1978 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1978 season
Coach	Terry Fisher
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 4th Conference: 12th Overall: 23rd
NASL Playoffs	Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Paul Child, Peter Ressel (8) [1]
Average home league attendance	14,281 [2]
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 San Jose Earthquakes season was the fifth for the franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished in fourth place in the Western Division of the American Conference. ^[3]

Squad

The 1978 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 Paul Gizzi 2 DF Buzz Demling 4 DF Mark Demling 5 DF Parviz 6 DF Ian Wood 7 MF Kevin Handlan 7 MF Dusan Lukic 8 DF Franz Smuda 9 FW Doug Wark 10 FW Paul Child 11 FW Victor Kodelja 12 FW Leroy DeLeon 13 MF Davie Kemp 14 DF John Rowlands

No. Position Player 14 DF Volker Fass 15 FW Ilija Mitic 16 FW Peter Ressel 17 DF Jerry Bevans 18 DF Dimitri Davidovic 19 MF Les Chapman 20 FW John Smillie 21 MF Tony Suffle 22 DF Carl Christensen 22 DF Roger Verdi 23 FW Leroy Spann 24 GK Mike Hewitt 25 GK Gerrit Vooys 26 GK Sean Keohane

Competitions

NASL

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 2, 1978	Oakland Stompers	A	0–0*
April 9, 1978	California Surf	H	0–0*
April 12, 1978	San Diego Sockers	A	1–1*	Mitic
April 16, 1978	Colorado Caribous	H	2–3	Ressel, Rowlands
April 19, 1978	Houston Hurricane	A	1–1*	Child
April 22, 1978	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	3–3*	Child, Ressel, Mitic
April 30, 1978	Seattle Sounders	H	1–0	Lukic
May 7, 1978	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	1–0	Ressel
May 13, 1978	Seattle Sounders	A	1–3	Ressel
May 20, 1978	Portland Timbers	H	2–3	Ressel, Child
May 23, 1978	New England Tea Men	A	1–3	Child
May 27, 1978	Philadelphia Fury	A	3–1	Mitic, Lukic, Child
May 31, 1978	Rochester Lancers	A	1–2	Child
June 7, 1978	Memphis Rogues	H	0–1
June 10, 1978	Chicago Sting	H	1–1*	Spann
June 14, 1978	Memphis Rogues	A	1–4	Mitic
June 17, 1978	Dallas Tornado	A	1–3	Ressel
June 21, 1978	New England Tea Men	H	2–5	Mitic, Kodelja
June 28, 1978	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	0–0*
July 1, 1978	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	H	0–1
July 7, 1978	Portland Timbers	A	0–5
July 9, 1978	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	2–4	Ressel, Lukic
July 12, 1978	Detroit Express	A	0–10
July 15, 1978	Washington Diplomats	H	1–5	Fass
July 19, 1978	Detroit Express	H	3–4	Child, Kodelja, Ressel
July 22, 1978	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	2–0	Chapman, Kodelja
July 26, 1978	San Diego Sockers	H	2–1	Child, Davidovic
July 30, 1978	California Surf	A	0–5
August 3, 1978	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	0–6
August 5, 1978	Oakland Stompers	H	2–1	Wood, Chapman

* = Shootout
Source:^[5]

American Conference

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Home	Road
San Diego Sockers	18	12	63	56	56	164	12-3	6-9
California Surf	13	17	43	49	37	115	9-6	4-11
Oakland Stompers	12	18	34	59	31	103	7-8	5-10
San Jose Earthquakes	8	22	36	81	35	83	4-11	4-11

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 1978". 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 26, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1978 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com