1974: Birth of San Jose in the North American Soccer League (NASL) Owner Milan Mandaric (pictured) and club's first GM Dick Berg fight hard for the Earthquakes to be in San Jose, not San Francisco.
Cosmos Indoor, Part One: The Big Bang - New York Cosmos Cosmos Indoor, Part Two: The Boom - New York Cosmos Cosmos Indoor, Part Three: The Whimper http://www.nycosmos.com/article/uui...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer A proposed merger with the NASL and MISL never transpired in 1982, but three NASL sides -- Chicago, Golden Bay and San Diego -- competed in the MISL for the 1982-82 season, the Sockers having won back-to-back championships with the NASL Indoor 1981-82 and the MISL 1982-83 seasons, seeing them supplant the New York Arrows as the indoor game’s dominant side. With their return to indoor play, the Cosmos were determined to improve upon their last-place 6-12 finish two years prior. With Firmani behind the boards on the bench, the Cosmos lost their opening game to the Quakes, 7-5 before 7,657 fans at the Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands on Nov. 12.
Kevin Kewley (11), Davie Kemp (13), Roy Turner (6) Dallas Tornado at San Jose Earthquakes Roy Turner (6), Bob Hope (8), Ilija Mitic (15) San Jose Earthquakes at Dallas Tornado
Falvo, Is Steve Zungul considered part of the 1974 Earthquakes family? I remember him when I was a youth living in NY. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaviša_Žungul http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/steve-zungul-the-lord-of-all-indoors
Well not really. He played in both the 1983 & 84 NASL outdoor season which was the original SJQ franchise that originated in 1974 but he only played the last two seasons for the club. He has the distinction of being the last (old) NASL MVP in 1984 until he was traded to the San ?Diego Sockers for $100,000 along with Branko Segota to play indoors.
http://www.tulsaathletics.com/news/proklahomans-legends-edition-billy-caskey1/ Tulsa Roughnecks' Billy Caskey & Victor Moreland
Manchester City (England) at Oakland Clippers Date: June 9, 1968 Clippers won 3-0 Attendance: 25,237 Goals: Mario Baesso (2)
Alex Pringle comes into tackle San Jose Earthquakes' Paul Child, during the 1975 NASL Indoor Championship Game, played at the Cow Palace. With Doug Wark in the background. A newspaper clipping from the 1975 NASL Indoor Championship Final, against the San Jose Earthquakes. Played on March 16th, 1975 at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, the Rowdies lost the Final 5-8, in front of an attendance of 8,618.
If you read the short recap of the indoor championship game between the Quakes and the Rowdies, you will see that a guy named "Dave" Child was named MVP (along with Gabbo Gavric)....pretty funny really. Hardly anyone knew who these guys were really. Those days of the NASL were the dark ages compared to the kind of exposure of today, which is still awful.
didn't paul's brother come over to play some indoor that year?? yeah, i wonder if that was the chron, exam, murk, or something else. i had to reread the part about hewie to remember that he was playing for tampa at that time, not us....
Amazing that the game happened 39 years ago. I'm thinking that article was from a Tampa newspaper because the Merc (Fred Guzman, Dan Hruby etc) actually reported the Quakes pretty thoroughly in those days even though the Quakes were only a year old. I don't really remember the game that much but I remember a lot of my cousins and family members going to the game. The crowd of 8,618 still looks pretty healthy especially considering it was on a Sunday afternoon and played indoors at the Cow Palace. Reading the article, longtime Quakes GK Mike Hewitt had a stellar game and I think that triggered someone in the Quakes front office to purchase him the next year. He split time with Paul Hammond in the 1975 outdoor season in Tampa until Arnie Mausser took over and Hewitt was sold to San Jose.
Mark Demling broke his ankle in the championship game which kept out of the entire 1975 outdoor season. It's mentioned in the article...the broken ankle occurred when Demling's ankle came in contact with Ringo Cantillo's shin. Obviously, Demo was out of the game, but Cantillo also could not continue. It was a nasty collision. This was before the MISL. There had been exhibition indoor games previously. NASL all-stars had played various teams, including the Soviet Red Army team, either at the Cow Palace or in Oakland in previous years. I remember the goals were short and wide, something like 3 or 4 ft. tall x 8 or 10 ft. wide. The 1975 "season" was actually 4 regional tournaments (4 teams each), with the tournament winners meeting at the Cow Palace for a championship tournament. In the Western Regional Tournament, the Quakes had beaten Dallas, then Vancouver (a great indoor game). The Quakes' goalkeeper in the Vancouver game was Mirko Stojanovic, who was easily the MVP of the match. After the game, he declared himself to be the "greatest goalie in the United States" and apparently wanted more money. The Quakes immediately released him and Mike Ivanow played in the following tournament, plus all of the 1975 outdoor season. Hewitt came in 1976, after spending most of the 1975 Rowdies outdoor championship season on the bench....their championship game, against Portland, was played at Spartan Stadium.
Yeah Hewitt was on the bench during Soccer Bowl 75. I doubt he knew then that he would end up in San Jose for the next 7/8 years. He ended up playing for the Montreal Manic in 1983 then retired and lived in Morgan Hill doing some type of mortgage. I think he is now living and last year he helped out the GK's with Phoenix FC in the USL Pro League. Interesting how owner Milan Mandaric released GK Mirko Stojanovic. They must have remained on good terms though because it didn't keep him from hiring him as a coach 3 years later when he purchased the Oakland Stompers.
Those guys were friends. Many of the players worked for Milan at LIKA Corporation. They did not make nearly enough money playing soccer, especially during the winter. Virtually all of them had other jobs. Contracts were never long term in those days. If someone had a contract for the entire NASL season, they were fortunate. For these indoor tournaments, I'm sure most of the players had contracts just for the weekends involved, maybe even on a "per game" basis in some cases. Some even had "per game" deals during the summer outdoor season. It was pretty easy to let a player go.....often there was no contract to worry about. I know that the starters during the outdoor season were making a few $hundred per game, something like $400.00 in 1975. Guys like Paul Child were paid more and some were making less. During the winter, no games, no money, so they went to work like the rest of us. During the summer, most of them went to work too, but they also had to go to training and travel to road games.
I remember Paul Child worked in construction during the offseason. I remember both John Rowlands and Laurie Calloway worked at the Britania Arms and I think Rowlands owned a piece of it but I can't remember if it was while they were playing or after they retired.
Chris Hellenkamp (24), Gary Etherington (20), Bernie Fagan (18)Portland Timbers at San Jose Earthquakes Davie Kemp (13), George Best (11)Earthquakes Red collar Los Angeles Aztecs-San Jose Earthquakes
With all this discontent from Quakes fan and supporter groups on how Kaval is running the club. I can't wait for an NASL team to form in the bay area. We can't have Kaval keeping bay soccer fans hostage by undermining the real fans/commoners and catering to the privileged socialites. The exclusive separated lower tier designed approved by Kaval is the clear indication of that. Lets face it Kaval is more a capitalistic salesman than a fan of the game. Honestly I feel that going into the job, Kaval does not know isht about the soccer.