1976 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1976 season
Coach	Momcilo Gavric
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 1st Conference: 2nd Overall: 6th
NASL Playoffs	Conference Finals
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Ilija Mitic (14) [1]
Average home league attendance	19,826 [2]
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 San Jose Earthquakes season was their third in the North American Soccer League, and they finished in first place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Conference. In the playoffs, they defeated the Dallas Tornado in the Conference Semifinals, 2-0 at Spartan Stadium. The Minnesota Kicks beat the Earthquakes, 3-1 in the Conference Championship played at Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota. ^[3]

Squad

The 1976 squad ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mike Ivanow 1 GK Terry Weekes 2 DF Buzz Demling 3 DF Laurie Calloway 4 DF Mark Demling 5 DF Momcilo Gavric 6 FW Mani Hernandez 7 MF Antonio Simoes 8 MF Johnny Moore 10 FW Paul Child 11 FW Mark Liveric

No. Position Player 13 MF Davie Kemp 14 DF John Rowlands 15 MF Ilija Mitic 17 FW George Sorgic 18 MF Tibor Molnar 19 FW Tony Douglas 20 MF Jim Zylker 21 DF Miro Pavlovic 22 MF Juli Veee 24 GK Mike Hewitt

Competitions

NASL

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 17, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	2–1	Child, Liveric
April 24, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	H	4–2	Liveric, Sorgic, Mitic (2)
May 1, 1976	San Diego Jaws	H	0–1
May 2, 1976	Dallas Tornado	A	1–3	Sorgic
May 8, 1976	St. Louis Stars	A	3–0	Child, Liveric, Mitic
May 9, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–4	Mitic
May 16, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–0	Sorgic (2)
June 4, 1976	Seattle Sounders	A	2–1	Mitic, Child
June 6, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	H	0–3
June 11, 1976	Washington Diplomats	A	1–2	Mitic
June 13, 1976	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	0–0*
June 20, 1976	Seattle Sounders	H	2–1	Child, Mitic
June 25, 1976	Portland Timbers	A	0–1
June 27, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	4–0	Child (2), Liveric (2)
July 3, 1976	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	B. Demling, Child (2)
July 7, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–0	Liveric
July 11, 1976	St. Louis Stars	H	6–1	Child (2), Mitic (2), Liveric (2)
July 17, 1976	Boston Minutemen	H	6–1	Child (2), Moore (2), Liveric (2)
July 23, 1976	San Diego Jaws	A	2–3	Moore, Mitic
July 25, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	1–0	Mitic
July 31, 1976	Miami Toros	H	3–0	Mitic (2), Child
August 7, 1976	New York Cosmos	H	2–1	Moore, Rowlands
August 11, 1976	Chicago Sting	A	1–1*	Mitic
August 13, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	A	0–2

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
August 20, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	2–0	Mitic (2)
August 25, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–3	Mitic

* = Shootout
Source:^[5]

Pacific Conference

Southern Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
San Jose Earthquakes	14	10	47	30	123
Dallas Tornado	13	11	44	45	117
Los Angeles Aztecs	12	12	43	44	108
San Antonio Thunder	12	12	38	32	107
San Diego Jaws	9	15	29	47	82

References

1. "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
2. "North American Soccer League Attendance". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
3. "The Year in American Soccer 1976". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
5. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 27, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1976 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com