1975 NASL Indoor tournament

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North American Soccer League
-1975 Indoor Tournament-
NASL Indoor Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJanuary 24, 1975 –
March 16, 1975
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsSan Jose Earthquakes (1st title)
Runners-upTampa 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)
← 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 Tournament[1] and 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 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,[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, Chicago, Denver, 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 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,[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[]

March 19, 1971 1 (Hoc-Soc) St. Louis Stars 1–2 Dallas Tornado St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 PM (CST) Leeker Goal 8' Report Benedek Goal 17', 21' Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
March 19, 1971 2 (Hoc-Soc) Rochester Lancers 3–1 Washington Darts St. Louis, Missouri
8:45 PM (CST) Seissler Goal 13:08'
Durante Goal 13:45'
Metidieri Goal 29:43'		 Report Kerr Goal 5:40' Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
March 19, 1971 3 (Hoc-Soc) St. Louis Stars 2–0 Washington Darts St. Louis, Missouri
Popović Goal 16:27', 29:31' Report Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Larry King / Ray Puricelli
March 19, 1971 4 (Hoc-Soc) Dallas Tornado 3–0 Rochester Lancers St. Louis, Missouri
Renshaw Goal 12:15', 24:08'
Molnár Goal 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 Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal
Cocking Goal
Hoban Goal
Metchick Goal
Hamlyn Goal		 Report 1
Report 2
Report 3		 Bachner Goal, Goal
Filby Goal, Goal
Goal
Goal		 Stadium: The Omni
Attendance: 7,115
July 8, 1973 6 Atlanta Apollos 7–4 Dallas Tornado Atlanta, Georgia
Child Goal (Metchick, Mwila)
Child Goal
Solem Goal (Child)
Child Goal
Child Goal (Kapengwe)
Twellman Goal (Child)
Howe Goal (Child)		 Report 1
Report 2
Report 3		 Mitić Goal 0:10' (Attiah, Rote)
Rote Goal
Goal
Goal (Reynolds)		 Stadium: The Omni
Attendance: 4,090
February 7, 1974 7 Int'l friendly NASL All-Stars 4–8 Red Army Toronto, Ontario
Siega Goal 35:40' (pen.)
Strencier Goal
Siega Goal (Child)
Smith Goal		 Report Tellinher Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal 53:57'
Goal 53:01'		 Stadium: Maple Leaf Gardens
Attendance: 11,535
February 11, 1974 8 Int'l friendly Philadelphia Atoms 3–6 Red Army Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM (EST) Siega Goal 6:21' (Papadakis)
Child Goal 26:20' (Siega)
Siega Goal 42:51' (Child)		 Report Tellinher Goal 6:55' (Shladak)
Babenko Goal 13:25' (Popev, Dorofeov)
Kaplichnyi Goal 35:44' (Tellinher)
Goal 45:59' (Kodeikin)
Dudarenko Goal 53:25' (Popev)
Goal 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 Goal 4:31' (Trost)
Vaninger Goal 19:48' (Howe)
Vaninger Goal 35:18' (Carenza)
Vaninger Goal 42:15' (Trost)		 Report Tellinher Goal 4:42' (Kovaleski)
Fedotov Goal 18:23' (Tellinher)
Fedotov Goal 18:50' (Tellinher)
Morozov Goal 25:07' (Polikarpov)
Goal 33:40' (Babenko)
Fedotov Goal 35:52' (Tellinher)
Shlapak Goal 36:29' (Tellinher)
Kovaleski Goal 37:10' (Dorofeov)
Fedotov Goal 39:52' (Smirnoff)
Kaplichnyi Goal 41:39'
Tellinher Goal 46:21' (Utkin)		 Stadium: St. Louis Arena
Attendance: 12,241
Referee: Larry King
March 18, 1974 10 Philadelphia Atoms 5–3 New York Cosmos Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM (EST) Goal (McPhee)
Goal (Child)
O'Neill Goal (Minor)
Child Goal (Minor)
Child Goal (O'Neill)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mahy Goal
Fink Goal (Rose)
Siega Goal (Menoki)		 Stadium: Spectrum
Attendance: 6,314

1975 Indoor Regional tournaments[]

Region 1[]

played at Fair Park Coliseum in 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[]

San Jose Earthquakes8–5Tampa Bay Rowdies
Roboostoff Goal 7:10'
Child Goal 9:25' (Gavric)
Roboostoff Goal 14:36' (Child)
Child Goal 16:22' (Welch)
Roboostoff Goal 18:38' (Moore)
Welch Goal 19:38' (Child)
Goal 50:50' (Child)
Child Goal 52:56'		 Report 1 (p. 2C)
Report 2		 Engerth Goal 9:36' (Lima)
Hartze Goal 25:14' (Quraishi)
Goal 33:35'
Wark Goal 50:55' (Hartze)
Quraishi Goal 54:56' (Boyle)
Cow Palace, Daly City, California
Attendance: 8,618
Referee: United States Henry Landuer

1975 NASL Indoor Champions: San Jose Earthquakes
Television: CBS (tape delayed)

Final Four awards[]

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
(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 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.[29][30] 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.[31]

Match reports[]

February 7, 1975 1 San Jose Earthquakes 8–6 Dallas Tornado Daly City, California
8:00 PM (PST) Child Goal 2:52'
Moore Goal 23:34' (Child)
Kemp Goal 27:47'
B. Demling Goal 30:19'
Moore Goal 37:25' (Child)
Child Goal 38:04' (Hernandez)
Hernandez Goal 45:18' (Moore)
Roboostoff Goal 59:55' (Kemp)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Renshaw Goal 5:18' (Mitić])
Renshaw Goal 10:11' (Moffat)
Goal 20:15' (Renshaw)
Mitić Goal 26:04' (Moffat)
Mitić Goal 30:26'
Newman Goal 45:48' (Cohen)		 Stadium: Cow Palace
Attendance: 11,421
February 14, 1975 2 San Jose Earthquakes 11–7 Los Angeles Aztecs Daly City, California
8:00 PM (PST) Moore Goal 6:10' (Roboostoff)
Child Goal 10:51' (Hernandez)
Goal 12:13' (o.g.)
Moore Goal 13:53' (Child)
Roboostoff Goal 17:26' (B. Demling)
Moore Goal 22:49' (Child)
Child Goal 32:33' (Zaczynski)
Roboostoff Goal 37:47' (Moore, Child)
Child Goal 41:14' (Moore)
Moore Goal 52:43' (Zaczynski)
Child Goal		 Report 1
Report 2		 Perrichon Goal 5:46' (pen.)
Kazarian Goal 25:17'
Velasquez Goal 29:22'
Gay Goal 34:05'
Velasquez Goal 46:40' (Mason)
Goal 55:27' (Velazquez)
Velasquez Goal 56:58'		 Stadium: Cow Palace
Attendance: 9,487
Referee: John Davies
March 29, 1975 3 Rochester Lancers 7–10 Toronto Metros-Croatia Rochester, New York
8:00 PM (EST) Ord Goal, Goal, Goal 18:01'
Odoi Goal 17:13'
Goal 18:19'
Cupello Goal
Goal		 Report Šutevsk Goal, Goal, Goal
Goal, Goal, Goal
Polak Goal, Goal 15:51'
Goal, Goal 33:24'
Goal 19:33'		 Stadium: Rochester War Memorial
Attendance: 2,562

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