1976 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1976 season
Coach	Momcilo Gavric
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 1st Conference: 2nd Overall: 6th
NASL Playoffs	Conference Finals
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Ilija Mitic (14) [1]
Average home league attendance	19,826 [2]
←  1975 1977  →

The 1976 San Jose Earthquakes season was their third in the North American Soccer League, and they finished in first place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Conference. In the playoffs, they defeated the Dallas Tornado in the Conference Semifinals, 2-0 at Spartan Stadium. The Minnesota Kicks beat the Earthquakes, 3-1 in the Conference Championship played at Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota. ^[3]

Squad

The 1976 squad ^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Mike Ivanow 1 GK   USA Terry Weekes 2 DF   USA Buzz Demling 3 DF   ENG Laurie Calloway 4 DF   USA Mark Demling 5 DF   YUG Momcilo Gavric 6 FW   USA Mani Hernandez 7 MF   POR Antonio Simoes 8 MF   SCO Johnny Moore 10 FW   ENG Paul Child 11 FW   USA Mark Liveric

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF   SCO Davie Kemp 14 DF   ENG John Rowlands 15 MF   YUG Ilija Mitic 17 FW   YUG George Sorgic 18 MF   HUN Tibor Molnar 19 FW   TRI Tony Douglas 20 MF   USA Jim Zylker 21 DF   YUG Miro Pavlovic 22 MF   USA Juli Veee 24 GK   SCO Mike Hewitt

Competitions

NASL

Main article: 1976 North American Soccer League season

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 17, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	2–1	Child, Liveric
April 24, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	H	4–2	Liveric, Sorgic, Mitic (2)
May 1, 1976	San Diego Jaws	H	0–1
May 2, 1976	Dallas Tornado	A	1–3	Sorgic
May 8, 1976	St. Louis Stars	A	3–0	Child, Liveric, Mitic
May 9, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–4	Mitic
May 16, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–0	Sorgic (2)
June 4, 1976	Seattle Sounders	A	2–1	Mitic, Child
June 6, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	H	0–3
June 11, 1976	Washington Diplomats	A	1–2	Mitic
June 13, 1976	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	0–0*
June 20, 1976	Seattle Sounders	H	2–1	Child, Mitic
June 25, 1976	Portland Timbers	A	0–1
June 27, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	4–0	Child (2), Liveric (2)
July 3, 1976	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	B. Demling, Child (2)
July 7, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–0	Liveric
July 11, 1976	St. Louis Stars	H	6–1	Child (2), Mitic (2), Liveric (2)
July 17, 1976	Boston Minutemen	H	6–1	Child (2), Moore (2), Liveric (2)
July 23, 1976	San Diego Jaws	A	2–3	Moore, Mitic
July 25, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	1–0	Mitic
July 31, 1976	Miami Toros	H	3–0	Mitic (2), Child
August 7, 1976	New York Cosmos	H	2–1	Moore, Rowlands
August 11, 1976	Chicago Sting	A	1–1*	Mitic
August 13, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	A	0–2

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
August 20, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	2–0	Mitic (2)
August 25, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–3	Mitic

* = Shootout
Source: ^[4]

Pacific Conference

Southern Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
San Jose Earthquakes	14	10	47	30	123
Dallas Tornado	13	11	44	45	117
Los Angeles Aztecs	12	12	43	44	108
San Antonio Thunder	12	12	38	32	107
San Diego Jaws	9	15	29	47	82

References

1. "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
2. "North American Soccer League Attendance". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
3. "The Year in American Soccer 1976". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results" . Retrieved March 27, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1976 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com