1972 New York Cosmos season

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New York Cosmos
1972 season
Manager Flag of the United States.svg Gordon Bradley [1]
Stadium Hofstra Stadium
NASL Division: 1st
Overall:1st
Playoffs:Champions
National
Challenge Cup 		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Bermuda.svg Randy Horton (9 goals)
All:
Flag of Bermuda.svg Randy Horton (13 goals)
Highest home attendanceAll: 13,205
(Aug. 30 vs. Dynamo Moscow)
League: 7,324
(May 7 vs. St. Louis)
Lowest home attendance1,200
(Jun. 18 vs. Toronto)
Average home league attendance4,282 [2]
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The 1972 New York Cosmos season was the second season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' second year of existence, the club finished 1st in the Northern Division and 1st in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos defeated the Dallas Tornado in the semifinal and the St. Louis Stars in the final, winning their first league championship and completing the first double by a club in the national era.

Contents

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.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Richard Blackmore
1 GK Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Emmanuel Kofie
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Barry Mahy
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Charlie McCully
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Werner Roth
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Robert Neubauer
6 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN John Kerr, Sr.
7 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Cinesinho
8 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Roby Young
9 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Helenio Herrera
9Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paul LeSueur
No.Pos.NationPlayer
10 FW Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  TCH Josef Jelinek
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jorge Siega
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stan Startzell
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Siegfried Stritzl
16 FW Flag of Bermuda.svg  BER Randy Horton
17 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Wilberforce Mfum
19 DF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Karol Kapcinski
20 MF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  TRI Everald Cummings
22 MF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Dieter Zajdel
24 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gordon Bradley

Source: [3]

Results

Source: [4]

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

PosClubPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1 New York Cosmos 147342816+1277
2 Rochester Lancers 146532022-264
3 Montreal Olympique 144551920-157
4 Toronto Metros 144641822-453

Overall League Placing

PosClubPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1 New York Cosmos 147342816+1277
2 St. Louis Stars 147432014+669
3 Rochester Lancers 146532022-264
4 Dallas Tornado 146531512+360
5 Montreal Olympique 144551920-157

Source: [5]

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
May 7, 1972 St. Louis Stars H3-37,324Young, Horton (2)
May 14, 1972 Rochester Lancers A1-14,100Stritzl
May 20, 1972 Miami Gatos H6-11,302Horton (2), Cummings (2), Jelinek, Siega
May 27, 1972 Atlanta Chiefs H4-24,445Kerr, Horton (2), Cummings
June 3, 1972 Dallas Tornado A1-02,157
June 18, 1972 Toronto Metros H2-11,200Cummings, Siega
June 25, 1972 Atlanta Chiefs A2-0N/A
July 1, 1972 Montreal Olympique H2-04,571Kerr, Mfum
July 8, 1972 Miami Gatos A0-21,438Horton, Mfum
July 16, 1972 Montreal Olympique A2-22,996Mfum, Cummings
July 22, 1972 Dallas Tornado H1-06,518Mfum
July 29, 1972 St. Louis Stars A1-04,385
August 6, 1972 Toronto Metros A1-11,255Horton
August 12, 1972 Rochester Lancers H4-14,616Mfum, Horton, Jelinek, Kerr

Postseason

Overview

Semi-finals
August 15 Rochester Lancers 0–2 St. Louis Stars St. Louis, Busch Memorial
August 19 Dallas Tornado 0–1 New York Cosmos New York, Hofstra Stadium
Final
August 26 St. Louis Stars 1–2 New York Cosmos New York, Hofstra Stadium

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
August 19, 1972 Dallas Tornado H1-05,026Kerr
August 26, 1972 St. Louis Stars H2-16,102Jelinek, Horton

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
July 31 Flag of England.svg Birmingham City H0-3N/A
August 16 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv H5-25,126Horton (3), Kerr, Stritzl
August 30 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow H1-213,205Zajdel

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 - 1972". Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
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