1984 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos

1984 season
Manager	Eddie Firmani[1] Until December 11, 1984 Hubert Birkenmeier From December 11, 1984
Stadium	Giants Stadium
NASL	Division: 3rd Overall: 6th Playoffs: Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Roberto Cabañas (8 goals) All: Roberto Cabañas (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,629 vs. FCB (May 28)
Lowest home attendance	7,581 vs. GB (Sept 12)
Average home league attendance	12,817[2]
Home colors Away colors
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The 1984 New York Cosmos season was the fourteenth season for the New York Cosmos playing in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. It was the final year of the original Cosmos playing in the original NASL; they would play three friendlies in 1985 before disbanding. During the 1984 season, the Cosmos finished in third place in the Eastern Division, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1975. It was also the first season since 1978 that the Cosmos failed to finish first in the overall league table, ending a streak of six premierships.

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  GER Hubert Birkenmeier 2 DF  IRN Andranik Eskandarian 3 DF  USA Dan Canter 4 DF  USA Jeff Durgan 5 DF  USA Darryl Gee 6 DF  POL Wladyslaw Zmuda 7 FW  ITA Giuseppe Damiani 8 MF  YUG Vladislav Bogicevic 9 FW  PAR Roberto Cabañas 11 FW  YUG 12 FW  USA Steve Moyers 13 MF  NED Johan Neeskens 14 FW  POL Stan Terlecki 15 FW  ENG Alan Green

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ARG Angelo DiBernardo 16 FW  BER Randy Horton 17 MF  USA Rick Davis 20 FW  RSA Andrew Parkinson 21 GK  USA David Brcic 22 MF  POR Pedro DeBrito 23 MF  USA Mike Fox 24 DF  USA Kazbek Tambi 25 MF  SCO Gerry Gray 27 MF  CAN Carmine Marcantonio 28 FW  ECU Chico Borja 30 MF  IRL Gerry Reardon 31 DF  ITA 32 DF  LBR Doc Lawson

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Results[]

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Friendlies[]

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 27, 1984	América (Mex)	A	0–3
April 29, 1984	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–4	11,921
May 5, 1984	New York Cosmos Alumni	H	6–2	32,653	Green (2), Moyers (3), DiBernardo
July 6, 1984	F.C. Seattle	A	1–2	7,611	Green, Cabañas
July 22, 1984	World All-Stars	H	1–3	37,381	Neeskens
August 12, 1984	Juventus	H	2–1	36,724	Moyers, Davis
August 22, 1984	Argentinos Juniors	H	3–2	13,796	Cabañas, Neeskens, Borja

Trans-Atlantic Cup[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 28, 1984	Barcelona	H	5–3	37,629	Bogicevic, Cabañas, Moyers (2), Neeskens
June 3, 1984	Udinese	H	4–1	34,158	Terlecki, Vujovic, Gray, Green

NASL regular season[]

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
6 points for a win, 3 points for a draw, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

Eastern Division Standings[]

Pos.	Eastern Division	W	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Home	Road
1	Chicago Sting	13	11	50	49	44	120	6–6	7–5
2	Toronto Blizzard	14	10	46	33	35	117	9–3	5–7
3	New York Cosmos	13	11	43	42	39	115	9–3	4–8
4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	9	15	43	61	35	87	9–3	0–12

Overall League Placing[]

Pos.	Eastern Division	W	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Home	Road
4	Chicago Sting	13	11	50	49	44	120	6–6	7–5
5	Toronto Blizzard	14	10	46	33	35	117	9–3	5–7
6	New York Cosmos	13	11	43	42	39	115	9–3	4–8
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	10	14	42	46	38	98	8–4	2–10
8	Golden Bay Earthquakes	8	16	61	62	49	95	4–8	4–8

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Matches[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 13, 1984	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	1-0	21,385	Cabanas
May 20, 1984	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2-1	16,719	Cabanas (2)
May 26, 1984	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	2-2 (SOL)	12,722	Neeskens, DeBrito
June 9, 1984	Chicago Sting	H	0-5	12,134
June 13, 1984	Golden Bay Earthquakes	A	1-3	11,696	Borja (2), Gray
June 17, 1984	Toronto Blizzard	H	2-1	15,482	Terlecki, Neeskens
June 22, 1984	Chicago Sting	A	1-2	11,458	Terlecki, Borja
June 24, 1984	Tulsa Roughnecks	H	3-1	14,267	Parkinson (2), Borja
June 27, 1984	Toronto Blizzard	A	4-0	10,231
June 30, 1984	Minnesota Strikers	A	1-0	11,572
July 8, 1984	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	2-1	20,627	Cabanas
July 11, 1984	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	5-1	10,364	Bogicevic, Vujovic, Cabanas (2), Green
July 14, 1984	Tulsa Roughnecks	A	2-3	22,500	Bogicevic, Green, Neeskens
July 25, 1984	San Diego Sockers	H	3-1	10,495	Vujovic, Green, Cabanas
August 10, 1984	Minnesota Strikers	A	3-2	10,575	DeBrito, Green
August 15, 1984	San Diego Sockers	H	2-0	12,328	Cabanas, Moyers
August 19, 1984	Minnesota Strikers	H	3-4	12,872	Neeskens, Green
August 25, 1984	San Diego Sockers	A	2-1	5,215	Davis
August 29, 1984	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2-1	11,444	Vujovic, Terlecki
September 3, 1984	Golden Bay Earthquakes	A	3-4	8,567	Parkinson, Terlecki, Bogicevic, Borja
September 5, 1984	Toronto Blizzard	H	1-1 (SOW)	8,736	Davis
September 8, 1984	Tulsa Roughnecks	A	2-0	7,683
September 12, 1984	Golden Bay Earthquakes	H	0-1	7,581
September 15, 1984	Chicago Sting	A	1-0	10,729

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From
3	DF	Dan Canter	Team America
6	DF	Władysław Żmuda	Hellas Verona
7	FW	Giuseppe Damiani	Milan
14	FW	Stan Terlecki	Golden Bay Earthquakes
20	FW	Andrew Parkinson	Team America
22	MF	Pedro DeBrito	Tampa Bay Rowdies
25	MF	Gerry Gray	Montreal Manic
27	MF	Carmine Marcantonio	Montreal Manic
28	FW	Chico Borja	Team America
30	MF	Gerry Reardon	Tulsa Roughnecks
32	DF	Doc Lawson	New York Arrows

1985[]

After the disbanding of the North American Soccer League, the Cosmos opted to play as an independent team. After poor attendances and lack of media interest, the club shut down operations upon playing a handful of friendly matches.

References[]

See also[]

• 1984 North American Soccer League season
• List of New York Cosmos seasons