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| Event | Soccer Bowl | ||||||
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| Date | August 24, 1975 (1975-08-24) | ||||||
| Venue | Spartan Stadium,San Jose, California | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Stewart Jump | ||||||
| Referee | Henry Landauer (United States)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 17,483 | ||||||
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Soccer Bowl '75 was the championship final of the1975 NASL season, played between theTampa Bay Rowdies and thePortland Timbers. The match took place on August 24, 1975 atSpartan Stadium, inSan Jose, California. It was the firstNorth American Soccer League championship to be known as theSoccer Bowl. The Tampa Bay Rowdies won the match, 2–0, to claim their first North American championship. This was the third consecutive year that an expansion team won the NASL title.[2]
TheTampa Bay Rowdies qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning theEastern Division with 135 points. The point total earned them the number 2 seed and the right to host all preliminary rounds of the playoffs. The Rowdies defeated theToronto Metros-Croatia in the quarterfinal match, 1–0, on August 13, 1975. Three days later they dispatched theMiami Toros, 3–0, in their semifinal game played on August 16, 1975, to advance to the finals.
ThePortland Timbers qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning theWestern Division with 138 points. The point total earned them the number 1 seed and the right to host all preliminary rounds of the playoffs. The Timbers defeated theSeattle Sounders in the quarterfinal match, 2–1, insudden death overtime on August 12, 1975. Five days later they beat theSt. Louis Stars, 1–0, in a semifinal game played on August 17, 1975, to advance to the finals.
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–0 | Portland Timbers |
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Auguste 66:00' (Smethurst)Best 87:40' |
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1975 NASL Champions:Tampa Bay Rowdies
Television:CBS
Announcers:Frank Glieber,Jack Whitaker[5]
Soccer Bowl MVP: |
| Statistic | Tampa Bay | Portland |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 9 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 6 |
| Saves | 6 | 2 |
| Offsides | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | Tampa Bay | Portland |
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| Goals scored | 2 | 0 |
| Total shots | 10 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 6 |
| Saves | 6 | 4 |
| Offsides | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 1[9] |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | Tampa Bay | Portland |
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| Goals scored | 2 | 0 |
| Total shots | 19 | 18 |
| Shots on target | 8 | 12 |
| Saves | 12 | 6 |
| Offsides | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 25 | 21 |
| Corner kicks | 8 | 4 |
