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Cosmos
1978 season
ManagerItaly Eddie Firmani[1]
StadiumGiants Stadium
NASLDivision: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague: Italy Giorgio Chinaglia (34? goals)
All: Italy Giorgio Chinaglia (goals)
Highest home attendance74,901
vs. TB (August 27)
Lowest home attendance26,325
vs. BJR (September 9)
Average home league attendance47,856[2]
← 1977
1979 →

The 1978 New York Cosmos season was the eighth season for the Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. It was also the second and final year in which "New York" was dropped from their name. The double-winning club set records for most wins and points in an NASL season, thanks to their 24-6 regular-season mark (shared with the Vancouver Whitecaps) and 212 points, securing their second premiership on the way to their third championship. They beat the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7-0 on opening day[3] and never looked back, scoring 88 times while losing just three games in regulation. Giorgio Chinaglia scored 34 goals and 79 points, setting league records in the process. In Soccer Bowl '78, the Cosmos defeated the Tampa Bay Rowdies in front of 74,901 fans at Giants Stadium, still to this day a record for attendance at a North American championship soccer game.

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 Canada CAN Jack Brand
1 GK Turkey TUR Erol Yasin
2 DF United States USA Bobby Smith (American soccer)
3 MF Brazil BRA Nelsi Morais
4 DF United States USA Werner Roth
5 DF Brazil BRA Carlos Alberto
6 DF Germany GER Franz Beckenbauer
7 FW England ENG Dennis Tueart
8 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Vladislav Bogićević
9 FW Italy ITA Giorgio Chinaglia
11 FW England ENG Steve Hunt
12 FW Portugal POR Seninho
14 MF England ENG Terry Garbett
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Vito Dimitrijević
16 FW United States USA Tony Donlic
17 MF United States USA Rick Davis
18 FW United States USA Fred Grgurev
19 DF Canada CAN Robert Iarusci
20 GK United States USA David Brcic
21 FW United States USA Gary Etherington
22 MF United States USA Jim Millinder
23 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Wilson
24 DF Canada CAN Garry Ayre
25 DF United States USA Santiago Formoso
26 FW United States USA Ron Atanasio
27 FW United States USA Joe Filian

Source:[4]

Results

Source:[5]

Friendlies

Source:[6]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Mar 5, 1978 Bermuda national team A 4-1 7,000 Grgurev, Chinaglia (2), Tueart
May 31, 1978 Atlético Madrid A 1-3 40,000 n/a
August 30, 1978 World All-Stars H 2-2 50,757 Seninho, Chinaglia
September 4, 1978 Atlético Madrid H 1-3 35,140 n/a
September 9, 1978 Boca Juniors H 2-2 23,000 Chinaglia (2)
September 12, 1978 Bayern Munich A 1–7 60,000 Chinaglia
September 14, 1978 Brescia A 2–1 30,000 n/a
September 19, 1978 VfB Stuttgart A 1–6 55,000 Chinaglia
September 21, 1978 Freiburger A 0–2 18,000 n/a
September 26, 1978 Chelsea A 1–1 39,659 Tueart
October 1, 1978 Atlético Madrid A 3–2 45,000 Seninho, Chinaglia, Bogicevic
November 1, 1978 Barcelona (Ecu) A 1–1 50,000 Chinaglia
November 7, 1978 Belgrano (C) A 1–1 n/a Chinaglia
November 13, 1978 Independiente Rivadavia A 2–1 n/a Beckenbauer
November 16, 1978 Boca Juniors A 2–4 35,000 Chinaglia, Seninho
November 22, 1978 Vila Nova A 3–2 25,000 n/a

Preseason

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

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cosmos 30 24 6 88 39 +49 212
2 Washington Diplomats 30 16 14 55 47 +8 145
3 Toronto Metros-Croatia 30 16 14 58 47 +11 144
4 Rochester Lancers 30 14 16 47 52 -5 131

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cosmos 30 24 6 88 39 +49 212
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 30 24 6 68 29 +39 199
3 Detroit Express 30 20 10 68 36 +32 176
4 Portland Timbers 30 20 10 50 36 +14 167
5 New England Tea Men 30 19 11 62 39 +23 165

Source:[7]

Matches

  • April 2 = new York Cosmos 7, Fort Lauredale Strikers 0 Giants Stadium 44,442


Postseason

Overview

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Championships Soccer Bowl '78
            
A1 Detroit Express 1
A8 Philadelphia Fury 0
A1 Detroit Express 1
A7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2
A2 New England Tea Men 1
A7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3
A7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1
A4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2
A3 San Diego Sockers 2
A6 California Surf 1
A3 San Diego Sockers 1
A4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2
A4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3
A5 Chicago Sting 1
A4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1
N1 Cosmos 3
N1 Cosmos 5
N8 Seattle Sounders 2
N1 Cosmos 2
N3 Minnesota Kicks 1
N3 Minnesota Kicks 3
N6 Tulsa Roughnecks 1
N1 Cosmos 2
N4 Portland Timbers 0
N2 Vancouver Whitecaps 4
N7 Toronto Metros-Croatia 0
N2 Vancouver Whitecaps 0
N4 Portland Timbers 2
N4 Portland Timbers 2
N5 Washington Diplomats 1

Matches

References

  1. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/may/19/the-footballing-life-eddie-firmani
  2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html
  3. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gP8LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VFgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6738,461247&dq=cosmos+strikers&hl=en
  4. ^ http://nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Cosmos_Rosters.htm
  5. ^ http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1978/
  6. ^ North American Soccer League: Friendlies
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2013-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

See also


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