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[edit]

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[edit]

Preseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:[5]

Matches[edit]

  • April 5 - Houston Hurricane 3, New York Cosmos 3 (Cosmos win in a shootout) The Astrodome Attendance 15,916
  • April 9 - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4, New York Cosmos 1 Lockhart Stadium Attendance 18,572
  • April 13 - Minnesota Kicks 1, New York Cosmos 1 (Cosmos win a shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 51,225
  • April 20 - New York Cosmos 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 46,182
  • April 26 - Tulsa Roughnecks 2, New York Cosmos 1 Skelly Stadium Attendance 30,822
  • May 4 - New York Cosmos 2, Dallas Tornado 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 41,378
  • May 8 - New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Varsity Stadium Attendance 24,913
  • May 11 - New York Cosmos 4, Memphis Rogues 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,458
  • May 16 - New York Cosmos 4, California Surf 1 Anaheim Stadium Attendance 8,660
  • June 1 - New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 1 (Cosmos win in a shootout) Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance 53,351
  • June 4 - New York Cosmos 2, New England Tea Men 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 34,723
  • June 8 - New York Cosmos 6, Atlanta Chiefs 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 35,007
  • June 11 - New York Cosmos 4, Rochester Lancers 2 Holleder Memorial Stadium Attendance 16,110
  • June 14 - New York Cosmos 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 (Rowdies win in a shootout) Attendance 54,427
  • June 16 - New England Tea Men 2, New York Cosmos 1 Foxboro Stadium Attendance 28,356
  • June 22 - New York Cosmos 2, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 70,312
  • June 24 - Los Angeles Aztecs 2, New York Cosmos 0 Rose Bowl Attendance 26,325
  • June 29 - New York Cosmos 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 0 Empire Stadium Attendance 32,280
  • July 2 - New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,281
  • July 6 - New York Cosmos 4, Portland Timbers 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 41,260
  • July 9 - New York Cosmos 2, Philadelphia Fury 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,783
  • July 12 - Detroit Express 0, New York Cosmos 0 (Express Win in a shootout) Pontiac Silverdome Attendance 27,234
  • July 16 - Philadelphia Fury, 2 New York Cosmos 1 Veterans Stadium Attendance 15,213
  • July 20 - New York Cosmos 3, Seattle Sounders 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 60,182
  • July 23 - New York Cosmos 5, San Diego Sockers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,008
  • August 3 - New York Cosmos 4, Los Angeles Aztecs 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 48,019
  • August 7 - New York Cosmos 3, Edmonton Drillers 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 30,283
  • August 9 - New York Cosmos 1, Seattle Sounders 0 Kingdome Attendance 49,606
  • August 13 - New York Cosmos 3, Atlanta Chiefs 2 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance 13,117
  • August 17 - New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 1 (Diplomats win a Shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 55,764
  • August 20 - New York Cosmos 4, Dallas Tornado 1 Texas Stadium Attendance 13,475
  • August 24 - New York Cosmos 5, Rochester Lancers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 40,383


Postseason[edit]

Overview[edit]

First round[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]

Note: Newspaper reports and official NASL records stated goal times to the second (ex: 10:23) instead of the international standard of rounding up (ex: 11th minute).

Main article: Soccer Bowl '80
September 21 New York Cosmos 3–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
12:30 pm EDT
  • Romero 47:55' (Chinaglia, Bogićević)
  • Chinaglia 70:06' (Davis, Rijsbergen)
  • Chinaglia 87:07' (Cabañas)
 Report Attendance: 50,768
Referee: Paul Avis (Canada)[6]


Friendlies[edit]

Franz Beckenbauer and players of Cipolletti
Diego Maradona scoring for Argentinos Juniors
Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Scorers Ref.
February 24 The Bahamas Bahamas All Stars A 4–0 n/a Romero, Seninho, Oscar, Chinaglia [7]
March 9 Brazil Nacional Fast Clube A [n 1] 0–0 70,000 – [7]
March 13 Brazil Santos A 2–1 25,000 Beckenbauer, Davis [8][7]
March 16 Brazil Uberlandia A 1–1 15,000 Chinaglia [7]
March 18 Argentina Cipolletti A 1–1 15,000 Morais [9][10][11][7]
March 21 Argentina Argentinos Juniors A [n 2] 2–1 27,000 Chinaglia (2) [11][12]
March 25 Mexico Tigres A 1–2 40,000 Chinaglia [7]
March 28 United States Los Angeles Aztecs A 3–1 24,219 Romero (2), Chinaglia [7]
March 30 Mexico Cruz Azul A 1–2 26,199 Romero [7]
April 29 Germany Cologne H 3–1 24,784 Chinaglia (2), Romero [7]
May 21 England Manchester City H 3–2 31,480 Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic [7]
May 24 Italy Roma H 5–3 27,746 Chinaglia (3), Carlos Alberto, Peccenini (o.g.) [7]
May 26 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps H 1–1 60,384 Chinaglia [7]
July 30 Argentina River Plate H 1–1 47,320 Bogicevic [11][7]
Sept 24 United States NASL Select [n 3] H 2–3 71,413 Pelé,[n 4] Cabañas [7]
October 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split A 1–0 45,000 Chinaglia [13][7]
October 4 Portugal Sporting Lisboa A 1–1 35,000 Chinaglia [7]
October 10 France Girondins de Bordeaux A 1–4 4,200 DiBernardo [7]
October 12 Italy Napoli A 2–0 12,000 Seninho, Chinaglia [7]
Notes
  1. ^ Held in Estadio Vivaldo Lima, Manaus.
  2. ^ Held in José Amalfitani Stadium.
  3. ^ Beckenbauer's farewell game.
  4. ^ Retired since October 1977, Pelé returned to wear his #10 again for this match.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 14, 2009 (May 14, 2009). "Julio Mazzei, 78; Coached Cosmos to N.A.S.L. Title in 1982 - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Cosmos to Retain Mazzei". NYTimes.com. February 1, 1983. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "North American Soccer League". Rsssf.com. May 14, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters". Nasljerseys.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1980". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Kuhns, Ike (September 22, 1980). "Cosmos take Soccer Bowl; 50,768 see Giorgio (2), Romero score". Newark Star-Ledger. p. 25.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 1980 Friendlies on NASL Jerseys.com
  8. ^ Cosmos Defeat Santos, 2-1 on The New York Times, 15 Mar 1980
  9. ^ Cuando el Cosmos de Nueva York estuvo en la Visera, Rio Negro, 4 Oct 2016
  10. ^ Un Cosmos de estrellas en la Visera by Juan Mocciaro on Rio Negro Online, 17 May 2004
  11. ^ a b c Cómo le fue a Beckenbauer jugando contra Boca, River, Racing y todo el fútbol argentino by Cristian Dellocchio on Página 12, 10 Jan 2024
  12. ^ Argentinos Juniors 1 – Cosmos 2 (1980) on "En una baldosa" website, 3 Aug 2008
  13. ^ "All-time American soccer statistics". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
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