1975 New York Cosmos season

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.

New York Cosmos
1975 season
Manager Gordon Bradley[1]
StadiumDowning Stadium
NASLDivision: 3rd
Overall: 12th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joey Fink (6 goals)
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]

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

Source:[4]

Results

Source:[5]

Friendlies
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
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
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
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
1Boston Minutemen 221394129+12116
2Toronto Metros-Croatia 221393928+11114
3New York Cosmos 2210123938+191
4Rochester Lancers 226162949-2064
5Hartford Bicentennials 226162751-2461

Overall League Placing
Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
10Chicago Sting 2212103933+6106
11Vancouver Whitecaps 2211113828+1099
12New York Cosmos 2210123938+191
13Philadelphia Atoms 2210123342-990
14Baltimore Comets 229133452-1887

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Matches
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
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
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See also

References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/sports/soccer/01bradley.html?_r=1
  2. http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jun/10/sport.comment
  4. http://nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Cosmos_Rosters.htm
  5. http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1975/
  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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