1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

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]

San Jose Earthquakes
1979 season
Coach Peter Stubbe
StadiumSpartan Stadium
NASLDivision: 4th
Conference: 11th
Overall: 23rd
NASL PlayoffsDid not qualify
National Challenge CupDid not enter
Top goalscorerBernie Gersdorff (10) [1]
Average home league attendance15,092 [2]

Squad

The 1979 squad [1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CAN Chris Turner
2 DF  USA Neil Cohen
2 DF  USA Ken McDonald
3 DF  ENG Laurie Calloway
4 DF  GER Dieter Versen
5 DF  GER Willi Cryns
6 DF  ENG Ian Wood
7 MF  DEN Ove Flindt
8 MF  GER Gunter Etterich
9 MF  GER Bernie Gersdorff
10 FW  ENG Paul Child
11 FW  DEN Lars Jensen
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  NIR Tom Armstrong
12 DF  ENG John Rowlands
14 MF  USA Steve Ryan
15 FW  USA Easy Perez
16 DF  DEN Henning Munk Jensen
17 DF  USA Sam Bick
20 DF  USA Charlie Kadupski
20 DF  USA Doc Lawson
21 FW  GER Detlef Webers
22 DF  USA Carl Christensen
24 GK  SCO Mike Hewitt

Competitions

NASL
Main article: 1979 North American Soccer League season

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:[4]

American Conference
Western Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
San Diego Sockers*15155955501407-88-7
California Surf15155356501409-66-9
Edmonton Drillers822437840887-81-14
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. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 26, 2014.
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