1977 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

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The 1977 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the third indoor season of the club's existence.

Overview

Despite much lobbying from Rowdies owner,

Zenit Leningrad on March 9.[6] At the time Zenit was the reigning champion of the Soviet indoor league.[7] Likewise, the Rowdies were the defending NASL indoor champs. Both matches were played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida
.

Originally Tampa Bay had planned on playing

A.S. Roma instead.[10][11][12]

Longterm cultural significance

Not only was this brief indoor season the flash-point for one of the longest running professional soccer derbies in North America as previously mentioned, but it was significant for another reason. When Ed Tepper approached

Major Indoor Soccer League.[14][15]
That league would grow to become the sport's standard bearer for many years, even gaining a regular slot in the ESPN programming line up, before finally folding in 1992. Today, though most popular in North America, indoor soccer is played throughout the world, with its own FIFA-like governing body. The World Minifootball Federation, based in the Czech Republic, is the international federation dedicated to promoting the sport.

Club

Roster

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Paul Hammond  England
1 GK Arnie Mausser  United States
1 GK Winston DuBose  United States
2 DF Farrukh Quraishi  England
3 DF Alex Pringle (capt.)  Scotland
4 DF Arsène Auguste  Haiti
5 DF Rino Agostinis  Canada
6 DF Mike Connell  South Africa
7 MF Steve Wegerle  South Africa
8 MF Wes McLeod  Canada
9 FW Adrian Alston  Australia
10 FW
Rodney Marsh
 		 England
11 FW
Len Glover
 		 England
12 FW Derek Smethurst  South Africa
14 FW Joey Fink  United States
15 MF Mark Lindsay  England
16 DF Dennis Wit  United States
17 FW Kevin Eagan  United States
19 DF Frantz St. Lot  United States

Management and technical staff

  • George Strawbridge, Jr.
    , owner
  • United States Beau Rogers, general manager
  • Italy Eddie Firmani, head coach
  • United States Chas Serednesky, business manager
  • Portugal Francisco Marcos, director of public relations
  • United States Alfredo Beronda, equipment manager

Competitions

Results summaries

Match reports

February 27, 1977 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9–8 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
8:00 p.m. (EST) Lindsay 4:21' (Wegerle)
Smethurst 33:13'
Smethurst 34:04' (Alston)
Quraishi 41:34' (Smethurst)
Smethurst 41:57' (Wegerle)
Wegerle 48:29'
Smethurst 49:30' (Wegerle)
Wegerle 50:41'
Alston 51:47' (Smethurst)		 Report Mulroy 12:07' (Nanchoff, Sharp)
Sharp 12:27'
Nanchoff 26:40' (Chadwick)
Ceballos 44:20' (Sharp)
Chadwick 47:40' (Hamlyn, Sharp)
Sharp 50:41'
Sharp 58:04'
Hamlyn 59:57'		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Sam Hornich
March 9, 1977 2 Int’l friendly Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–8
Zenit Leningrad
St. Petersburg, Florida
8:00 p.m. (EST)
Marsh
47:25' (Pringle)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Lokhov 3:47' (Davydov)
Jakimtsev 10:42', 42:26'
Orlov 17:11' (Golubev, Jakimtsev)
Rasputin 21:48'
Davydov 32:31' (Markin)
Jakimtsev 42:26'
Lokhov 56:11'
Golubev 56:47'		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,354
Referee: Rene Imar (USA)

Statistics

G = Goals (worth 2 points), A =

Assists
(worth 1 point), Pts = Points

Player G A Pts
Derek Smethurst 5 2 12
Steve Wegerle 3 3 9
Rodney Marsh
 4 0 8
Adrian Alston 1 2 4
Farrukh Quraishi 1 2 4
Len Glover
 1 0 2
Mark Lindsay 1 0 2
Dennis Wit 0 1 1
Alex Pringle 0 1 1
Mike Connell 0 1 1
Rino Agostinis 0 0 0

Player movement

See also

References

  1. ^ Chick, Bob (March 29, 1976). "Indoor Kicks May Go Awry". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Martz, Ron (March 12, 1977). "Indoor soccer season approved". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Rowdies Vs. Strikers In Exhibition Tonight". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 27, 1977. p. 3-D. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Meyer, John (February 28, 1977). "Rowdies: Bombs Away!". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Blankenship, Ken (February 28, 1977). "Smethurst-led Rowdies clip Strikers 9–8". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  6. ^ Blankenship, Ken (March 9, 1977). "Rowdies, Zenit roar into Bayfront". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  7. ^ Meyer, John (March 10, 1977). "Unfit To Beat The Russians". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  8. ^ Mudry, Richard (January 6, 1977). "Russians to provide Rowdies biggest test". The Tampa Times. p. 2-C. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  9. ^ Mudry, Richard (January 5, 1977). "TBAYSO set for return to action". The Tampa Times. p. 5-C. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  10. ^ Henderson, Jim (February 24, 1977). "Rowdies' Gate May Decide Indoor Future". Tampa Tribune. p. 4-C. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "Rowdies Notes". Tampa Tribune. March 23, 1977. p. 3-C. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  12. ^ Henderson, Jim (May 17, 1977). "Rowdies To Sign Two Scots, Will Host Rome Club In June". Tampa Tribune. p. 1-C. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  13. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Indoor Soccer: Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Zenit Leningrad 3/9/1977. YouTube.
  14. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1978". Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  15. ^ "NASL Indoor Loop Boasts Eight Teams". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 11, 1977. p. 3-D. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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