1977 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes
1977 season
Coach	Momcilo Gavrić
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
NASL	Division: 3rd; Conference: 6th; Overall: 9th
NASL Playoffs	First round
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Paul Child (13)
Average home league attendance	17,739
Home colors	Away colors
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CoachMomcilo Gavrić

StadiumSpartan Stadium

NASLDivision: 3rd
Conference: 6th
Overall: 9th

NASL PlayoffsFirst round

The 1977 San Jose Earthquakes season was the club's fourth season of existence as a franchise in the North American Soccer League, then the top-tier of American soccer. The Earthquakes finished in third place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Conference, strong enough to qualify for the playoffs.

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
April 9, 1977	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	0–3
April 17, 1977	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	0–2
April 23, 1977	Seattle Sounders	H	2–0	Calloway, Davies
April 30, 1977	Dallas Tornado	A	2–2*	DeLeon, Child
May 7, 1977	Las Vegas Quicksilvers	A	0–2
May 9, 1977	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–1	Child
May 14, 1977	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	DeLeon, Child, Davies
May 21, 1977	Seattle Sounders	A	1–0	Child
May 23, 1977	Washington Diplomats	H	0–0*
May 27, 1977	St. Louis Stars	A	4–3	Davies, Child (3)
May 29, 1977	Connecticut Bicentennials	A	2–3	Calloway, Davies
June 4, 1977	Minnesota Kicks	A	0–1
June 11, 1977	Rochester Lancers	H	1–3	Davies
June 18, 1977	Las Vegas Quicksilvers	H	2–1	Child, DeLeon
June 22, 1977	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	Birchenall (2)
June 25, 1977	Team Hawaii	A	1–3	Child
June 27, 1977	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	1–4	Pavlovic
July 2, 1977	Toronto Metros-Croatia	H	3–0	Birchenall, Child, DeLeon
July 6, 1977	Cosmos	A	0–3
July 9, 1977	Minnesota Kicks	H	0–0*
July 12, 1977	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	A	0–0*
July 16, 1977	Washington Diplomats	A	0–3
July 24, 1977	Chicago Sting	H	1–0	Mitic
July 30, 1977	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	3–2	Child, DeLeon
August 1, 1977	Team Hawaii	H	1–0	Child
August 6, 1977	Dallas Tornado	H	4–3	Child, DeLeon, Mitic (2)

August 10, 1977 First round	Los Angeles Aztecs	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
16:00 UTC−8				Stadium: Memorial Coliseum

Southern Division	W	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Home	Road
Dallas Tornado	18	8	56	37	53	161	11-2	7-6
Los Angeles Aztecs	15	11	65	54	57	147	8-5	7-6
San Jose Earthquakes	14	12	37	44	35	119	9-4	5-8
Team Hawaii	11	15	45	59	40	106	7-6	4-9
Las Vegas Quicksilvers	11	15	38	44	37	103	8-5	3-10

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1977 San Jose Earthquakes season

Squad

Competitions

NASL

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Season

NASL Playoffs

Standings

Pacific Conference

References

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