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1980 New York Cosmos season

The 1980 New York Cosmos season was the tenth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. The Cosmos completed their third double, finishing 1st in the overall league table and defeating the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3–0 in Soccer Bowl '80.

New York Cosmos
1980 season
ManagerBrazil Júlio Mazzei[1] (Start of season)
Germany Hennes Weisweiler[2] (After Mazzei)
Turkey Yasin Özdenak[2] (Joint with Wiesweiler)
StadiumGiants Stadium
NASLDivision: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague: ( goals)
All: ( goals)
Highest home attendance71,413
vs. NASL (September 24)
Lowest home attendance27,746
vs. ROM (May 24)
Average home league attendance42,754[3]
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Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GER Hubert Birkenmeier
2 DF   IRN Andranik Eskandarian
3 DF   CAN Bruce Wilson
4 DF   BRA Oscar
5 DF   BRA Carlos Alberto
6 DF   GER Franz Beckenbauer
7 MF   PAR Julio César Romero
8 MF   YUG Vladislav Bogićević
9 FW   ITA Giorgio Chinaglia
11 FW   POR Seninho
12 MF   USA Larry Hulcer
13 MF   NED Johan Neeskens
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   NED Wim Rijsbergen
16 FW   USA Angelo DiBernardo
17 MF   USA Rick Davis
18 MF   USA Boris Bandov
19 FW   PAR Roberto Cabanas
20 FW   BEL Francois Van Der Elst
21 GK   USA David Brcic
23 MF   BRA Nelsi Morais
25 DF   USA Jeff Durgan
14, 29 FW   USA Mark Liveric

Source:[4]

Results edit

Preseason edit

Regular season edit

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

National Eastern Division Standings edit

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Cosmos 32 24 8 87 41 +46 213
2 Washington Diplomats 32 17 15 72 61 +11 159
3 Toronto Blizzard 32 14 18 49 65 -16 128
4 Rochester Lancers 32 12 20 42 67 -25 109

Overall League Placing edit

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Cosmos 32 24 8 87 41 +46 213
2 Seattle Sounders 32 25 7 74 31 +43 207
3 Chicago Sting 32 21 11 80 50 +30 187
4 Los Angeles Aztecs 32 20 12 61 52 +9 174
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 19 13 61 50 +11 168

Source:[5]

Matches edit

  • April 5 - Houston Hurricane 3, New York Cosmos 3 (Cosmos win in a shootout) The Astrodome Attendance 15,916
  • April 9 - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4, New York Cosmos 1 Lockhart Stadium Attendance 18,572
  • April 13 - Minnesota Kicks 1, New York Cosmos 1 (Cosmos win a shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 51,225
  • April 20 - New York Cosmos 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 46,182
  • April 26 - Tulsa Roughnecks 2, New York Cosmos 1 Skelly Stadium Attendance 30,822
  • May 4 - New York Cosmos 2, Dallas Tornado 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 41,378
  • May 8 - New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Varsity Stadium Attendance 24,913
  • May 11 - New York Cosmos 4, Memphis Rogues 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,458
  • May 16 - New York Cosmos 4, California Surf 1 Anaheim Stadium Attendance 8,660
  • June 1 - New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 1 (Cosmos win in a shootout) Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance 53,351
  • June 4 - New York Cosmos 2, New England Tea Men 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 34,723
  • June 8 - New York Cosmos 6, Atlanta Chiefs 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 35,007
  • June 11 - New York Cosmos 4, Rochester Lancers 2 Holleder Memorial Stadium Attendance 16,110
  • June 14 - New York Cosmos 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 (Rowdies win in a shootout) Attendance 54,427
  • June 16 - New England Tea Men 2, New York Cosmos 1 Foxboro Stadium Attendance 28,356
  • June 22 - New York Cosmos 2, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 70,312
  • June 24 - Los Angeles Aztecs 2, New York Cosmos 0 Rose Bowl Attendance 26,325
  • June 29 - New York Cosmos 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 0 Empire Stadium Attendance 32,280
  • July 2 - New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,281
  • July 6 - New York Cosmos 4, Portland Timbers 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 41,260
  • July 9 - New York Cosmos 2, Philadelphia Fury 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,783
  • July 12 - Detroit Express 0, New York Cosmos 0 (Express Win in a shootout) Pontiac Silverdome Attendance 27,234
  • July 16 - Philadelphia Fury, 2 New York Cosmos 1 Veterans Stadium Attendance 15,213
  • July 20 - New York Cosmos 3, Seattle Sounders 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 60,182
  • July 23 - New York Cosmos 5, San Diego Sockers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,008
  • August 3 - New York Cosmos 4, Los Angeles Aztecs 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 48,019
  • August 7 - New York Cosmos 3, Edmonton Drillers 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 30,283
  • August 9 - New York Cosmos 1, Seattle Sounders 0 Kingdome Attendance 49,606
  • August 13 - New York Cosmos 3, Atlanta Chiefs 2 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance 13,117
  • August 17 - New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 1 (Diplomats win a Shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 55,764
  • August 20 - New York Cosmos 4, Dallas Tornado 1 Texas Stadium Attendance 13,475
  • August 24 - New York Cosmos 5, Rochester Lancers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 40,383


Postseason edit

Overview edit

First round edit
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout
Minnesota Kicks - Dallas Tornado 0 - 1 0 - 2 August 27, 30
San Diego Sockers - Chicago Sting 2 - 1 2 - 3 2 - 1 August 27, 30
Tampa Bay Rowdies - New England Tea Men 1 - 0 4 - 0 August 27, 30
Vancouver Whitecaps - Seattle Sounders 1 - 2 1 - 3 August 27, 30
Washington Diplomats - Los Angeles Aztecs 1 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2 August 27, 30
Houston Hurricane - Edmonton Drillers 1 - 2 1 - 0 0 - 1 August 27, 31
California Surf - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 1 August 28, 31
Tulsa Roughnecks - New York Cosmos 1 - 3 1 - 8 August 28, 31
Quarter-finals edit
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout
Los Angeles Aztecs - Seattle Sounders 3 - 0 0 - 4 2 - 1 September 3, 5
Edmonton Drillers - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 - 1 3 - 2 0 - 3 September 3, 6
Dallas Tornado - New York Cosmos 2 - 3 3 - 0 0 - 3 September 3, 7
San Diego Sockers - Tampa Bay Rowdies 6 - 3 0 - 6 2 - 1 September 4, 7
Semi-finals edit
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout
San Diego Sockers - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 2 4 - 2 0 - 3 September 11, 13
Los Angeles Aztecs - New York Cosmos 1 - 2 1 - 3 September 11, 13

Soccer Bowl '80 edit

Note: Newspaper reports and official NASL records stated goal times to the second (ex: 10:23) instead of the international standard of rounding up (ex: 11th minute).

Main article: Soccer Bowl '80
September 21 New York Cosmos 3–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
12:30 pm EDT
  • Romero   47:55' (Chinaglia, Bogićević)
  • Chinaglia   70:06' (Davis, Rijsbergen)
  • Chinaglia   87:07' (Cabañas)
 Report Attendance: 50,768
Referee: Paul Avis (Canada)[6]


Friendlies edit

 
Franz Beckenbauer and players of Cipolletti
 
Diego Maradona scoring for Argentinos Juniors
Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Scorers Ref.
February 24   Bahamas All Stars A 4–0 n/a Romero, Seninho, Oscar, Chinaglia [7]
March 9   Nacional Fast Clube A [n 1] 0–0 70,000 – [7]
March 13   Santos A 2–1 25,000 Beckenbauer, Davis [8][7]
March 16   Uberlandia A 1–1 15,000 Chinaglia [7]
March 18   Cipolletti A 1–1 15,000 Morais [9][10][11][7]
March 21   Argentinos Juniors A [n 2] 2–1 27,000 Chinaglia (2) [11][12]
March 25   Tigres A 1–2 40,000 Chinaglia [7]
March 28   Los Angeles Aztecs A 3–1 24,219 Romero (2), Chinaglia [7]
March 30   Cruz Azul A 1–2 26,199 Romero [7]
April 29   Cologne H 3–1 24,784 Chinaglia (2), Romero [7]
May 21   Manchester City H 3–2 31,480 Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic [7]
May 24   Roma H 5–3 27,746 Chinaglia (3), Carlos Alberto, Peccenini (o.g.) [7]
May 26   Vancouver Whitecaps H 1–1 60,384 Chinaglia [7]
July 30   River Plate H 1–1 47,320 Bogicevic [11][7]
Sept 24   NASL Select [n 3] H 2–3 71,413 Pelé,[n 4] Cabañas [7]
October 1   Hajduk Split A 1–0 45,000 Chinaglia [13][7]
October 4   Sporting Lisboa A 1–1 35,000 Chinaglia [7]
October 10   Girondins de Bordeaux A 1–4 4,200 DiBernardo [7]
October 12   Napoli A 2–0 12,000 Seninho, Chinaglia [7]
Notes
  1. ^ Held in Estadio Vivaldo Lima, Manaus.
  2. ^ Held in José Amalfitani Stadium.
  3. ^ Beckenbauer's farewell game.
  4. ^ Retired since October 1977, Pelé returned to wear his #10 again for this match.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 14, 2009 (May 14, 2009). "Julio Mazzei, 78; Coached Cosmos to N.A.S.L. Title in 1982 - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Cosmos to Retain Mazzei". NYTimes.com. February 1, 1983. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "North American Soccer League". Rsssf.com. May 14, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters". Nasljerseys.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1980". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Kuhns, Ike (September 22, 1980). "Cosmos take Soccer Bowl; 50,768 see Giorgio (2), Romero score". Newark Star-Ledger. p. 25.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 1980 Friendlies on NASL Jerseys.com
  8. ^ Cosmos Defeat Santos, 2-1 on The New York Times, 15 Mar 1980
  9. ^ Cuando el Cosmos de Nueva York estuvo en la Visera, Rio Negro, 4 Oct 2016
  10. ^ Un Cosmos de estrellas en la Visera by Juan Mocciaro on Rio Negro Online, 17 May 2004
  11. ^ a b c Cómo le fue a Beckenbauer jugando contra Boca, River, Racing y todo el fútbol argentino by Cristian Dellocchio on Página 12, 10 Jan 2024
  12. ^ Argentinos Juniors 1 – Cosmos 2 (1980) on "En una baldosa" website, 3 Aug 2008
  13. ^ "All-time American soccer statistics". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
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