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]
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]

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  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

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 1Vancouver Whitecaps1–0Chicago StingVancouver
Sergio Zanatta Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 10,007
April 26, 1975 2Vancouver Whitecaps2–1Seattle SoundersVancouver
Bruce Wilson
Sergio Zanatta 		Report Tjeert Van't Land Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,753
May 3, 1975 3Vancouver Whitecaps4–1Toronto Metros-CroatiaVancouver
Bob Lenarduzzi
Brian Budd
Glen Johnson
Sergio Zanatta 		Report Bruno Pilas Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,336
May 9, 1975 4Los Angeles Aztecs0–3Vancouver WhitecapsLos Angeles
Report Sergio Zanatta
Bob Lenarduzzi
Glen Johnson 		Stadium: El Camino College
Attendance: 7,155
May 10, 1975 5San Jose Earthquakes1–2Vancouver WhitecapsSan Jose, California
Paul Child Report Barrie Mitchell
Bruce Twamley 		Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 17,632
May 16, 1975 6Vancouver Whitecaps0–2Portland TimbersVancouver
Report Barry Powell
Tony Betts 		Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,815
May 24, 1975 7Hartford Bicentennials1–0Vancouver WhitecapsHartford, Connecticut
Report Own Goal Stadium: Yale Bowl
Attendance: 3,210
May 28, 1975 8New York Cosmos0–1Vancouver WhitecapsNew York City
Report Own Goal Stadium: Downing Stadium
Attendance: 7,331
June 1, 1975 9Rochester Lancers3–1Vancouver WhitecapsRochester, New York
Tommy Ord
Eli Durante 		Report Brian Budd Stadium: Holleder Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,811
June 5, 1975 10Vancouver Whitecaps3–0San Antonio ThunderVancouver
Glen Johnson
Gary Thompson 		Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,514
June 7, 1975 11Portland Timbers3–2Vancouver WhitecapsPortland, Oregon
Graham Day
Tony Betts
Brian Godfrey 		Report Brian Gant
Glen Johnson 		Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 11,335
June 11, 1975 12Vancouver Whitecaps1–0Los Angeles AztecsVancouver
Barrie Mitchell Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 9,168
June 19, 1975 13Vancouver Whitecaps2–3San Jose EarthquakesVancouver
Glen Johnson
Barrie Mitchell 		Report Ilija Mitic
Archie Roboostoff 		Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 9,424
June 27, 1975 14Dallas Tornado2–1Vancouver WhitecapsDallas
Kyle Rote Jr.
George Ley 		Report Robert Alberts Stadium: Texas Stadium
Attendance: 3,436
June 29, 1975 15St. Louis Stars2–1Vancouver WhitecapsSt. Louis
John Hawley Report Sergio Zanatta Stadium: Francis Field (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Attendance: 4,217
July 3, 1975 16Portland Timbers2–1Vancouver WhitecapsPortland, Oregon
Chris Dangerfield
Tony Betts 		Report Bruce Twamley Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 18,278
July 10, 1975 17Vancouver Whitecaps2–1Seattle SoundersVancouver
Glen Johnson
Brian Budd 		Report Paul Crossley Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,205
July 12, 1975 18Los Angeles Aztecs1–0Vancouver WhitecapsLos Angeles
Michael Ferguson Report Stadium: El Camino College
Attendance: 7,604
July 19, 1975 19Seattle Sounders3–0Vancouver WhitecapsSeattle
Paul Crossley
John Rowlands
Unknown 		Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 17,925
July 24, 1975 20Vancouver Whitecaps1–2Boston MinutemenVancouver
Sergio Zanatta Report Ade Coker
Wolfgang Suhnholz 		Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,158
July 31, 1975 21Vancouver Whitecaps6–0Denver DynamosVancouver
Charlie Palmer
Robert Alberts
Glen Johnson
Bob Lenarduzzi
Les Wilson
Barrie Mitchell 		Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 4,528
August 7, 1975 22Vancouver Whitecaps4–0San Jose EarthquakesVancouver
Own Goal
Bruce Wilson
Barrie Mitchell
Brian Budd 		Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 5,461

Mid-season friendlies
July 7, 1975 Vancouver Whitecaps1–2New York CosmosVancouver
Report Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 26,495
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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.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.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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Whitecaps_Rosters.htm
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