1980 New York Cosmos season

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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]
← 1979
1981 →

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

Source:[4]

Results[]

Source:[5]

Friendlies[]

The Cosmos before playing a friendly match v. Club Cipolletti in Argentina, on March 18, 1980
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
March 13, 1980 Santos H 2-1 2,500 N/A
March 18, 1980 Cipolletti[6] A 1-1 n/a Chinaglia[7]
March 21, 1980 Argentinos Juniors A 2-1 27,000 Chinaglia (2) [8]
July 30, 1980 River Plate H 1-1 47,320 n/a
October 1, 1980 Hajduk Split A 1-0 35,000 Chinaglia
October 4, 1980 Sporting Lisboa A 1-1 35,000 n/a
October 10, 1980 Girondins de Bordeaux A 1-4 4,200 n/a
October 12, 1980 Napoli A 2-0 12,000 n/a

Preseason[]

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
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[]

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:[9]

Matches[]

Postseason[]

Overview[]

First round[]
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[]
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[]
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[]
September 21 New York Cosmos 3–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium

Matches[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

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