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1975 Vancouver Whitecaps season

The 1975 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the second season of the Whitecaps, and their second season in the North American Soccer League and the top flight of Canadian soccer.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
1975 season
ChairmanHerb Capozzi[1]
Head coachJim Easton
NASLDivision: 4th
Overall: 9th
NASL PlayoffsDid not qualify
Highest home attendance10,007 vs Chicago Sting April 18, 1975[2]
Lowest home attendance4,528 vs Denver Dynamos July 31, 1975[3]
Average home league attendance7,579[4]
← 1974
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This was coach Jim Easton's last season with the club and the club showed improvement over their inaugural season. The season started brightly with five wins including those over Seattle and Toronto at home. The rest of the season had mixed results, but the Whitecaps well and truly fell out of playoff contention by losing seven of their last ten games. Barring the 3-0 loss away to the Seattle Sounders on July 19, 1975, the games were close one goal losses. In the last two games of the season, the Whitecaps trounced Denver and San Jose 6-0 and 4-0. The Whitecaps finished at 0.500 with eleven wins and losses at fourth in the Pacific Division. Local resident Glen Johnston led the Whitecaps with eight goals and seven assists while Sam Lenarduzzi and Bruce Wilson played all 22 games. Sergio Zanatta and Barrie Mitchell also had strong seasons on the score sheet.[5][6][7]

The Whitecaps also played a friendly match against the New York Cosmos and the newly signed Pele on July 7, 1975, with 26,495 in attendance.

Club

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Roster

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The 1975 squad[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Peter Greco
1 GK   CAN Greg Weber
2 DF   CAN Neil Ellett
3 DF   CAN Bruce Wilson
4 DF   SCO Gerry Heaney
5 DF   CAN Robert Lenarduzzi
6 DF   CAN Silvano Lenarduzzi
7 DF   ENG Les Wilson
8 FW   CAN Glen Johnson
9 FW   CAN Brian Budd
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW   ITA Sergio Zanatta
11 MF   CAN Brian Gant
12 DF   CAN Bruce Twamley
14 FW   CAN Gary Thompson
15 MF   CAN Darryl Samson
16 FW   CAN Bruce Miller
17 DF   SCO Charlie Palmer
18 MF   SCO William Stevenson
19 MF   SCO Barrie Mitchell
— MF   NED Robert Alberts
— DF   ENG Peter Short

Team management

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Jim Easton was Vancouver Whitecaps coach in 1975 and saw good success during his tenure with a small budget and local players.

Results

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Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHHHAAHAAAHAHHAAAHAAHHH
ResultWWWWWLLWLWLWLLLLWLLLWW
Source: soccerstats.us
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results

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April 17, 1975 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Chicago Sting Vancouver
Sergio Zanatta   Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 10,007
April 26, 1975 2 Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders Vancouver
Bruce Wilson  
Sergio Zanatta  		 Report Tjeert Van't Land   Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,753
May 3, 1975 3 Vancouver Whitecaps 4–1 Toronto Metros-Croatia Vancouver
Bob Lenarduzzi  
Brian Budd  
Glen Johnson  
Sergio Zanatta  		 Report Bruno Pilas   Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,336
May 9, 1975 4 Los Angeles Aztecs 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps Los Angeles
Report Sergio Zanatta  
Bob Lenarduzzi  
Glen Johnson  		 Stadium: El Camino College
Attendance: 7,155
May 10, 1975 5 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps San Jose, California
Paul Child   Report Barrie Mitchell  
Bruce Twamley  		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 17,632
May 16, 1975 6 Vancouver Whitecaps 0–2 Portland Timbers Vancouver
Report Barry Powell  
Tony Betts  		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,815
May 24, 1975 7 Hartford Bicentennials 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps Hartford, Connecticut
Report Own Goal   Stadium: Yale Bowl
Attendance: 3,210
May 28, 1975 8 New York Cosmos 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps New York City
Report Own Goal   Stadium: Downing Stadium
Attendance: 7,331
June 1, 1975 9 Rochester Lancers 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Rochester, New York
Tommy Ord  
Eli Durante    		 Report Brian Budd   Stadium: Holleder Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,811
June 5, 1975 10 Vancouver Whitecaps 3–0 San Antonio Thunder Vancouver
Glen Johnson    
Gary Thompson  		 Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,514
June 7, 1975 11 Portland Timbers 3–2 Vancouver Whitecaps Portland, Oregon
Graham Day  
Tony Betts  
Brian Godfrey  		 Report Brian Gant  
Glen Johnson  		 Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 11,335
June 11, 1975 12 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Los Angeles Aztecs Vancouver
Barrie Mitchell   Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 9,168
June 19, 1975 13 Vancouver Whitecaps 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver
Glen Johnson  
Barrie Mitchell  		 Report Ilija Mitic    
Archie Roboostoff  		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 9,424
June 27, 1975 14 Dallas Tornado 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Dallas
Kyle Rote Jr.  
George Ley  		 Report Robert Alberts   Stadium: Texas Stadium
Attendance: 3,436
June 29, 1975 15 St. Louis Stars 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps St. Louis
John Hawley     Report Sergio Zanatta   Stadium: Francis Field (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Attendance: 4,217
July 3, 1975 16 Portland Timbers 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Portland, Oregon
Chris Dangerfield  
Tony Betts  		 Report Bruce Twamley   Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 18,278
July 10, 1975 17 Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders Vancouver
Glen Johnson  
Brian Budd  		 Report Paul Crossley   Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,205
July 12, 1975 18 Los Angeles Aztecs 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps Los Angeles
Michael Ferguson   Report Stadium: El Camino College
Attendance: 7,604
July 19, 1975 19 Seattle Sounders 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle
Paul Crossley  
John Rowlands 
Unknown  		 Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 17,925
July 24, 1975 20 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 Boston Minutemen Vancouver
Sergio Zanatta   Report Ade Coker  
Wolfgang Suhnholz  		 Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,158
July 31, 1975 21 Vancouver Whitecaps 6–0 Denver Dynamos Vancouver
Charlie Palmer  
Robert Alberts  
Glen Johnson  
Bob Lenarduzzi  
Les Wilson  
Barrie Mitchell  		 Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,528
August 7, 1975 22 Vancouver Whitecaps 4–0 San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver
Own Goal  
Bruce Wilson  
Barrie Mitchell  
Brian Budd  		 Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 5,461

Mid-season friendlies

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July 7, 1975 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 New York Cosmos Vancouver
Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 26,495

See also

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Main article: 1975 North American Soccer League season

References

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  1. ^ "PCSL - Soccer Beginnings in BC". Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  2. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps All-time Game Results | SoccerStats.us".
  3. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps All-time Game Results | SoccerStats.us".
  4. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1975". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "NASL Vancouver Whitecaps Rosters".
  6. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps All-time Game Results | SoccerStats.us".
  7. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1975". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "NASL Vancouver Whitecaps Rosters".
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