/1975-3-14%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BCosmos%2Bindoor%2BReport%2B1.jpg -iFgNnJBUS14/TYpd_DtAe3I/AAAAAAAAK0k/g8u1Ko3memk/s1600/1975-3-14%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BCosmos%2Bindoor%2BReport%2B1 1.bp.blogspot.com 2015-06-24 Attendance: 9,113 San Jose Earthquakes8–5Dallas Tornado Third-place match played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California March 16Dallas Tornado2–0New York Cosmoshttp://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1975.html The Year in American Soccer - 1975 Homepages.sover.net 2013-11-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20151105121106/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1975.html 2015-11-05 dead Championship final March 16, 1975 9:00 PM PDT San Jose Earthquakes 8–5 Report 1 (p. 2C)Report 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Roboostoff 7:10Child 9:25 GavricRoboostoff 14:36 ChildChild 16:22 Welch Roboostoff 18:38 MooreWelch 19:38 ChildZaczynski 50:50 ChildChild 52:56 Engerth 9:36 LimaHartze 25:14 QuraishiLezak 33:35Wark 50:55 HartzeQuraishi 54:56 Boyle Cow Palace Daly City, California 8,618 USA Henry Landuer 1975 NASL Indoor Champions: San Jose Earthquakes Television: CBS (tape delayed) Final Four awards Most Valuable Player:USA Paul Child (San Jose) & YUG Gabbo Garvic (San Jose) All-tournament Team: USA Paul Child (San Jose), USA Doug Wark (Tampa Bay), USA Ilija Mitić (Dallas), YUG Gabbo Garvic (San Jose), USA Mike Renshaw (Dallas), ENG Ken Cooper (Dallas) Final Four statistics Leading scorersGoalsAssistsTotal PointsUSA Paul Child (San Jose)7317USA Doug Wark (Tampa Bay)7014RSA 1928 Bernard Hartze (Tampa Bay)4311USA Ilija Mitić (Dallas)419POL Zygmunt Lezak (Tampa Bay)408 Final team rankings G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential PosTeamGWLGFGAGD1San Jose Earthquakes4403717+202Tampa Bay Rowdies4313321+113Dallas Tornado4221412+24New York Cosmos4131827–95Miami Toros2201812+6 Non-tournament matches In addition to the Region 4 and Final Four tournament games (eight contests in all), the San Jose Earthquakes also hosted two other indoor matches at the Cow Palace as tune-ups for the impending tournament. The first one was dubbed the "Calamity Cup" because it pitted the Earthquakes against the Tornado. The second was against their in-state rival, Los Angeles Aztecs. The two matches drew a combined 20,908 spectators and San Jose won both.Chittenden Ed Cow Palace Hit February 8, 1975 The Times (San Mateo, CA) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39033638/ 23 July 28, 2016Tourney Next For 'Quakes February 15, 1975 The Times (San Mateo, CA) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39034736/ 16 July 28, 2016 In another match, the Rochester Lancers hosted the Toronto Metros-Croatia on March 29 in front of 2,562 fans at the Rochester War Memorial. Toronto won the game, 10–7.Lewis Micheal Lancers bow to Toronto's surge March 30, 1975 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle https://www.newspapers.com/image/136897793/?terms=soccer 2D July 12, 2017 Match reports 1 February 7, 1975 8:00 PM (PST) San Jose Earthquakes 8–6 Report 1Report 2 Dallas Tornado Child 2:52Moore 23:34 ChildKemp 27:47B. Demling 30:19Moore 37:25 ChildChild 38:04 HernandezHernandez 45:18 MooreRoboostoff 59:55 Kemp Renshaw 5:18 Mitić]Renshaw 10:11 MoffatDeLong 20:15 RenshawMitić 26:04 MoffatMitić 30:26Newman 45:48 Cohen Cow Palace Daly City, California 11,421 2 February 14, 1975 8:00 PM (PST) San Jose Earthquakes 11–7 Report 1Report 2 Los Angeles Aztecs Moore 6:10 RoboostoffChild 10:51 HernandezLopez 12:13 o.g.Moore 13:53 ChildRoboostoff 17:26 B. DemlingMoore 22:49 ChildChild 32:33 ZaczynskiRoboostoff 37:47 Moore, ChildChild 41:14 MooreMoore 52:43 ZaczynskiChild Perrichon 5:46 pen.Kazarian 25:17Velasquez 29:22Gay 34:05Velasquez 46:40 MasonFowzi 55:27 VelazquezVelasquez 56:58 Cow Palace Daly City, California 9,487 John Davies 3 March 29, 1975 8:00 PM (EST) Rochester Lancers 7–10 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136897793/?terms=soccer Toronto Metros-Croatia Ord , , 18:01 Odoi 17:13 Janduda 18:19 Cupello Mambo Šutevsk , , Perić , , Polak , 15:51Zekić , 33:24Pinto 19:33 Rochester War Memorial Rochester, New York 2,562 References 2 Category:NASL Indoor seasons Category:1975 in American soccer Category:1975 in American soccer leagues Indoor NASL Indoor tournament NASL Indoor tournament NASL Indoor tournament NASL Indoor tournament 1975