1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational

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North American Soccer League
-1979 Budweiser Invitational-
Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 27, 1979 –
January 28, 1979
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsDallas Tornado (2nd title)
Runners-upTampa Bay Rowdies
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored42 (10.5 per match)
Attendance12,680 (3,170 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Jim Ryan (7 goals)
← 1978

The 1979 NASL Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational was a four-team indoor soccer tournament held at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida on the final weekend of January 1979.[1][2]

Overview[]

Four teams North American Soccer League teams participated in the two-day event; the Dallas Tornado, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, and the Tulsa Roughnecks. Matches were 45 minutes long and divided into three 15-minute periods with an intermission between each. Each session consisted of two games (i.e. a doubleheader). Nearly 12,700 people attended the two sessions. Dallas and Tampa Bay each won both of their matches, but Dallas Tornado were crowned champions based on a greater goal differential. Dallas forward Jim Ryan lead the invitational in scoring with 7 goals. The tournament's final match saw goalkeeper Winston DuBose of Tampa Bay become only the second NASL goalie to record a rare indoor shut-out.[3][4] Dallas goalkeeper Ken Cooper had accomplished the feat on two previous occasions.[5]

These were not the only indoor games played that winter. With a fully sanctioned season of NASL indoor soccer still eleven months away,[6] NASL teams were free to schedule their own games at that time. Tampa Bay, for example played three other indoor matches. By contrast, Fort Lauderdale scheduled only the two games of the invitational.[2] The competing Major Indoor Soccer League had already begun their first season in December 1978.

Tournament results[]

Sessions[]

Session 1: January 27, 1979

7:00 PM EST Dallas Tornado 8–7 Tulsa Roughnecks Attendance: 6,342
8:30 PM EST Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Session 2: January 28, 1979[7]

6:00 PM EST Dallas Tornado 7–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Attendance: 6,338
7:30 PM EST Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Tulsa Roughnecks

Match reports[]

Session 1[]

January 27, 1979 Match 1 Dallas Tornado 8–7 Tulsa Roughnecks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:00 PM Ryan Goal 1:46' (Haaskivi)
Collins Goal 6:34' (Haaskivi)
Ley Goal 8:16'
Ryan Goal 11:47'
Ryan Goal 12:34' (Ley)
Haaskivi Goal 16:46'
Haaskivi Goal 37:56' (Ryan)
Ley Goal 43:56'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mitchell Goal 1:53' (Earle)
Sautter Goal 12:43' (Ralbovsky)
Danaeifard Goal 13:24'
Earle Goal 17:18' (Danaeifard)
Abrahams Goal 18:23' (Danaeifard)
Abrahams Goal 32:14' (Earle)
Ralbovsky Goal 37:24'		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,342
January 27, 1979 Match 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
8:30 PM Marsh Goal 9:16'
Mirandinha Goal 11:50' (McLeod)
Mirandinha Goal 20:44' (Maurer)
Maurer Goal 26:38' (Marsh)
Wegerle Goal 27:43' (Marsh)
Quraishi Goal 28:25' (Mirandinha)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Njie Goal 20:33' (Wiggemansen)
Gemeri Goal 24:37'
Njie Goal 30:21' (Wiggemansen)
Vaninger Goal 34:13'		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,342

Session 2[]

January 28, 1979 Match 1 Dallas Tornado 7–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
6:00 PM Ryan Goal 9:38' (Haaskivi)
Collins Goal 16:28' (Haaskivi)
Haaskivi Goal 23:58' (Pecher)
Ryan Goal 28:54' (Haaskivi)
Ryan Goal 38:07' (Weddell)
Haaskivi Goal 41:04'
Ryan Goal 43:38'		 Report on p. 2-C Goal 14:36' (Jones)
Gemeri Goal 21:01' (Hudson)		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,338
January 28, 1979 Match 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Tulsa Roughnecks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM Marsh Goal 1:49' (Wegerle)
Mirandinha Goal 17:50' (Marsh)
Mirandinha Goal 31:47'		 Report on p. 2-C none Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,338

Final standings[]

GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential

1979 Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational
Team League Record GF GA GD Position
Dallas Tornado* NASL 2–0 15 9 +6 1st place
Tampa Bay Rowdies NASL 2–0 9 4 +5 2nd place (Runners-up)
Tulsa Roughnecks NASL 0–2 7 11 –4 3rd place
Fort Lauderdale Strikers NASL 0–2 6 13 –7 4th place

*Dallas wins title on goal differential

Statistical leaders[]

Scoring[]

Goals (worth 2 points), Assists (worth 1 point)

Leading Scorers Goals Assists Points
Jimmy Ryan (Dallas) 7 1 15
Kai Haaskivi (Dallas) 4 5 13
Mirandinha (Tampa Bay) 4 1 9
Rodney Marsh (Tampa Bay) 2 3 7
George Ley (Dallas) 2 1 5
Steve Earle (Tulsa) 1 3 5
Laurie Abrahams (Tulsa) 2 0 4
Chris Collins (Dallas) 2 0 4
Tibor Gemeri (Ft Lauderdale) 2 0 4
Al Njie (Ft Lauderdale) 2 0 4
(Ft Lauderdale) 1 2 4

Goalkeeping[]

GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average, SV = Saves, SF = Shots Faced, % = Save Percentage

Leading Goalkeepers Minutes GA GAA SV SF % Won Lost
Winston DuBose (Tampa Bay) 90 4 2.00 14 18 .778 2 0
Ken Cooper (Dallas) 45 2 2.00 6 8 .750 1 0
Colin Boulton (Tulsa) 90 11 5.50 13 24 .542 0 2
Steve Zerhusen (Ft. Lauderdale) 90 13 6.50 22 35 .629 0 2
Billy Phillips (Dallas) 45 7 7.00 10 17 .588 1 0

Non-tournament matches[]

In addition to the tournament itself, several NASL teams participated in international indoor friendlies, and tune-ups for both the tournament and 1979 outdoor season. Dallas and Houston played twice in December 1978.[2][8] The Rowdies–Hurricane match on January 25 was played using the MISL-size goals, timing and ball, as the arena was already set up for the Hurricane's alter ego, the MISL's Houston Summit.[9] As part of a six-match, NASL tour in February, perennial Soviet powerhouse FC Dynamo Moscow scheduled three indoor games.[10][11]

Match reports[]

December 1978 1 Houston Hurricane 7–8 Dallas Tornado Houston, Texas
Garcia Goal Stadium: The Summit
December 19, 1978 2 Houston Hurricane 3–7 Dallas Tornado Houston, Texas
Report Garcia Goal, Goal, Goal Stadium: The Summit
January 25, 1979 3 (MISL rules) Houston Hurricane 4–6 Tampa Bay Rowdies Houston, Texas
8:00 PM (CST) Goal 15:17' (O'Sullivan)
Russell Goal 18:26'
Russell Goal 34:57' (Marasco)
Goal 48:57' (Stremlau)		 Report on p. 1C
Report B		 Wegerle Goal 00:44' (Marsh)
Van der Beck Goal 24:28'
Marsh Goal 24:51' (Connell)
Wegerle Goal 31:02'
Connell Goal 44:37'
Wegerle Goal 59:46' (DuBose)		 Stadium: The Summit
Attendance: 2,743
February 2, 1979 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6–15 Houston Hurricane St. Petersburg, Florida
Wegerle Goal 00:17'
McLeod Goal 25:26'
Marsh Goal 28:12'
Mirandinha Goal 31:48' (Marsh)
McLeod Goal 43:44' (Quraishi)
Quraishi Goal 54:38' (McLeod)		 Report A
Report on p. 10C		 Jump Goal 3:12' (Stremlau)
Anderson Goal 8:04' (Haaskivi)
Stremlau Goal 9:40' (Anderson)
Jump Goal 12:07' (Lindsay)
Lindsay Goal 18:14' (Megaloudis)
Lindsay Goal 20:38' (Jump)
Haaskivi Goal 27:51'
Anderson Goal 29:03' (Megaloudis)
Jump Goal 33:33' (Stremlau)
Lindsay Goal 33:50'
Charbonneau Goal 34:55' (Haaskivi)
Anderson Goal 41:14', Jump'
Maurer, (T.B.) Goal 49:12' (o.g.)
Anderson Goal 35:25' (Megaloudis)
Anderson Goal 59:19' (Megaloudis)		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,002
February 2, 1979 5 Tulsa Roughnecks 6–4 Chicago Sting Wichita, Kansas
Report Stadium: Britt Brown Arena
February 13, 1979 6 Int'l friendly Tulsa Roughnecks 3–10 FC Dynamo Moscow Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:30 (CST) Abrahams Goal
Earle Goal
Sautter Goal		 Report 1
Report 2
Report 3		 Yakubik Goal, Goal, Goal
Reznik Goal, Goal		 Stadium: Tulsa Assembly Center
Attendance: 6,166[12][13]
February 19, 1979 7 Int'l friendly Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–8 FC Dynamo Moscow St. Petersburg, Florida
Goal 25:32' Report on p. 5C Gershkovich Goal 1:49'
Lovchev Goal 4:43' (Gershkovich)
Latysh Goal 12:51'
Yakubik Goal 15:47' (Maksimenkov)
Latysh Goal 18:29'
Reznik Goal 35:25' (Latysh)
Reznik Goal 46:36' (Latysh)
Maksimenkov Goal 56:00' (Gershkovich)		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 6,040
February 25, 1979 8 Int'l friendly Oakland Stompers Canceled FC Dynamo Moscow Oakland, California
Cancelled: Team sold on Feb 19, moved to Edmonton on Feb 22. Report Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Note: NASL approves sale and move to Edmonton

See also[]

References[]

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  4. ^ Tierney, Mike (January 29, 1979). "Rowdies win a battle 3–0, but lose the war". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1c. Retrieved October 24, 2016 – via Google News Archive Search.
  5. ^ "Dallas Captures Indoor Soccer Invite". Lakeland Ledger. January 29, 1979. p. 4D. Retrieved October 24, 2016 – via Google News Archive Search.
  6. ^ "Indoor Returning, Officially This Time". Evening Independent. September 28, 1979. p. 4-C. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
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  8. ^ Marcia Schallert, editor. (1979). Budweiser Indoor Soccer Invitational match program. Tampa, FL. Tampa Bay Rowdies. p 12
  9. ^ Tierney, Mike (January 25, 1979). "Rowdies hope to hold onto goalie". St. Petersburg Times. p. 4C. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Tulsa-Moscow Game Set". The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA). January 18, 1979. p. B-3. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  11. ^ Carr, Al (February 22, 1979). "Russians See Through the Clouds". Los Angeles Times. p. Part III-11. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  12. ^ Lindblad, Elven. "Roughnecks Soccer Steps Indoors" (PDF). Oklahoma Today. Vol. 30–1 (Winter 1979 ed.). p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  13. ^ Tierney, Mike (February 15, 1979). "Rowdies woo league MVP". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3C. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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