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]
← 1979 1981 →

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 ^[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 Chris Turner 2 DF Ane Mihailovich 3 DF Mark Demling 3 DF Mike Hunter 4 MF Colin Bell 4 MF Guus Hiddink 5 DF Willi Cryns 5 DF Vasa Rutonjski 6 DF Mike Czuczman 7 FW Steve David 7 FW Billy Hughes 8 DF Miro Pavlovic 8 FW Alfie Conn 9 MF Bernie Gersdorff 11 FW George Best 12 FW Slavko Licinar 12 MF Ibraim Silva

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

Competitions

NASL

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:^[5]

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. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
5. "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