1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season explained

The 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes season was the tenth for the Earthquakes franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished second inthe 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 earnedtwo shutout wins.^[3]

Squad

The 1983 squad ^[2]

Competitions

NASL

See main article: 1983 North American Soccer League season.

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
May 22, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2 - 1	Terlecki, Zungul
May 25, 1983	New York Cosmos	A	1 - 5
May 27, 1983	Team America	A	1 - 0	Terlecki
May 30, 1983	Tulsa Roughnecks	H	3 - 1	Zungul (3)
June 4, 1983	Montreal Manic	H	7 - 1	Goossens, Zungul (3), Iglesias, Litt, Ingram
June 11, 1983	New York Cosmos	H	3 - 1	Terlecki, Ingram, Zungul
June 15, 1983	Seattle Sounders	A	1 - 1*	Dangerfield
June 18, 1983	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	1 - 0	Goossens
June 22, 1983	Team America	H	3 - 0	Cuellar, Zungul (2)
June 26, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	A	1 - 5
June 29, 1983	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	A	2 - 3	Terlecki, Zungul
July 4, 1983	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	2 - 1	Goossens (2)
July 6, 1983	Seattle Sounders	H	2 - 2*	Goossens (2)
July 9, 1983	San Diego Sockers	H	2 - 1	Goossens, Iglesias
July 13, 1983	Seattle Sounders	A	5 - 2	Dangerfield, Ingram, Terlecki, Iglesias, Goossens
July 17, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1 - 2	Goossens
July 20, 1983	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	2 - 1	Goossens, Ingram
July 23, 1983	Chicago Sting	A	0 - 2
July 27, 1983	Montreal Manic	A	3 - 3*	Ingram (2), Terlecki
July 30, 1983	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	A	1 - 3	Ingram
August 3, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	H	2 - 2*	Terlecki, Zungul
August 6, 1983		A	2 - 1	Ingram (2)
August 10, 1983	San Diego Sockers	A	1 - 2	Ingram
August 13, 1983	Chicago Sting	H	3 - 2	Ingram (2), Goossens
August 17, 1983	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	H	5 - 3	Terlecki, Ingram, Dangerfield (3)
August 20, 1983	San Diego Sockers	H	4 - 2	Terlecki (2), Ingram, Zungul
August 24, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1 - 2	Zungul
August 27, 1983	San Diego Sockers	A	2 - 3	Goossens, Zungul
August 31, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	3 - 0	Ingram, Zungul, Terlecki
September 3, 1983	Seattle Sounders	H	2 - 1	Cuellar, Iglesias

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
September 7, 1983	Chicago Sting	H	6 - 1	Zungul (2), Goossens, Cuellar, Terlecki (2)
September 12, 1983	Chicago Sting	A	0 - 1
September 14, 1983	Chicago Sting	H	5 - 2	Terlecki (3), Zungul, Goossens
September 17, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	H	0 - 0*
September 22, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	A	0 - 2

• = Shootout
  Source:^[4]

Standings

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
align=left	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	6	63	34	187
align=left	Golden Bay Earthquakes	20	10	71	54	169
align=left	Seattle Sounders	12	18	62	61	119
align=left	San Diego Sockers	11	19	53	65	106

References

1. Web site: North American Soccer League Attendance. NASLJerseys.com. March 21, 2014.
2. Web site: San Jose Earthquakes Rosters. NASL Jerseys. March 21, 2014.
3. Web site: The Year in American Soccer 1983. American Soccer History Archives. March 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150708232656/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1983.html. July 8, 2015. dead.
4. Web site: San Jose Earthquakes Game Results. March 24, 2014.

External links

• The Year in American Soccer – 1983 | NASL
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes Rosters | nasljerseys.com