1971 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
1971 season
Manager Gordon Bradley
StadiumYankee Stadium
NASLDivision: 2nd
Overall: 4th
Playoffs: Semifinals
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
Randy Horton (15 goals)
All:
Randy Horton (16 goals)
Highest home attendance19,437
(Aug. 2 vs. Rochester)
Lowest home attendance1,897
)Jun. 16 vs. St. Louis)
Average home league attendance4,517
1972 →

The 1971 New York Cosmos season was the inaugural season for the New York Cosmos, an expansion team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' first year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Northern Division and 4th in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were eliminated by the Atlanta Chiefs in the first two games of the best-of-three semifinals.

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  ITA Maurizio Minieri
1 GK  POL Conrad Kornek
2 DF  USA Barry Mahy
3 DF  USA Charlie McCully
4 DF  CAN Frank Donlavey
5 DF  SCO John Young
5 MF  GRE Theodore Hasekidis
6 MF  GER Horst Meyer
6 FW  SCO Ernie Hannigan
7 FW  ECU Jaime Delgado
8 MF  ENG Alan O'Neill
8 FW  TUR Ceyhan Yazar
9 FW  USA Andy Mate
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  USA Jorge Siega
12 FW  YUG Radi Mitrovic
12 DF  HAI Chardin Delices
15 MF  USA Siegfried Stritzl
16 FW  BER Randy Horton
17 FW  GHA Wilberforce Mfum
18 DF  JAM Rudolph Pearce
19 MF  GRE Kyriakos Fitilis
19 DF  POL Karol Kapcinski
20 DF  TRI Jan Steadman
21 GK  GHA Emmanuel Kofie
24 DF  USA Gordon Bradley

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Results

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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).

Northern Division Standings

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Rochester Lancers 24 13 5 6 48 31 +17 141
2 New York Cosmos 24 9 10 5 51 55 -4 117
3 Toronto Metros 24 5 10 9 32 47 -15 89
4 Montreal Olympique 24 4 15 5 29 59 -30 65

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
2 Atlanta Chiefs 24 12 7 5 35 29 +6 120
3 Dallas Tornado 24 10 6 8 38 24 +14 119
4 New York Cosmos 24 9 10 5 51 55 -4 117
5 Washington Darts 24 8 6 10 36 34 +2 111
6 Toronto Metros 24 5 10 9 32 47 -15 89

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Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
April 17, 1971 St. Louis Stars A 1-2 3,701 Mfum, Horton
May 5, 1971 Washington Darts H 1-0 3,746 Stritzl
May 16, 1971 Toronto Metros A 2-2 6,751 Stritzl, Siega
May 23, 1971 Montreal Olympique H 2-3 2,093 McCully, Siega
May 30, 1971 Rochester Lancers A 2-2 5,343 Horton (2)
June 5, 1971 Dallas Tornado A 2-0 5,476
June 9, 1971 Rochester Lancers H 4-2 2,017 Mfum (3), Horton
June 16, 1971 St. Louis Stars H 4-1 1,897 Siega, Horton, McCully, Mfum
June 20, 1971 Dallas Tornado H 3-1 9,000 McCully, Horton, Stritzl
June 23, 1971 Montreal Olympique A 3-1 1,645 Horton
June 27, 1971 Washington Darts A 3-1 3,400 Mitrovic
July 3, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs A 1-3 3,627 Horton (2), Siega
July 10, 1971 Rochester Lancers A 3-2 4,321 Siega, McCully
July 25, 1971 Toronto Metros H 2-2 2,132 Horton (2)
August 2, 1971 Rochester Lancers H 3-2 19,437 McCully, Mahy, Mfum
August 7, 1971 Toronto Metros A 2-1 4,896 Horton
August 14, 1971 Montreal Olympique A 5-4 2,387 Horton (3), Siega
August 22, 1971 Toronto Metros H 2-0 N/A Siega (2)
August 25, 1971 Montreal Olympique H 3-3 1,914 Mate (2), Mitrovic
August 29, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs H 2-1 2,714 Mitrovic, O'Neill

Postseason

Overview

Semi-finals
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Rochester Lancers - Dallas Tornado 2 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 2 September 1, 4, 8
Atlanta Chiefs - New York Cosmos 1 - 0 2 - 0 September 2, 5
Final
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Atlanta Chiefs - Dallas Tornado 2 - 1 1 - 4 0 - 2 September 12, 15, 19

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
September 2, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs A 1-0 3,800
September 5, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs H 0-2 N/A

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Scorers
May 21 Hearts H 2–4 2,189 Yazar (2)
May 26 Vicenza H 3–5 4,100 Mitrovic, Mahy, McCully
July 13 Apollon Limassol H 1–1 4,763 Siega
Aug 20 Bangu H 1–6 2,741 Horton

See also

References

  1. ^ Bell, Jack (May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League".
  3. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
  4. ^ All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us
  5. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1971". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2012.