1987 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes
1987 season
Coach United States Barney Boyce
Stadium Spartan Stadium
Western Soccer Alliance 3rd
WSA Playoffs Final
National Challenge Cup Did not enter
Top goalscorer Joe Mihaljevic (7) [1]
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 San Jose Earthquakes season was the fourteenth overall for the Earthquakes franchise, and the club's third in the Western Soccer Alliance. The Earthquakes finished the season in third place, then shut out the second place Seattle Storm in the Wild Card playoff game. In the Final, they were defeated by the San Diego Nomads, 3-1. [2]

Squad

The 1987 squad [3]

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

No. Position Player
United States FW Sean Blakeman
United States DF Barney Boyce
United States MF Mike Brewin
United States FW Rino Chimienti
FW James Cole
United States GK Kurt Devlin
United States DF John Doyle
United States MF David Gold
United States MF Robert Grouchau
Sweden DF Stefan Hansson
GK Nicholas Hatzopoulos
MF Jadir Henrique
FW Jorge Ilbanez
United States MF Steve Lammie
No. Position Player
FW Alberto Luna
United States DF Tim Martin
United States GK Danny Mendoza
United States FW Joe Mihaljevic
United States FW Ronnie Morriss
United States FW Don Murphy
United States DF John Nicholson
United States FW Dave Palic
United States FW George Pastor
United States Steve Sellers
United States DF Joe Siveria
FW Frank Van den Brand Horninge
United States DF Chris Wentzien
United States DF Robbie Zipp

Competitions

Western Soccer Alliance

Season

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
March 16, 1987 California Kickers A 3–2 Mihaljevic, Henrique, Wiskel
March 21, 1987 F.C. Seattle H 3–1 Wiskel, Palic, Henrique
March 29, 1987 California Kickers H 1–2 Blakeman
April 4, 1987 San Diego Nomads H 1–2 (aet) Mihaljevic
April 11, 1987 Los Angeles Heat A 2–0 Pastor, Mihaljevic
April 12, 1987 San Diego Nomads A 0–0*
April 26, 1987 F.C. Portland H 5–1 Mihaljevic (3), Martin, Zipp
May 3, 1987 Los Angeles Heat H 6–0 Pastor (3), Mihaljevic, Blakeman, Murphy
May 16, 1987 F.C. Portland A 0–1
May 17, 1987 F.C. Seattle A 0–3

Playoffs

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
June 7, 1987 F.C. Seattle  A    3–0               Palic, Henrique, Pastor           
June 14, 1987 San Diego Nomads   A 1–2 Henrique

* = Penalty kicks
Source:[4]

Standings

Place Team GP W L OW OL PW PL GF GA Points
1 San Diego Nomads 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 17 9 31
2 F.C. Seattle 10 5 5 1 1 1 1 16 14 31
3 San Jose Earthquakes 10 5 5 1 1 1 1 21 13 31
4 F.C. Portland 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 9 16 24
5 Los Angeles Heat 10 5 5 0 1 0 0 9 15 24
6 California Kickers 10 4 6 0 2 2 0 11 16 23

References

  1. ↑ "Western Soccer Alliance 1987 Season". A-League Archives. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer 1987". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ "WSA 1987 Season Stats". Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Western Soccer Alliance 1987 Season". Retrieved March 24, 2014.

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