1978 San Jose Earthquakes season

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]

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 →

Squad

The 1978 squad ^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Paul Gizzi 2 DF   USA Buzz Demling 4 DF   USA Mark Demling 5 DF   IRN Parviz 6 DF   ENG Ian Wood 7 MF   USA Kevin Handlan 7 MF   YUG Dusan Lukic 8 DF   POL Franz Smuda 9 FW   USA Doug Wark 10 FW   ENG Paul Child 11 FW   CAN Victor Kodelja 12 FW   TRI Leroy DeLeon 13 MF   SCO Davie Kemp 14 DF   ENG John Rowlands

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

Competitions

NASL

Main article: 1978 North American Soccer League season

Match results

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:^[4]

Standings

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. . American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 26, 2014.

External links

• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com