1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season

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Golden Bay Earthquakes
1983 season
Coach Dragan Popovic
Stadium Spartan Stadium
NASL Division: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
NASL Playoffs Semifinals
National Challenge Cup Did not enter
Top goalscorer Steve Zungul (16) [1]
Average home league attendance11,933 [2]
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The 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season was the tenth for the Earthquakes franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished second in the Western Division and defeated the Chicago Sting in the playoff quarterfinals. The Earthquakes' run came to an end in the semifinals when the Toronto Blizzard earned two shutout wins. [3]

Contents

Squad

The 1983 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 the United States.svg  USA Bob Rigby
2 DF Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  YUG Ned Verlasevic
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Hunter
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jim McAlister
5 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Steve Litt
7 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Chris Dangerfield
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Germain Iglesias
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jan Goossens
11 FW Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  YUG Steve Zungul
12 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Leonardo Cuellar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eric Tate
13 MF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Stan Terlecki
14 DF Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  YUG Mihalj Keri
16 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Godfrey Ingram
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Derek Sanderson
19 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN George Katakalidis
20 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tim Hanley
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Fernando Clavijo
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Barney Boyce
31 GK Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Bill Irwin

Competitions

NASL

Match results

Season

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
May 22, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps H2–1 Terlecki, Zungul
May 25, 1983 New York Cosmos A1–5
May 27, 1983 Team America A1–0 Terlecki
May 30, 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks H3–1 Zungul (3)
June 4, 1983 Montreal Manic H7–1 Goossens, Zungul (3), Iglesias, Litt, Ingram
June 11, 1983 New York Cosmos H3–1 Terlecki, Ingram, Zungul
June 15, 1983 Seattle Sounders A1–1* Dangerfield
June 18, 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies H1–0 Goossens
June 22, 1983 Team America H3–0 Cuellar, Zungul (2)
June 26, 1983 Toronto Blizzard A1–5
June 29, 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A2–3 Terlecki, Zungul
July 4, 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies A2–1 Goossens (2)
July 6, 1983 Seattle Sounders H2–2* Goossens (2)
July 9, 1983 San Diego Sockers H2–1 Goossens, Iglesias
July 13, 1983 Seattle Sounders A5–2 Dangerfield, Ingram, Terlecki, Iglesias, Goossens
July 17, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps A1–2 Goossens
July 20, 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies H2–1 Goossens, Ingram
July 23, 1983 Chicago Sting A0–2
July 27, 1983 Montreal Manic A3–3* Ingram (2), Terlecki
July 30, 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A1–3 Ingram
August 3, 1983 Toronto Blizzard H2–2* Terlecki, Zungul
August 6, 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks A2–1 Ingram (2)
August 10, 1983 San Diego Sockers A1–2 Ingram
August 13, 1983 Chicago Sting H3–2 Ingram (2), Goossens
August 17, 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers H5–3 Terlecki, Ingram, Dangerfield (3)
August 20, 1983 San Diego Sockers H4–2 Terlecki (2), Ingram, Zungul
August 24, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps A1–2 Zungul
August 27, 1983 San Diego Sockers A2–3 Goossens, Zungul
August 31, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps H3–0 Ingram, Zungul, Terlecki
September 3, 1983 Seattle Sounders H2–1 Cuellar, Iglesias

Playoffs

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
September 7, 1983 Chicago Sting                H6–1 Zungul (2), Goossens, Cuellar, Terlecki (2)
September 12, 1983 Chicago Sting A0–1
September 14, 1983 Chicago Sting H5–2 Terlecki (3), Zungul, Goossens
September 17, 1983 Toronto Blizzard H0–0*
September 22, 1983 Toronto Blizzard A0–2

* = Shootout
Source: [4]

Standings

Western DivisionWLGFGAPT
Vancouver Whitecaps 2466334187
Golden Bay Earthquakes 20107154169
Seattle Sounders 12186261119
San Diego Sockers 11195365106

References

  1. 1 2 "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ "North American Soccer League Attendance". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer 1983". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results" . Retrieved March 24, 2014.