1975 New York Cosmos season

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New York Cosmos
1975 season
ManagerUnited States Gordon Bradley[1]
StadiumDowning Stadium
NASLDivision: 3rd
Overall: 12th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
United States Joey Fink (6 goals)
Israel Mordechai Spiegler (6 goals)
All: N/A
Highest home attendance22,500
vs. TOR (June 18)
Lowest home attendance5,227
vs. CON (June 4)
Average home league attendance10,450[2]
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The 1975 New York Cosmos season was the fifth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' fifth year of existence the club finished 3rd in the five-team Northern Division and 12th out of 20 in the overall league table. Despite Pelé joining the club midseason in what English writer Gavin Newsham said was "the transfer coup of the century,"[3] bringing unprecedented attention to soccer in the United States, the Cosmos missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK Poland POL Jerry Sularz
0,1 GK United States USA Kurt Kuykendall
1 GK Bermuda BER Sam Nusum
2 DF United States USA Barry Mahy
3 DF Uruguay URU Juan Masnik
4 DF United States USA Werner Roth
5 MF Uruguay URU
6 MF Canada CAN John Kerr, Sr.
7 MF Uruguay URU Julio Correa
8 FW United States USA Mark Liveric
9 FW Uruguay URU
10 FW Brazil BRA Pelé
11 FW United States USA Jorge Siega
12 FW United States USA Joey Fink
14 DF United States USA Gordon Bradley
14 MF Romania ROU Gil Mărdărescu
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Brazil BRA Nelsi Morais
14 DF Brazil BRA De
15 DF Uruguay URU Omar Caetano
15 MF Peru PER Ramon Mifflin
16 FW United States USA Tony Donlic
17 DF Scotland SCO Brian Rowan
17 MF United States USA Carlos Scott
18 DF United States USA
19 FW Brazil BRA Manoel Maria
20 DF England ENG Mike Dillon
21 FW Israel ISR Mordechai Spiegler
22 DF United States USA
22 DF Israel ISR David Primo
22,23 DF Spain ESP
23 FW England ENG Tommy Ord

Source:[4]

Results[]

Source:[5]

Friendlies[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
May 22, 1975 Israel H 1-1 N/A N/A
June 15, 1975 Dallas Tornado H 2-2 21,278 Spiegler?, Pelé
July 7, 1975 Vancouver Whitecaps A 1-2 26,495 N/A
July 27, 1975 Dallas Tornado A 3-2 26,127 N/A
August 10, 1975 St. Louis Stars A 2-1 10,180 N/A
August 27, 1975 San Jose Earthquakes A 3-2 19,338 N/A
August 31, 1975 Malmö FF A 5-1 21,000 N/A
September 2, 1975 Swedish All-Stars A 1-3 20,448 Pelé (2), Ord
September 4, 1975 Stockholm A 2-3 N/A N/A
September 11, 1975 Oslo A 2-4 N/A N/A
September 13, 1975 A.S. Roma A 3-1 N/A N/A
September 17, 1975 Victory Club A 1-2 N/A N/A
September 19, 1975 Violette A.C. A 2-1 N/A N/A
September 21, 1975 Santos Jamaica A 1-0 N/A N/A
September 26, 1975 Puerto Rico A 1-12 N/A N/A
September 28, 1975 Violette A.C. A 0-0 N/A N/A
September 30, 1975 Toronto Metros-Croatia A N/A N/A N/A
October 2, 1975 Windsor Stars A N/A N/A N/A

Preseason[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
March 1, 1975 Miami Toros N 1-0 N/A N/A
March 3, 1975 Victory Club A 0-1 N/A N/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).

Northern Division Standings[]

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston Minutemen 22 13 9 41 29 +12 116
2 Toronto Metros-Croatia 22 13 9 39 28 +11 114
3 New York Cosmos 22 10 12 39 38 +1 91
4 Rochester Lancers 22 6 16 29 49 -20 64
5 Hartford Bicentennials 22 6 16 27 51 -24 61

Overall League Placing[]

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
10 Chicago Sting 22 12 10 39 33 +6 106
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 22 11 11 38 28 +10 99
12 New York Cosmos 22 10 12 39 38 +1 91
13 Philadelphia Atoms 22 10 12 33 42 -9 90
14 Baltimore Comets 22 9 13 34 52 -18 87

Source:[6]

Matches[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
April 30, 1975 Miami Toros H 2-3 9,328 Liveric, Correa
May 3, 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies A 1-0 8,378
May 7, 1975 Baltimore Comets H 5-1 7,016 Fink (3), Liveric, Correa
May 14, 1975 Connecticut Bicentennials H 1-1 (SOL) 6,103 Fink
May 19, 1975 Toronto Metros-Croatia A 1-2 4,796 Dillon, Liveric
May 28, 1975 Vancouver Whitecaps H 0-1 7,331
June 4, 1975 Connecticut Bicentennials H 2-1 5,227 Paredas, Liveric
June 7, 1975 Rochester Lancers A 3-2 4,959 Spiegler (2)
June 10, 1975 Philadelphia Atoms A 1-0 20,124
June 18, 1975 Toronto Metros-Croatia H 2-0 22,500 Correa, Spiegler
June 27, 1975 Rochester Lancers A 0-3 14,562 Siega, Pelé, Fink
June 29, 1975 Washington Diplomats A 2-9 35,620 Spiegler (2), Paredas, Pelé (2),
Kerr, Fink, Mahy, Maria
July 3, 1975 Los Angeles Aztecs A 5-1 12,176 Spiegler
July 5, 1975 Seattle Sounders A 2-0 17,925
July 9, 1975 Boston Minutemen H 3-1 18,126 De La Fuente, Correa, Kerr
July 16, 1975 Portland Timbers H 1-2 13,423 Pelé
July 19, 1975 Toronto Metros-Croatia A 3-0 21,573
July 23, 1975 San Jose Earthquakes H 1-1 (SOW) 11,137 Pelé
July 30, 1975 Rochester Lancers H 2-0 8,217 Ord (2)
August 1, 1975 Connecticut Bicentennials A 3-1 8,546 Liveric
August 3, 1975 Boston Minutemen A 5-0 4,445
August 6, 1975 Boston Minutemen H 1-0 6,541 Paredas

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bell, Jack (May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League".
  3. ^ "When Pele and Cosmos were kings". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2005.
  4. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
  5. ^ "All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us".
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2013-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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