1981 New York Cosmos season

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New York Cosmos
1981 season
ManagerGermany Hennes Weisweiler[1] (Joint with Özdenak)
Turkey Yasin Özdenak[2] (Joint with Wiesweiler)
StadiumGiants Stadium
NASLDivision: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Runners-Up
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague: ( goals)
All: ( goals)
Highest home attendance42,385
vs. CHI (May 17)
Lowest home attendance12,240
vs. FTL (June 24)
Average home league attendance34,835[3]
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The 1981 New York Cosmos season was the 11th season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. Despite winning their fifth straight premiership by five points over the Chicago Sting, the Cosmos lost to the Sting in Soccer Bowl '81.

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 Robert Iarusci
4 DF United States USA Jeff Durgan
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
14 FW South Africa RSA Steve Wegerle
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
22 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Ivan Buljan
24 FW United States USA Darryl Gee
25 DF United States USA
28 FW United States USA Chico Borja

Source:[4]

Results[]

Source:[5]

Friendlies[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer
February 25, 1981 Colo Colo A 1-0 30,000 N/A
March 3, 1981 Peñarol A 3-4 40,000 Chinaglia
March 5, 1981 São Paulo FC A 3-1 50,000 N/A
June 4, 1981 São Paulo FC A 2-2 53,617 N/A
August 30, 1981 Grêmio H 1-3 30,523 Chinaglia
October 13, 1981 Borussia Dortmund A 4-2 10,000 Chinaglia
October 18, 1981 Milan H 1-1 6,000 Chinaglia

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).

Eastern Division Standings[]

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Cosmos 32 23 9 80 49 +31 200
2 Montreal Manic 32 15 17 63 57 +6 141
3 Washington Diplomats 32 15 17 59 58 +1 135
4 Toronto Blizzard 32 7 25 39 82 -43 77

Overall League Placing[]

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Cosmos 32 23 9 80 49 +31 200
2 Chicago Sting 32 23 9 84 50 +34 195
3 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 21 11 74 43 +31 186
4 San Diego Sockers 32 21 11 67 49 +18 173
5 Minnesota Kicks 32 19 13 63 57 +6 163

Source:[6]

Matches[]

March 29, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, San Jose Earthquakes 0 Spartan Stadium Attendance 20,671

Postseason[]

Overview[]

First round[]
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tulsa Roughnecks - Minnesota Kicks 1 - 3 0 - 1 August 22, 26
Portland Timbers - San Diego Sockers 2 - 1 1 - 5 0 - 2 August 22, 26, 30
Jacksonville Tea Men - Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 2 2 - 1 August 23, 25
Calgary Boomers - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 3 0 - 2 August 23, 26
Tampa Bay Rowdies – Vancouver Whitecaps 4–1 1–0 August 23, 26
Seattle Sounders - Chicago Sting 2 - 3 2 - 0 2 - 3 August 22, 26, 30
Montreal Manic - Los Angeles Aztecs 5 - 3 2 - 3 2 - 1 August 24, 27, 30
Quarter-finals[]
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tampa Bay Rowdies - New York Cosmos 3 - 6 3 - 2 0 - 2 September 2, 5, 9
Montreal Manic - Chicago Sting 3 - 2 2 - 4 2 - 4 September 2, 5, 10
Fort Lauderdale Strikers - Minnesota Kicks 3 - 1 3 - 0 September 2, 6
Jacksonville Tea Men - San Diego Sockers 2 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 September 2, 6, 9
Semi-finals[]
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers – New York Cosmos 3–4 1–4 September 12, 16
San Diego Sockers - Chicago Sting 2 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 1 September 12, 16, 21
Soccer Bowl '81[]
September 26 Chicago Sting 1–0 New York Cosmos Toronto, Exhibition Stadium

Matches[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cosmos to Retain Mazzei". The New York Times. February 1983.
  2. ^ "Cosmos to Retain Mazzei". The New York Times. February 1983.
  3. ^ "North American Soccer League".
  4. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
  5. ^ http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1981/
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2013-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

See also[]


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