San Jose Earthquakes
Which team did the player Joe Mihaljevic belong to from 1986 to 1987?
Joe Mihaljevic Joe Mihaljevic ( born September 19 , 1960 in St . Louis , Missouri ) is a retired soccer forward . He runs a reputable year-round soccer school in Folsom , California Youth . His father , Djuro George Mihaljevic , a native of Croatia , played professionally in Europe before immigrating to the U.S . He eventually settled in St . Louis , Missouri where he became the first head coach of the North American Soccer Leagues St . Louis Stars . In 1966 , George established the first soccer school in the United States in St . Louis,Missouri Mihaljevic Soccer School , and developed many talented players . At age 8 , Mihaljevic began attending his fathers school and played for its competitive team , Missouri Mules . The team won 2 international youth tournaments in the Netherlands & Canada . College . After graduating from high school in 1978 , Mihaljevic was sent to live with relatives in the former Yugoslavia to train & play soccer . He reluctantly turned down a 4-year contract with 1st Division Teams , Red Star Belgrade and OFK Beograd due to the countrys impending civil war . Upon returning to the United States,he attended Meramec Community College and was a first team All AMERICAN after he graduated junior college Mihaljevic was offered a full NCAA , Division I scholarship to Hartwick College in Oneonta , New York in 1978 . Coached by one of the top coaches in the United States Jim Lennox a United States Staff Coach where Joe said he received the best training of his life along with his father George . In addition to playing collegiate soccer , Mihaljevic played on amateur clubs . In 1981 , he was on the Anheuser-Busch Soccer Club when it won the U.S . Amateur Cup . Mihaljevic scored the winning goal 2-1 against Philadelphia Bayern . Professional career . In 1982 , the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League ( MISL ) drafted Mihaljevic as its 2nd-round draft pick and played on a line with Stan Terlecki of Poland the Co-MVP of the League with Steve Zungul . In 1988 , Mihaljevic joined the Fort Wayne Flames of the American Indoor Soccer Association ( AISA ) for the Challenge Cup Playoffs . In 1986 , the San Jose Earthquakes of the Western Soccer Alliance ( WSA ) signed Mihaljevic . The next year , he was the Alliances Leading Goal Scorer and became the United States Leading Goal Scorer in 1987 with seven goals and two assists . He moved east to the Miami Sharks for the 1988 American Soccer League ( ASL ) season , under the coaching of 1970s World Cup Captain , Carlos Alberto Torres , of Brazil where he established himself as a force on the team by scoring 5 goals in the last 25 minutes of his 2nd game , defeating the Washington Diplomats , 5-1 , a record for Most Goals Scored in a Game . He also had Dirceu Guimares as a midfielder on the Miami Sharks . Dirceu Guimares was voted 3rd Most Valuable Player in the World at the 1978 World Cup for Brazil behind Mario Kempes of Argentina and Robbie Rensenbrink of Holland . In 1990 , he joined the San Jose Oaks Soccer Club and remained with the team through the 1992 season when the team took the U.S . Open Cup . Mihaljevic was voted 1992 U.S . Open Cup Most Valuable Player with a goal and 2 assists in the final game ( 3-1 ) . Coaching . After retiring from playing professionally Mihaljevic re-opened his fathers soccer school in Folsom , California in September 2003 , also named Mihaljevic Soccer School . Personal . Mihaljevic has 4 children with Lynette Trinidad-Mihaljevic ( married 1994 . divorced 2018 ) : Joey , Dominique , John Paul & Milan . External links . - Soccer school - MISL stats