1983 New York Cosmos season

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New York Cosmos
1983 season
Manager Flag of Brazil.svg Júlio Mazzei
Stadium Giants Stadium
NASL Division: 1st
Overall:1st
Playoffs: First round
National Challenge Cup Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup 		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Paraguay.svg Roberto Cabañas (24 goals)
All:
Flag of Paraguay.svg Roberto Cabañas (25+ goals)
Highest home attendance42,385
vs. CHI (May 17)
Lowest home attendance12,240
vs. FTL (Jun 24)
Average home league attendance27,242 [1]
←  1982
1984  →

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.

Contents

Roster

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Hubert Birkenmeier
2 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Andranik Eskandarian
3 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Robert Iarusci
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rick Davis
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Darryl Gee
6 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Franz Beckenbauer
7 MF Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Julio César Romero
8 MF Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  YUG Vladislav Bogicevic
9 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giorgio Chinaglia
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steve Moyers
13 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Johan Neeskens
14 MF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  TRI Richard Chinapoo
15 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wim Rijsbergen
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Angelo DiBernardo
16 FW Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Erhardt Kapp
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Roberto Cabañas
21 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Brcic
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Fox

Source: [2]

Results

Source: [3]

Preseason

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
April 17, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps A1-219,598Rijsbergen, N/A

Regular season

Standings

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
PosClubPldWLGFGAGDPts
1 New York Cosmos 302288749+38194
2 Chicago Sting 3015156673−7147
3 Toronto Blizzard 3016145148+3135
4 Montreal Manic 3012185871−13124
Overall
PosClubPldWLGFGAGDPts
1 New York Cosmos 302288749+38194
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 302466334+29187
3 Golden Bay Earthquakes 3020107154+17169
4 Chicago Sting 3015156673−7147
5 Tulsa Roughnecks 3017135649+7145

Source: [4]

Matches

  • p.l.: lost on penalties
  • p.w.: won on penalties
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
April 24, 1983 Toronto Blizzard A1–225,375Chinaglia
May 1, 1983 Montreal Manic H6–041,946Cabanas, Romero (3), Chinaglia (2)
May 4, 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers A1–413,741Chinaglia
May 8, 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers H3–225,134Chinaglia (2), Cabanas
May 11, 1983 Seattle Sounders A0–310,085Chinaglia, Cabanas, Bogicevic
May 15, 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks H5–222,621Chinaglia (3), Cabanas, Moyers
May 21, 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks A1–219,160Chinaglia, Moyers
May 25, 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes H5–122,841Chinaglia, Moyers, Davis, Neeskens, Cabanas
June 8, 1983 San Diego Sockers A0–15,318Cabanas
June 11, 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes A1–316,202Chinaglia
June 17, 1983 Team America A1–1 (p.l.)31,112Cabanas
June 19, 1983 Toronto Blizzard H5–125,247Cabanas (2), Chinaglia (2), Beckenbauer
June 22, 1983 Chicago Sting H2–322,368Cabanas, Chinaglia
June 25, 1983 Montreal Manic A1–28,407DiBernardo, Bogicevic
June 29, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps H3–029,141Cabanas, Moyers, Bogicevic
July 1, 1983 Chicago Sting A2–516,244Cabanas, Moyers
July 6, 1983 Team America H4–035,228Moyers, Bogicevic, Romero, Cabanas
July 10, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps A0–250,205
July 17, 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks H3–024,296Cabanas, Romero, Moyers
July 20, 1983 Seattle Sounders H3–3 (p.w.)19,825Cabanas (2), Kapp
July 23, 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies A4–513,709Cabanas (3), Moyers, Bogicevic
July 30, 1983 Chicago Sting A1–218,546Romero
August 3, 1983 San Diego Sockers H3–122,756Romero (2), Davis
August 6, 1983 Montreal Manic A2–415,158Cabanas, Bogicevic, Moyers
August 10, 1983 Team America A1–211,612Davis, Cabanas
August 14, 1983 Montreal Manic H3–045,821Davis, Romero, Moyers
August 16, 1983 Toronto Blizzard A0–111,428Moyers
August 21, 1983 Chicago Sting H5–330,678Chinaglia (2), Davis, Beckenbauer, Cabanas
August 28, 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies H3–119,868Romero, Moyers, Bogicevic
September 2, 1983 Toronto Blizzard H6–320,865Cabanas (2), Moyers (2), Neeskens, Romero

Postseason

Overview

Quarter-finals
Game 1Game 2Game 3
New York Cosmos - Montreal Manic 2 - 40 - 1September 6, 12
Tulsa Roughnecks - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 - 24 - 2September 6, 10
Golden Bay Earthquakes - Chicago Sting 6 - 10 - 15 - 2September 7, 12, 14
Vancouver Whitecaps - Toronto Blizzard 1 - 03 - 40 - 1September 8, 12, 15
Semi-finals
Game 45Game 2Game 3
Tulsa Roughnecks - Montreal Manic 2 - 10 - 13 - 0September 18, 26, 28
Golden Bay Earthquakes - Toronto Blizzard 0 - 10 - 2September 17, 27
Soccer Bowl '83
October 1 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–0 Toronto Blizzard Vancouver, BC Place Stadium

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
September 6, 1983 Montreal Manic H2-417,202Chinaglia, Bogicevic
September 12, 1983 Montreal Manic A0-0 (SOL)20,726

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
May 30 Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina H4–131,294Chinaglia, Moyers, ? (o.g.)
June 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Sao Paulo H2–326,641Bogicevic, Romero
June 5 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders H4–151,825Cabañas, Chinaglia, Romero, Bogicevic
June 15 Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV H7–230,720Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic (2), Davis, Neeskens, Cabañas
October 16 Flag of Italy.svg Lazio [n 1] A1–340,000?
October 23 Flag of the African Union.svg Africa SportA1–245,000Neeskens
October 26 Flag of Cameroon.svg Tonelle YaoundéA2–030,000DiBernardo, Rijsbergen
October 28 Flag of Cameroon.svg Canon Yaoundé A3–145,000Gee, DiBernardo, Borja
Notes
  1. ↑ Chinaglia's farewell game. He played for Lazio in the second half.

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References

  1. ↑ "North American Soccer League".
  2. ↑ Morrison, Dave. "New York Cosmos 1984 Roster". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us".
  4. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1983". Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2013.