1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes
1979 season
Coach England Peter 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 attendance 15,092 [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]

Squad

The 1979 squad [4]

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

No. Position Player
1 Canada GK Chris Turner
2 United States DF Neil Cohen
2 United States DF Ken McDonald
3 England DF Laurie Calloway
4 Germany DF Dieter Versen
5 Germany DF Willi Cryns
6 England DF Ian Wood
7 Denmark MF Ove Flindt
8 Germany MF Gunter Etterich
9 Germany MF Bernie Gersdorff
10 England FW Paul Child
11 Denmark FW Lars Jensen
No. Position Player
11 Northern Ireland FW Tom Armstrong
12 England DF John Rowlands
14 United States MF Steve Ryan
15 United States FW Easy Perez
16 Denmark DF Henning Munk Jensen
17 United States DF Sam Bick
20 United States DF Charlie Kadupski
20 United States DF Doc Lawson
21 Germany FW Detlef Webers
22 United States DF Carl Christensen
24 Scotland GK Mike Hewitt


Competitions

NASL

Season

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
March 31, 1979 Portland Timbers H 3–4 Gersdorff, Child, Cohen
April 14, 1979 Edmonton Drillers H 0–1
April 21, 1979 San Diego Sockers A 3–3* Child (2), Ryan
April 28, 1979 Los Angeles Aztecs H 1–2 Child
May 5, 1979 Vancouver Whitecaps H 1–2 Gersdorff
May 9, 1979 Detroit Express A 0–3
May 12, 1979 Seattle Sounders A 1–2 Gersdorff
May 19, 1979 Seattle Sounders H 0–1
May 26, 1979 Edmonton Drillers A 2–1 Child, Lawson
June 2, 1979 Memphis Rogues H 2–1 Etterich, Flindt
June 6, 1979 Minnesota Kicks A 1–4 Gersdorff
June 9, 1979 Toronto Blizzard H 2–3 Child, Gersdorff
June 13, 1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies A 2–2* Child, Versen
June 16, 1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A 1–3 Armstrong
June 20, 1979 Portland Timbers A 2–1 Etterich, Ryan
June 23, 1979 Chicago Sting H 4–2 Etterich, Bick, Webers, Gersdorff
June 27, 1979 New England Tea Men H 0–1
June 30, 1979 Philadelphia Fury A 1–2 Wood
July 4, 1979 Houston Hurricane A 0–4
July 7, 1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers H 1–2 Flindt
July 11, 1979 Philadelphia Fury H 4–4* Armstrong, Etterich, Gersdorff, Wood
July 14, 1979 Los Angeles Aztecs A 0–0*
July 18, 1979 Houston Hurricane H 1–2 Gersdorff
July 21, 1979 Tulsa Roughnecks H 3–2 Armstrong (2), Wood
July 25, 1979 Chicago Sting A 3–2 Gersdorff (2), Child
July 29, 1979 New York Cosmos A 0–5
August 1, 1979 California Surf H 0–2
August 4, 1979 California Surf A 1–4 Wood
August 8, 1979 Vancouver Whitecaps A 0–1
August 11, 1979 San Diego Sockers H 0–6

* = Shootout
Source:[5]

American Conference

Western Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
San Diego Sockers*15155955501407-88-7
California Surf15155356501409-66-9
Edmonton Drillers 822437840887-81-14
San Jose Earthquakes822417438864-114-11

References

  1. ↑ "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. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 26, 2014.

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