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Soccer Bowl '75
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Soccer Bowl '75 was the championship final of the 1975 NASL season, played between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Portland Timbers. The match took place on August 24, 1975 at Spartan Stadium, in San Jose, California. It was the first North American Soccer League championship to be known as the Soccer 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]

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Spartan Stadium was the venue for Soccer Bowl '75

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Tampa Bay Rowdies

The Tampa Bay Rowdies qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Eastern 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 the Toronto Metros-Croatia in the quarterfinal match, 1–0, on August 13, 1975. Three days later they dispatched the Miami Toros, 3–0, in their semifinal game played on August 16, 1975, to advance to the finals.

Portland Timbers

The Portland Timbers qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Western 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 the Seattle Sounders in the quarterfinal match, 2–1, in sudden death overtime on August 12, 1975. Five days later they beat the St. Louis Stars, 1–0, in a semifinal game played on August 17, 1975, to advance to the finals.

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Match details

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|goals2 = |stadium = Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California |attendance = 17,483 |referee = United States Henry Landauer[1][3] }}

TB Rowdies
Portland Timbers
GK1England Paul Hammond
D13England Stewart Jump
D3Scotland Alex Pringle
D6South Africa Mike Connell
D5England Malcolm Lintondownward-facing red arrow 63:00'
M4Scotland John Boyle (c)
M15England Mark Lindsay
F9Bermuda Clyde Best
F10Scotland Stewart Scullion
F12South Africa Derek Smethurst
F14England John Sissons
Substitutes:
D18Haiti Arsène Augusteupward-facing green arrow 63:00'
D2England Farrukh Quarishi
M7South Africa Bernard Hartze
M8United States Randy Garber
F11United States Doug Wark
F17United States Eddie Austin
GK1Scotland Mike Hewitt
Manager:
Italy Eddie Firmani
GK1England Graham Brown
D2England Ray Martin
D3England Barrie Lynch
D5England Graham Day
M6Wales Brian Godfrey (c)
M7Scotland Thomas McLaren
M8England Barry Powell
M13England Chris Dangerfielddownward-facing red arrow
F9England Peter WitheYellow card
F11Northern Ireland Jimmy Kelly
F12England Willie Anderson
Substitutes:[4]
D4United States Mick Hoban
D18Canada Nick Nicolas
F10Jamaica Dan Gardner
F14England Tony Bettsupward-facing green arrow
F16United States Roger Goldingay
GK22Canada Dave Landry
Manager:
Wales Vic Crowe

1975 NASL Champions: Tampa Bay Rowdies
Television: CBS
Announcers: Frank Glieber, Jack Whitaker[5]

Soccer Bowl MVP:
Stewart Jump (Tampa Bay)
Assistant referees:[6][7]
John Davies
Cor de Groot

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Match statistics

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