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1976 Vancouver Whitecaps season

Vancouver Whitecaps 1976 soccer season

Summary

Vancouver Whitecaps 1976 soccer season

Field	Value
club	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
season	1976
mgrtitle	Head coach
manager	Eckhard Krautzun
owner	Herb Capozzi
chairman	Denny Veitch
chrtitle	General manager
league	NASL
league result	Division: 3rd
Overall:109th
cup1	NASL Playoffs
cup1 result	Play-In Round
highest attendance	11,352 vs Portland Timbers April 16, 1976
lowest attendance	6,028 vs Denver Dynamos April 30, 1976
average attendance	8,655
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pattern_la2	_whiteshoulders	pattern_b2=_vneckwhite	pattern_ra2=_whiteshoulders	pattern_sh2=_white_border	pattern_so2=_3_stripes_white
leftarm2	FF0000	body2=FF0000	rightarm2=FF0000	shorts2=FF0000	socks2=FF0000
prevseason	1975
nextseason	1977

Overall:109th

The 1976 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the third season of the Whitecaps, and third second season in the North American Soccer League and the top flight of Canadian soccer.

The Whitecaps made a bit of a splash signing English goalkeeper Phil Parkes, who starred with the United Soccer Association's Los Angeles Wolves in 1967 and with Kansas City Spurs in 1969.

The Vancouver Whitecaps also played some European sides on exhibition tours.

In May 1976 the Glasgow Rangers made a tour of the Pacific Northwest NASL clubs. The Vancouver Whitecaps tied them 2-2 on May 18, 1976, in front of 14,000 spectators.

On May 25, 1976, the Vancouver Whitecaps tied Manchester United 0-0.

The Vancouver Whitecaps had a 4-3 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach on July 27, 1976, in front of 11,533 spectators. This game has been noted as a very entertaining affair that earned Borussia Monchengladbach some Vancouver fans as they played competitively.

Squad

The 1976 squad

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Competitions

Preseason

NASL

Main article: 1976 North American Soccer League season

Standings

Pacific Conference

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Minnesota Kicks	15	9	54	33	138
Seattle Sounders	14	10	40	31	123
Vancouver Whitecaps	14	10	38	30	120
Portland Timbers	8	16	23	41	71
St. Louis Stars	5	19	29	57	58

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Gary Thompson Ike Mackay Johnson
Tony McAndrew Bob Lenarduzzi Tommy Ord Tommy Ord Billy Woof Ron Davies Eddie Thompson
Dan Counce
Harry Hood Johnson Robert Alberts Alan Willey Billy Woof Tony Betts Sam Lenarduzzi
Peter Silvester Possee Tony McAndrew Jimmy Gabriel

NASL Playoffs

Main article: 1976 North American Soccer League season#Playoffs

Mid-season friendlies

References

"Vancouver Whitecaps All-time Game Results | SoccerStats.us".
"The Year in American Soccer - 1975".
Holroyd, Steven. (February 20, 2007). "The Year in American Soccer – 1976". American Soccer Archives.
"NASL Friendlies-Vancouver Whitecaps".
"NASL Vancouver Whitecaps Rosters".
"The Year in American Soccer – 1976". American Soccer History Archives.

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