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New York Cosmos
1971 season
ManagerUnited States Gordon Bradley[1]
StadiumYankee Stadium
NASLDivision: 2nd
Overall: 4th
Playoffs: Semifinals
National
Challenge Cup		Did not enter
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bermuda Randy Horton (15 goals)
All:
Bermuda Randy Horton (16 goals)
Highest home attendance19,437
(Aug. 2 vs. Rochester)
Lowest home attendance1,897
)Jun. 16 vs. St. Louis)
Average home league attendance4,517[2]
1972 →

The 1971 New York Cosmos season was the inaugural season for the New York Cosmos, an expansion team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' first year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Northern Division and 4th in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were eliminated by the Atlanta Chiefs in the first two games of the best-of-three semifinals.

Squad

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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. Nation Player
0 GK Italy ITA Maurizio Minieri
1 GK Poland POL Conrad Kornek
2 DF United States USA Barry Mahy
3 DF United States USA Charlie McCully
4 DF Canada CAN Frank Donlavey
5 DF Scotland SCO John Young
5 MF Greece GRE Theodore Hasekidis
6 MF Germany GER Horst Meyer
6 FW Scotland SCO Ernie Hannigan
7 FW Ecuador ECU Jaime Delgado
8 MF England ENG Alan O'Neill
8 FW Turkey TUR Ceyhan Yazar
9 FW United States USA Andy Mate
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW United States USA Jorge Siega
12 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Radi Mitrovic
12 DF Haiti HAI Chardin Delices
15 MF United States USA Siegfried Stritzl
16 FW Bermuda BER Randy Horton
17 FW Ghana GHA Wilberforce Mfum
18 DF Jamaica JAM Rudolph Pearce
19 MF Greece GRE Kyriakos Fitilis
19 DF Poland POL Karol Kapcinski
20 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jan Steadman
21 GK Ghana GHA Emmanuel Kofie
24 DF United States USA Gordon Bradley

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Results

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Source:[4]

Regular season

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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

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Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Rochester Lancers 24 13 5 6 48 31 +17 141
2 New York Cosmos 24 9 10 5 51 55 -4 117
3 Toronto Metros 24 5 10 9 32 47 -15 89
4 Montreal Olympique 24 4 15 5 29 59 -30 65

Overall League Placing

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Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
2 Atlanta Chiefs 24 12 7 5 35 29 +6 120
3 Dallas Tornado 24 10 6 8 38 24 +14 119
4 New York Cosmos 24 9 10 5 51 55 -4 117
5 Washington Darts 24 8 6 10 36 34 +2 111
6 Toronto Metros 24 5 10 9 32 47 -15 89

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Matches

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
April 17, 1971 St. Louis Stars A 1-2 3,701 Mfum, Horton
May 5, 1971 Washington Darts H 1-0 3,746 Stritzl
May 16, 1971 Toronto Metros A 2-2 6,751 Stritzl, Siega
May 23, 1971 Montreal Olympique H 2-3 2,093 McCully, Siega
May 30, 1971 Rochester Lancers A 2-2 5,343 Horton (2)
June 5, 1971 Dallas Tornado A 2-0 5,476
June 9, 1971 Rochester Lancers H 4-2 2,017 Mfum (3), Horton
June 16, 1971 St. Louis Stars H 4-1 1,897 Siega, Horton, McCully, Mfum
June 20, 1971 Dallas Tornado H 3-1 9,000 McCully, Horton, Stritzl
June 23, 1971 Montreal Olympique A 3-1 1,645 Horton
June 27, 1971 Washington Darts A 3-1 3,400 Mitrovic
July 3, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs A 1-3 3,627 Horton (2), Siega
July 10, 1971 Rochester Lancers A 3-2 4,321 Siega, McCully
July 25, 1971 Toronto Metros H 2-2 2,132 Horton (2)
August 2, 1971 Rochester Lancers H 3-2 19,437 McCully, Mahy, Mfum
August 7, 1971 Toronto Metros A 2-1 4,896 Horton
August 14, 1971 Montreal Olympique A 5-4 2,387 Horton (3), Siega
August 22, 1971 Toronto Metros H 2-0 N/A Siega (2)
August 25, 1971 Montreal Olympique H 3-3 1,914 Mate (2), Mitrovic
August 29, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs H 2-1 2,714 Mitrovic, O'Neill

Postseason

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Overview

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Semi-finals
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Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Rochester Lancers - Dallas Tornado 2 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 2 September 1, 4, 8
Atlanta Chiefs - New York Cosmos 1 - 0 2 - 0 September 2, 5
Final
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Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Atlanta Chiefs - Dallas Tornado 2 - 1 1 - 4 0 - 2 September 12, 15, 19

Matches

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
September 2, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs A 1-0 3,800
September 5, 1971 Atlanta Chiefs H 0-2 N/A

Friendlies

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Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Scorers
May 21 Scotland Hearts H 2–4 2,189 Yazar (2)
May 26 Italy Vicenza H 3–5 4,100 Mitrovic, Mahy, McCully
July 13 Greece Apollon Limassol H 1–1 4,763 Siega
Aug 20 Brazil Bangu H 1–6 2,741 Horton

See also

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References

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  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 - 1971". Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
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