1973 New York Cosmos season explained

Club:	New York Cosmos
Season:	1973
Manager:	Gordon Bradley^[1]
Stadium:	Hofstra Stadium
League:	NASL
League Result:	Division: 2nd Overall: 3rd Playoffs: Semifinal
Cup1:	National Challenge Cup
Cup1 Result:	Did not enter
Cup2:	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Cup2 Result:	Did not enter
League Topscorer:	Joey Fink (10 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Joey Fink (11 goals)
Highest Attendance:	9,075 (May 6 vs. Rochester)
Lowest Attendance:	All: 2,364 (May 20 vs. Finn Harps) League: 3,920 (May 26 vs. Atlanta)
Average Attendance:	5,782^[2]
American:	true
Prevseason:	1972
Nextseason:	1974

The 1973 New York Cosmos season was the third season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' third year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Eastern Division and 3rd in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were defeated in their semifinal match by the Dallas Tornado.

Squad

Source:^[3]

Results

Source:^[4]

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 23, 1973	Club América	A	2-1	35,000	Vigh
April 26, 1973	Veracruz	A	1-0	N/A

Regular season

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
6 points for a win, 3 points for a draw, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

Eastern Division Standings

width=30	Pos	Club	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	D	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=30	Pts
1	align=left	Philadelphia Atoms	19	9	2	8	29	14	+15	104
2	align=left	New York Cosmos	19	7	5	7	31	23	+8	91
3	align=left	Miami Toros	19	8	5	6	26	21	+5	88

Overall League Placing

width=30	Pos	Club	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	D	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=30	Pts
1	align=left	Dallas Tornado	19	11	4	4	36	25	+11	111
2	align=left	Philadelphia Atoms	19	9	2	8	29	14	+15	104
3	align=left	New York Cosmos	19	7	5	7	31	23	+8	91
4	align=left	Toronto Metros	19	6	4	9	32	18	+14	89
5	align=left	Miami Toros	19	8	5	6	26	21	+5	88

Source:^[5]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 6, 1973	Rochester Lancers	H	1-0	9,075	Siega
May 13, 1973	Toronto Metros	A	1-1	6,862	Horton
May 16, 1973	Miami Toros	H	1-1	5,301	Horton
May 26, 1973	Atlanta Apollos	H	5-0	3,920	Fink (3), Jelinek, Horton
June 2, 1973	St. Louis Stars	H	1-1	5,535	Fink
June 6, 1973	Philadelphia Atoms	A	1-1	9,168	Renery
June 8, 1973	Rochester Lancers	A	2-1	4,553	Zajdel
June 17, 1973	Montreal Olympique	H	2-0	5,305	Jelinek, Horton
June 27, 1973	St. Louis Stars	A	2-1	4,517	Fink
June 30, 1973	Miami Toros	A	2-1	4,425	Horton
July 4, 1973	Philadelphia Atoms	A	2-1	12,128	Horton
July 7, 1973	Toronto Metros	H	3-2	4,011	Wright, Fink (2)
July 14, 1973	Philadelphia Atoms	H	1-1	6,100	Fink
July 27, 1973	Atlanta Apollos	A	1-3	2,671	Fink (2), Cummings
July 28, 1973	Miami Toros	H	1-0	4,520	Fink
August 4, 1973	Dallas Tornado	A	2-1	5,359	Horton
August 9, 1973	Montreal Olympique	A	0-0	1,100
August 11, 1973	Dallas Tornado	H	4-3	7,250	Horton, Siega, Kapcinski, Young

Postseason

Overview

Semi-finals

style=font-size:85% align=center rowspan=3 width=15%	August 15	width=24% align=right	New York Cosmos	align=center width=13%	0–1	width=24%	Dallas Tornado	style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top	Irving, Texas Stadium
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style=font-size:85% align=center rowspan=3 width=15%	August 18	width=24% align=right	Toronto Metros	align=center width=13%	0–3	width=24%	Philadelphia Atoms	style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top	Philadelphia, Veterans Stadium
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Final

style=font-size:85% align=center rowspan=3 width=15%	August 25	width=24% align=right	Philadelphia Atoms	align=center width=13%	2–0	width=24%	Dallas Tornado	style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top	Irving, Texas Stadium
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Matches

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result		Scorers	Ref.
Apr 23		A	1–2	35,000		^[6]
Apr 26		A	0–1	6,805
May 20		H	1–1	2,364
June 24		H	2–2	6,805
August 18	Torpedo Moscow	H	2–2	7,763

See also

• 1973 North American Soccer League season

Notes and References

1. News: Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74. The New York Times. May 2008. Bell. Jack.
2. Web site: North American Soccer League.
3. Web site: NASL New York Cosmos Rosters.
4. Web site: All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us.
5. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1973 . 2013-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130713134943/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1973.html . 2013-07-13 . dead .
6. https://nasljerseys.com/Friendlies/Teams/Cosmos%20Friendlies1971-1973.htm New York Cosmos 1971-73 Friendlies