Soccer Bowl '76

Soccer Bowl '76
Event Soccer Bowl
Toronto Metros-Croatia Minnesota Kicks
3 0
Date August 28, 1976 (1976-08-28)
Venue Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
Man of the Match Wolfgang Sühnholz
Referee Dante Maglio (Canada)
Attendance 25,765

Soccer Bowl '76 was the championship final of the 1976 NASL season, between the Toronto Metros-Croatia and the Minnesota Kicks. The match was played on August 28, 1976 at the Kingdome, in Seattle, Washington. The Toronto Metros-Croatia won the match, 3–0, to claim their first North American championship.[1][2]

Background

The Toronto Metros-Croatia qualified for the playoffs by virtue of a second-place finish in the Northern Division with 123 points. Toronto defeated the Rochester Lancers in a first round match, 2–1, on August 18, 1976. Two days later in the conference semifinals they played the Northern Division champion Chicago Sting to a 2–2 draw, and advanced on penalties 3–1. In the Atlantic Conference finals the Metros-Croatia upset the defending champion Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2–0, on August 24, 1976, to advance to the Soccer Bowl.

The Minnesota Kicks qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Western Division with 138 points. The point total earned them the number one seed in the Pacific Conference and with it, a first round playoff bye. The Kicks defeated the Seattle Sounders in the conference semifinals, 3–0, on August 21, 1976. Four days later they downed the Southern Division champion San Jose Earthquakes, 3–1, in the Pacific Conference finals played on August 25, 1975, to advance to the Soccer Bowl.

Game summary

Championship results

August 28
Toronto Metros-Croatia 3–0 Minnesota Kicks
Eusébio  40:28'
Lukačević  (Ferriera) 53:57'
Ferriera  82:43'
Kingdome, Seattle[3]
Attendance: 25,765
Referee: Dante Maglio[4] (Canada)
Toronto
Minnesota

1976 NASL Champions: Toronto Metros-Croatia
Television: CBS, CBC

See also

References

  1. ↑ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
  2. ↑ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19760829&id=BCFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5541,5535255
  4. ↑ http://www.naslsoccerbowl.com/index.php?id=788

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