Tacoma Tides

The Tacoma Tides was an American soccer club based in Tacoma, Washington that was a member of the American Soccer League. Although not long-lived, the club is remembered today for its backup goalkeeper—well-known American soccer coach Bruce Arena.

Year-by-year

In their only year of existence, the Tides finished 2nd in the ASL Western Division. They defeated the Utah Golden Spikers in the playoff quarterfinals, 2-1, then lost in overtime to the eventual champion Los Angeles Skyhawks in the semifinals by a score of 2-1.

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1976	2	ASL	2nd, West	Semifinals	Did not enter

Management

• Booth Gardner – Owner
• Stan Naccarato – General Manager

Coach

• Dan Wood
• David Chadwick (assistant)

Roster

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Jamil Canal 1 GK Bruce Arena 2 DF Mickey Rooney 3 DF Altamont McKenzie 4 MF Ben Brewster 5 DF Wayne Cegielski 6 DF Bill Wilkinson 7 FW Bernard Hartze 8 MF Roy Sinclair 9 FW Charlie Myers

No. Position Player 10 MF David Chadwick 11 FW Chris Agoliati 12 MF Rich Reinecke 13 FW Frank Gallo 14 DF Chris Witworth 15 FW Andy Rymarczuk 16 DF Carl Milford 17 MF Windsor del Llano 18 DF Len Dudkowski 19 FW Pepe Fernandez

External links

• Tacoma Tides on FunWhileItLasted.net
• Article on Arena, mentions several players, Dan Wood and Stan Naccarato