Does anyone happen to know the exact date of the very first San Jose Earthquakes match in 1974? On the Vancouver Whitecaps' website, it lists their debut match against the San Jose Earthquakes in May of 1974. Was this also the Quakes' debut match? Does anyone have a 1974 schedule lying around somewhere? Any help would be appreciated. Gary
'81 Media Guide My source says that first game was at Vancouver (a 2-1 tiebreaker win for the good guys) with the next game at home against Dallas (4-3 Qs). The year-by-year results listed don't show exacts dates for games until the '79 season, so I can't help you with that....
According to "NASL - A Complete Record of the North American League" by Colin Jose, the Earthquakes first game was played on May 5, 1974 against the Vancouver Whitecaps in Vancouver. The Quakes won 2-1. Starting for the Quakes were: Mirko Stojanovic Buzz Demling Gabbo Gavric Gonzalo Perez Mark Demling Art Welch Boris Bandov Mani Hernandez Archie Roboostoff Paul Child and Mihalj Meszaros The next game, against Dallas, was played on May 11 at home. As PaulChild stated, it was a Quakes 4-3 win.