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]
Stadium	Downing Stadium
NASL	Division: 3rd Overall: 12th Playoffs: Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Joey Fink (6 goals) Mordechai Spiegler (6 goals) All: N/A
Highest home attendance	22,500 vs. TOR (June 18)
Lowest home attendance	5,227 vs. CON (June 4)
Average home league attendance	10,450[2]
← 1974 1976 →

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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. 1 GK  ARG Florial Rodriguez 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]

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	Victory	A	1–0	24,000	n/a	[7]
Apr 1	Miami Toros	A	1–0	11,000	Liveric	[7]
May 22	Israel	H	1–1	n/a	Dillon	[7]
June 15	Dallas Tornado	H	2–2	22,278	Spiegler?, Pelé	[7]
July 7	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	2–1	26,495	n/a	[7]
July 27	Dallas Tornado	A	2–3	26,127	n/a	[7]
August 10	St. Louis Stars	A	1–2	10,180	n/a	[7]
August 27	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–3	19,338	Pelé (2)	[7]
August 31	Malmö FF	A	1–5	21,000	Pelé	[7]
September 2	Swedish All-Stars	A	3–1	20,448	Pelé (2), Ord	[7]
September 4	Stockholm Alliansen	A	2–3	55,000	Pelé (2)	[7]
September 11	Valerengens	A	4–2		Pele (2), Shpigler, Ord	[7]
September 13	Roma	A	1–3	49,700	Coyne	[7]
September 17	Victory	A	2–1		Ord, Paredes	[7]
September 19	Violette A.C.	A	1–2		Mifflin	[7]
September 21	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	Violette	A	0–0	30,000	–	[7]
September 30	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

• 1975 North American Soccer League season