# 1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 1979 San Jose Earthquakes season was the sixth for the franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished fourth in the Western Division of the American Conference.

## Squad

The 1979 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 | CAN | Chris Turner |
| 2 | DF | USA | Neil Cohen |
| 2 | DF | USA | Ken McDonald |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Laurie Calloway |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dieter Versen |
| 5 | DF | GER | Willi Cryns |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ian Wood |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Ove Flindt |
| 8 | MF | GER | Gunter Etterich |
| 9 | MF | GER | Bernie Gersdorff |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Paul Child |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Lars Jensen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | NIR | Tom Armstrong |
| 12 | DF | ENG | John Rowlands |
| 14 | MF | USA | Steve Ryan |
| 15 | FW | USA | Easy Perez |
| 16 | DF | DEN | Henning Munk Jensen |
| 17 | DF | USA | Sam Bick |
| 20 | DF | USA | Charlie Kadupski |
| 20 | DF | USA | Doc Lawson |
| 21 | FW | GER | Detlef Webers |
| 22 | DF | USA | Carl Christensen |
| 24 | GK | SCO | Mike Hewitt |

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

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| March 31, 1979 | Portland Timbers | H | 3–4 | Gersdorff, Child, Cohen |
| April 14, 1979 | Edmonton Drillers | H | 0–1 | |
| April 21, 1979 | San Diego Sockers | A | 3–3* | Child (2), Ryan |
| April 28, 1979 | Los Angeles Aztecs | H | 1–2 | Child |
| May 5, 1979 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 1–2 | Gersdorff |
| May 9, 1979 | Detroit Express | A | 0–3 | |
| May 12, 1979 | Seattle Sounders | A | 1–2 | Gersdorff |
| May 19, 1979 | Seattle Sounders | H | 0–1 | |
| May 26, 1979 | Edmonton Drillers | A | 2–1 | Child, Lawson |
| June 2, 1979 | Memphis Rogues | H | 2–1 | Etterich, Flindt |
| June 6, 1979 | Minnesota Kicks | A | 1–4 | Gersdorff |
| June 9, 1979 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 2–3 | Child, Gersdorff |
| June 13, 1979 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 2–2* | Child, Versen |
| June 16, 1979 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 1–3 | Armstrong |
| June 20, 1979 | Portland Timbers | A | 2–1 | Etterich, Ryan |
| June 23, 1979 | Chicago Sting | H | 4–2 | Etterich, Bick, Webers, Gersdorff |
| June 27, 1979 | New England Tea Men | H | 0–1 | |
| June 30, 1979 | Philadelphia Fury | A | 1–2 | Wood |
| July 4, 1979 | Houston Hurricane | A | 0–4 | |
| July 7, 1979 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | H | 1–2 | Flindt |
| July 11, 1979 | Philadelphia Fury | H | 4–4* | Armstrong, Etterich, Gersdorff, Wood |
| July 14, 1979 | Los Angeles Aztecs | A | 0–0* | |
| July 18, 1979 | Houston Hurricane | H | 1–2 | Gersdorff |
| July 21, 1979 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 3–2 | Armstrong (2), Wood |
| July 25, 1979 | Chicago Sting | A | 3–2 | Gersdorff (2), Child |
| July 29, 1979 | New York Cosmos | A | 0–5 | |
| August 1, 1979 | California Surf | H | 0–2 | |
| August 4, 1979 | California Surf | A | 1–4 | Wood |
| August 8, 1979 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 0–1 | |
| August 11, 1979 | San Diego Sockers | H | 0–6 | |
* = Shootout Source:

#### American Conference

| Western Division | W | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts | Home | Road |
| San Diego Sockers* | 15 | 15 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 140 | 7-8 | 8-7 |
| California Surf | 15 | 15 | 53 | 56 | 50 | 140 | 9-6 | 6-9 |
| Edmonton Drillers | 8 | 22 | 43 | 78 | 40 | 88 | 7-8 | 1-14 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 8 | 22 | 41 | 74 | 38 | 86 | 4-11 | 4-11 |