Oakland Stompers


The Oakland Stompers were a soccer team in the North American Soccer League which played the 1978 season in the NASL. The Stompers played in the Western Division of the American Conference and finished the year with a 12-18 record, in third place and out of playoff contention.

Team history

At the end of the 1977 NASL season, Silicon Valley businessman Milan Mandarić bought the Connecticut Bicentennials and relocated them to Oakland. The club, renamed the Stompers, moved into Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, previously home of the NASL's Oakland Clippers in 1967-68.
The club drew 32,104 in their home opener against cross-bay rival San Jose in April, but could only break 20,000 once more, against the Cosmos in July. Most of their crowds were in the 8,000-to-10,000 range, and they averaged only 11,929 on the season. The crowds were insufficient to pay the bills, so at the end of the 1978 season, the team was sold and moved to Edmonton, Alberta where the team was renamed the Edmonton Drillers.

Year-by-year

Roster

Coaches