1975 NASL Indoor tournament

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Tampa Bay Rowdies
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored230 (11.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Paul Child (14 goals)
Best player(s)United States Paul Child (San Jose)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gabbo Garvic (San Jose)
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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

Atlanta Apollos staged two league sanctioned pilot matches at the Omni in 1973,[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6][7]

In spite of the losses, and because another 11,790 curious fans packed Philadelphia's

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,[8] but by autumn eventually scaled that plan back.[9] 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.[10][11][12][13]

Four NASL clubs,

Portland and San Antonio did not participate in the tournament. However three of them were recently announced,[14]
expansion teams that had yet to play an outdoor season either.

The

Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 in the Championship Final. Paul Child of San Jose scored seven goals in the regionals,[15] 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

St. Louis Stars v Dallas Tornado
March 19, 1971 1 (Hoc-Soc) St. Louis Stars 1–2 Dallas Tornado St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 PM (CST) Leeker 8' Report Benedek 17', 21' Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
March 19, 1971 2 (
Rochester Lancers
3–1 Washington Darts St. Louis, Missouri
8:45 PM (CST) Seissler 13:08'
Durante 13:45'
Metidieri 29:43'		 Report
Kerr
5:40'		 Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
St. Louis Stars v Washington Darts
March 19, 1971 3 (Hoc-Soc) St. Louis Stars 2–0 Washington Darts St. Louis, Missouri
Popović 16:27', 29:31' Report Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
March 19, 1971 4 (
Rochester Lancers
St. Louis, Missouri
Molnár
28:11'		 Report Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
May 3, 1973 5
Atlanta Apollos
8–6 Montreal Olympique Atlanta, Georgia
Child , , ,
Cocking
Hoban
Metchick
Hamlyn 		Report 1
Report 2
Report 3		 Bachner ,
Filby ,
Wheeler
Simmons 		Stadium: The Omni
Attendance: 7,115
Atlanta Apollos v Dallas Tornado
July 8, 1973 6
Atlanta Apollos
7–4 Dallas Tornado Atlanta, Georgia
Child (Metchick, Mwila)
Child
Solem (Child)
Child
Child (Kapengwe)
Twellman (Child)
Howe (Child)		 Report 1
Report 2
Report 3		 Mitić 0:10' (Attiah, Rote)
Rote
Reynolds
Juracy (Reynolds)		 Stadium: The Omni
Attendance: 4,090
Red Army
February 7, 1974 7 Int'l friendly NASL All-Stars 4–8 Red Army Toronto, Ontario
Siega 35:40' (pen.)
Strencier
Siega (Child)
Smith 		Report Tellinher , , , 53:57'
Dorofeov 53:01'		 Stadium: Maple Leaf Gardens
Attendance: 11,535
February 11, 1974 8 Int'l friendly
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM (EST) Siega 6:21' (Papadakis)
Child 26:20' (Siega)
Siega 42:51' (Child)		 Report Tellinher 6:55' (Shladak)
Babenko 13:25' (Popev, Dorofeov)
Kaplichnyi 35:44' (Tellinher)
Popev 45:59' (Kodeikin)
Dudarenko 53:25' (Popev)
Dorofeov 58:06' (Morosov, Pollacarpov)		 Stadium: Spectrum
Attendance: 11,790
February 13, 1974 9 Int'l friendly St. Louis Stars 4–11 Red Army St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 PM (CST) Vaninger 4:31' (Trost)
Vaninger 19:48' (Howe)
Vaninger 35:18' (Carenza)
Vaninger 42:15' (Trost)		 Report
Morozov 25:07' (Polikarpov)
Polikarpov 33:40' (Babenko)
Fedotov 35:52' (Tellinher)
Shlapak 36:29' (Tellinher)
Kovaleski 37:10' (Dorofeov)
Fedotov 39:52' (Smirnoff)
Kaplichnyi 41:39'
Tellinher
46:21' (Utkin)		 Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 12,241
Referee: Larry King
March 18, 1974 10
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM (EST) Minor (McPhee)
Minor (Child)
O'Neill (Minor)
Child (Minor)
Child (O'Neill)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mahy
Fink (Rose)
Siega (Menoki)		 Stadium: Spectrum
Attendance: 6,314

1975 Indoor Regional tournaments

Region 1

played at

Dallas, Texas

January 24 Philadelphia Atoms 5–3 St. Louis Stars 3,200[16]
Toronto Metros-Croatia
 		2–1 Dallas Tornado
January 26 St. Louis Stars 8–4
Toronto Metros-Croatia
 3,800[17]
Dallas Tornado 6–2 Philadelphia Atoms
Pos Team G W L GF GA GD PTS
1 Dallas Tornado 2 1 1 7 4 +3 2
2 St. Louis Stars 2 1 1 11 9 +2 2
3 Philadelphia Atoms 2 1 1 7 9 –2 2
4
Toronto Metros-Croatia
 		2 1 1 6 9 –3 2

*Dallas wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals

Region 2

played at

Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, New York

February 6
New York Cosmos
 		6–4
Hartford Bicentennials
 Attendance: 2,191
Boston Minutemen 4–3
Rochester Lancers
February 8
Hartford Bicentennials
 		5–3 Boston Minutemen Attendance: 3,173
Rochester Lancers
 		8–7
New York Cosmos
Pos Team G W L GF GA GD PTS
1
New York Cosmos
 		2 1 1 13 12 +1 2
2
Hartford Bicentennials
 		2 1 1 9 9 0 2
3
Rochester Lancers
 		2 1 1 11 11 0 2
4 Boston Minutemen 2 1 1 7 8 –1 2

*New York wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals

Region 3

played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida[18][19][20]

February 14 Miami Toros 11–8 Baltimore Comets Attendance: 4,437
Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–2 Washington Diplomats
February 16 Miami Toros 7–4 Washington Diplomats Attendance: 4,032
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 		8–6 Baltimore Comets
Pos Team G W L GF GA GD PTS
1
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 		2 2 0 15 8 +7 4
2 Miami Toros 2 2 0 18 12 +6 4
3 Baltimore Comets 2 0 2 14 19 –5 0
4 Washington Diplomats 2 0 2 6 14 –8 0

*Tampa Bay wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals[21][22]

Region 4

played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California

February 21
Vancouver Whitecaps
 		15–4# Los Angeles Aztecs Attendance: 9,223[24]
San Jose Earthquakes
 		14–4#
Seattle Sounders
February 23 Los Angeles Aztecs 9–4
Seattle Sounders
 Attendance: 7,232[25]
San Jose Earthquakes
 		7–3
Vancouver 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.[10]

Pos Team G W L GF GA GD PTS
1
San Jose Earthquakes
 		2 2 0 21 7 +14 4
2
Vancouver Whitecaps
 		2 1 1 18 11 +7 2
3 Los Angeles Aztecs 2 1 1 13 19 –6 2
4
Seattle Sounders
 		2 0 2 8 23 –15 0

*San Jose wins region, advances to semifinals

1975 Indoor Final Four

Bracket

Semifinals Championship Final
      
R4
San Jose Earthquakes
 		8
R1 Dallas Tornado 5
R4
San Jose Earthquakes
 		8
R3
Tampa Bay Rowdies
5
R3
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 		13
R2
New York Cosmos
5 Third place
R1 Dallas Tornado 2
R2
New York Cosmos
0

Semi-finals

played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California

March 14
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 		13–5
New York Cosmos[27]
 Attendance: 9,113
San Jose Earthquakes
 		8–5 Dallas Tornado

Third-place match

played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California

March 16 Dallas Tornado 2–0
New York Cosmos[28]

Championship final

Tampa Bay Rowdies
Roboostoff 7:10'
Child 9:25' (Gavric)
Roboostoff 14:36' (Child)
Child 16:22' (Welch)
Roboostoff 18:38' (Moore)
Welch 19:38' (Child)
Zaczynski 50:50' (Child)
Child 52:56'		 Report 1 (p. 2C)
Report 2		 Engerth 9:36' (Lima)
Hartze 25:14' (Quraishi)
Lezak 33:35'
Wark 50:55' (Hartze)
Quraishi 54:56' (Boyle)
Attendance: 8,618
Referee: United States Henry Landuer

1975 NASL Indoor Champions:

San Jose Earthquakes

Television: CBS (tape delayed)

Final Four awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Paul Child (San Jose) & Gabbo Garvic (San Jose)
  • All-tournament Team:
    Ken Cooper
    (Dallas)

Final Four statistics

Leading Scorers Goals Assists Total Points
Paul Child (San Jose) 7 3 17
Doug Wark (Tampa Bay) 7 0 14
Bernard Hartze (Tampa Bay) 4 3 11
Ilija Mitić (Dallas) 4 1 9
Zygmunt Lezak (Tampa Bay) 4 0 8

Final team rankings

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential

Pos Team G W L GF GA GD
1
San Jose Earthquakes
 		4 4 0 37 17 +20
2
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 		4 3 1 33 21 +11
3 Dallas Tornado 4 2 2 14 12 +2
4
New York Cosmos
 		4 1 3 18 27 –9
5 Miami Toros 2 2 0 18 12 +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

Rochester War Memorial. Toronto won the game, 10–7.[31]

Match reports

San Jose Earthquakes v Dallas Tornado
February 7, 1975 1
San Jose Earthquakes
8–6 Dallas Tornado Daly City, California
8:00 PM (PST) Child 2:52'
Moore 23:34' (Child)
Kemp 27:47'
B. Demling 30:19'
Moore 37:25' (Child)
Child 38:04' (Hernandez)
Hernandez 45:18' (Moore)
Roboostoff 59:55' (Kemp)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Renshaw 5:18' (Mitić])
Renshaw 10:11' (Moffat)
DeLong 20:15' (Renshaw)
Mitić 26:04' (Moffat)
Mitić 30:26'
Newman 45:48' (Cohen)		 Stadium: Cow Palace
Attendance: 11,421
San Jose Earthquakes v Los Angeles Aztecs
February 14, 1975 2
San Jose Earthquakes
11–7 Los Angeles Aztecs Daly City, California
8:00 PM (PST) Moore 6:10' (Roboostoff)
Child 10:51' (Hernandez)
Lopez 12:13' (o.g.)
Moore 13:53' (Child)
Roboostoff 17:26' (B. Demling)
Moore 22:49' (Child)
Child 32:33' (Zaczynski)
Roboostoff 37:47' (Moore, Child)
Child 41:14' (Moore)
Moore 52:43' (Zaczynski)
Child 		Report 1
Report 2
Velasquez
56:58'		 Stadium: Cow Palace
Attendance: 9,487
Referee: John Davies
March 29, 1975 3
Toronto Metros-Croatia
Rochester, New York
8:00 PM (EST) Ord , , 18:01'
Odoi 17:13'
Janduda 18:19'
Cupello
Mambo 		Report Šutevsk , ,
Perić , ,
Polak , 15:51'
Zekić , 33:24'
Pinto 19:33'		 Stadium:
Rochester War Memorial

Attendance: 2,562

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