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1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

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San Jose Earthquakes
1979 season
CoachEngland 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]
← 1978
1980 →

The 1979 San Jose Earthquakes season was the sixth overall 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Canada CAN Chris Turner
2 DF United States USA Neil Cohen
2 DF United States USA Ken McDonald
3 DF England ENG Laurie Calloway
4 DF Germany GER Dieter Versen
5 DF Germany GER Willi Cryns
6 DF England ENG Ian Wood
7 MF Denmark DEN Ove Flindt
8 MF Germany GER Gunter Etterich
9 MF Germany GER Bernie Gersdorff
10 FW England ENG Paul Child
11 FW Denmark DEN Lars Jensen
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Tom Armstrong
12 DF England ENG John Rowlands
14 MF United States USA Steve Ryan
15 FW United States USA Easy Perez
16 DF Denmark DEN Henning Munk Jensen
17 DF United States USA Sam Bick
20 DF United States USA Charlie Kadupski
20 DF United States USA Doc Lawson
21 FW Germany GER Detlef Webers
22 DF United States USA Carl Christensen
24 GK Scotland SCO Mike Hewitt


Competitions

NASL

Match results

Standings

American Conference

Western Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
San Diego Sockers* 15 15 59 55 50 140 7-8 8-7
California Surf 15 15 53 56 50 140 9-6 6-9
Edmonton Drillers 8 22 43 78 40 88 7-8 1-14
San Jose Earthquakes 8 22 41 74 38 86 4-11 4-11

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.