1975 Portland Timbers season
Portland Timbers 1975 soccer season
The 1975 Portland Timbers season was the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers , an expansion team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League . In the Timbers first year of existence, the club won the Western Division title while amassing more points than any other club in the league. In the playoffs, the Timbers needed overtime to get past the Seattle Sounders and then defeated the St. Louis Stars en route to a berth in Soccer Bowl '75 . Portland lost the championship game 2–0 to fellow expansion side Tampa Bay Rowdies at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California on August 24.
Squad
The 1975 squad[ 1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
North American Soccer League
Regular season
Western Division standings
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points Source:[ 2]
League results
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
May 2, 1975
Seattle Sounders
H
0–1
6,913
May 7, 1975
Toronto Metros-Croatia
H
1–0
8,500
Withe
May 11, 1975
Denver Dynamos
A
1–3
4,267
Withe
May 16, 1975
Vancouver Whitecaps
A
2–0
7,815
Powell , Betts
May 27, 1975
Rochester Lancers
H
3–2 (OT )
6,918
Godfrey , Withe , Anderson
May 30, 1975
Chicago Sting
H
2–0
9,526
Withe , Anderson
June 7, 1975
Vancouver Whitecaps
H
3–2 (OT )
11,335
Day , Godfrey , Betts
June 14, 1975
San Jose Earthquakes
A
1–2
17,889
Kelly
June 18, 1975
Dallas Tornado
H
3–0
14,688
Powell , Betts , Kelly
June 21, 1975
San Antonio Thunder
H
1–0 (OT )
14,080
Anderson
June 27, 1975
Los Angeles Aztecs
A
2–1 (OT )
6,609
Withe (2)
June 28, 1975
San Jose Earthquakes
A
2–1
18,883
Withe , Dangerfield
July 3, 1975
Vancouver Whitecaps
H
2–1
18,278
Betts , Dangerfield
July 8, 1975
Los Angeles Aztecs
H
4–1
17,765
Withe , Betts , Kelly , Dangerfield
July 11, 1975
Hartford Bicentennials
A
3–1
2,582
Day , Withe , Betts
July 12, 1975
Boston Minutemen
A
1–2
2,800
Dangerfield
July 16, 1975
New York Cosmos
A
2–1
13,423
Godfrey , Withe
July 19, 1975
St. Louis Stars
A
3–2 (OT )
6,902
Lynch, McLaren , Withe
July 26, 1975
Seattle Sounders
H
2–1
27,310
Withe (2)
July 29, 1975
San Jose Earthquakes
H
3–2
23,003
Withe (2), Powell
August 2, 1975
Seattle Sounders
A
2–3 (OT )
17,925
Powell , Withe
August 9, 1975
Los Angeles Aztecs
A
0–1
10,231
Source:[ 3]
Postseason
Playoff bracket
Bracket
Playoff results
Source:[ 3]
References
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