1973 New York Cosmos season

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.

New York Cosmos
1973 season
Manager Gordon Bradley[1]
StadiumHofstra Stadium
NASLDivision: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
Playoffs: Semifinal
National
Challenge Cup
Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup
Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joey Fink (10 goals)

All:
Joey Fink (11 goals)
Highest home attendance9,075
(May 6 vs. Rochester)
Lowest home attendanceAll: 2,364
(May 20 vs. Finn Harps)
League: 3,920
(May 26 vs. Atlanta)
Average home league attendance5,782[2]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  POL Jerry Sularz
1 GK  USA Shep Messing
2 DF  USA Barry Mahy
2 DF  ISR Karol Rotner
3 FW  USA Henry McCully
4 DF  USA Werner Roth
6 MF  CAN John Kerr, Sr.
7 FW  NIR Mickey Niblock
8 FW  ISR Roby Young
9  USA Paul LeSueur
10 FW  TCH Josef Jelinek
11 FW  USA Jorge Siega
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  USA Joey Fink
14 DF  USA Ralph Wright
15 MF  USA Siegfried Stritzl
16 FW  BER Randy Horton
18 FW  CAN Tibor Vigh
19 DF  POL Karol Kapcinski
20 MF  TRI Everald Cummings
22 MF  POL Dieter Zajdel
23 DF  USA Len Renery
24 DF  USA Gordon Bradley
5,8 DF  ENG Malcolm Dawes
FW  USA Charlie McCully

Source:[3]

Results

Source:[4]

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
May 20, 1973 Finn Harps H 4-0 2,364 N/A
June 24, 1973 Veracruz H 2-2 6,805 Strintzl, Horton
August 18, 1973 Torpedo Moscow H 2-2 N/A N/A

Preseason

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
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

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1Philadelphia Atoms 199282914+15104
2New York Cosmos 197573123+891
3Miami Toros 198562621+588

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1Dallas Tornado 1911443625+11111
2Philadelphia Atoms 199282914+15104
3New York Cosmos 197573123+891
4Toronto Metros 196493218+1489
5Miami Toros 198562621+588

Source:[5]

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
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
Semi-finals
August 15 New York Cosmos 0–1 Dallas Tornado Irving, Texas Stadium

August 18 Toronto Metros 0–3 Philadelphia Atoms Philadelphia, Veterans Stadium
Final
August 25 Philadelphia Atoms 2–0 Dallas Tornado Irving, Texas Stadium

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
August 15, 1973 Dallas Tornado A 1-0 9,009

References

See also


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.