1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

March 2026 August 2023 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1979 indoor ENG Gordon Jago USA Chas Serednesky, Jr General manager USA George Strawbridge, Jr. Bayfront Center North American Soccer League Budweiser Indoor Invitational runner up BRA Mirandinha (4 goals) RSA 1928 Steve Wegerle, BRA Mirandinha (5 goals) 6,342(Jan. 27 vs. Ft. Lauderdale) 6,002(Feb 2 vs. Houston) 6,181 true _collargreen _tbrowdies12h _tbrowdies12h _green_border _hoops_green_2 006600 ffffff 006600 FFFFff FFF200 _tbrowdies13h _tbrowdies12h _tbrowdies12h _norwich1617h _hoops_green_2 006600 006600 006600 006600 FFF200 1978 1979–80 The 1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fifth indoor season of the club's existence. Overview Much to the dismay of Rowdies owner, George Strawbridge, the North American Soccer League owners voted to hold off on a full indoor season for 1978–79 after previously approving it.Tierney Mike NASL approves official indoor league in 1979 April 3, 1978 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19780403&id=RGhQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=llkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1699,2699866 1C January 3, 2017Tierney Mike Rowdies want to come indoors January 20, 1979 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19790120&id=hk5SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6646,3097645 3C January 3, 2017 And just as in the winters of 1977 and 1978, when indoor seasons had been nixed, the NASL did not restrict teams from scheduling indoor matches on their own. The end result of this was that the Major Indoor Soccer League was able to launch its inaugural season from December 1978 though March 1978 with virtually no competition from the NASL. For their part, Tampa Bay played five indoor games in the Winter of 1979, the last four of which were played at the Bayfront Center. The Rowdies first match, on January 25 against the Houston Hurricane, took on a different complexion than the ones that it preceded, and not just because it was an away game. The Hurricane spent their winters playing indoors in the MISL, as the Houston Summit. Although the Summit were in midseason, the two leagues didn’t officially sanction interleague play, so when facing the Rowdies Houston played under their “Hurricane” moniker. Despite that fact, they wore their Summit uniforms, and the match featured MISL timing (four 15-minute quarters), MISL goal dimensions (6.5’ high x 12’ wide),Tierney Mike Rowdies hope to hold onto goalie January 25, 1979 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=feST4K8J0scC&dat=19790125&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 4C January 3, 2017 even a bright orange MISL ball.Rowdies roll 6-4 January 26, 1979 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=feST4K8J0scC&dat=19790126&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 1C January 3, 2017 Ironically, the NASL would wind up adopting the MISL's timing and goal size when they finally began their first full indoor season 10 months later in November 1979. Indoor Returning, Officially This Time September 28, 1979 Evening Independent https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C2JQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7VgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6610,3441502&dq=rowdies+san+jose+indoor&hl=en 4-C January 4, 2017 Tampa Bay's next two matches were part of a two-day, four-team mini-tournament called the 1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational.Tierney Mike Blast off! Rowdies aim for indoor orbit January 27, 1979 St. Petersburg Times Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1U1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QnwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6488,2638431&dq=rowdies+aim+for+indoor&hl=en 1c October 24, 2016 The Rowdies won both of their matches, but lost the title on goal differential to the Dallas Tornado, who had also won both of theirs. The second of those invitational matches saw Tampa Bay goalie, Winston DuBose, become only the second goalkeeper in the NASL’s brief indoor history to record a shutout.Beard Randy Rowdies Had To Do More https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rsEwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3VgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6654,3317860&dq=rowdies+had+to+do+more&hl=en The Evening Independent Google News Archive Search January 29, 1979 1–C January 2, 2017 The Rowdies game on February 2 versus the Houston Hurricane (this time played with NASL goals and timing) marked the first time they had ever lost an indoor match at home to a domestic opponent.Beard Randy Bayfront Turned Slaughterhouse https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=PZE8UkGerEcC&dat=19790203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Evening Independent Google News Archive Search February 3, 1979 1–C January 2, 2017 Tampa Bay's final match of the indoor campaign was an international friendly against FC Dynamo Moscow on February 19. The lopsided, 8–1, loss closed their indoor season record at 3–2. Over 24,700 fans watched the Rowdies at home in 1979, with all but about 650 total tickets being sold for the four matches. Club Roster No.PositionNationPlayer1 USA GK Winston DuBose 2 CAN GK Željko Bilecki 3 ENG DF Malcolm Chandler* Malcolm Chandler 4 HAI DF Arsène Auguste 5 NED MF Jan van der Veen 6 RSA DF Mike Connell Mike Connell (soccer) 7 RSA FW Steve Wegerle 8 CAN MF Wes McLeod 10 ENG MF Rodney Marsh (capt.) Rodney Marsh (footballer) 11 BRA FW Mirandinha Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho 12 USA MF Perry Van der Beck 13 USA FW Dave MacWilliams 14 USA FW Peter Chandler Peter Chandler (soccer) 15 IRE MF Timothy Collins* Timothy Collins (soccer) 16 ENG DF Farrukh Quraishi 17 USA DF Tony Crudo 18 USA DF Sandje Ivanchukov 19 USA MF Tommy Maurer 23 NED DF Teun Kist* Teun Kist*trialist players Management and technical staff USA George W. Strawbridge, Jr., owner USA Chas Serednesky, Jr., general manager ENG Gordon Jago, head coach USA Ken Shields, trainer USA Alfredo Beronda, equipment manager Honors Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational: runners-up Competitions Invitational final standings GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential 1979 Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational TeamRecordGFGAGDPositionDallas Tornado*2–0159+61st placeTampa Bay Rowdies2–094+52nd place (runners-up)Tulsa Roughnecks0–2711–43rd placeFort Lauderdale Strikers0–2613–74th place *Dallas wins Invitational on goal differential Results summaries Match reports 1 January 25, 1979 8:00 PM (CST) Houston Hurricane 4–6 Report on p. 2C Tampa Bay Rowdies Vaccaro 15:17 O’SullivanRussell 18:26Russell 34:57 MarascoVasquez 48:57 Stremlau Wegerle 00:44 MarshVan der Beck 24:28Marsh 24:51 ConnellWegerle 31:02Connell 44:37Wegerle 59:46 DuBose The Summit Houston, Texas 2,743 W 2 Bud Invit'l January 27, 1979 8:30 PM Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–4 Report 1Report 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Marsh 9:16Mirandinha 11:50 McLeodMirandinha20:44 Maurer Maurer 26:38 MarshWegerle 27:43 MarshQuraishi 28:25 Mirandinha Njie 20:33 WiggemansenGemeri 24:37Njie 30:21 WiggemansenVaninger 34:13 Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida 6,342 W 3 Bud Invit'l January 28, 1979 7:30 PM Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Report on p. 2-C Tulsa Roughnecks Marsh 1:49 Wegerle Mirandinha 17:50 MarshMirandinha 31:47 none Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida 6,338 W 4 February 2, 1979 8:00 PM Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–15 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19790203&id=LspaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PHwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4536,1783685 Houston Hurricane Wegerle 00:17McLeod 25:26Marsh 28:12Mirandinha 31:48 MarshMcLeod 43:44 QuraishiQuraishi 54:38 McLeod Jump 3:12 StremlauAnderson 8:04 HaaskiviStremlau 9:40 AndersonJump 12:07 LindsayLindsay 18:14 MegaloudisLindsay 20:38 JumpHaaskivi 27:51Anderson 29:03 MegaloudisJump 33:33 StremlauLindsay 33:50Charbonneau 34:55 Haaskivi Anderson 41:14 JumpMaurer, (T.B.) 49:12 o.g.Anderson 35:25 MegaloudisAnderson 59:19 Megaloudis Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida 6,002 L 5 Int’l friendly February 19, 1979 8:00 PM Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–8 Report on p. 5C FC Dynamo Moscow Kist 25:32 Gershkovich 1:49Lovchev 4:43 GershkovichLatysh 12:51Yakubik 15:47 MaksimenkovLatysh 18:29Reznik 35:25 LatyshReznik 46:36 LatyshMaksimenkov 56:00 Gershkovich Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida 6,040 L Statistics Scoring G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points Player G A PtsRodney Marsh4614Mirandinha5111Steve Wegerle5111Wes McLeod226Farrukh Quraishi215Mike Connell113Tommy Maurer113Perry Van der Beck102Teun Kist102Winston DuBose011 Goalkeeping Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses Player GP Min GA GAA W LWinston DuBose 5 250 23 5.52 3 1Željko Bilecki 1 20 5 15.00 0 1 See also 1979 team indoor stats References 1979 indoor Category:Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) seasons Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Bay Rowdies Category:Sports in St. Petersburg, Florida