1975 San Jose Earthquakes season explained

Club:	San Jose Earthquakes
Season:	1975
Stadium:	Spartan Stadium
League:	NASL
League Result:	Division: 5th Overall: 17th
Chrtitle:	Owner
Mgrtitle:	Coach
Manager:	Momcilo Gavric
Average Attendance:	17,927 ^[1]
League Topscorer:	Ilija Mitic (14) ^[2]
Cup1:	NASL Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2:	National Challenge Cup
Cup2 Result:	Did not enter
American:	true
Prevseason:	1974
Nextseason:	1976

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]

Squad

The 1975 squad ^[2]

Competitions

NASL

See main article: 1975 North American Soccer League season.

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		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		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
align=left	Portland Timbers	16	6	43	27	138
align=left	Seattle Sounders	15	7	42	28	129
align=left	Los Angeles Aztecs	12	10	42	33	107
align=left	Vancouver Whitecaps	11	11	38	28	99
align=left	San Jose Earthquakes	8	14	37	48	83

References

1. Web site: North American Soccer League Attendance. NASLJerseys.com. March 23, 2014.
2. Web site: San Jose Earthquakes Rosters. NASL Jerseys. March 23, 2014.
3. Web site: The Year in American Soccer 1975. American Soccer History Archives. March 23, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105121106/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1975.html#NASL. November 5, 2015. dead.
4. Web site: San Jose Earthquakes Game Results. 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