1976 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes
1976 season
Coach	Momcilo Gavric
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 1st; Conference: 2nd; Overall: 6th
NASL Playoffs	Conference Finals
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Ilija Mitic (14)
Average home league attendance	19,826
	← 1975 1977 →

CoachMomcilo Gavric

StadiumSpartan Stadium

NASLDivision: 1st
Conference: 2nd
Overall: 6th

NASL PlayoffsConference Finals

The 1976 San Jose Earthquakes season was their third in the North American Soccer League, and they finished in first place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Conference. In the playoffs, they defeated the Dallas Tornado in the Conference Semifinals, 2-0 at Spartan Stadium. The Minnesota Kicks beat the Earthquakes, 3-1 in the Conference Championship played at Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota.^[3]

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 17, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	2–1	Child, Liveric
April 24, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	H	4–2	Liveric, Sorgic, Mitic (2)
May 1, 1976	San Diego Jaws	H	0–1
May 2, 1976	Dallas Tornado	A	1–3	Sorgic
May 8, 1976	St. Louis Stars	A	3–0	Child, Liveric, Mitic
May 9, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–4	Mitic
May 16, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–0	Sorgic (2)
June 4, 1976	Seattle Sounders	A	2–1	Mitic, Child
June 6, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	H	0–3
June 11, 1976	Washington Diplomats	A	1–2	Mitic
June 13, 1976	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	0–0*
June 20, 1976	Seattle Sounders	H	2–1	Child, Mitic
June 25, 1976	Portland Timbers	A	0–1
June 27, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	4–0	Child (2), Liveric (2)
July 3, 1976	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	B. Demling, Child (2)
July 7, 1976	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–0	Liveric
July 11, 1976	St. Louis Stars	H	6–1	Child (2), Mitic (2), Liveric (2)
July 17, 1976	Boston Minutemen	H	6–1	Child (2), Moore (2), Liveric (2)
July 23, 1976	San Diego Jaws	A	2–3	Moore, Mitic
July 25, 1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	1–0	Mitic
July 31, 1976	Miami Toros	H	3–0	Mitic (2), Child
August 7, 1976	New York Cosmos	H	2–1	Moore, Rowlands
August 11, 1976	Chicago Sting	A	1–1*	Mitic
August 13, 1976	San Antonio Thunder	A	0–2

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
August 20, 1976	Dallas Tornado	H	2–0	Mitic (2)
August 25, 1976	Minnesota Kicks	A	1–3	Mitic

Southern Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
San Jose Earthquakes	14	10	47	30	123
Dallas Tornado	13	11	44	45	117
Los Angeles Aztecs	12	12	43	44	108
San Antonio Thunder	12	12	38	32	107
San Diego Jaws	9	15	29	47	82

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1976 San Jose Earthquakes season

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NASL

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Playoffs

Standings

Pacific Conference

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