1975 Miami Toros season

The 1975 Miami Toros season was the third season of the team, and the club's ninth season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished in second place of the Eastern Division. They were a semifinalist in the North American Soccer League playoffs.

Miami Toros
1975 season
General managerDr. Greg Myers
ManagerDr. Greg Myers[1]
StadiumMiami Orange Bowl
NASLEastern Division: Second place
Semifinalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
(23 goals)

All:
Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
(23 goals)
Average home league attendance4,921
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Background edit

Review edit

Competitions edit

NASL regular season edit

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.

Eastern Division W L GF GA PT
Tampa Bay Rowdies 16 6 46 27 135
Miami Toros 14 8 47 30 123
Washington Diplomats 12 10 42 47 112
Philadelphia Atoms 10 12 33 42 90
Baltimore Comets 9 13 34 52 87

Results summaries edit

Results by round edit

Match reports edit

NASL Playoffs edit

Quarterfinals edit

August 13 Miami Toros 2–1 (OT) Boston Minutemen Nickerson Field • Att. 2,187

Semifinals edit

August 16 Miami Toros 0–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium • Att. 22,710

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Soccer Bowl '75
         
W1 Portland Timbers 2
W2 Seattle Sounders 1
W1 Portland Timbers 1
C1 St. Louis Stars 0
C1 St. Louis Stars 1(5)
W3 Los Angeles Aztecs 1(4)
W1 Portland Timbers 0
E1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2
E2 Miami Toros 2
N1 Boston Minutemen 1
E2 Miami Toros 0
E1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3
N2 Toronto Metros-Croatia 0
E1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1

Match reports edit

August 12, 1975 Quarterfinals Boston Minutemen 1–2 (OT) Miami Toros Boston, Massachusetts
Melledew   68:03' (Sühnholz) Report
Stadium: Nickerson Field
Attendance: 2,187
August 17, 1975 Semifinals Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Miami Toros Tampa, Florida
Report Stadium: Tampa Stadium
Attendance: 22,710

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

References edit