1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season


The 1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fourth indoor season of the club's existence.

Overview

Though it had appeared, after the success of an international friendly between Tampa Bay and Zenit Leningrad in 1977, that the North American Soccer League was finally poised to sanction a full indoor season for 1978, the owners ultimately pulled the plug on the idea for the second straight year with a majority "no" vote. 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.
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. 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. 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.PositionPlayerNation

Management and technical staff

Results summaries

Match reports

Statistics

Scoring

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
PlayerGPGAPts
Derek Smethurst614432
Rodney Marsh891331
Joey Fink810626
Wes McLeod58016
Steve Wegerle76416
Kevin Eagan73713
Farrukh Quraishi74412
Adrian Alston4339
Mark Lindsay7328
Boris Bandov6157
Tony Crudo7226
Frantz St. Lot7215
Mike Connell8124
Arsène Auguste7102
David Robb1102
Graham Paddon1102
Luis Papandrea1011
Guy Newman1000

Goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; SV = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses
PlayerGPMinSVGAGAAWL
Winston DuBose7428111354.9152
Paul Hammond1601155.0010

Player movement