1987 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

1987 season
Coach	Barney Boyce
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
Western Soccer Alliance	3rd
WSA Playoffs	Final
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Joe Mihaljevic (7) [1]
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The 1987 San Jose Earthquakes season was the fourteenth overall for the Earthquakes franchise, and the club's third in the Western Soccer Alliance. The Earthquakes finished the season in third place, then shut out the second place Seattle Storm in the Wild Card playoff game. In the Final, they were defeated by the San Diego Nomads, 3-1. ^[2]

Squad

The 1987 squad ^[3]

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

No. Position Player FW Sean Blakeman DF Barney Boyce MF Mike Brewin FW Rino Chimienti FW James Cole GK Kurt Devlin DF John Doyle MF David Gold MF Robert Grouchau DF Stefan Hansson GK Nicholas Hatzopoulos MF Jadir Henrique FW Jorge Ilbanez MF Steve Lammie

No. Position Player FW Alberto Luna DF Tim Martin GK Danny Mendoza FW Joe Mihaljevic FW Ronnie Morriss FW Don Murphy DF John Nicholson FW Dave Palic FW George Pastor Steve Sellers DF Joe Siveria FW Frank Van den Brand Horninge DF Chris Wentzien DF Robbie Zipp

Competitions

Western Soccer Alliance

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
March 16, 1987	California Kickers	A	3–2	Mihaljevic, Henrique, Wiskel
March 21, 1987	F.C. Seattle	H	3–1	Wiskel, Palic, Henrique
March 29, 1987	California Kickers	H	1–2	Blakeman
April 4, 1987	San Diego Nomads	H	1–2 (aet)	Mihaljevic
April 11, 1987	Los Angeles Heat	A	2–0	Pastor, Mihaljevic
April 12, 1987	San Diego Nomads	A	0–0*
April 26, 1987	F.C. Portland	H	5–1	Mihaljevic (3), Martin, Zipp
May 3, 1987	Los Angeles Heat	H	6–0	Pastor (3), Mihaljevic, Blakeman, Murphy
May 16, 1987	F.C. Portland	A	0–1
May 17, 1987	F.C. Seattle	A	0–3

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
June 7, 1987	F.C. Seattle	A	3–0	Palic, Henrique, Pastor
June 14, 1987	San Diego Nomads	A	1–2	Henrique

* = Penalty kicks
Source:^[4]

Standings

Place	Team	GP	W	L	OW	OL	PW	PL	GF	GA	Points
1	San Diego Nomads	10	6	4	1	0	1	1	17	9	31
2	F.C. Seattle	10	5	5	1	1	1	1	16	14	31
3	San Jose Earthquakes	10	5	5	1	1	1	1	21	13	31
4	F.C. Portland	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	9	16	24
5	Los Angeles Heat	10	5	5	0	1	0	0	9	15	24
6	California Kickers	10	4	6	0	2	2	0	11	16	23

References

1. "Western Soccer Alliance 1987 Season". A-League Archives. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
2. "The Year in American Soccer 1987". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
3. "WSA 1987 Season Stats". Retrieved March 20, 2014.
4. "Western Soccer Alliance 1987 Season". Retrieved March 24, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1987 | WSA
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Jose_Earthquakes_1987.jpg