1980 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
1980 season
Manager Brazil Júlio Mazzei[1] (Start of season)
Germany Hennes Weisweiler[2] (After Mazzei)
Turkey Yasin Özdenak[2] (Joint with Wiesweiler)
Stadium Giants Stadium
NASL Division: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions
National
Challenge Cup		 Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup		 Did not enter
Top goalscorer League: ( goals)
All: ( goals)
Highest home attendance 71,413
vs. NASL (September 24)
Lowest home attendance 27,746
vs. ROM (May 24)
Average home league attendance 42,754[3]
Home colors
Away colors

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.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Hubert Birkenmeier
2 Iran DF Andranik Eskandarian
3 Canada DF Bruce Wilson
4 Brazil DF Oscar
5 Brazil DF Carlos Alberto
6 Germany DF Franz Beckenbauer
7 Paraguay MF Julio Cesar Romero
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MF Vladislav Bogićević
9 Italy FW Giorgio Chinaglia
11 Portugal FW Seninho
12 United States MF Larry Hulcer
13 Netherlands MF Johan Neeskens
No. Position Player
15 Netherlands DF Wim Rijsbergen
16 United States FW Angelo DiBernardo
17 United States MF Rick Davis
18 United States MF Boris Bandov
19 Paraguay FW Roberto Cabanas
20 Belgium FW Francois Van Der Elst
21 United States GK David Brcic
23 Brazil MF Nelsi Morais
25 United States DF Jeff Durgan
14, 29 United States FW Mark Liveric

Source:[4]

Results

Source:[5]

Friendlies

The Cosmos before playing a friendly match v. Club Cipolletti in Argentina, on March 18, 1980
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
March 13, 1980 Santos H 2-1 2,500 N/A
March 18, 1980Cipolletti [6]A1-1n/aChinaglia [7]
March 21, 1980Argentinos JuniorsA2-127,000Chinaglia (2) [8]
July 30, 1980River PlateH1-147,320n/a
October 4, 1980Sporting LisboaA1-135,000n/a
October 10, 1980Girondins de BordeauxA1-44,200n/a
October 12, 1980NapoliA2-012,000n/a

Regular Season

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

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1New York Cosmos 322488741+46213
2Washington Diplomats 3217157261+11159
3Toronto Blizzard 3214184965-16128
4Rochester Lancers 3212204267-25109

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1New York Cosmos 322488741+46213
2Seattle Sounders 322577431+43207
3Chicago Sting 3221118050+30187
4Los Angeles Aztecs 3220126152+9174
5Tampa Bay Rowdies 3219136150+11168

Source:[9]

Postseason

Overview

First round
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout
Minnesota Kicks-Dallas Tornado0 - 10 - 2August 27, 30
San Diego Sockers-Chicago Sting2 - 12 - 32 - 1August 27, 30
Tampa Bay Rowdies-New England Tea Men1 - 04 - 0August 27, 30
Vancouver Whitecaps-Seattle Sounders1 - 21 - 3August 27, 30
Washington Diplomats-Los Angeles Aztecs1 - 01 - 20 - 2August 27, 30
Houston Hurricane-Edmonton Drillers1 - 21 - 00 - 1August 27, 31
California Surf-Fort Lauderdale Strikers1 - 22 - 00 - 1August 28, 31
Tulsa Roughnecks-New York Cosmos1 - 31 - 8August 28, 31
Quarter-finals
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout
Los Angeles Aztecs-Seattle Sounders3 - 00 - 42 - 1September 3, 5
Edmonton Drillers-Fort Lauderdale Strikers0 - 13 - 20 - 3September 3, 6
Dallas Tornado-New York Cosmos2 - 33 - 00 - 3September 3, 7
San Diego Sockers-Tampa Bay Rowdies6 - 30 - 62 - 1September 4, 7
Semi-finals
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout
San Diego Sockers-Fort Lauderdale Strikers1 - 24 - 20 - 3September 11, 13
Los Angeles Aztecs-New York Cosmos1 - 21 - 3September 11, 13
Soccer Bowl '80
September 21 New York Cosmos 3–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium

References

  1. ↑ By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 14, 2009 (2009-05-14). "Julio Mazzei, 78; Coached Cosmos to N.A.S.L. Title in 1982 - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. 1 2 "Cosmos to Retain Mazzei". NYTimes.com. 1983-02-01. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  3. ↑ "North American Soccer League". Rsssf.com. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  4. ↑ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters". Nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  5. ↑ "All-time American soccer statistics". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  6. ↑ Un Cosmos de estrellas en la Visera by Juan Mocciaro on Rio Negro Online, 17 May 2004
  7. ↑ Cuando el Cosmos de Nueva York estuvo en la Visera, Rio Negro, 4 Oct 2016
  8. ↑ Argentinos Juniors 1 – Cosmos 2 (1980) on "En una baldosa" website, 3 Aug 2008
  9. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1980". Homepages.sover.net. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

See also


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