1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1979 season
Coach	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]

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 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Match results

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
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]

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. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 26, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1979 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com