# 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season

The 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season was the tenth for the Earthquakes franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished second in the Western Division and defeated the Chicago Sting in the playoff quarterfinals. The Earthquakes' run came to an end in the semifinals when the Toronto Blizzard earned two shutout wins.

## Squad

The 1983 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Bob Rigby |
| 2 | DF | YUG | Ned Verlasevic |
| 3 | DF | USA | Mike Hunter |
| 4 | DF | USA | Jim McAlister |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Steve Litt |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chris Dangerfield |
| 9 | MF | USA | Germain Iglesias |
| 10 | FW | NED | Jan Goossens |
| 11 | FW | YUG | Steve Zungul |
| 12 | MF | MEX | Leonardo Cuellar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | USA | Eric Tate |
| 13 | MF | POL | Stan Terlecki |
| 14 | DF | YUG | Mihalj Keri |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Godfrey Ingram |
| 17 | FW | USA | Derek Sanderson |
| 19 | DF | CAN | George Katakalidis |
| 20 | GK | USA | Tim Hanley |
| 21 | DF | USA | Fernando Clavijo |
| 22 | DF | USA | Barney Boyce |
| 31 | GK | NIR | Bill Irwin |

## Competitions
### NASL
#### Season

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| May 22, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 2–1 | Terlecki, Zungul |
| May 25, 1983 | New York Cosmos | A | 1–5 | |
| May 27, 1983 | Team America | A | 1–0 | Terlecki |
| May 30, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 3–1 | Zungul (3) |
| June 4, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 7–1 | Goossens, Zungul (3), Iglesias, Litt, Ingram |
| June 11, 1983 | New York Cosmos | H | 3–1 | Terlecki, Ingram, Zungul |
| June 15, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | A | 1–1* | Dangerfield |
| June 18, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | H | 1–0 | Goossens |
| June 22, 1983 | Team America | H | 3–0 | Cuellar, Zungul (2) |
| June 26, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 1–5 | |
| June 29, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 2–3 | Terlecki, Zungul |
| July 4, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 2–1 | Goossens (2) |
| July 6, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | H | 2–2* | Goossens (2) |
| July 9, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | H | 2–1 | Goossens, Iglesias |
| July 13, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | A | 5–2 | Dangerfield, Ingram, Terlecki, Iglesias, Goossens |
| July 17, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 1–2 | Goossens |
| July 20, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | H | 2–1 | Goossens, Ingram |
| July 23, 1983 | Chicago Sting | A | 0–2 | |
| July 27, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 3–3* | Ingram (2), Terlecki |
| July 30, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 1–3 | Ingram |
| August 3, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 2–2* | Terlecki, Zungul |
| August 6, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | A | 2–1 | Ingram (2) |
| August 10, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | A | 1–2 | Ingram |
| August 13, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 3–2 | Ingram (2), Goossens |
| August 17, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | H | 5–3 | Terlecki, Ingram, Dangerfield (3) |
| August 20, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | H | 4–2 | Terlecki (2), Ingram, Zungul |
| August 24, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 1–2 | Zungul |
| August 27, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | A | 2–3 | Goossens, Zungul |
| August 31, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 3–0 | Ingram, Zungul, Terlecki |
| September 3, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | H | 2–1 | Cuellar, Iglesias |

#### Playoffs

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| September 7, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 6–1 | Zungul (2), Goossens, Cuellar, Terlecki (2) |
| September 12, 1983 | Chicago Sting | A | 0–1 | |
| September 14, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 5–2 | Terlecki (3), Zungul, Goossens |
| September 17, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 0–0* | |
| September 22, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 0–2 | |
* = Shootout Source:

#### Standings

| Western Division | W | L | GF | GA | PT |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | 6 | 63 | 34 | 187 |
| Golden Bay Earthquakes | 20 | 10 | 71 | 54 | 169 |
| Seattle Sounders | 12 | 18 | 62 | 61 | 119 |
| San Diego Sockers | 11 | 19 | 53 | 65 | 106 |