San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988)

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San Jose Earthquakes logo, 1976-1979

For the MLS franchise, see San Jose Earthquakes.

The San Jose Earthquakes was a professional soccer club that played from 1974 to 1984 in the North American Soccer League. The team was known as the Golden Bay Earthquakes from 1983 to 1984, and resurfaced (once again as the San Jose Earthquakes) in the Western Soccer Alliance from 1985 to 1988. The franchise also played indoor soccer in the original MISL and in the NASL's indoor circuit. The name Earthquakes came from a newspaper contest in the San Jose Mercury News.

Year-by-year

Outdoor:

Season	League	W	L	T	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1974	NASL	9	3	8	43	38	2nd West	Lost Quarterfinal
1975	NASL	8	14		37	48	5th West	did not qualify
1976	NASL	14	10		47	30	1st South	Lost Conference Finals
1977	NASL	14	12		37	44	2nd South	Lost in 1st round
1978	NASL	8	22		36	81	4th American West	did not qualify
1979	NASL	8	22		41	74	4th American West	did not qualify
1980	NASL	9	23		45	68	4th American West	did not qualify
1981	NASL	11	21		44	78	4th West	did not qualify
1982	NASL	13	19		47	62	5th West	did not qualify
1983	NASL	20	10		71	54	2nd West	Lost Semifinal
1984	NASL	8	16		61	62	5th West	did not qualify
1985	WSA	4	2	1	10	9	1st	N/A
1986	WSA	3	4	7	13	23	6th	N/A
1987	WSA	6	7		21	13	3rd	Lost Championship
1988	WSA	7	5		20	19	3rd	Lost Championship

Note: The team played as the Golden Bay Earthquakes in the 1983 and 1984 seasons.

Indoor:

Season	League	W	L	GF	GA	Place	Playoffs
1980/81	NASL	10	18	118	115	3rd West	did not qualify
1981/82	NASL	5	12	83	141	3rd National West	did not qualify
1982/83	MISL	17	31	240	290	5th West	did not qualify
1983/84	NASL	19	13	206	190	4th	Lost Semifinal

Note: The team played the 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons as the Golden Bay Earthquakes.

Notable players

• Colin Bell (1980)
• George Best (1980-1981)
• Alan Birchenall (1977) [1]
• Paul Cahill (1981-82)
• Laurie Calloway (1974-1979)
• Les Chapman (1978)
• Fernando Clavijo (1983-84)
• Derek Craig (1975) [2]
• Mike Czuczman (1980) [3]
• Chris Dangerfield (1981-85)
• Parviz Ghelichkhani (1977-1978) [4]
• Alan Green (1983) (indoor)
• Ian Hamilton (1982) [[5]]
• Mike Hewitt (1976-82) [6]
• Guus Hiddink (1980)
• Vince Hilaire (1982) [7]
• Billy Hughes (1980)
• Godfrey Ingram (1982-84)
• David Irving (1981) [8]
• Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone (1974-1975)
• David Kemp (1975-78)
• Terry Lees (1975)
• Mark Lindsay (1981) [9]
• Steve Litt (1982-84)
• Johnny Moore (1974-1977)
• Tony Powell (1981-82) [10]
• John Rowlands (1976-77;1979-80)
• Tony Simoes (1976-1977)
• Steve Zungul (1984)

Head coaches

• Momcilo Gavrić (1974)
• Ivan Toplak (1974-1975)
• Momcilo Gavrić (1975-1978)
• Terry Fisher (1978-1979)
• Peter Stubbe (1979)
• Bill Foulkes (1980)
• Jim Gabriel (1981)
• Peter Short (1982)
• Joe Mallett (1982)
• Dragan Popovic (1983-1984)

Average attendance

Year	Average attendance
1974	16,584
1975	17,927
1976	19,826
1977	17,739
1978	14,281
1979	15,092
1980	13,169
1981	12,400
1982	11,012
1983	11,933
1984	10,676

Sources

• NASL year-by-year standings
• MISL year-by-year standings
• Western Soccer League year-by-year standings