1976 Portland Timbers season

The 1976 Portland Timbers season was the second season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

Portland Timbers

1976 season
Owner	Oregon Soccer, Inc.
Head coach	Vic Crowe
Stadium	Civic Stadium
NASL	Division: 4th Playoffs: Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Tony Betts (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	32,247 vs. NYC (Jun 12)
Lowest home attendance	17,049 vs. SEA (Aug 7)
Average home league attendance	20,515

Squad

The 1976 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ENG	Ray Martin
4	DF	ENG	Mick Hoban
6	DF	USA	Chuck Carey
10	MF	USA	Hank Liotart
11	FW	NIR	Jimmy Kelly
13	FW	ENG	Chris Dangerfield
14	FW	ENG	Tony Betts
15	MF	SCO	Pat McMahon
16	FW	USA	Roger Goldingay
17	DF	ENG	Neil Rioch
18	DF	CAN	Nick Nicolas

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	SCO	Paul Hendrie
20	GK	ENG	Jim Cumbes
21	FW	ENG	Malcolm Smith
22	GK	CAN	Dave Landry
23	DF	ENG	Brian Tiler
24	FW	CAN	Ike MacKay
25	FW	SCO	John Smillie
27	FW	USA	Kit Zell
29	DF	USA	Chip Smallwood
32	FW	ENG	John Rogers
36	DF	CAN	Danny Lomas

North American Soccer League

See also: 1976 North American Soccer League season

Pacific Conference, Western Division standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Minnesota Kicks	24	15	9	54	33	+21	138
2	Seattle Sounders	24	14	10	40	31	+9	123
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	14	10	38	30	+8	120
4	Portland Timbers	24	8	16	23	41	−18	71
5	St. Louis Stars	24	5	19	28	57	−29	58

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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League results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 16, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	3*–2 (OT)	11,352	Betts, MacKay
April 25, 1976	Seattle Sounders	A	0–1 (OT)	24,983
May 1, 1976	St. Louis Stars	H	3–2	22,147	McMahon, Betts, Dangerfield
May 8, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	0–2	25,905
May 14, 1976	San Diego Jaws	A	2–0	9,200	MacKay (2)
May 19, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	H	1–0	19,223	Betts
June 2, 1976	San Diego Jaws	H	1–2	18,337	Rioch
June 5, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	0–1	7,921
June 12, 1976	New York Cosmos	H	0–3	32,247
June 19, 1976	St. Louis Stars	A	1–3	5,900	Kelly
June 20, 1976	Miami Toros	A	1–3	3,299	Betts
June 25, 1976	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	19,294	Rioch
June 30, 1976	Boston Minutemen	H	2–0	18,621	Rogers, Liotart
July 3, 1976	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3	20,807
July 5, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	1–2	19,375	Smith
July 9, 1976	Rochester Lancers	A	0–1	7,797
July 11, 1976	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	1–2 (OT)	3,490	Dangerfield
July 18, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–1	17,456	Rioch, Betts
July 23, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	A	1–0	5,163	Smith
July 24, 1976	Dallas Tornado	A	0–3	14,206
August 1, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	H	0–2	17,153
August 4, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–2	25,509	Betts
August 7, 1976	Seattle Sounders	H	0–3	17,049
August 14, 1976	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	2–3	17,199	Smith, Rogers

* = Won coin-flip
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