Utah Golden Spikers

Utah Golden Spikers / Pioneers
Full name	Utah Golden Spikers
Nickname	Golden Spikers
Founded	1976
League	American Soccer League

The Utah Golden Spikers was an American soccer club based in Salt Lake City, Utah that was a member of the American Soccer League. The team became the Utah Pioneers, a new franchise with new owners, during the latter stages of their only season, after the Golden Spikers were ousted from the league for nonpayment of their financial obligations.^[1]^[2]

They were coached by former Olympiakos of Greece player, Nick Kambolis.

Year-by-year

After challenging the eventual ASL champion Los Angeles Skyhawks for the Western Division title through most of the 1976 season, Utah faded late and finished 3rd. They lost in the playoff quarterfinals to the Tacoma Tides by a score of 2–1.

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1976	2	ASL	3rd, West	1st Round	Did not enter

1976 Roster

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
1	GK	IRL	Peter Thomas
2	DF		Jan Swierniak
3	DF	USA	Edmond Kelly
4	DF	ARG	Daniel Mammana
5	DF	IRL	Tom O'Dea
6	FW	SCO	Vinnie McCarthy
7	FW		Ramon Ramirez
8	FW	BRA	Helio Barbosa
9	FW	ENG	Sid Wallace
10	MF	GRE	Kyriakos Fitilis
11	MF	TRI	Tony Douglas (loan in^[3])
11	FW		John Hendricks
13	FW	ZAM	Cresswell McTavish
12	FW	SCO	Billy McNicol
14	DF		George Kondiledas
15	DF	USA	George Kossman
17	DF		Mike Clement


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	USA	Dee Benson
—	GK		Toi Brown
—	DF	USA	Gus Colessides
—	FW	GRE	Dimitrios Dimitrakis
—	DF	USA	Marty Elting
—	GK	USA	Tony Escobar
—	DF	USA	Keith Fisher
—	MF	CAN	Tibor Gemeri
—	FW	USA	Dee J. Harding
—		NED	Martin Heltin
—	DF	GER	Hans Henchen
—			Danny Martinez
—	FW		Roberto Mesini
—	FW	USA	John Micklewright
—	DF	BRA	Paulo Peralta
—	GK	USA	Terry Weekes