# 1980–81 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

The 1980–81 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the seventh indoor season of the club's existence.

## Overview

The 1980–81 indoor season was the Tampa Bay Rowdies' seventh season of existence, and their seventh season of indoor play. As in previous years, all home games were played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rowdies entered the season as the defending indoor champions. They finished the season second in the Eastern Division with a 9–9 record, but failed to qualify for the playoffs. Óscar Fabbiani led the club with 31 goals and 77 points, while Steve Wegerle was the team's assist leader with 20. For the first time in club history the Tampa Bay Rowdies did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Club
### Roster

| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Winston DuBose | United States |
| 3 | DF | John Gorman | Scotland |
| 4 | DF | Refik Kozić | Yugoslavia |
| 5 | MF | Jan van der Veen (capt.) | Netherlands |
| 6 | DF | Mike Connell | South Africa |
| 7 | FW | Steve Wegerle | South Africa |
| 8 | MF | Wes McLeod | Canada |
| 11 | MF | Dave Taber | United States |
| 12 | MF | Perry Van der Beck | United States |
| 14 | DF | Peter Chandler | United States |
| 16 | DF | Farrukh Quraishi | England |
| 17 | DF | Paul Mott | United States |
| 18 | FW | Washington Olivera | Uruguay |
| 19 | MF | Neill Roberts | South Africa |
| 20 | FW | Óscar Fabbiani | Chile |
| 21 | DF | Manny Andruszewski | England |
| 22 | GK | Kevin Clinton | United States |
| 24 | GK | Tim Hanley | United States |
| — | FW | Keith Peacock* | England |
*emergency player

### Management and technical staff

* George W. Strawbridge, Jr., owner
* Chas Serednesky, Jr., general manager
* Gordon Jago, head coach
* Keith Peacock, assistant coach
* Ken Shields, trainer
* Alfredo Beronda, equipment manager

### Honors
#### Individual honors

* East Region All-Star: Steve Wegerle

## Regular season
### Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind 1st Place, % = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
| Eastern Division | W | L | GB | % | GF | GA |
| Atlanta Chiefs | 13 | 5 | – | .722 | 97 | 76 |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 9 | 4 | .500 | 126 | 120 |
| Jacksonville Tea Men | 8 | 10 | 5 | .444 | 96 | 104 |
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 | 17 | 12 | .056 | 58 | 125 |

### Results

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| November 21, 1980 | Atlanta Chiefs | A | 8–7 | 8,619 | Wegerle (4), Fabbiani, Quraishi, Gorman |
| November 30, 1980 | Detroit Express | A | 5–8 | 5,387 | Roberts (3), Olivera (2), Fabbiani, Gorman, Van der Veen |
| December 6, 1980 | Chicago Sting | H | 12–11(OT) | 5,545 | Olivera (4), Van der Veen (3), Fabbiani (2), Roberts (2), Wegerle |
| December 12, 1980 | Minnesota Kicks | A | 7–4 | 5,061 | McLeod (2), Van der Veen, Wegerle |
| December 13, 1980 | Atlanta Chiefs | H | 2–6 | 5,032 | Kozić, Wegerle |
| December 17, 1980 | Jacksonville Tea Men | A | 9–7 | 2,132 | Fabbiani (3), Wegerle (3), Olivera, Van der Veen |
| December 19, 1980 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 5–12 | 1,673 | Fabbiani (4), McLeod (3), Roberts (2), Olivera, Kozić, Wegerle |
| December 23, 1980 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | H | 7–4 | 5,063 | Fabbiani (4), Wegerle (2), McLeod |
| December 26, 1980 | Chicago Sting | A | 9–5 | 6,104 | Fabbiani (2), Kozić, Olivera, Wegerle |
| January 3, 1981 | Detroit Express | H | 7–6(OT) | 5,545 | Wegerle (3), Gorman (2), Andruszewski, Fabbiani |
| January 10, 1981 | Atlanta Chiefs | A | 5–4(OT) | 9,773 | Van der Veen (2), McLeod, Wegerle |
| January 17, 1981 | Jacksonville Tea Men | H | 4–3 | 5,545 | Fabbiani (2), Van der Veen, Taber |
| January 23, 1981 | Jacksonville Tea Men | A | 7–8(OT) | 4,011 | McLeod (3), Fabbiani (2), Connell, Taber, Gorman |
| January 27, 1981 | Atlanta Chiefs | H | 10–5 | 4,540 | McLeod (3), Wegerle (2), Olivera, Taber, Van der Veen, Gorman, Mott |
| January 31, 1981 | Jacksonville Tea Men | H | 9–10(OT) | 5,545 | Fabbiani (3), Wegerle (2), Andruszewski, Olivera, Taber, McLeod |
| February 7, 1981 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | H | 7–4 | 5,545 | Fabbiani (4), McLeod (3) |
| February 11, 1981 | Minnesota Kicks | H | 6–8 | 4,203 | McLeod (2), Wegerle (2), Van der Veen, Fabbiani |
| February 12, 1981 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 8–7(OT) | 1,688 | McLeod (2), Van der Veen (2), Wegerle, Olivera, Fabbiani |

## Statistics
### Season scoring

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Óscar Fabbiani | 16 | 31 | 15 | 77 |
| Steve Wegerle | 18 | 25 | 20 | 70 |
| Wes McLeod | 15 | 21 | 10 | 52 |
| Washington Olivera | 14 | 12 | 19 | 43 |
| Jan van der Veen | 18 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
| John Gorman | 18 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Neill Roberts | 8 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| Refik Kozić | 16 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Mike Connell | 18 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Dave Taber | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Manny Andruszewski | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Paul Mott | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Farrukh Quraishi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Chandler | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Winston DuBose | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Clinton | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tim Hanley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Peacock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Van der Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Season goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses
| Player | GP | Min | Svs | GA | GAA | W | L |
| Winston DuBose | 9 | 552 | 120 | 56 | 6.09 | 5 | 4 |
| Tim Hanley | 5 | 270 | 80 | 30 | 6.67 | 2 | 3 |
| Kevin Clinton | 5 | 271 | 94 | 34 | 7.53 | 2 | 2 |

## Player movement
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 24 | GK | Tim Hanley | none | former Foothill College player | November 1980 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 16 | DF | Farrukh Quraishi | Calgary Boomers | Left club to accept player/manager position | November 25, 1980 |
| 15 | MF | Petar Baralić | Detroit Express | Traded for future draft considerations | December 5, 1980 |
| 9 | MF | Peter Anderson | Millwall F.C. | Accepted player/manager position | December 15, 1980 |