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| Event | Soccer Bowl | ||||||
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| Date | August 24, 1975 | ||||||
| Venue | Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Stewart Jump | ||||||
| Referee | Henry Landauer (United States)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 17,483 | ||||||
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]
- ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.