1978 Portland Timbers season

1978 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers

1978 season
Owner	Oregon Soccer, Inc.
Manager	Don Megson
Stadium	Civic Stadium
NASL	Division: 2nd Playoffs: National Conference final
Top goalscorer	League: Clyde Best (12 goals) All: Clyde Best (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	League: 23,536 vs. VAN (Jul 21) All: 24,515 vs. NYC (Aug 18)
Lowest home attendance	6,495 vs. COL (Apr 19)
Average home attendance	League: 11,803 All: 12,902
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Portland Timbers season was the fourth season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

Squad

The 1978 squad

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

No. Position Player 00 GK Mick Poole 1 GK Dave Givens 2 DF Brian McNeill 3 DF Clive Charles 4 DF Mick Hoban 4 DF Kelvin Norman 5 DF Graham Day 6 MF John Bain 7 FW Stewart Scullion 8 MF Jimmy Conway 9 FW Clyde Best

No. Position Player 10 FW Ike MacKay 11 FW Elson Seale 12 FW Willie Anderson 13 DF Peter Stanley 14 DF Pat Howard 14 FW Archie Roboostoff 16 MF Brian Gant 17 FW Mike Flater 18 MF Ignacio Baez 22 GK Jim Gorsek

North American Soccer League

Regular season

National Conference, Western Division standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	24	6	68	29	+39	199
2	Portland Timbers	30	20	10	50	36	+14	167
3	Seattle Sounders	30	15	15	50	45	+5	138
4	Los Angeles Aztecs	30	9	21	36	69	−33	88

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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League results

* = Shootout win
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Postseason

Playoff bracket

	1st round
	Portland Timbers (OT)		2
	Washington Diplomats		1

	Conference semifinals						Conference finals						Soccer Bowl '78
	Portland Timbers	1	2	—
	Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	—
							Portland Timbers	0	0	—
							New York Cosmos	1	5	—
	Minnesota Kicks	9	0	0
	New York Cosmos (MG)	2	4	1
													New York Cosmos	3
													Tampa Bay Rowdies	1
	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (MG)	4*	0	1
	Detroit Express	3	1	0
							Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	3	1	0
							Tampa Bay Rowdies (MG)	2	3	1
	San Diego Sockers	0	2	0
	Tampa Bay Rowdies (MG)	1	1	1

* = Shootout win; MG = Series decided by 30-minute mini-game (score of mini-game in 3rd column)
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Playoff results

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References

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