1977 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers

1977 season
Owner	Oregon Soccer, Inc.
Manager	Brian Tiler
Stadium	Civic Stadium
NASL	Division: 4th Playoffs: Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Stewart Scullion (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	15,764 vs. SEA (Jun 11)
Lowest home attendance	8,794 vs. CON (Jun 3)
Average home league attendance	13,216
← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Portland Timbers season was the third season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

Squad

The 1977 squad^[1]

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

No. Position Player 00 GK Mick Poole 1 GK Graham Brown 2 DF Ray Martin 3 DF Tim Murphy 4 DF Mick Hoban 5 DF Graham Day 6 DF Terry Alcock 7 FW Stewart Scullion 8 FW Archie Roboostoff 9 FW Clyde Best

No. Position Player 10 MF Hank Liotart 12 FW Willie Anderson 14 FW Tony Betts 15 MF Pat McMahon 16 MF Brian Gant 17 DF Barry Lynch 19 MF Paul Hendrie 22 GK Jim Gorsek 24 FW Ike MacKay 29 DF Chip Smallwood

North American Soccer League

Pacific Conference, Western Division standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Minnesota Kicks	26	16	10	44	36	+8	137
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	14	12	43	36	+7	124
3	Seattle Sounders	26	14	12	43	34	+9	123
4	Portland Timbers	26	10	16	39	42	−3	98

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source:^[2]

League results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 8, 1977	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–0	10,519	Scullion
April 15, 1977	Las Vegas Quicksilvers	H	2–3	14,584	Alcock, Roboostoff
April 24, 1977	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	1–2 (OT)	8,554	Alcock
April 30, 1977	Seattle Sounders	A	2–3	25,237	Best (2)
May 6, 1977	Team Hawaii	H	2*–1 (OT)	13,677	MacKay
May 11, 1977	St. Louis Stars	H	1*–0 (OT)	12,780
May 14, 1977	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–3	17,555	Scullion, Best
May 20, 1977	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	1–0	14,872	Hendrie
May 22, 1977	Minnesota Kicks	A	0–1	23,491
May 27, 1977	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	H	0–2	12,900
May 30, 1977	Las Vegas Quicksilvers	A	1–2 (OT)	7,609	Day
June 3, 1977	Connecticut Bicentennials	H	3–1	8,794	Gant (2), Roboostoff
June 11, 1977	Seattle Sounders	H	3–0	15,764	Best (2), Day
June 17, 1977	Rochester Lancers	A	3–2 (OT)	4,120	Roboostoff (2), Anderson
June 22, 1977	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–2	14,565	Scullion
June 29, 1977	Minnesota Kicks	H	1–2	14,773	Scullion
July 1, 1977	Team Hawaii	A	2–1 (OT)	3,723	Own goal, McMahon
July 6, 1977	Chicago Sting	A	1–2	4,137	Scullion
July 8, 1977	Dallas Tornado	H	1–2 (OT)	13,085	Scullion
July 14, 1977	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	1–2 (OT)	5,351	Scullion
July 17, 1977	New York Cosmos	A	0–2	41,205
July 20, 1977	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	2–3 (OT)	14,230	Scullion, Best
July 22, 1977	Washington Diplomats	H	3–1	11,592	Scullion, Betts, Day
July 27, 1977	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	4–1	13,328	Scullion (2), Liotart, Best
July 30, 1977	Dallas Tornado	A	1–2 (OT)	20,389	Lynch
August 7, 1977	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	0–2	11,094

* = Shootout win
Source:^[3]

References

1. "Portland Timbers rosters". North American Soccer League Jerseys. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
2. "The Year in American Soccer – 1977". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
3. "1977 Portland Timbers". Timbers Fan Page. Retrieved May 6, 2011.