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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
1975 season
ChairmanHerb Capozzi[1]
ManagerJim 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]
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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.

This was manager 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

Roster

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

Team management

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

Results

Results by round

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

Match results

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

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

See also

History of Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Main article: 1975 North American Soccer League season

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://soccerstats.us/teams/vancouver-whitecaps/games/
  3. ^ http://soccerstats.us/teams/vancouver-whitecaps/games/
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2013-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Whitecaps_Rosters.htm#1975
  6. ^ http://soccerstats.us/teams/vancouver-whitecaps/games/
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2013-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Whitecaps_Rosters.htm
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