1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

March 2026 August 2023 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1975 indoor ITA Eddie Firmani USA Beau Rodgers General manager USA George W. Strawbridge, Jr. Bayfront Center NASL Regional: ChampionLeague: Runners-up USA Doug Wark(10 goals) 4,437(Feb. 14 vs. Diplomats) 4,032(Feb. 16 vs. Comets) 4,235 true _greencollar _tbrowdies13h _tbrowdies13h _green_border _hoops_green_2 006600 ffffff 006600 FFFFff FDEE00 _goldcollar _tbrowdies13h _tbrowdies13h _norwich1617h _hoops_green_2 006600 006600 006600 006600 FDEE00 first season 1976 The 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the first indoor season of the club's existence. It also marked the first time the expansion Rowdies participated in any North American Soccer League sanctioned competition. Original kit The Rowdies' jersey used during the 1975 indoor season was different than later indoor and outdoor years in that the neckline was merely a cuff rather than the full collar style that became so familiar in all of Tampa Bay's later NASL campaigns.Rowdies imageInoor Home Team imagehttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_axffduAi2BA/SWSLF2wTU4I/AAAAAAAAB0I/Ta4_V3WXHiA/s1600-h/Nick+Papadakis+vs+Comets+1975+id.JPG Nick Papadakis vs Comets 1975 (Image) Photographic evidence also indicates that the cuff-style jersey saw limited use during the 1975 outdoor season, but by season's end it disappeared altogether.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_axffduAi2BA/SKde-cY_wJI/AAAAAAAAAlA/2394EKVL_Vc/s1600-h/stetler.JPG Stetler.JPG (Image)http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_axffduAi2BA/SXeH69KY77I/AAAAAAAAB2A/G-nKzp_t5sI/s1600-h/Derek+Smethurst,+Doug+Wark+vs+Cosmos+1975.JPG Derek Smethurst, Doug Wark vs Cosmos 1975 (Image) Club Roster No.PositionNationPlayer1 SCO GK Mike Hewitt Mike Hewitt (footballer) 1 USA GK Bob Stetler* Bob Stetler 2 ENG DF Farrukh Quraishi 3 SCO DF Alex Pringle 4 SCO MF John Boyle (capt.) John Boyle (footballer, born 1946) 5 CRC MF Ringo Cantillo 6 RSA DF Mike Connell Mike Connell (soccer) 7 RSA MF Bernard Hartze 8 USA MF Randy Garber Randy Garber (soccer) 9 BRA DF Lima Antônio Lima dos Santos 9 CAN MF Nick Papadakis 10 USA FW Eddie Engerth 11 USA FW Doug Wark 12 USA FW Bob Isaacson 12 MEX FW Javier Alvarez Javier Alvarez (Mexican footballer) 13 POL MF Zygmunt Lezak 13 USA DF John Bluem 15 ITA FW Eddie Firmani *amateur player Management and technical staff USA George Strawbridge, Jr., owner USA Beau Rogers, general manager ITA Eddie Firmani, head coach USA Chas Serednesky, business manager POR Francisco Marcos, director of public relations USA Alfredo Beronda, equipment manager Honors NASL Indoor Tournament: Runners up NASL Indoor, Region 3: Regional champions Individual honors All-Tournament Team: Doug Wark Regional MVP: Ringo Cantillo (Regional totals: 2 games, 4 goals) Review In part because of the success of the spring 1974 indoor tour by the Red Army team the NASL decided to hold an indoor tournament of its own.https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usindoor.html History of Indoor Soccer in the USA Of the 20 franchises in the league, sixteen participated. Teams were separated into four regional groups of four. The Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, was chosen as one of the Regional venues, with the Rowdies as hosts for Region 3. The San Jose Earthquakes were given the honor of hosting the championship semifinals and finals at the Cow Palace.Zier Patrick Preview Of Soccer Set For Bayfront November 6, 1974 Lakeland Ledger https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19741106&id=740sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=APsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611,1655091 2A September 23, 2016 Region 3 tournament The winner of the Region 3 would gain an automatic place in the Championship tournament four weeks later in California. In their first tournament game the Rowdies had no trouble with the Washington Diplomats, winning by a score of 7–2.Martz Ron Rousing Rowdie debut: 7–2 victory all February 15, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=feST4K8J0scC&dat=19750215&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 1-C September 22, 2016 Two nights later Tampa Bay had a tougher task in coming from behind to defeat the Baltimore Comets, 8–6. Those two victories left the Rowdies tied with the Miami Toros in the standings, however the tie-breaker was goal differential. Tampa Bay's plus-7 goal margin narrowly edged out the Toros’ plus-6, and the Rowdies advanced. Ringo Cantillo was named MVP of the Region, edging out Miami's Nico Bodonczy by one vote.Martz Ron Rowdies do it all February 17, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=feST4K8J0scC&dat=19750217&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 1-C October 3, 2016 Regional standings PosTeamGWLGFGAGDPTS1Tampa Bay Rowdies220158+742Miami Toros2201812+643Baltimore Comets2021419-504Washington Diplomats202614-80 Championship tournament Tampa Bay was paired up with the New York Cosmos in the semifinals, while the other semifinal had San Jose clashing with the Dallas Tornado. Led by Doug Wark’s record six-goal performance, the Rowdies jumped out to an early 3–0 lead, and never looked back, as they dispatched the Cosmos, 13–5, to advance to the final on Sunday.Spander Art Rowdies triumph March 15, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750315&id=FEFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1747,5925602 1-C October 3, 2016 On March 16, 1975, the Tampa Bay faced a heavily favored San Jose Earthquakes team in the Rowdies first of what would be many championship finals, against. With the score 6–1 at the end of the first period, and 8,618 fans behind them, San Jose showed exactly why they were tabbed to win the tournament. From there the home team cruised to an 8–5 victory. In addition to the Rowdies’ runner-up performance, Doug Wark was named to the All-Tournament squad and was the second leading scorer in the tournament.Gurney Jack Rowdies Shaken By Earthquake March 17, 1975 Evening Independent https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19750317&id=7dMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NlgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7207,215626&hl=en/ 1-C October 3, 2016 Bracket Semifinals Championship Final 35px 150px 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 Championship standings PosTeamGWLGFGAGD1San Jose Earthquakes4403717+202Tampa Bay Rowdies4313321+113Dallas Tornado4221412+24New York Cosmos4131827-95Miami Toros2201812+6 Match reports Regional #1 February 14, 1975 8:30 PM EST Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–2 Report on p. 5-C Washington Diplomats Engerth 10:38Engerth 14:55 Wark 23:30 Wark 29:33Cantillo 36:17Cantillo 39:15Connell 43:15 Garber DeLeon 23:45Diane 35:25 Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida 4,437 W Regional #2 February 16, 1975 8:30 PM EST Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–6 https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SSME_CFHsq0/TX8uQHc6DfI/AAAAAAAAKyk/QUUa9V21_-o/s1600/1975-2-16%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BComets%2Bid%2BReport.jpg Baltimore Comets Quraishi 12:17 26:38 39:12 Papadakis 14:51 24:49 Cantillo 40:43 40:46 Wark 41:59 Scurti 1:24Kazmierski 6:12, 31:29Wit 12:54 14:28 25:28 Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida 4,032 W Semifinal March 14, 1975 7:00 PM PDT Tampa Bay Rowdies 13–5 Report AReport B New York Cosmos Cantillo 2:31 BoyleWark 4:13 PringleWark 6:34 QuraishiWark 13:50Wark 14:34 HartzeLezak 17:22Hartze 22:03Hartze 22:42 CantilloWark 33:03 LimaHartze 35:34Lezak 35:55 CantilloLezak 39:35 HartzeWark 59:35 Connell Lamas 10:46 MărdărescuMărdărescu 12:07Lamas 27:08 ParadesLamas 44:06 RothCorrea 49:36 Cow Palace Daly City, California 9,113 John Davies W Final March 16, 1975 9:00 PM PDT San Jose Earthquakes 8–5 Report A (p. 2C)Report B 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 Henry Landuer L Statistics Scoring GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points Player GP G A PtsDoug Wark410020Ringo Cantillo45212Bernard Hartze34311Farrukh Quraishi44210Zygmunt Lezak2408Eddie Engerth3306Nick Papadakis3204Mike Connell3113John Boyle4022Lima2022Alex Pringle4011Randy Garber1011Javier Alvarez-000Bob Isaacson-000 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 LMike Hewitt 4 210 21 5.25 3 1Bob Stetler 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player movement Since Tampa Bay was a newly formed club, the entire roster was new. In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource 3 DF SCO Alex Pringle SCO Clyde F.C. No details available December 1974 Pringle named Tampa coach September 24, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750924&id=ktAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W18DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4044,281325 2-C October 3, 2016Martz Ron Striking addition for the Rowdies December 18, 1974 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19741218&id=dJpjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7076,1311022 2-C October 3, 20161 GK SCO Mike Hewitt SCO Dundee F.C. Contract purchased from Dundee December 1974 7 MF RSA 1928 Bernard Hartze RSA 1928 Cape Town Spurs No details available December 17, 1974 http://naslsoccer.blogspot.com/2010/09/bernard-hartze.html NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE: Bernard Hartze 2016-10-03 2016-10-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20161014054820/http://naslsoccer.blogspot.com/2010/09/bernard-hartze.html dead 2 DF ENG Farrukh Quraishi USA Oneonta State 1st overall pick of NASL college draft January 18, 1975 Martz Ron Quraishi year-round Rowdy? January 17, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750117&id=BaRhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fnkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2086,1188784 1-C October 3, 201610 FW USA Eddie Engerth USA Philadelphia amateur team Former Hartwick College player January 20, 1975 Rowdies sign pair, have six in fold January 21, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750121&id=mmBSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fnkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2591,4669569 3-C October 3, 20166 DF RSA 1928 Mike Connell RSA 1928 Rangers Johannesburg No details available January 20, 1975 11 DF USA Doug Wark USA Rochester Lancers Purchased from Rochester January 27, 1975 Austin Jim Rowdies Star-Struck January 28, 1975 Evening Independent https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19750128&id=1WdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QVgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2018,3183822 1-C October 3, 20164 DF SCO John Boyle ENG Orient Obtained release after 5-month pursuit February 6, 1975 Blankenship Ken Rowdies sign a captain: Boyle February 7, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750207&id=mkBSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hnkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7227,5166135 8-C October 3, 20169 MF CAN Nick Papadakis none Free agent February 9, 1975 Blankenship Ken Rowdies sign four, want more February 10, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750210&id=lkFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e3kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7108,2134051 20-C October 3, 20168 MF USA Randy Garber USA Penn State 2nd round of college draft February 9, 1975 12 FW USA Bob Isaacson USA Hartwick College 3rd round of college draft February 9, 1975 13 DF USA John Bluem USA Hartwick College 4th round of college draft February 9, 1975 12 FW MEX Javier Alvarez USA St. Petersburg Kickers Free transfer March 11, 1975 Blankenship Ken Rowdies brace for title try March 12, 1975 St. Petersburg Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750312&id=EUFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1426,3592977 6-C October 3, 201615 FW ITA Eddie Firmani none Added as an emergency player March 11, 1975 1 GK USA Bob Stetler USA East Stroudsburg State No contract, to keep amateur status January 1975 Bubil Harold Goalie Stetler Makes The Most Of First Pro Chance March 15, 1976 Sarasota Journal https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19760315&id=5fgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JI4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6810,2733537 3-C October 3, 2016 Out none Loan in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromDetailsStartSource5 MF CRC Ringo Cantillo USA Cincinnati Comets Indoor season loan February 9, 1975 9 MF BRA Lima MEX Club Deportivo Oro Indoor loan with option for transfer March 11, 197513 MF POL Zygmunt Lezak USA Polonia NY Indoor loan with option for transfer March 11, 1975 See also 1975 team indoor stats References 1975 indoor Category:Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) seasons Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Bay Rowdies