1987 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 1987 San Jose Earthquakes season was the fourteenth overall for the Earthquakes franchise, and the club's third in the Western Soccer Alliance. The Earthquakes finished the season in third place, then shut out the second place Seattle Storm in the Wild Card playoff game. In the Final, they were defeated by the San Diego Nomads, 3-1.^[2]

San Jose Earthquakes

1987 season
Coach	Barney Boyce
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
Western Soccer Alliance	3rd
WSA Playoffs	Final
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Joe Mihaljevic (7) [1]
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Squad

The 1987 squad ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  USA Sean Blakeman — DF  USA Barney Boyce — MF  USA Mike Brewin — FW  USA Rino Chimienti — FW   James Cole — GK  USA Kurt Devlin — DF  USA John Doyle — MF  USA David Gold — MF  USA Robert Grouchau — DF  SWE Stefan Hansson — GK   Nicholas Hatzopoulos — MF   Jadir Henrique — FW   Jorge Ilbanez — MF  USA Steve Lammie

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   Alberto Luna — DF  USA Tim Martin — GK  USA Danny Mendoza — FW  USA Joe Mihaljevic — FW  USA Ronnie Morriss — FW  USA Don Murphy — DF  USA John Nicholson — FW  USA Dave Palic — FW  USA George Pastor —  USA Steve Sellers — DF  USA Joe Siveria — FW   Frank Van den Brand Horninge — DF  USA Chris Wentzien — DF  USA Robbie Zipp

Competitions

Western Soccer Alliance

Main article: 1987 Western Soccer Alliance

Match results

Season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
March 16, 1987	California Kickers	A	3–2	Mihaljevic, Henrique, Wiskel
March 21, 1987	F.C. Seattle	H	3–1	Wiskel, Palic, Henrique
March 29, 1987	California Kickers	H	1–2	Blakeman
April 4, 1987	San Diego Nomads	H	1–2 (aet)	Mihaljevic
April 11, 1987	Los Angeles Heat	A	2–0	Pastor, Mihaljevic
April 12, 1987	San Diego Nomads	A	0–0*
April 26, 1987	F.C. Portland	H	5–1	Mihaljevic (3), Martin, Zipp
May 3, 1987	Los Angeles Heat	H	6–0	Pastor (3), Mihaljevic, Blakeman, Murphy
May 16, 1987	F.C. Portland	A	0–1
May 17, 1987	F.C. Seattle	A	0–3

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
June 7, 1987	F.C. Seattle	A	3–0	Palic, Henrique, Pastor
June 14, 1987	San Diego Nomads	A	1–2	Henrique

* = Penalty kicks
Source:^[4]

Standings

Place	Team	GP	W	L	OW	OL	PW	PL	GF	GA	Points
1	San Diego Nomads	10	6	4	1	0	1	1	17	9	31
2	F.C. Seattle	10	5	5	1	1	1	1	16	14	31
3	San Jose Earthquakes	10	5	5	1	1	1	1	21	13	31
4	F.C. Portland	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	9	16	24
5	Los Angeles Heat	10	5	5	0	1	0	0	9	15	24
6	California Kickers	10	4	6	0	2	2	0	11	16	23