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

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

Source: [4]

Results

Source: [5]

Preseason

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
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
1 Boston Minutemen 22 13 9 41 29 +12 116
2 Toronto Metros-Croatia 22 13 9 39 28 +11 114
3 New York Cosmos 22 10 12 39 38 +1 91
4 Rochester Lancers 22 6 16 29 49 -20 64
5 Hartford Bicentennials 22 6 16 27 51 -24 61

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
10 Chicago Sting 22 12 10 39 33 +6 106
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 22 11 11 38 28 +10 99
12 New York Cosmos 22 10 12 39 38 +1 91
13 Philadelphia Atoms 22 10 12 33 42 -9 90
14 Baltimore Comets 22 9 13 34 52 -18 87

Source: [6]

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
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 2–09 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

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Scorers Ref.
March 3 Haiti Victory A 1–0 24,000 n/a [7]
Apr 1 United States Miami Toros A 1–0 11,000 Liveric [7]
May 22   Israel H 1–1 n/a Dillon [7]
June 15 United States Dallas Tornado H 2–2 22,278 Spiegler?, Pelé [7]
July 7 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps A 2–1 26,495 n/a [7]
July 27 United States Dallas Tornado A 2–3 26,127 n/a [7]
August 10 United States St. Louis Stars A 1–2 10,180 n/a [7]
August 27 United States San Jose Earthquakes A 2–3 19,338 Pelé (2) [7]
August 31 Sweden Malmö FF A 1–5 21,000 Pelé [7]
September 2 Sweden Swedish All-Stars A 3–1 20,448 Pelé (2), Ord [7]
September 4 Sweden Stockholm Alliansen A 2–3 55,000 Pelé (2) [7]
September 11 Norway Valerengens A 4–2 Pele (2), Shpigler, Ord [7]
September 13 Italy Roma A 1–3 49,700 Coyne [7]
September 17 Haiti Victory A 2–1 Ord, Paredes [7]
September 19 Violette A.C. A 1–2 Mifflin [7]
September 21 Jamaica Santos A 0–1 [7]
September 26   Puerto Rico A 12–1 Mifflin (3), Ord (3), Liveric (2),
Manoel Maria (2), Pele, Coyne		 [7]
September 28 Haiti Violette A 0–0 30,000 – [7]
September 30 Canada Toronto Metros-Croatia A n/a n/a n/a [7]
October 2 Windsor Stars A n/a n/a n/a [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bell, Jack (May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League".
  3. ^ "When Pele and Cosmos were kings". TheGuardian.com. June 10, 2005.
  4. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
  5. ^ "All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us".
  6. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1975". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t New York Cosmos 1974-75 Friendlies on NASL Jerseys.com

External links

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