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Tampa Bay Rowdies 1978 indoor soccer season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fourth indoor season of the club's existence.
1978 indoor season | |||
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Owner | ![]() | ||
General manager | ![]() | ||
Manager | ![]() | ||
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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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.
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Paul Hammond | ![]() |
2 | DF | Farrukh Quraishi | ![]() |
4 | DF | Arsène Auguste | ![]() |
5 | FW | David Robb | ![]() |
6 | DF | Mike Connell | ![]() |
7 | MF | Steve Wegerle | ![]() |
8 | MF | Wes McLeod | ![]() |
9 | FW | Adrian Alston | ![]() |
10 | FW | Rodney Marsh (capt.) | ![]() |
11 | MF | Graham Paddon | ![]() |
12 | FW | Derek Smethurst | ![]() |
14 | FW | Joey Fink | ![]() |
15 | MF | Mark Lindsay | ![]() |
15 | MF | Luis Papandrea | ![]() |
16 | DF | Guy Newman | ![]() |
17 | FW | Kevin Eagan | ![]() |
18 | GK | Winston DuBose | ![]() |
19 | DF | Frantz St. Lot | ![]() |
20 | FW | Boris Bandov | ![]() |
23 | DF | Tony Crudo | ![]() |
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 |
GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points
Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
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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 |
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 |
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Winston DuBose | 7 | 428 | 111 | 35 | 4.91 | 5 | 2 |
Paul Hammond | 1 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |
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