1975 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
1975 season
President	John Gilbertson
Head coach	Vic Crowe
Stadium	Civic Stadium
NASL	Division: 1st; Playoffs: Soccer Bowl '75
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: ; Peter Withe (16 goals); All: ; Peter Withe (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	League: 27,310; vs. SEA (Jul 26); All: 33,503; vs. STL (Aug 17)
Lowest home attendance	6,918; vs. ROC (May 27)
Average home league attendance	League: 14,503; All: 17,274
	1976 →

President

John Gilbertson

Head coach

NASLDivision: 1st
Playoffs: Soccer Bowl '75

The 1975 Portland Timbers season was the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers, an expansion team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Timbers first year of existence, the club won the Western Division title while amassing more points than any other club in the league. In the playoffs, the Timbers needed overtime to get past the Seattle Sounders and then defeated the St. Louis Stars en route to a berth in Soccer Bowl '75. Portland lost the championship game 2–0 to fellow expansion side Tampa Bay Rowdies at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California on August 24.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 2, 1975	Seattle Sounders	H	0–1	6,913
May 7, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	H	1–0	8,500	Withe
May 11, 1975	Denver Dynamos	A	1–3	4,267	Withe
May 16, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	2–0	7,815	Powell, Betts
May 27, 1975	Rochester Lancers	H	3–2 (OT)	6,918	Godfrey, Withe, Anderson
May 30, 1975	Chicago Sting	H	2–0	9,526	Withe, Anderson
June 7, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	3–2 (OT)	11,335	Day, Godfrey, Betts
June 14, 1975	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	17,889	Kelly
June 18, 1975	Dallas Tornado	H	3–0	14,688	Powell, Betts, Kelly
June 21, 1975	San Antonio Thunder	H	1–0 (OT)	14,080	Anderson
June 27, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	2–1 (OT)	6,609	Withe (2)
June 28, 1975	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	18,883	Withe, Dangerfield
July 3, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–1	18,278	Betts, Dangerfield
July 8, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	4–1	17,765	Withe, Betts, Kelly, Dangerfield
July 11, 1975	Hartford Bicentennials	A	3–1	2,582	Day, Withe, Betts
July 12, 1975	Boston Minutemen	A	1–2	2,800	Dangerfield
July 16, 1975	New York Cosmos	A	2–1	13,423	Godfrey, Withe
July 19, 1975	St. Louis Stars	A	3–2 (OT)	6,902	Lynch, McLaren, Withe
July 26, 1975	Seattle Sounders	H	2–1	27,310	Withe (2)
July 29, 1975	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–2	23,003	Withe (2), Powell
August 2, 1975	Seattle Sounders	A	2–3 (OT)	17,925	Powell, Withe
August 9, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	0–1	10,231

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
August 12, 1975	Seattle Sounders	H	2–1 (OT)	31,523	Powell, Betts
August 17, 1975	St. Louis Stars	H	1–0	33,503	Withe
August 24, 1975	Tampa Bay Rowdies	N	0–2	17,009

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