San Jose Earthquakes

1977 season
Coach	Momcilo Gavrić
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 3rd Conference: 6th Overall: 9th
NASL Playoffs	First round
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Paul Child (13) [1]
Average home league attendance	17,739 [2]
Home colors Away colors
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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.

Background

Review

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Squad

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

NASL

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Season

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

Standings

Pacific Conference

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

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Transfers

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Awards and recognition

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References

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1977 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes All-time Game Results | Soccerstats.us