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1977 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 1977 San Jose Earthquakes season was the club's fourth season of existence as a franchise in the North American Soccer League, then the top-tier of American soccer. The Earthquakes finished in third place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Conference, strong enough to qualify for the playoffs.

San Jose Earthquakes
1977 season
CoachSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Momcilo Gavrić
StadiumSpartan Stadium
NASLDivision: 3rd
Conference: 6th
Overall: 9th
NASL PlayoffsFirst round
National Challenge CupDid not enter
Top goalscorerPaul Child (13)[1]
Average home league attendance17,739[2]
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Background edit

Main article: 1976 San Jose Earthquakes season

Review edit

Squad edit

The 1977 squad [3]

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   USA Paul Gizzi
2 DF   USA Buzz Demling
3 DF   ENG Laurie Calloway
4 DF   USA Mark Demling
6 MF   ENG Trevor Hockey
7 MF   POR Antonio Simoes
8 MF   SCO Johnny Moore
10 FW   ENG Paul Child
11 FW   USA Mark Liveric
12 FW   TRI Leroy DeLeon
13 MF   SCO Davie Kemp
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   ENG John Rowlands
15 MF   YUG Ilija Mitic
16 MF   ENG Alan Birchenall
16 FW   YUG Viade Zabarac
17 DF   POR DaSilva Malta
18 MF   HUN Tibor Molnar
19 FW   USA Greg McKeown
21 DF   YUG Miro Pavlovic
23 FW   ENG Geoff Davies
24 GK   SCO Mike Hewitt
26 GK   YUG Borut Skulj
— FW   SCO John Smillie

Competitions edit

NASL edit

Main article: 1977 North American Soccer League season

Results summary edit

Results by round edit

Match results edit

Season edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers
April 9, 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs H 0–3
April 17, 1977 Vancouver Whitecaps A 0–2
April 23, 1977 Seattle Sounders H 2–0 Calloway, Davies
April 30, 1977 Dallas Tornado A 2–2* DeLeon, Child
May 7, 1977 Las Vegas Quicksilvers A 0–2
May 9, 1977 Vancouver Whitecaps H 2–1 Child
May 14, 1977 Portland Timbers H 3–2 DeLeon, Child, Davies
May 21, 1977 Seattle Sounders A 1–0 Child
May 23, 1977 Washington Diplomats H 0–0*
May 27, 1977 St. Louis Stars A 4–3 Davies, Child (3)
May 29, 1977 Connecticut Bicentennials A 2–3 Calloway, Davies
June 4, 1977 Minnesota Kicks A 0–1
June 11, 1977 Rochester Lancers H 1–3 Davies
June 18, 1977 Las Vegas Quicksilvers H 2–1 Child, DeLeon
June 22, 1977 Portland Timbers A 2–1 Birchenall (2)
June 25, 1977 Team Hawaii A 1–3 Child
June 27, 1977 Tampa Bay Rowdies H 1–4 Pavlovic
July 2, 1977 Toronto Metros-Croatia H 3–0 Birchenall, Child, DeLeon
July 6, 1977 Cosmos A 0–3
July 9, 1977 Minnesota Kicks H 0–0*
July 12, 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A 0–0*
July 16, 1977 Washington Diplomats A 0–3
July 24, 1977 Chicago Sting H 1–0 Mitic
July 30, 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs A 3–2 Child, DeLeon
August 1, 1977 Team Hawaii H 1–0 Child
August 6, 1977 Dallas Tornado H 4–3 Child, DeLeon, Mitic (2)

* = Shootout
Source:[4]

NASL Playoffs edit

August 10, 1977 First round Los Angeles Aztecs 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles
16:00 UTC−8 Stadium: Memorial Coliseum

Standings edit

Pacific Conference edit

Southern Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
Dallas Tornado 18 8 56 37 53 161 11-2 7-6
Los Angeles Aztecs 15 11 65 54 57 147 8-5 7-6
San Jose Earthquakes 14 12 37 44 35 119 9-4 5-8
Team Hawaii 11 15 45 59 40 106 7-6 4-9
Las Vegas Quicksilvers 11 15 38 44 37 103 8-5 3-10

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

Awards and recognition edit

References edit

  1. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League Standings". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes rosters". North American Soccer League Jerseys. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 26, 2014.

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