1983 New York Cosmos season
1983 season | |||
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Manager | |||
Stadium | Giants Stadium | ||
NASL | Division: 1st Overall: 1st Playoffs: First round | ||
National Challenge Cup | Did not enter | ||
CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Did not enter | ||
Top goalscorer | League: All: | ||
Highest home attendance | 42,385 vs. CHI (May 17) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 12,240 vs. FTL (Jun 24) | ||
Average home league attendance | 27,242[1] | ||
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The 1983 New York Cosmos season was the original Cosmos franchise's thirteenth season of existence, and their thirteenth in the original North American Soccer League. At the time, the NASL represented the top tier of American soccer. Finishing the season with 194 points off of 22 wins and eight losses, the Cosmos clinched their sixth-consecutive regular season championship, and their seventh overall. In the postseason, however, the Cosmos lost to Montreal Manic.
Roster
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
[edit]Source:[3]
Preseason
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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April 17, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 1-2 | 19,598 | Rijsbergen, N/A |
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system
6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game
- Eastern Division
Pos | Club | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | New York Cosmos | 30 | 22 | 8 | 87 | 49 | +38 | 194 |
2 | Chicago Sting | 30 | 15 | 15 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 147 |
3 | Toronto Blizzard | 30 | 16 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 135 |
4 | Montreal Manic | 30 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 124 |
- Overall
Pos | Club | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | New York Cosmos | 30 | 22 | 8 | 87 | 49 | +38 | 194 |
2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 30 | 24 | 6 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 187 |
3 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 30 | 20 | 10 | 71 | 54 | +17 | 169 |
4 | Chicago Sting | 30 | 15 | 15 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 147 |
5 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 30 | 17 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 145 |
Source:[4]
Matches
[edit]- p.l.: lost on penalties
- p.w.: won on penalties
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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April 24, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 1–2 | 25,375 | Chinaglia |
May 1, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 6–0 | 41,946 | Cabanas, Romero (3), Chinaglia (2) |
May 4, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 1–4 | 13,741 | Chinaglia |
May 8, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | H | 3–2 | 25,134 | Chinaglia (2), Cabanas |
May 11, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | A | 0–3 | 10,085 | Chinaglia, Cabanas, Bogicevic |
May 15, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 5–2 | 22,621 | Chinaglia (3), Cabanas, Moyers |
May 21, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | A | 1–2 | 19,160 | Chinaglia, Moyers |
May 25, 1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | H | 5–1 | 22,841 | Chinaglia, Moyers, Davis, Neeskens, Cabanas |
June 8, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | A | 0–1 | 5,318 | Cabanas |
June 11, 1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | A | 1–3 | 16,202 | Chinaglia |
June 17, 1983 | Team America | A | 1–1 (p.l.) | 31,112 | Cabanas |
June 19, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 5–1 | 25,247 | Cabanas (2), Chinaglia (2), Beckenbauer |
June 22, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 2–3 | 22,368 | Cabanas, Chinaglia |
June 25, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 1–2 | 8,407 | DiBernardo, Bogicevic |
June 29, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 3–0 | 29,141 | Cabanas, Moyers, Bogicevic |
July 1, 1983 | Chicago Sting | A | 2–5 | 16,244 | Cabanas, Moyers |
July 6, 1983 | Team America | H | 4–0 | 35,228 | Moyers, Bogicevic, Romero, Cabanas |
July 10, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 0–2 | 50,205 | |
July 17, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 3–0 | 24,296 | Cabanas, Romero, Moyers |
July 20, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | H | 3–3 (p.w.) | 19,825 | Cabanas (2), Kapp |
July 23, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 4–5 | 13,709 | Cabanas (3), Moyers, Bogicevic |
July 30, 1983 | Chicago Sting | A | 1–2 | 18,546 | Romero |
August 3, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | H | 3–1 | 22,756 | Romero (2), Davis |
August 6, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 2–4 | 15,158 | Cabanas, Bogicevic, Moyers |
August 10, 1983 | Team America | A | 1–2 | 11,612 | Davis, Cabanas |
August 14, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 3–0 | 45,821 | Davis, Romero, Moyers |
August 16, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 0–1 | 11,428 | Moyers |
August 21, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 5–3 | 30,678 | Chinaglia (2), Davis, Beckenbauer, Cabanas |
August 28, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | H | 3–1 | 19,868 | Romero, Moyers, Bogicevic |
September 2, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 6–3 | 20,865 | Cabanas (2), Moyers (2), Neeskens, Romero |
Postseason
[edit]Overview
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | ||||
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New York Cosmos | - | Montreal Manic | 2 - 4 | 0 - 1 | September 6, 12 | |
Tulsa Roughnecks | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 - 2 | 4 - 2 | September 6, 10 | |
Golden Bay Earthquakes | - | Chicago Sting | 6 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 5 - 2 | September 7, 12, 14 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | - | Toronto Blizzard | 1 - 0 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 1 | September 8, 12, 15 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Game 45 | Game 2 | Game 3 | ||||
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Tulsa Roughnecks | - | Montreal Manic | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | September 18, 26, 28 |
Golden Bay Earthquakes | - | Toronto Blizzard | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | September 17, 27 |
Soccer Bowl '83
[edit]October 1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0 | Toronto Blizzard | Vancouver, BC Place Stadium |
Matches
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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September 6, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 2-4 | 17,202 | Chinaglia, Bogicevic |
September 12, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 0-0 (SOL) | 20,726 |
Friendlies
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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May 30 | H | 4–1 | 31,294 | Chinaglia, Moyers, ? (o.g.) | |
June 2 | H | 2–3 | 26,641 | Bogicevic, Romero | |
June 5 | H | 4–1 | 51,825 | Cabañas, Chinaglia, Romero, Bogicevic | |
June 15 | H | 7–2 | 30,720 | Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic (2), Davis, Neeskens, Cabañas | |
October 16 | A | 1–3 | 40,000 | ? | |
October 23 | A | 1–2 | 45,000 | Neeskens | |
October 26 | A | 2–0 | 30,000 | DiBernardo, Rijsbergen | |
October 28 | A | 3–1 | 45,000 | Gee, DiBernardo, Borja |
- Notes
- ^ Chinaglia's farewell game. He played for Lazio in the second half.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "North American Soccer League".
- ^ Morrison, Dave. "New York Cosmos 1984 Roster". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ "All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us".
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1983". Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2013.