1979 San Diego Sockers Roster

North American Soccer League (NASL)
Team Record: 15-15 - 140 points
in the NASL's Western Division

Lost Conference Championship
Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 169,071, Avg. 11,271 in 15 home dates
1979 San Diego Sockers Statistics

The San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 15 wins and 15 losses for 140 points in the NASL's Western Division.

The Sockers bagged 59 goals and yielded 55. Juli Veee scored 10 goals for San Diego, while Hugo Sanchez, Peter Nover, Jose Neto and Walker McCall each netted five or more also. Jean Willrich contributed 12 assists. Alan Mayer recorded a 1.18 goals against average, topping regular keepers. The 1979 San Diego Sockers lost in the Conference Championship.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Gary AllisonGOctober 14, 19526'0"170Munich, Germany
Tom ArmstrongFApril 4, 1954Belfast, Northern Ireland
Igor BachnerM,FSeptember 16, 19465'10"155, Czechoslovakia
Ade CokerF,MMay 19, 19545'9"155Lagos, Nigeria
Leonardo CuellarMJanuary 14, 19525'8"160Mexico City, Mexico
Mark DemlingDOctober 4, 19516'0"175St. Louis, MO
Bob DogancicDSeptember 17, 19496'0"175Ljubljana, Slovenia Yugoslavia
Tony DonlicFMarch 24, 19566'2"195Vincovici, Croatia Yugoslavia
Martin DonnellyDJanuary 4, 19515'8"160Belfast, Northern Ireland
Geoff GriegFAugust 25, 19566'0"160Providence, RI
Volkmar GrossGJanuary 31, 19486'3"210Berlin, Germany
Laszlo HarsanyiDMarch 13, 19516'1"175Budapest, Hungary
Harold HeckMJuly 1, 1954, Germany
Alan KelleyM,DDecember 24, 19525'11"165Bootle, England
Ty KeoughM,D,D/MDecember 19, 19565'10"160St. Louis, MO
Doc LawsonDFebruary 11, 19586'0"180, Liberia
Peter LechermannDSeptember 28, 19505'10"180Mulheim, Germany
Hank LiotartM,F,DNovember 15, 19435'11"175Baarn, Holland
Alan MayerGJuly 3, 19526'0"185Bayshore, NY
Walker McCallF,MMarch 29, 1954Irwin, Scotland
Jose NetoFJune 5, 19556'1"175Aracaju, Brazil
Peter NoverDOctober 29, 1954Holzheim, Germany
Yilmaz OrhanM,FMarch 13, 19555'11"165Nicosia, Cyprus
Hugo SanchezFJuly 11, 19585'8"160Mexico City, Mexico
Bobby SmithDSeptember 23, 19515'11"165Trenton, NJ
Juli VeeeM,FFebruary 22, 19506'1"180Budapest, Hungary
Gert WieczorkowskiM,DJuly 24, 19486'1"175Hamburg, Germany
Jean WillrichF,MApril 27, 19536'1"180Koblenz, Germany



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