San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88)

San Jose Earthquakes

Full name	San Jose Earthquakes
Founded	1974
Dissolved	1988
League	North American Soccer League (1974-1984) Major Indoor Soccer League (1982-1983) Western Soccer Alliance (1985-1988)
Home colors Away colors

For the MLS club, see San Jose Earthquakes.

San Jose Earthquakes was a professional soccer club that played from 1974 to 1984. The team began as an expansion franchise in the North American Soccer League. From 1983 to 1984, the team was known as the Golden Bay Earthquakes. During this time, it also played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League and in the NASL's indoor circuit.

Following the collapse of the NASL in 1984, the team's name reverted back to San Jose Earthquakes prior to joining the Western Soccer Alliance in 1985, where it played until the league's folding after the 1988 season.

The name Earthquakes came from a newspaper contest in the San Jose Mercury News.

Contents 1 Year-by-year 1.1 Notable players 2 Head coaches 3 Average attendance 4 Sources

Year-by-year

Outdoor:

Season	League	W	L	T	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1974	NASL	9	3	8	43	38	2nd West	Lost Quarterfinal
1975	NASL	8	14		37	48	5th West	did not qualify
1976	NASL	14	10		47	30	1st South	Lost Conference Finals
1977	NASL	14	12		37	44	2nd South	Lost in 1st round
1978	NASL	8	22		36	81	4th American West	did not qualify
1979	NASL	8	22		41	74	4th American West	did not qualify
1980	NASL	9	23		45	68	4th American West	did not qualify
1981	NASL	11	21		44	78	4th West	did not qualify
1982	NASL	13	19		47	62	5th West	did not qualify
1983	NASL	20	10		71	54	2nd West	Lost Semifinal
1984	NASL	8	16		61	62	5th West	did not qualify
1985	WSA	4	2	1	10	9	1st	N/A
1986	WSA	3	4	7	13	23	6th	N/A
1987	WSA	6	7		21	13	3rd	Lost Championship
1988	WSA	7	5		20	19	3rd	Lost Championship

Note: The team played as the Golden Bay Earthquakes in the 1983 and 1984 seasons.

Indoor:

Season	League	W	L	GF	GA	Place	Playoffs
1980/81	NASL	10	18	118	115	3rd West	did not qualify
1981/82	NASL	5	12	83	141	3rd National West	did not qualify
1982/83	MISL	17	31	240	290	5th West	did not qualify
1983/84	NASL	19	13	206	190	4th	Lost Semifinal

Note: The team played the 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons as the Golden Bay Earthquakes.

Notable players

England Colin Bell (1980) Alan Birchenall (1977) [1] Laurie Calloway (1974-1979) Les Chapman (1978) Paul Child (1974-1979) Derek Craig (1975) [2] Mike Czuczman (1980) [3] Chris Dangerfield (1981-85) Geoff Davies (1976-1978) Alan Green (1983) (indoor) Ian Hamilton (1982) [4] Vince Hilaire (1982) [5] Godfrey Ingram (1982-84) David Irving (1981) [6] David Kemp (1975-78) Terry Lees (1975) Mark Lindsay (1981) [7] Steve Litt (1982-84) Tony Powell (1981-82) [8] John Rowlands (1976-77;1979-80)

Iran Parviz Ghelichkhani (1977-1978)  Ireland Paul Cahill (1981-82)  Netherlands Guus Hiddink (1980) Jan Goossens (1983-1984)  Northern Ireland George Best (1980-1981)  Poland Stanisław Terlecki (1983)  Portugal António Simões (1976-1977) Vitor Baptista (1980)  Scotland Mike Hewitt (1976-82) [9] Billy Hughes (1980) Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone (1974-1975) Johnny Moore (1974-1977)  Turkey Adnan Sezgin (1982-83)  United States Fernando Clavijo (1983-84)  Yugoslavia Mustafa Hukić (1981) Steve Zungul (1984)

Head coaches

• Momcilo Gavrić (1974)
• Ivan Toplak (1974-1975)
• Momcilo Gavrić (1975-1978)
• Terry Fisher (1978-1979)
• Peter Stubbe (1979)
• Bill Foulkes (1980)
• Jim Gabriel (1981)
• Peter Short (1982)
• Joe Mallett (1982)
• Dragan Popović (1983-1984)
• Laurie Calloway (1985)
• Steve Litt (1986)
• Barney Boyce (1987-1988)
• Tomás Boy (1988)
• Tony Zanotto (1988)

Average attendance

Year	Average attendance
1974	16,584
1975	17,927
1976	19,826
1977	17,739
1978	14,281
1979	15,092
1980	13,169
1981	12,400
1982	11,012
1983	11,933
1984	10,676

Sources

• NASL year-by-year standings
• MISL year-by-year standings
• Western Soccer League year-by-year standings