1979–80 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

As in previous years, all home games were played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[1] It was the first fully sanctioned indoor season in the North American Soccer League’s history[2] and Tampa Bay lost only once at home.

They won five of six matches in the playoffs en route to winning the Eastern Division crown, the NASL indoor championship, and a 13–5 overall finish.

Peter Anderson scored the only goal of the deciding mini-game to give the NASL indoor title to the Rowdies.

[11] While presenting the championship trophy to Rowdies captain Jan van der Veen, NASL commissioner Phil Woosnam said, “It was only fitting, because Tampa Bay was instrumental in the development of indoor soccer.”[12] *trialist player W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind 1st Place, % = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Avg Att = Average Home Attendance GP = Games played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points, Pen = Penalty Minutes Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses GP = Games played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points