San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988)

Outdoor: Note: The team played as the Golden Bay Earthquakes in the 1983 and 1984 seasons. NASL and MISL Indoor Soccer In the winter of 1975, the NASL ran a two-tiered, 16-team indoor tournament with four regional winners meeting in a "final-four" style championship. Not only did San Jose host their region at the Cow Palace, but the final four as well. The Quakes swept through the tournament unscathed, defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 in the final to the delight of their fans. San Jose teammates Paul Child and Gabbo Gavric were named co-MVPs. In 1976, the Earthquakes again advanced to the final four before losing to the Rochester Lancers at the Bayfront Center in Florida. They would rebound the following day to win the 3rd Place match 5–2 over Dallas. The NASL would not begin playing full indoor seasons until 1979–80, but San Jose did not fare nearly as well in that format. The NASL canceled its 1982–83 indoor season. As a result, the Earthquakes along with Chicago and San Diego played in the MISL that winter. Note: The team played the 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons as the Golden Bay Earthquakes. ==Head coaches==

• Momčilo Gavrić (1974) • Ivan Toplak (1974–1975) • Momčilo Gavrić (1975–1978) • Terry Fisher (1978–1979) • Peter Stubbe (1979) • Bill Foulkes (1980) • Jimmy Gabriel (1981) • Peter Short (1982) • Joe Mallett (1982) • Dragan Popović (1983–1984) • Laurie Calloway (1985) • Steve Litt (1986) • Barney Boyce (1987–1988) • Tomás Boy (1988) • Tony Zanotto (1988) ==Honors==

Championships • 1975 NASL indoor • 1985 WACS • 1987 WSA (runner-up) • 1988 WSA (runner-up) NASL Division titles • 1984 Branko Šegota Coach of the Year Leading Goal Scorer • 1974 Paul Child • 1976 António Simões • 1983 Stan Terlecki, Steve Zungul • 1984 Steve Zungul • 1986 Chance Fry • 1987 Barney Boyce, Tim Martin, Joe Mihaljevic, George Pastor, Robbie Zipp • 1988 Tomás Boy, Abuelo Cruz All-Star Second Team selections • 1981 George Best • 1984 Branko Šegota • 1986 Dzung Tran • 1988 Chris Dangerfield, Dzung Tran All-Star Honorable Mentions • 1974 Laurie Calloway, Dieter Zajdel • 1976 Mark Liveric • 1977 António Simões • 1982 Vince Hilaire, Godfrey Ingram • 1983 Mihalj Keri • 1984 Fernando Clavijo Indoor All-Star/All-Tournament selections • 1975 Paul Child, Gabbo Garvic • 1976 Juli Veee • 1980–81 George Best, Mike Hewitt • 1983–84 Fernando Clavijo, Steve Zungul Indoor All-Star Game selections • 1984 Fernando Clavijo, Steve Zungul (starters) U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame • 1997 Johnny Moore • 2003 Paul Child • 2005 Fernando Clavijo • 2023 Steve Zungul Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame • 2001 Gerry Gray • 2002 Branko Šegota, Mike Sweeney • 2009 Mike Stojanović • 2011 Victor Kodelja Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame • 2012 Don Popovic, Branko Šegota, Juli Veee, Steve Zungul • 2014 Fernando Clavijo • 2019 Stan Terlecki ==References==