1975 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 1975 San Jose Earthquakes season was the team's second in the North American Soccer League. They finished in fifth place in the Pacific Division.^[3]

San Jose Earthquakes

1975 season
Coach	Momcilo Gavric
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 5th Overall: 17th
NASL Playoffs	Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Ilija Mitic (14) [1]
Average home league attendance	17,927 [2]
← 1974 1976 →

Squad

The 1975 squad ^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Mike Ivanow 1 GK  YUG Mirko Stojanovic 2 DF  USA Buzz Demling 3 DF  ENG Laurie Calloway 4 DF  USA Mark Demling 5 DF  YUG Momcilo Gavric 6 FW  USA Mani Hernandez 7 FW  JAM Art Welch 8 MF  SCO Johnny Moore 9 FW  USA Dan Counce 10 FW  ENG Paul Child 11 MF  USA Boris Bandov

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  ENG Terry Lees 13 MF  SCO Davie Kemp 14 FW  USA Archie Roboostoff 15 MF  YUG Ilija Mitic 15 FW  CRC William Quiros 16 DF  ENG Derek Craig 16 MF  POL Zenon Zaczynski 17 FW  SCO Jimmy Johnstone 18 FW  USA Jerry Kazarian 20 MF  USA Jim Zylker 21 GK  USA Gary St. Clair

Competitions

NASL

Main article: 1975 North American Soccer League season

Match results

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 18, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	1–2	Child
May 2, 1975	St. Louis Stars	H	2–1	Mitic (2)
May 10, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	1–2	Child
May 16, 1975	San Antonio Thunder	A	2–1	Roboostoff, Bandov
May 18, 1975	Denver Dynamos	A	1–2
May 23, 1975	Chicago Sting	A	2–2*	Craig, Moore
May 25, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	2–3	Mitic, Zylker
May 31, 1975	Dallas Tornado	H	0–1
June 6, 1975	Rochester Lancers	H	5–0	Mitic, Bandov, Child (2), Craig
June 7, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	1–5	Mitic
June 14, 1975	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	Mitic (2)
June 19, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	3–2	Roboostoff, Mitic (2)
June 21, 1975	Seattle Sounders	A	1–5	Roboostoff
June 28, 1975	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	Lees
July 12, 1975	Seattle Sounders	H	2–2*	Mitic (2)
July 19, 1975	Boston Minutemen	H	0–1
July 23, 1975	New York Cosmos	A	1–1*	Welch
July 25, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	H	3–3*	Moore, Mitic, Calloway
July 29, 1975	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	Bandov (2)
August 2, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	2–1	Roboostoff, Mitic
August 7, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	0–4
August 9, 1975	Seattle Sounders	A	2–1	Welch, Bandov

* = Shootout
Source:^[4]

Standings

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Portland Timbers	16	6	43	27	138
Seattle Sounders	15	7	42	28	129
Los Angeles Aztecs	12	10	42	33	107
Vancouver Whitecaps	11	11	38	28	99
San Jose Earthquakes	8	14	37	48	83

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 1975". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
4. "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved March 27, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1975 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com