1981 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1981 season
Coach	Jim Gabriel
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 4th Overall: 19th
NASL Playoffs	Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	George Best (13) [1]
Average home league attendance	12,400 [2]
← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 San Jose Earthquakes season was the eighth for the franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished in fourth place in the Western Division. ^[3]

Squad

The 1981 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 00 GK Phil Parkes 1 GK Bob Stetler 2 DF Paul Cahill 2 MF Alan Merrick 3 DF Mike Hunter 4 DF Jim McAlister 5 DF Vasa Rutonjski 6 DF Tony Powell 7 FW Steve David 8 MF Joe Horvath 11 FW George Best 12 FW Slavko Licinar

No. Position Player 13 FW Tony Crescitelli 14 MF Mark Lindsay 15 FW Easy Perez 16 MF Mustafa Hukic 17 MF Tim Schulz 18 FW David Irving 19 DF Bill Sautter 20 MF Gary Etherington 21 MF Joe Silveira 24 GK Mike Hewitt 25 DF Derek Evans 25 FW Mark Liveric

Competitions

NASL

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
March 29, 1981	New York Cosmos	H	0–3
April 5, 1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	0–1
April 12, 1981	Jacksonville Tea Men	H	3–0	Etherington, David (2)
April 19, 1981	San Diego Sockers	H	2–1	Licinar, Best
April 26, 1981	California Surf	H	0–1
May 2, 1981	San Diego Sockers	A	2–4	Best, Crescitelli
May 6, 1981	Portland Timbers	A	0–3
May 10, 1981	Edmonton Drillers	H	1–0	David
May 15, 1981	California Surf	A	2–1	Best, Horvath
May 19, 1981	Atlanta Chiefs	A	0–2
May 24, 1981	Calgary Boomers	A	0–1
May 27, 1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	3–2	Liveric, Crescitelli, Hunter
May 31, 1981	Calgary Boomers	H	4–3	Best (2), Lindsay, Crescitelli
June 7, 1981	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	2–1	Crescitelli, Horvath
June 14, 1981	Edmonton Drillers	A	2–6	Liveric, Irving
June 17, 1981	Atlanta Chiefs	H	3–1	Etherington, Best, Crescitelli
June 20, 1981	Seattle Sounders	A	0–1
June 24, 1981	California Surf	A	0–7
June 27, 1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	1–2	Best
July 1, 1981	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	1–5	Licinar
July 4, 1981	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	A	1–4
July 8, 1981	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	2–4	Best, Perez
July 11, 1981	Jacksonville Tea Men	A	3–4	Crescitelli, Best, Irving
July 15, 1981	Montreal Manic	A	0–4
July 22, 1981	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	H	3–2	Best (2), Hukic
July 25, 1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	0–3
August 1, 1981	Portland Timbers	H	1–1*	Best
August 5, 1981	San Diego Sockers	A	0–3
August 8, 1981	Seattle Sounders	H	3–0	Crescitelli, Licinar (2)
August 12, 1981	California Surf	H	2–1	Horvath, Licinar
August 15, 1981	San Diego Sockers	H	2–3	Lindsay, Best
August 19, 1981	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–3	Lindsay

* = Shootout
Source:^[5]

Standings

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
San Diego Sockers	21	11	67	49	173
Los Angeles Aztecs	19	13	53	55	160
California Surf	11	21	60	77	117
San Jose Earthquakes	11	21	44	78	108

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 1981". 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 – 1981 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com