1980–81 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

The 1980–81 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the seventh indoor season of the club's existence.

Overview The 1980–81 indoor season was the Tampa Bay Rowdies' seventh season of existence, and their seventh season of indoor play. As in previous years, all home games were played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rowdies entered the season as the defending indoor champions. They finished the season second in the Eastern Division with a 9–9 record, but failed to qualify for the playoffs. Óscar Fabbiani led the club with 31 goals and 77 points, while Steve Wegerle was the team's assist leader with 20. For the first time in club history the Tampa Bay Rowdies did not qualify for the playoffs.

Club

Roster No.PositionNationPlayer*emergency player

Management and technical staff George W. Strawbridge, Jr., owner Chas Serednesky, Jr., general manager Gordon Jago, head coach Keith Peacock, assistant coach Ken Shields, trainer Alfredo Beronda, equipment manager

Honors

Individual honors East Region All-Star: Steve Wegerle

Regular season

Final standings W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind 1st Place, % = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Eastern Division1981 Official North American Soccer League GuideWLGB%GFGA Atlanta Chiefs135 – .7229776 Tampa Bay Rowdies994.500126120Jacksonville Tea Men8105.44496 104Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 1712.056 58 125

Results DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersNovember 21, 1980Atlanta ChiefsA8–78,619Wegerle (4), Fabbiani, Quraishi, GormanNovember 30, 1980Detroit ExpressA5–85,387Roberts (3), Olivera (2), Fabbiani, Gorman, Van der VeenDecember 6, 1980Chicago StingH12–11(OT)5,545Olivera (4), Van der Veen (3), Fabbiani (2), Roberts (2), WegerleDecember 12, 1980Minnesota KicksA7–45,061McLeod (2), Van der Veen, WegerleDecember 13, 1980Atlanta ChiefsH2–65,032Kozić, WegerleDecember 17, 1980Jacksonville Tea MenA9–72,132Fabbiani (3), Wegerle (3), Olivera, Van der VeenDecember 19, 1980Fort Lauderdale StrikersA5–121,673Fabbiani (4), McLeod (3), Roberts (2), Olivera, Kozić, Wegerle December 23, 1980Fort Lauderdale StrikersH7–45,063Fabbiani (4), Wegerle (2), McLeod December 26, 1980Chicago StingA9–56,104Fabbiani (2), Kozić, Olivera, Wegerle January 3, 1981Detroit ExpressH7–6(OT)5,545Wegerle (3), Gorman (2), Andruszewski, Fabbiani January 10, 1981Atlanta ChiefsA5–4(OT)9,773Van der Veen (2), McLeod, Wegerle January 17, 1981Jacksonville Tea MenH4–35,545Fabbiani (2), Van der Veen, Taber January 23, 1981Jacksonville Tea MenA7–8(OT)4,011McLeod (3), Fabbiani (2), Connell, Taber, Gorman January 27, 1981Atlanta ChiefsH10–54,540McLeod (3), Wegerle (2), Olivera, Taber, Van der Veen, Gorman, Mott January 31, 1981Jacksonville Tea MenH9–10(OT)5,545Fabbiani (3), Wegerle (2), Andruszewski, Olivera, Taber, McLeod February 7, 1981Fort Lauderdale StrikersH7–45,545Fabbiani (4), McLeod (3) February 11, 1981Minnesota KicksH6–84,203McLeod (2), Wegerle (2), Van der Veen, Fabbiani February 12, 1981Fort Lauderdale StrikersA8–7(OT)1,688McLeod (2), Van der Veen (2), Wegerle, Olivera, Fabbiani

Statistics

Season scoring GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points Player GP G A PtsÓscar Fabbiani16311577Steve Wegerle18252070Wes McLeod15211052Washington Olivera14121943Jan van der Veen18121842John Gorman1861123Neill Roberts87418Refik Kozić163713Mike Connell1811012Dave Taber154311Manny Andruszewski13237Paul Mott13113Farrukh Quraishi1102Peter Chandler13022Winston DuBose9022Kevin Clinton5022Tim Hanley5000Keith Peacock2000Perry Van der Beck0000

Season goalkeeping Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

Player GP Min Svs GA GAA W LWinston DuBose 9 552 120 56 6.09 5 4Tim Hanley 5 270 80 30 6.67 2 3Kevin Clinton 5 271 94 34 7.53 2 2

Player movement

In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource24 GK Tim Hanley none former Foothill College player November 1980

Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource16 DF Farrukh Quraishi Calgary Boomers Left club to accept player/manager position November 25, 1980 15 MF Petar Baralić Detroit Express Traded for future draft considerations December 5, 1980 9MF Peter Anderson Millwall F.C. Accepted player/manager position December 15, 1980

See also 1980–81 NASL Indoor season 1981 in American soccer Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993)

References

External links 1980–81 Rowdies stats 1981 in American Soccer