Soccer Bowl
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The Soccer Bowl was the championship game of the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1983. This event was tagged by NASL Commissioner Phil Woosnam who was trying to build a neutral-site championship event in the mold of the NFL's Super Bowl
Unlike the Super Bowl, the game was not denoted by Roman Numerals but the last two digits of the year would be used to denote what game it was.
As they hit financial problems, 1984 (in what would be the league's final year) saw the NASL abandon the neutral-site format for a Best of 3 series played at each team's home field.
Game Results
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!Game
!Date
!Location
!Winning Team
!Score
!Losing Team
!Attendance
!Television
|-
|Soccer Bowl '75
|August 241975
|San Jose, CA
|
Tampa Bay Rowdies
|2-0
|
Portland Timbers
|17,483
|CBS
|-
|Soccer Bowl '76
|August 281976
|Seattle, WA
|
Toronto Metros-Croatia
|3-0
|
Minnesota Kicks
|14,609
|CBS
|-
|Soccer Bowl '77
|August 281977
|Portland, OR
|
New York Cosmos
|2-1
|
Seattle Sounders
|23,089
|TVS
|-
|Soccer Bowl '78
|August 271978
|East Rutherford, NJ
|New York Cosmos
|3-1
|Tampa Bay Rowdies
|73,064
|ABC
|-
|Soccer Bowl '79
|September 81979
|East Rutherford, NJ
|
Vancouver Whitecaps
|2-1
|Tampa Bay Rowdies
|55,045
|ABC
|-
|Soccer Bowl '80
|September 211980
|Washington, DC
|New York Cosmos
|3-0
|
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
|50,768
|ABC
|-
|Soccer Bowl '81
|September 261981
|Toronto, ON
|
Chicago Sting
|1-0*
|New York Cosmos
|36,099
|ABC
|-
|Soccer Bowl '82
|September 181982
|San Diego, CA
|New York Cosmos
|1-0
|Seattle Sounders
|20,044
|
|-
|Soccer Bowl '83
|October 11983
|Vancouver, BC
|
Tulsa Roughnecks
|2-0
|Toronto Blizzard
|18,452
|
|-
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