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San Jose Earthquakes

Full name

San Jose Earthquakes

Founded

December 11, 1973

Dissolved

1988; 36 years ago

Stadium

Outdoor:
Spartan Stadium (18,155)
Indoor:
Cow Palace (11,089)
Oakland Coliseum Arena (13,601)

League

NASL (1974–1984)
MISL (1982–1983)
WSA (1985–1988)

Home colors

Away colors

The San Jose Earthquakes were a professional soccer club that played from 1974 to 1988. The team began as an expansion franchise in the North American Soccer League (NASL), and was originally set to play in San Francisco; but slow season ticket sales led to a late switch to San Jose's Spartan Stadium. The switch to sports-starved San Jose was an immediate hit, and the Earthquakes led the league with attendance over 15,000 per game in 1974, double the league average. The team's success led Spartan Stadium to be chosen as site of the first NASL Soccer Bowl in 1975. From 1983 to 1984, the team was known as the Golden Bay Earthquakes. During this time, it also played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League and in the NASL's indoor circuit, winning the first ever NASL indoor tournament in 1975. Their indoor games were first played at the Cow Palace and later at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.

Following the collapse of the NASL in 1984, the team's name reverted to San Jose Earthquakes prior to joining the Western Soccer Alliance in 1985, where it played until the league's folding after the 1988 season.

The name Earthquakes was created by general manager Dick Berg. While it was criticized due to San Jose's proximity to the San Andreas Fault, the name stayed on. In 1999, the Earthquakes name returned when San Jose's Major League Soccer franchise renamed themselves from the Clash to Earthquakes. A rebranding in 2014 added "1974" to the MLS team's crest, an explicit reference to the original NASL team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Year-by-year

Outdoor:

Season	League	W	L	T	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs	Avg. Attend.
1974	NASL	9	8	3	43	38	2nd West	Lost Quarterfinal	16,584
1975	NASL	8	14		37	48	5th West	did not qualify	17,927
1976	NASL	14	10		47	30	1st South	Lost Conference Finals	19,826
1977	NASL	14	12		37	44	2nd South	Lost in 1st round	17,739
1978	NASL	8	22		36	81	4th American West	did not qualify	14,281
1979	NASL	8	22		41	74	4th American West	did not qualify	15,092
1980	NASL	9	23		45	68	4th American West	did not qualify	13,169
1981	NASL	11	21		44	78	4th West	did not qualify	12,400
1982	NASL	13	19		47	62	5th West	did not qualify	11,012
1983	NASL	20	10		71	54	2nd West	Lost Semifinal	11,933
1984	NASL	8	16		61	62	5th West	did not qualify	10,676
1985	WACS	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	Runners-up
1988	WSA	7	5		20	19	3rd	Runners-up

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

NASL and MISL Indoor Soccer

In the winter of 1975, the NASL ran a two-tiered, 16-team indoor tournament with four regional winners meeting in a "final-four" style championship. Not only did San Jose host their region at the Cow Palace, but the final four as well. The Quakes swept through the tournament unscathed, defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 in the final to the delight of their fans. San Jose teammates Paul Child and Gabbo Gavric were named co-MVPs. In 1976, the Earthquakes again advanced to the final four before losing to the Rochester Lancers at the Bayfront Center in Florida. They would rebound the following day to win the 3rd Place match 5–2 over Dallas. The NASL would not begin playing full indoor seasons until 1979–80, but San Jose did not fare nearly as well in that format.^[4] The NASL canceled its 1982–83 indoor season. As a result, the Earthquakes along with Chicago and San Diego played in the MISL that winter.^[5]

Season	League	W	L	GF	GA	Place	Playoffs
1975	NASL	4	0	37	17	1st West	NASL Champions
1976	NASL	3	1	35	18	1st West	3rd place
1980–81	NASL	10	8	118	115	3rd West	did not qualify
1981–82	NASL	5	13	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.

Head coaches

Momčilo Gavrić (1974)
Ivan Toplak (1974–1975)
Momčilo Gavrić (1975–1978)
Terry Fisher (1978–1979)
Peter Stubbe (1979)
Bill Foulkes (1980)
Jimmy Gabriel (1981)
Peter Short (1982)
Joe Mallett (1982)
Dragan Popović (1983–1984)
Laurie Calloway (1985)
Steve Litt (1986)
Barney Boyce (1987–1988)
Tomás Boy (1988)
Tony Zanotto (1988)

Honors

Championships^[6]

1975 NASL indoor
1985 WACS
1987 WSA (runner-up)
1988 WSA (runner-up)

NASL Division titles^[6]

1974 Southern Division, Pacific Conference
1975 Region 4 (indoor)
1976 West Regional (indoor)

NASL Most Valuable Player^[6]

1975 Paul Child & Gabbo Garvic (indoor)
1983–84 Steve Zungul (indoor)
1984 Steve Zungul

North American Player of the Year^[7]

1984 Branko Šegota

Coach of the Year^[6]

1983 Don Popovic

Leading Scorer^[6]

1974 Paul Child 36 points
1975 Paul Child (indoor) 31 points
1982–83 Steve Zungul (MISL) 122 points
1983–84 Steve Zungul (indoor) 119 points
1984 Steve Zungul 50 points
1987 Joe Mihaljevic 16 points^[8]

Leading Goal Scorer^[6]

1974 Paul Child 15 goals
1975 Paul Child (indoor) 14 goals
1976 Juli Veee (indoor) 8 goals
1982–83 Steve Zungul (MISL) 75 goals
1983–84 Steve Zungul (indoor) 63 goals
1984 Steve Zungul 20 goals
1987 Joe Mihaljevic 7 goals^[8]

Assists Leader^[6]

1983–84 Steve Zungul (indoor) 56 assists
1988 Dzung Tran 4 assists (tied with 2 others)

All-Star First Team selections^[9]

1974 Paul Child
1976 António Simões
1983 Stan Terlecki, Steve Zungul
1984 Steve Zungul
1986 Chance Fry
1987 Barney Boyce, Tim Martin, Joe Mihaljevic, George Pastor, Robbie Zipp
1988 Tomás Boy, Abuelo Cruz

All-Star Second Team selections

All-Star Honorable Mentions

Indoor All-Star/All-Tournament selections

1975 Paul Child, Gabbo Garvic
1976 Juli Veee
1980–81 George Best, Mike Hewitt^[11]
1983–84 Fernando Clavijo, Steve Zungul^[12]

Indoor All-Star Game selections

1984 Fernando Clavijo, Steve Zungul (starters)

U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame^[13]

Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame^[14]

Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame^[15]

2012 Don Popovic, Branko Šegota, Juli Veee, Steve Zungul
2014 Fernando Clavijo
2019 Stan Terlecki

References

^ Maule, Tex (August 5, 1974). "They Knew A Way To San Jose". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
^ "Logo Unveil: A New Era of Earthquakes Soccer Begins | San Jose Earthquakes". Sjearthquakes.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
^ "The Throw-In: San Jose Earthquakes rebrand a check mark on long to-do list for MLS". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
^ "History of Indoor Soccer in the USA". RSSSF. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1983". homepages.sover.net. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "American Soccer History Archives". homepages.sover.net. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ "Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search". Record-Journal. Retrieved September 6, 2017 – via Google News Archive Search.
^ ^a ^b "The Year in American Soccer - 1987". homepages.sover.net. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ "North American Soccer League". Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^ Mudry, Richard (September 18, 1983). "Rookie Thompson captures NASL honors". Tampa Tribune. p. 15–D. Retrieved December 15, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ Henderson, Jim (April 21, 1981). "For Keith Bailey, The Long Wait Is Finally Over". The Tampa Tribune. p. 5-C. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search". Record-Journal. Retrieved September 6, 2017 – via Google News Archive Search.
^ "US Soccer Hall of Fame Membership". homepages.sover.net. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ "Canada Soccer Hall of Fame". www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ "Hall of Famers". indoorsoccerhall.com. September 1, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.

External links

San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose, California

The Club

Stadiums

Culture

Rivalries

Affiliated clubs

The Town FC (MLS Next Pro)

Key personnel

Owner: Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Chief Operating Officer: Jared Shawlee
General Manager: Chris Leitch
Head Coach: Luchi Gonzalez

Major honors (4)
MLS Cup (2)	2001 2003
Supporters' Shield (2)	2005 2012

Major League Soccer
Seasons (27)	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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