1975 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos

1975 season
Manager	Gordon Bradley[1]
Stadium	Downing Stadium
NASL	Division: 3rd Overall: 12th Playoffs: Did not qualify
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Joey Fink (6 goals) Mordechai Spiegler (6 goals) All: N/A
Highest home attendance	22,500 vs. TOR (June 18)
Lowest home attendance	5,227 vs. CON (June 4)
Average home league attendance	10,450[2]
← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 New York Cosmos season was the fifth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' fifth year of existence the club finished 3rd in the five-team Northern Division and 12th out of 20 in the overall league table. Despite Pelé joining the club midseason in what English writer Gavin Newsham said was "the transfer coup of the century,"^[3] bringing unprecedented attention to soccer in the United States, the Cosmos missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Squad

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Jerry Sularz 0,1 GK Kurt Kuykendall 1 GK Sam Nusum 2 DF Barry Mahy 3 DF Juan Masnik 4 DF Werner Roth 5 MF Alfredo Lamas 6 MF John Kerr, Sr. 7 MF Julio Correa 8 FW Mark Liveric 9 FW Americo Paredes 10 FW Pelé 11 FW Jorge Siega 12 FW Joey Fink 14 DF Gordon Bradley 14 MF Gil Mărdărescu

No. Position Player 14 MF Nelsi Morais 14 DF De 15 DF Omar Caetano 15 MF Ramon Mifflin 16 FW Tony Donlic 17 DF Brian Rowan 17 MF Carlos Scott 18 DF Tony Picciano 19 FW Manoel Maria 20 DF Mike Dillon 21 FW Mordechai Spiegler 22 DF Angelo Anastasio 22 DF David Primo 22,23 DF Luis De La Fuente 23 FW Tommy Ord

Source:^[4]

Results

Source:^[5]

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 22, 1975	Israel	H	1-1	N/A	N/A
June 15, 1975	Dallas Tornado	H	2-2	21,278	Spiegler?, Pelé
July 7, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1-2	26,495	N/A
July 27, 1975	Dallas Tornado	A	3-2	26,127	N/A
August 10, 1975	St. Louis Stars	A	2-1	10,180	N/A
August 27, 1975	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3-2	19,338	N/A
August 31, 1975	Malmö FF	A	5-1	21,000	N/A
September 2, 1975	Swedish All-Stars	A	1-3	20,448	Pelé (2), Ord
September 4, 1975	Stockholm	A	2-3	N/A	N/A
September 11, 1975	Oslo	A	2-4	N/A	N/A
September 13, 1975	A.S. Roma	A	3-1	N/A	N/A
September 17, 1975	Victory Club	A	1-2	N/A	N/A
September 19, 1975	Violette A.C.	A	2-1	N/A	N/A
September 21, 1975	Santos Jamaica	A	1-0	N/A	N/A
September 26, 1975	Puerto Rico	A	1-12	N/A	N/A
September 28, 1975	Violette A.C.	A	0-0	N/A	N/A
September 30, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 2, 1975	Windsor Stars	A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
March 1, 1975	Miami Toros	N	1-0	N/A	N/A
March 3, 1975	Victory Club	A	0-1	N/A	N/A

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).

Northern Division Standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boston Minutemen	22	13	9	41	29	+12	116
2	Toronto Metros-Croatia	22	13	9	39	28	+11	114
3	New York Cosmos	22	10	12	39	38	+1	91
4	Rochester Lancers	22	6	16	29	49	-20	64
5	Hartford Bicentennials	22	6	16	27	51	-24	61

Overall League Placing

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Chicago Sting	22	12	10	39	33	+6	106
11	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	11	11	38	28	+10	99
12	New York Cosmos	22	10	12	39	38	+1	91
13	Philadelphia Atoms	22	10	12	33	42	-9	90
14	Baltimore Comets	22	9	13	34	52	-18	87

Source:^[6]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 30, 1975	Miami Toros	H	2-3	9,328	Liveric, Correa
May 3, 1975	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	1-0	8,378
May 7, 1975	Baltimore Comets	H	5-1	7,016	Fink (3), Liveric, Correa
May 14, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	H	1-1 (SOL)	6,103	Fink
May 19, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	1-2	4,796	Dillon, Liveric
May 28, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	0-1	7,331
June 4, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	H	2-1	5,227	Paredas, Liveric
June 7, 1975	Rochester Lancers	A	3-2	4,959	Spiegler (2)
June 10, 1975	Philadelphia Atoms	A	1-0	20,124
June 18, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	H	2-0	22,500	Correa, Spiegler
June 27, 1975	Rochester Lancers	A	0-3	14,562	Siega, Pelé, Fink
June 29, 1975	Washington Diplomats	A	2-9	35,620	Spiegler (2), Paredas, Pelé (2), Kerr, Fink, Mahy, Maria
July 3, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	5-1	12,176	Spiegler
July 5, 1975	Seattle Sounders	A	2-0	17,925
July 9, 1975	Boston Minutemen	H	3-1	18,126	De La Fuente, Correa, Kerr
July 16, 1975	Portland Timbers	H	1-2	13,423	Pelé
July 19, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	3-0	21,573
July 23, 1975	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1-1 (SOW)	11,137	Pelé
July 30, 1975	Rochester Lancers	H	2-0	8,217	Ord (2)
August 1, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	A	3-1	8,546	Liveric
August 3, 1975	Boston Minutemen	A	5-0	4,445
August 6, 1975	Boston Minutemen	H	1-0	6,541	Paredas

References

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/sports/soccer/01bradley.html?_r=1
2. http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2005/jun/10/sport.comment
4. http://nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Cosmos_Rosters.htm
5. http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1975/
6. http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1975.html

See also

• 1975 North American Soccer League season
• List of New York Cosmos seasons

External links

• Video of Pele's debut with the New York Cosmos