1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

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San Jose Earthquakes
1979 season
CoachPeter Stubbe
Stadium Spartan Stadium
NASL Division: 4th
Conference: 11th
Overall: 23rd
NASL Playoffs Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup Did not enter
Top goalscorer Bernie Gersdorff (10) [1]
Average home league attendance15,092 [2]
  1978
1980  

The 1979 San Jose Earthquakes season was the sixth for the franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished fourth in the Western Division of the American Conference. [3]

Contents

Squad

The 1979 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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Chris Turner
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Neil Cohen
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ken McDonald
3 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Laurie Calloway
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dieter Versen
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Willi Cryns
6 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ian Wood
7 MF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Ove Flindt
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Gunter Etterich
9 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Bernie Gersdorff
10 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Paul Child
11 FW Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Lars Jensen
No.Pos.NationPlayer
11 FW Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Tom Armstrong
12 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG John Rowlands
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steve Ryan
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Easy Perez
16 DF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Henning Munk Jensen
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sam Bick
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Charlie Kadupski
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Doc Lawson
21 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Detlef Webers
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Carl Christensen
24 GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Mike Hewitt

Competitions

NASL

Match results

Season

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
March 31, 1979 Portland Timbers H34 Gersdorff, Child, Cohen
April 14, 1979 Edmonton Drillers H01
April 21, 1979 San Diego Sockers A33* Child (2), Ryan
April 28, 1979 Los Angeles Aztecs H12 Child
May 5, 1979 Vancouver Whitecaps H12 Gersdorff
May 9, 1979 Detroit Express A03
May 12, 1979 Seattle Sounders A12 Gersdorff
May 19, 1979 Seattle Sounders H01
May 26, 1979 Edmonton Drillers A21 Child, Lawson
June 2, 1979 Memphis Rogues H21 Etterich, Flindt
June 6, 1979 Minnesota Kicks A14 Gersdorff
June 9, 1979 Toronto Blizzard H23 Child, Gersdorff
June 13, 1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies A22* Child, Versen
June 16, 1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A13Armstrong
June 20, 1979 Portland Timbers A21 Etterich, Ryan
June 23, 1979 Chicago Sting H42 Etterich, Bick, Webers, Gersdorff
June 27, 1979 New England Tea Men H01
June 30, 1979 Philadelphia Fury A12Wood
July 4, 1979 Houston Hurricane A04
July 7, 1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers H12Flindt
July 11, 1979 Philadelphia Fury H44*Armstrong, Etterich, Gersdorff, Wood
July 14, 1979 Los Angeles Aztecs A00*
July 18, 1979 Houston Hurricane H12 Gersdorff
July 21, 1979 Tulsa Roughnecks H32Armstrong (2), Wood
July 25, 1979 Chicago Sting A32 Gersdorff (2), Child
July 29, 1979 New York Cosmos A05
August 1, 1979 California Surf H02
August 4, 1979 California Surf A14Wood
August 8, 1979 Vancouver Whitecaps A01
August 11, 1979 San Diego Sockers H06

* = Shootout
Source: [4]

Standings

American Conference

Western DivisionWLGFGABPPtsHomeRoad
San Diego Sockers*15155955501407-88-7
California Surf 15155356501409-66-9
Edmonton Drillers 822437840887-81-14
San Jose Earthquakes 822417438864-114-11

References

  1. 1 2 "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  2. "North American Soccer League Attendance". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  3. "The Year in American Soccer 1979". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results" . Retrieved March 26, 2014.