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.
Manager	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[1]

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

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
Source:[2]

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
Source:[3]

References

1. "Portland Timbers rosters". North American Soccer League Jerseys. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
2. "The Year in American Soccer – 1976". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
3. "1976 Portland Timbers". Timbers Fan Page. Retrieved May 6, 2011.