1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season
The 1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fourth indoor season of the club's existence.
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| Stadium | Bayfront Center | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: All:  | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,410 (Feb. 3 vs. Diplomats) & (March 10 vs. Kicks) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,600 (May 3 vs. Norwich City) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 5,641 | ||
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Overview
Though it had appeared, after the success of an international friendly between Tampa Bay and Zenit Leningrad in 1977,[1] that the North American Soccer League was finally poised to sanction a full indoor season for 1978,[2] the owners ultimately pulled the plug on the idea for the second straight year with a majority "no" vote.[3][4][5] The NASL however did not restrict teams from scheduling matches on their own.
Tampa Bay scheduled nine indoor games for 1978, eight of which were played. The Rowdies first match on January 28 against the Washington Diplomats also marked Gordon Jago's debut as Rowdies head coach.[6] [7] This was followed by two more matches with Washington. What would have been the fourth match of the season was canceled because the roof of the Hartford Civic Center Coliseum, where the Rowdies were scheduled to take on the Rochester Lancers, collapsed under the weight of a heavy snowfall in the early morning hours of January 18.[8][9] The next two matches, both against the Tulsa Roughnecks, marked the Roughnecks' first ever match and first ever match in Tulsa, played on February 11 and 14 respectively.[10] This was followed by matches against the Dallas Tornado and Minnesota Kicks. The Rowdies' final match was nearly two months later, an international friendly against Norwich City on May 3. All home games were played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Club
Roster
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Paul Hammond | |
| 2 | Defender | Farrukh Quraishi | |
| 4 | Defender | Arsène Auguste |  |
| 5 | Forward | David Robb |  |
| 6 | Defender | Mike Connell | |
| 7 | Midfielder | Steve Wegerle | |
| 8 | Midfielder | Wes McLeod | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 9 | Forward | Adrian Alston | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 10 | Forward | Rodney Marsh (capt.) | |
| 11 | Midfielder | Graham Paddon | |
| 12 | Forward | Derek Smethurst | |
| 14 | Forward | Joey Fink | |
| 15 | Midfielder | Mark Lindsay | |
| 15 | Midfielder | Luis Papandrea |  |
| 16 | Defender | Guy Newman | |
| 17 | Forward | Kevin Eagan | |
| 18 | Goalkeeper | Winston DuBose | |
| 19 | Defender | Frantz St. Lot | |
| 20 | Forward | Boris Bandov | |
| 23 | Defender | Tony Crudo | |
Management and technical staff
Competitions
Results summaries
Match reports
| January 28, 1978 1 | Washington Diplomats | 7–6 (OT) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Washington, D.C. |
| 8:00 PM | Welch  Welch Welch Garber Garber Garber Askew  |
Report | Smethurst Smethurst Alston Smethurst Smethurst Fink |
Stadium: D.C. Armory Attendance: 3,662[11] |
| January 29, 1978 2 | Washington Diplomats | 3–11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Washington, D.C. |
| 3:00 PM | Welch Garber Steele |
Report | Crudo Fink Wegerle Fink Quraishi St. Lot Quraishi Fink Quraishi Marsh Marsh |
Stadium: D.C. Armory Attendance: 3,111 |
| February 3, 1978 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 6–5 | Washington Diplomats | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 8:00 PM | Smethurst Lindsay Lindsay Auguste Smethurst Crudo |
Report | Welch Askew Steele Darrell Welch |
Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 6,410 Referee: Fred Usher |
| February 5, 1978 4 | Rochester Lancers | Canceled | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Cancelled due to roof collapse | Report | Stadium: Hartford Civic Center Coliseum | ||
| Note: Cancelled due to roof collapse. | ||||
| February 11, 1978 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7–3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 8:00 PM | Smethurst McLeod Fink Quraishi Fink Wegerle McLeod |
Report A Report B |
Dovedon García Ferrel |
Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 6,384 |
| February 14, 1978 6 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 6–11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 8:00 PM (CST) | Stamenkovic Molnár Ferrel Molnár McKeown Molnár |
Report | McLeod Wegerle Smethurst Fink Lindsay Smethurst Smethurst Smethurst St. Lot Marsh Smethurst |
Stadium: Tulsa Assembly Center Attendance: 3,250 |
| February 18, 1978 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7–3 | Dallas Tornado | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 8:00 PM | Fink Smethurst Marsh Marsh McLeod Smethurst McLeod |
Report | Newman Newman Stahl |
Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 6,399 |
| March 10, 1978 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 11–2 | Minnesota Kicks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 8:00 PM | McLeod Eagan Marsh Eagan Alston Alston Eagan Marsh Wegerle Wegerle Fink |
Report | Willey Vujkovic |
Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 6,410 |
| May 3, 1978 9 Int’l friendly | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10–11 (OT) | Norwich City | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 8:00 PM | Paddon Fink McLeod Wegerle Bandov McLeod Marsh Connell Marsh Robb |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Sainty Sainty Ryan Peters Peters Ryan Suggett Sainty Peters Suggett Peters |
Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 2,384[12] Referee: Sam Homich |
Statistics
Scoring
GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Smethurst | 6 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| Rodney Marsh | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| Joey Fink | 8 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| Wes McLeod | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Steve Wegerle | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| Kevin Eagan | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Farrukh Quraishi | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Adrian Alston | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Mark Lindsay | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Boris Bandov | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Tony Crudo | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Frantz St. Lot | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Mike Connell | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Arsène Auguste | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| David Robb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Graham Paddon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Papandrea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Newman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalkeeping
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; SV = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses
| Player | GP | Min | SV | GA | GAA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston DuBose | 7 | 428 | 111 | 35 | 4.91 | 5 | 2 |
| Paul Hammond | 1 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |
Player movement
See also
References
- Martz, Ron (March 11, 1977). "NASL considering adoption of indoor season". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- Martz, Ron (March 12, 1977). "Indoor soccer season approved". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- Chick, Bob (March 29, 1976). "Indoor Kicks May Go Awry". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- Tierney, Mike (April 3, 1978). "NASL approves official indoor league in 1979". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- Tierney, Mike (January 20, 1979). "Rowdies want to come indoors". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- Meyer, John (January 28, 1978). "Diplomatic Debut For Jago". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- Meyer, John (January 30, 1978). "Rowdies' Jago Proves Point". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- "Tons of snow and ice cave in roof of Hartford Civic Center". The Deseret News. January 18, 1978. p. 1A. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- Schneider, Dick (February 1, 1978). "Express Coming To Lakeland May Bring Exhibition Games". Lakeland Ledger. p. 7D. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- Tierney, Mike (February 11, 1978). "Rowdies expected to rough up Roughnecks". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- Marcia Schallert, editor. (1979). 1979 Indoor Tournament match program. Tampa, FL. Tampa Bay Rowdies. p 32
- Chick, Bob (February 2, 1979). "Bayfront's Cooking, NASL Is Smelling". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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