1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Landsend62 (talk | contribs) at 02:35, 22 March 2014. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


Golden Bay Earthquakes
1983 season
CoachSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Popovic
StadiumSpartan Stadium
NASLDivision: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
NASL PlayoffsSemifinals
National Challenge CupDid not enter
Top goalscorerSteve Zungul (16) [1]
Average home league attendance11,933 [2]
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season was the tenth overall 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. [3]

Squad

The 1983 squad [4]

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 United States USA Bob Rigby
2 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Nedžad Verlašević
3 DF United States USA Mike Hunter
4 DF United States USA Jim McAlister
5 DF England ENG Steve Litt
7 FW England ENG Chris Dangerfield
9 MF United States USA Germain Iglesias
10 FW Netherlands NED Jan Goossens
11 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Steve Zungul
12 MF Mexico MEX Leonardo Cuellar
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Poland POL Stan Terlecki
14 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Mihalj Keri
16 FW England ENG Godfrey Ingram
17 FW United States USA Derek Sanderson
19 DF Canada CAN George Katakalidis
20 GK United States USA Tim Hanley
21 DF United States USA Fernando Clavijo
22 DF United States USA Barney Boyce
31 GK Northern Ireland NIR Bill Irwin

Competitions

NASL

Match results

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

References

  1. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League Attendance". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Year in American Soccer 1983". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  4. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved March 21, 2014.

External links