1980 New York Cosmos season

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.

New York Cosmos

1980 season
General manager	Krikor Yepremian
Manager	Júlio Mazzei[1] (Start of season) Hennes Weisweiler[2] (After Mazzei) Yasin Özdenak[2] (Joint with Wiesweiler)
Stadium	Giants Stadium
NASL	Division: 1st Overall: 1st Playoffs: Champions
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: ( goals) All: ( goals)
Highest home attendance	71,413 vs. NASL (September 24)
Lowest home attendance	27,746 vs. ROM (May 24)
Average home league attendance	42,754[3]
Home colors Away colors
← 1979 1981 →

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 1 GK  GER Hubert Birkenmeier 2 DF  IRN Andranik Eskandarian 3 DF  CAN Bruce Wilson 4 DF  BRA Oscar 5 DF  BRA Carlos Alberto 6 DF  GER Franz Beckenbauer 7 MF  PAR Julio César Romero 8 MF  YUG Vladislav Bogićević 9 FW  ITA Giorgio Chinaglia 11 FW  POR Seninho 12 MF  USA Larry Hulcer 13 MF  NED Johan Neeskens

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  NED Wim Rijsbergen 16 FW  USA Angelo DiBernardo 17 MF  USA Rick Davis 18 MF  USA Boris Bandov 19 FW  PAR Roberto Cabanas 20 FW  BEL Francois Van Der Elst 21 GK  USA David Brcic 23 MF  BRA Nelsi Morais 25 DF  USA Jeff Durgan 14, 29 FW  USA Mark Liveric

Source:^[4]

Results

Preseason

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).

National Eastern Division Standings

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

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

• 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

Overview

First round

			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

			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

			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

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

New York Cosmos v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

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

Franz Beckenbauer and players of Cipolletti

Diego Maradona scoring for Argentinos Juniors

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att.	Scorers	Ref.
February 24	Bahamas All Stars	A	4–0	n/a	Romero, Seninho, Oscar, Chinaglia	[7]
March 9	Nacional Fast Clube	A [n 1]	0–0	70,000	–	[7]
March 13	Santos	A	2–1	25,000	Beckenbauer, Davis	[8][7]
March 16	Uberlandia	A	1–1	15,000	Chinaglia	[7]
March 18	Cipolletti	A	1–1	15,000	Morais	[9][10][11][7]
March 21	Argentinos Juniors	A [n 2]	2–1	27,000	Chinaglia (2)	[11][12]
March 25	Tigres	A	1–2	40,000	Chinaglia	[7]
March 28	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	3–1	24,219	Romero (2), Chinaglia	[7]
March 30	Cruz Azul	A	1–2	26,199	Romero	[7]
April 29	Cologne	H	3–1	24,784	Chinaglia (2), Romero	[7]
May 21	Manchester City	H	3–2	31,480	Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic	[7]
May 24	Roma	H	5–3	27,746	Chinaglia (3), Carlos Alberto, Peccenini (o.g.)	[7]
May 26	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	1–1	60,384	Chinaglia	[7]
July 30	River Plate	H	1–1	47,320	Bogicevic	[11][7]
Sept 24	NASL Select [n 3]	H	2–3	71,413	Pelé,[n 4] Cabañas	[7]
October 1	Hajduk Split	A	1–0	45,000	Chinaglia	[13][7]
October 4	Sporting Lisboa	A	1–1	35,000	Chinaglia	[7]
October 10	Girondins de Bordeaux	A	1–4	4,200	DiBernardo	[7]
October 12	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

• 1980 North American Soccer League season