1981 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes
1981 season
Coach England Jim Gabriel
Stadium Spartan Stadium
NASL Division: 4th
Overall: 19th
NASL Playoffs Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup Did not enter
Top goalscorer George Best (13) [1]
Average home league attendance 12,400 [2]
← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 San Jose Earthquakes season was the eighth for the franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished in fourth place in the Western Division. [3]

Squad

The 1981 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
00 England GK Phil Parkes
1 United States GK Bob Stetler
2 England DF Paul Cahill
2 United States MF Alan Merrick
3 United States DF Mike Hunter
4 United States DF Jim McAlister
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia DF Vasa Rutonjski
6 England DF Tony Powell
7 Trinidad and Tobago FW Steve David
8 Hungary MF Joe Horvath
11 Northern Ireland FW George Best
12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FW Slavko Licinar
No. Position Player
13 United States FW Tony Crescitelli
14 England MF Mark Lindsay
15 United States FW Easy Perez
16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MF Mustafa Hukic
17 United States MF Tim Schulz
18 England FW David Irving
19 United States DF Bill Sautter
20 United States MF Gary Etherington
21 United States MF Joe Silveira
24 Scotland GK Mike Hewitt
25 United States DF Derek Evans
25 United States FW Mark Liveric


Competitions

NASL

Season

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
March 29, 1981 New York Cosmos H 0–3
April 5, 1981 Los Angeles Aztecs A 0–1
April 12, 1981 Jacksonville Tea Men H 3–0 Etherington, David (2)
April 19, 1981 San Diego Sockers H 2–1 Licinar, Best
April 26, 1981 California Surf H 0–1
May 2, 1981 San Diego Sockers A 2–4 Best, Crescitelli
May 6, 1981 Portland Timbers A 0–3
May 10, 1981 Edmonton Drillers H 1–0 David
May 15, 1981 California Surf A 2–1 Best, Horvath
May 19, 1981 Atlanta Chiefs A 0–2
May 24, 1981 Calgary Boomers A 0–1
May 27, 1981 Los Angeles Aztecs H 3–2 Liveric, Crescitelli, Hunter
May 31, 1981 Calgary Boomers H 4–3 Best (2), Lindsay, Crescitelli
June 7, 1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies H 2–1 Crescitelli, Horvath
June 14, 1981 Edmonton Drillers A 2–6 Liveric, Irving
June 17, 1981 Atlanta Chiefs H 3–1 Etherington, Best, Crescitelli
June 20, 1981 Seattle Sounders A 0–1
June 24, 1981 California Surf A 0–7
June 27, 1981 Los Angeles Aztecs H 1–2 Best
July 1, 1981 Vancouver Whitecaps H 1–5 Licinar
July 4, 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A 1–4
July 8, 1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies A 2–4 Best, Perez
July 11, 1981 Jacksonville Tea Men A 3–4 Crescitelli, Best, Irving
July 15, 1981 Montreal Manic A 0–4
July 22, 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers H 3–2 Best (2), Hukic
July 25, 1981 Los Angeles Aztecs A 0–3
August 1, 1981 Portland Timbers H 1–1* Best
August 5, 1981 San Diego Sockers A 0–3
August 8, 1981 Seattle Sounders H 3–0 Crescitelli, Licinar (2)
August 12, 1981 California Surf H 2–1 Horvath, Licinar
August 15, 1981 San Diego Sockers H 2–3 Lindsay, Best
August 19, 1981 Vancouver Whitecaps A 1–3 Lindsay

* = Shootout
Source:[5]

Standings

Western DivisionWLGFGAPT
San Diego Sockers21116749173
Los Angeles Aztecs19135355160
California Surf11216077117
San Jose Earthquakes11214478108

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 1981". 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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