1980 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1980 season
Coach	Bill Foulkes
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 4th Conference: 12th Overall: 23rd
NASL Playoffs	Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Steve David (14)[1]
Average home league attendance	13,169[2]

The 1980 San Jose Earthquakes season was the franchise's seventh in the North American Soccer League. They finished fourth in the Western Division of the American Conference.^[3]

Squad

The 1980 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 Ane Mihailovich 3 DF  USA Mark Demling 3 DF  USA Mike Hunter 4 MF  ENG Colin Bell 4 MF  NED Guus Hiddink 5 DF  GER Willi Cryns 5 DF  YUG Vasa Rutonjski 6 DF  ENG Mike Czuczman 7 FW  TRI Steve David 7 FW  SCO Billy Hughes 8 DF  YUG Miro Pavlovic 8 FW  SCO Alfie Conn 9 MF  GER Bernie Gersdorff 11 FW  NIR George Best 12 FW  YUG Slavko Licinar 12 MF  POR Ibraim Silva

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  USA Sandje Ivanchukov 13 DF  USA Paul Toomey 14 MF  USA Steve Ryan 15 FW  USA Easy Perez 16 DF  YUG Niki Nikolic 17 DF  USA Sam Bick 19 FW  USA Bill Sautter 20 DF  USA Charlie Kadupski 20 MF  NED Hans Kraay, Jr. 21 MF  USA Joe Silveira 22 DF  GER Peter Lechermann 23 FW  RSA Andries Maseko 24 GK  SCO Mike Hewitt 25 DF  USA Derek Evans — FW  NIR Tom Armstrong — FW  POR Victor Baptista — DF  ENG John Rowlands

Competitions

NASL

Main article: 1980 North American Soccer League season

Match results

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 5, 1980	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	0–1
April 19, 1980	Seattle Sounders	H	0–1
April 27, 1980	Edmonton Drillers	A	2–4	Maseko (2)
April 30, 1980	San Diego Sockers	H	2–3	Sautter, Gersdorff
May 3, 1980	Seattle Sounders	A	0–4
May 10, 1980	New England Tea Men	H	0–0*
May 15, 1980	Edmonton Drillers	H	1–0	David
May 17, 1980	Houston Hurricane	H	3–0	David (3)
May 24, 1980	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	Silva
June 1, 1980	California Surf	A	2–3	David, Kraay
June 4, 1980	Rochester Lancers	H	1–2	David
June 7, 1980	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–0	Pavlovic, Lechermann
June 11, 1980	Detroit Express	A	0–0*
June 14, 1980	Philadelphia Fury	H	2–1	Best, David
June 17, 1980	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	A	0–4
June 22, 1980	Washington Diplomats	A	4–5	Licinar, David, Lechermann, Best
June 26, 1980	Toronto Blizzard	A	2–2*	Licinar, David
June 29, 1980	California Surf	H	5–1	Licinar, Best, David, Lechermann (2)
July 2, 1980	Dallas Tornado	H	1–2	Pavlovic
July 5, 1980	New England Tea Men	A	1–3	David
July 9, 1980	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	1–4	Licinar
July 12, 1980	Atlanta Chiefs	A	2–1	Mihailovich, David
July 16, 1980	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	0–3
July 19, 1980	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–4	David
July 26, 1980	Minnesota Kicks	H	1–2
July 30, 1980	Memphis Rogues	H	0–1
August 2, 1980	Detroit Express	H	3–1	Pavlovic, David
August 9, 1980	Chicago Sting	A	1–4	Best
August 12, 1980	Memphis Rogues	A	0–0*
August 16, 1980	Portland Timbers	H	2–3	Best (2)
August 20, 1980	San Diego Sockers	A	3–2	Maseko, Best
August 23, 1980	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	1–2	Best

* = Shootout
Source:^[4]

Standings

American Conference

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Edmonton Drillers	17	15	58	51	149
California Surf	15	17	61	67	144
San Diego Sockers	16	16	53	51	140
San Jose Earthquakes	9	23	45	68	95

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 1980". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 26, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1980 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com