1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season

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Golden Bay Earthquakes
1983 season
Coach Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 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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1984  →

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]

North American Soccer League (1968–84) defunct association football league (1968–1984)

The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It was the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the United States. The league final was called the Soccer Bowl from 1975 to 1983 and the Soccer Bowl Series in its final year, 1984. The league was headed by Commissioner Phil Woosnam from 1969 to 1983.

Chicago Sting former American professional soccer team based in Chicago

The Chicago Sting (1974–1988) was an American professional soccer team based in Chicago. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the 1982–83 season and again from 1984 to 1988. They were North American Champions in 1981 and 1984, one of only two NASL teams to win the championship twice.

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Squad

The 1983 squad [1]

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

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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.