1979 New York Cosmos season

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New York Cosmos
1979 season
ManagerItaly Eddie Firmani[1] (Start of season)
United States Ray Klivecka[2] (Caretaker)
Brazil Júlio Mazzei[3] (After Klivecka)
StadiumGiants Stadium
NASLDivision: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Conference Final
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague: ( goals)
All: ( goals)
Highest home attendance76,031
vs. TUL (August 26)
Lowest home attendance30,195
vs. COV (May 16)
Average home league attendance46,690[4]
← 1978
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The 1979 New York Cosmos season was the ninth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. 1979 saw the club continue their premiership streak to three seasons with the league's highest point total, and match their wins record while achieving a record point total, but the Cosmos' quest for a third straight NASL championship ended with a loss in the conference finals to the Vancouver Whitecaps.

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
0 GK Canada CAN Jack Brand
1 GK Turkey TUR Erol Yasin
2 DF Iran IRN Andranik Eskandarian
3 DF Brazil BRA Francisco Marinho
4 DF United States USA Werner Roth
5 DF Brazil BRA Carlos Alberto
6 DF Germany GER Franz Beckenbauer
7 FW England ENG Dennis Tueart
8 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Vladislav Bogićević
9 FW Italy ITA Giorgio Chinaglia
11 FW Portugal POR Seninho
12 DF Germany GER Greg Ryan
12 DF United States USA Bobby Smith
13 MF Netherlands NED Johan Neeskens
14 MF England ENG Terry Garbett
15 DF Netherlands NED Wim Rijsbergen
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Argentina ARG Toni Carbognani
17 MF United States USA Rick Davis
18 MF United States USA Boris Bandov
19 GK Germany GER Hubert Birkenmeier
20 GK United States USA David Brcic
21 FW United States USA Gary Etherington
22 DF United States USA Kevin Eagan
23 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Wilson
24 DF Canada CAN Garry Ayre
25 DF United States USA Santiago Formoso
26 FW United States USA Ron Atanasio
27 FW United States USA Joe Filian
28 FW Ghana GHA Abdul Razak
29 FW United States USA Mark Liveric
30 FW England ENG Godfrey Ingram
31 MF Brazil BRA Nelsi Morais

Source:[5]

Results[edit]

Source:[6]

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).

 -Playoffs via division standings.  -Playoffs via wildcard.

NC East Division standings
Pos Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 New York Cosmos 30 24 6 84 52 +32 72 216
2 Washington Diplomats 30 19 11 68 50 +18 58 172
3 Toronto Blizzard 30 14 16 52 65 −13 49 133
4 Rochester Lancers 30 15 15 43 57 −14 42 132
Updated to match(es) played on September 2, 1979. Source: Overall standings


National Conference standings
Pos Div Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 E New York Cosmos 30 24 6 84 52 +32 72 216 Playoffs (division winner)
2 C Minnesota Kicks 30 21 9 67 48 +19 58 184
3 W Vancouver Whitecaps (N) 30 20 10 54 34 +20 52 172
4 E Washington Diplomats 30 19 11 68 50 +18 58 172 Playoffs (division runner-up)
5 W Los Angeles Aztecs 30 18 12 62 47 +15 54 162
Updated to match(es) played on September 2, 1979. Source: Overall standings
Rules for classification: 1) Division position; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Goal differential
(N) Conference champion


Overall standings
Pos Div Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 NE New York Cosmos (P) 30 24 6 84 52 +32 72 216
2 AC Houston Hurricane 30 22 8 61 46 +15 55 187
3 NC Minnesota Kicks 30 21 9 67 48 +19 58 184
4 NW Vancouver Whitecaps (C) 30 20 10 54 34 +20 52 172
5 NE Washington Diplomats 30 19 11 68 50 +18 58 172
Updated to match(es) played on September 2, 1979. Source: soccerstats.us
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal differential
(C) NASL Champions; (P) NASL Premiers

Matches[edit]

April 22, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 Giants Stadium 72,342

April 29, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Philadelphia Fury 2 Giants Stadium 46,375

May 4, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Toronto Blizzard 0 Varsity Stadium 29,483

May 6, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Houston Hurricane 0 Giants Stadium 50,142

May 12, 1979: Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, New York Cosmos 2 Tampa Stadium 40,701

May 20, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 1 Giants Stadium 46,344

May 26, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Portland Timber 1 (Cosmos won in shootout) Civic Center 18,254

May 28, 1979: Chicago Sting 3, New York Cosmos 1 Wrigley Field 21,127

June 3, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium 38,762

June 9, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Dallas Tornado 1 Giants Stadium 45,031

June 13, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 2 Skelly Stadium 30,162

June 16, 1979: Vancouver Whitecaps 4, New York Cosmos 1 Empire Stadium 32,372

June 20, 1979: Minnesota Kicks 3, New York Cosmos 2 Metropolitan Stadium 43,952

June 24, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, New England Tea Men 0 Giants Stadium 41,428

June 27, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Portland Timber 1 Giants Stadium 33,721

July 1, 1979: New York Cosmos 5, Rochester Lancers 2 Giants Stadium 40,379

July 7, 1979: New York Cosmos 2, New England Tea Men 1 Foxboro Stadium 15,763

July 11, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Seattle Sounders 1 (Sounders won in shootout) Giants Stadium 40,207

JUly 15, 1979: Vancouver Whitecaps 4, New York Cosmos 2 Giants Stadium 48,753

July 18, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Fort Lauredale Strikers 3 Lockhart Stadium 19,850

July 21, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Philadelphia Fury 0 Veterans Stadium 17,352

July 25, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Minnesota Kicks 1 Giants Stadium 57,223

July 29, 1979: New York Cosmos 5, San Jose Earthquakes 0 Giants Stadium 35,450

August 1, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Los Angeles Aztecs 1 Rose Bowl 38,606

August 5, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Rochester Lancers 2 Holleder Memorial Stadium 18,881

August 8, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 Giants Stadium 70,042

August 12, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Washington Diplomats 4 (Cosmos won in a shootout) Giants Stadium 34,599


Postseason[edit]

Overview[edit]

First round[edit]
Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
Philadelphia Fury - Houston Hurricane 2 - 1 2 - 1 August 14, 20
Detroit Express - Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 - 3 1 - 3 August 15, 19
Chicago Sting - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 0 0 - 0 August 15, 18
San Diego Sockers - California Surf 4 - 2 7 - 2 August 15, 18
Tulsa Roughnecks - Minnesota Kicks 2 - 1 (ot) 2 - 1 (ot) August 15, 19
Dallas Tornado - Vancouver Whitecaps 2 - 3 1 - 2 August 15, 18
Los Angeles Aztecs - Washington Diplomats 3 - 1 4 - 3 August 15, 19
Toronto Blizzard - New York Cosmos 1 - 3 0 - 2 August 16, 20
Conference semifinals[edit]
Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
San Diego Sockers - Chicago Sting 2 - 0 1 - 0 August 22, 25
Los Angeles Aztecs - Vancouver Whitecaps 3 - 2 0 - 1 (so) 0 - 1 August 22, 25
Philadelphia Fury - Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 - 3 (so) 0 - 1 August 23, 25
Tulsa Roughnecks - New York Cosmos 3 - 0 0 - 3 1 - 3 August 23, 26
Conference Championships[edit]
Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
Vancouver Whitecaps - New York Cosmos 2 - 0 2 - 3 (so) 1 - 0 (so) August 29, September 1
San Diego Sockers - Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 - 1 2 - 3 (so) 0 - 1 August 30, September 2
Soccer Bowl '79[edit]
Vancouver Whitecaps2–1Tampa Bay Rowdies
Whymark 13'
Whymark (Ball) 60'		 Van der Veen (Anderson) 23'
Attendance: 50,699
Referee: Gino D'Ippolito (USA)[7][8]

Friendlies[edit]

Source:[9]

Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Scorers
February 17 The Bahamas Freeport All-Stars A 12–0 3,500 Chinaglia (5), Davis (2), Tueart (2), ?
February 24 The Bahamas Freeport All-Stars A 6–1 n/a ?
February 25 The Bahamas Nassau All-Stars A 13–1 n/a ?
5 March Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad All-Stars A 1–1 15,800 Chinaglia
7 March Brazil Náutico N [n 1] 0–0 20,000 –
15 March Colombia América de Cali A 2–0 40,000 Chinaglia, Marino
16 March Colombia Atlético Nacional A 0–2 15,000 –
20 March United States Detroit Express A 2–8 25,473 Bogicevic, Davis
25 March Mexico Universidad Autónoma H 2–2 9,000 Chinaglia (2)
16 May England Coventry City H 3–1 30,195 Davis, Carlos Alberto, Etherington
6 June  Argentina H 0–1 70,134 –
4 July Germany Bayern Munich H 0–2 42,366 –
September 20 Hong Kong Team Seiko A 3–3 28,000 Chinaglia (2), ?
September 24 Hong Kong Hong Kong All-Stars A 6–0 24,000 Seninho (2), Chinaglia (2), Etherington, ?
September 24  South Korea A 0–1 20,000 –
September 30  South Korea A 2–3 18,000 Chinaglia (2)
October 3  Indonesia A 4–1 85,000 Chinaglia (4)
October 5 Indonesia All-Indonesian Select A 1–1 55,000 Chinagliaq
October 7  Singapore A 4–1 35,000 Carbogiani (2), Chinaglia (2)
October 10 Japan Japan All-Stars A 1–1 14,000 Etherington
October 14  Japan A 2–2 50,000 Beckenbauer, Tueart
October 17  Malaysia A 5–0 35,000 Chinaglia (3), Tueart (2)
October 21 Australia Victoria All-Stars A 3–2 15,000 Neeskens (2), Chinaglia
October 24  Australia A 1–2 60,000 Chinaglia
October 31 Australia Adelaide City A 2–0 28,000 Tueart, Chinaglia
Notes
  1. ^ Held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "From Cape Town to NY, via Charlton: The footballing life of Eddie Firmani". TheGuardian.com. May 19, 2010.
  2. ^ Yannis, Alex (December 11, 1984). "Cosmos Hire Klivecka as Indoor Coach". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Julio Mazzei, Who Led Soccer's Cosmos, is Dead at 78". The New York Times. May 15, 2009.
  4. ^ "North American Soccer League".
  5. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
  6. ^ Soccer Stats.us
  7. ^ Rowdies vs. Whitecaps 1979
  8. ^ Soccer bowl ticket
  9. ^ "NASL Friendlies 1978-79". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
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