1980 New York Cosmos season explained

Club:New York Cosmos
Season:1980
Manager: Júlio Mazzei[1] (Start of season)
Hennes Weisweiler[2] (After Mazzei)
Yasin Özdenak (Joint with Wiesweiler)
Stadium:Giants Stadium
League:NASL
League Result:Division: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions
Cup1:National
Challenge Cup
Cup1 Result:Did not enter
Cup2:CONCACAF
Champions' Cup
Cup2 Result:Did not enter
League Topscorer: (goals)
Season Topscorer: (goals)
Highest Attendance:71,413
vs. NASL (September 24)
Lowest Attendance:27,746
vs. ROM (May 24)
Average Attendance:42,754[3]
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Prevseason:1979
Nextseason:1981

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.

Squad

Source:[4]

Results

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

width=30PosClub width=30Pldwidth=30Wwidth=30Lwidth=30GFwidth=30GAwidth=30GDwidth=30Pts
1align=left New York Cosmos322488741+46213
2align=left Washington Diplomats3217157261+11159
3align=left Toronto Blizzard3214184965-16128
4align=left Rochester Lancers3212204267-25109

Overall League Placing

width=30PosClub width=30Pldwidth=30Wwidth=30Lwidth=30GFwidth=30GAwidth=30GDwidth=30Pts
1align=left New York Cosmos322488741+46213
2align=left Seattle Sounders322577431+43207
3align=left Chicago Sting3221118050+30187
4align=left Los Angeles Aztecs3220126152+9174
5align=left Tampa Bay Rowdies3219136150+11168
Source:[5]

Matches

Postseason

Overview

First round
width=180width=5width=180width=80Game 1width=80Game 2width=100Shootoutwidth=180
Minnesota Kicks- Dallas Tornado0 - 1 0 - 2 August 27, 30
San Diego Sockers- Chicago Sting2 - 1 2 - 3 2 - 1 August 27, 30
Tampa Bay Rowdies- New England Tea Men1 - 0 4 - 0 August 27, 30
Vancouver Whitecaps- Seattle Sounders1 - 2 1 - 3 August 27, 30
Washington Diplomats- Los Angeles Aztecs1 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2 August 27, 30
Houston Hurricane- Edmonton Drillers1 - 2 1 - 0 0 - 1 August 27, 31
California Surf- Fort Lauderdale Strikers1 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 1 August 28, 31
Tulsa Roughnecks- New York Cosmos1 - 3 1 - 8 August 28, 31
Quarter-finals
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Los Angeles Aztecs- Seattle Sounders3 - 0 0 - 4 2 - 1 September 3, 5
Edmonton Drillers- Fort Lauderdale Strikers0 - 1 3 - 2 0 - 3 September 3, 6
Dallas Tornado- New York Cosmos2 - 3 3 - 0 0 - 3 September 3, 7
San Diego Sockers- Tampa Bay Rowdies6 - 3 0 - 6 2 - 1 September 4, 7
Semi-finals
width=180width=5width=180width=80Game 1width=80Game 2width=100Shootoutwidth=180
San Diego Sockers- Fort Lauderdale Strikers1 - 2 4 - 2 0 - 3 September 11, 13
Los Angeles Aztecs- New York Cosmos1 - 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).

See main article: Soccer Bowl '80.

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersRef.
February 24 Bahamas All Stars A 4–0 n/a [6]
March 9 A 0–0 70,000
March 13 A 2–1 25,000 [7]
March 16 A1–1 15,000
March 18 A 1–1 15,000 [8] [9]
March 21 A 2–1 27,000 [10]
March 25 A1–2 40,000
March 28 A3–1 24,219
March 30 A1–2 26,199
April 29H 3–1 24,784
May 21 H 3–2 31,480
May 24 H 5–3 27,746
May 26 H 1–1 60,384
July 30 H 1–1 47,320 [11]
Sept 24 NASL Select H 2–3 71,413
October 1A 1–0 45,000 [12]
October 4 A 1–1 35,000
October 10 A 1–4 4,200
October 12 A 2–0 12,000
Notes

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 14, 2009 . Julio Mazzei, 78; Coached Cosmos to N.A.S.L. Title in 1982 - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2009-05-14 . 2017-10-10.
  2. Web site: Cosmos to Retain Mazzei . NYTimes.com . 1983-02-01 . 2017-10-10.
  3. Web site: North American Soccer League . Rsssf.com . 2010-05-14 . 2017-10-10.
  4. Web site: NASL New York Cosmos Rosters . Nasljerseys.com . 2017-10-10.
  5. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1980 . Homepages.sover.net . 2017-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151105121122/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1980.html . 2015-11-05 . dead .
  6. https://nasljerseys.com/Friendlies/Teams/Cosmos%20Friendlies1980.htm 1980 Friendlies
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/15/archives/cosmos-defeat-santos-21.html Cosmos Defeat Santos, 2-1
  8. http://www.rionegro.com.ar/deportes-podio/cuando-el-cosmos-de-nueva-york-estuvo-en-la-visera-YA1301001 Cuando el Cosmos de Nueva York estuvo en la Visera
  9. http://www1.rionegro.com.ar/arch200405/17/d17j14.php Un Cosmos de estrellas en la Visera
  10. https://enunabaldosa.com/2007/08/03/argentinos-juniors-2-cosmos-1/ Argentinos Juniors 1 – Cosmos 2 (1980)
  11. https://www.pagina12.com.ar/702423-como-le-fue-a-beckenbauer-jugando-contra-boca-river-racing-y Cómo le fue a Beckenbauer jugando contra Boca, River, Racing y todo el fútbol argentino
  12. Web site: All-time American soccer statistics . SoccerStats.us . 2017-10-10.

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