Dick Berg (left) with original San Jose Earthquakes owner Milan Mandaric in 1975. Krazy George with the Tampa Bay Rowdies... Ilija Mitić
[QUOTED]Did You Know? The crowd of 49,572 that watched the Minnesota Kicks beat the San Jose Earthquakes in a playoff game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1976 was larger than any home attendance registered that year for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings (47.809).[/QUOTE] John Carbray always talks about that game. Quakes probably should have won it, if not for a couple of questionable calls, most notable being a disallowed John Rowlands goal (called back for offside...questionable at best). Good chance that the Quakes would have been NASL champs that year, had they gotten by Minnesota in this game. Great days of the NASL.
Buzz Demling, Mark Demling, from a 1981 MISL game program. Buzz Demling during the 1977 NASL season. Paul Child and Archie Roboostoff