1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes season
Golden Bay Earthquakes 1984 soccer season
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The 1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes season was the club's eleventh as a franchise in the North American Soccer League, then the top tier of American soccer. The Earthquakes finished in fifth place in the Western Division. The league folded at the end of the season, and the team would then participate in the four-team 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series, which led to the formal establishment of the Western Soccer Alliance in 1986.[3]
| 1984 season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Dragan Popović |
| Stadium | Spartan Stadium |
| NASL | Division: 5th Overall: 8th |
| NASL Playoffs | Did not qualify |
| National Challenge Cup | Did not enter |
| Top goalscorer | Steve Zungul (20) [1] |
| Average home league attendance | 10,676 [2] |
Squad
The 1984 squad[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
NASL
Match results
Season
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1984 | San Diego Sockers | H | 2–2* | Hunter, Zungul |
| May 23, 1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 3–5 | Rojas, Zungul (2) |
| May 27, 1984 | Chicago Sting | H | 2–3 | Zungul (2) |
| June 3, 1984 | San Diego Sockers | A | 2–2* | Rojas, Zungul |
| June 8, 1984 | Minnesota Strikers | A | 1–2 | Sweeney |
| June 13, 1984 | New York Cosmos | H | 1–3 | Rojas |
| June 22, 1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks | A | 1–3 | Segota |
| June 30, 1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | H | 9–0 | Vrablic (2), Zungul (4), Segota (2), Sweeney |
| July 4, 1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 1–2 | Zungul |
| July 8, 1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 4–1 | Zungul, Goossens (2), Vrablic |
| July 11, 1984 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 2–0 | Goossens, Segota |
| July 14, 1984 | Minnesota Strikers | H | 2–3 | Zungul (2) |
| July 21, 1984 | Chicago Sting | A | 2–4 | Alonso, Segota |
| July 25, 1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 1–3 | Zungul |
| August 8, 1984 | Chicago Sting | A | 6–3 | Segota (3), Zungul, Alonso, Vrablic |
| August 12, 1984 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 3–5 | Segota (3) |
| August 18, 1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 2–2* | Ingram, Segota |
| August 22, 1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 3–2 | Segota, Lopez, Ingram |
| August 25, 1984 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 2–2* | Segota (2) |
| August 29, 1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 4–5 | Segota, Zungul (3) |
| September 1, 1984 | Minnesota Strikers | A | 2–1 | Segota, Fajkus |
| September 3, 1984 | New York Cosmos | H | 3–4 | Clavijo, Zungul, Segota |
| September 8, 1984 | San Diego Sockers | H | 1–2 | Cuellar |
| September 12, 1984 | New York Cosmos | A | 1–0 | Ingram |
* = Shootout
Source:[5]
Standings
Western Division
| Western Division | W | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sockers | 14 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 40 | 118 | 9-3 | 5-7 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 11 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 117 | 10-2 | 3-9 |
| Minnesota Strikers | 14 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 35 | 115 | 8-4 | 6-6 |
| Tulsa Roughnecks | 10 | 14 | 42 | 46 | 38 | 98 | 8-4 | 2-10 |
| Golden Bay Earthquakes | 8 | 16 | 61 | 62 | 49 | 95 | 4-8 | 4-8 |