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

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

Source:[2]

Results

Source:[3]

Preseason

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
April 17, 1983 Vancouver Whitecaps A 1-2 19,598 Rijsbergen, 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
Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
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
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

  • p.l.: lost on penalties
  • p.w.: won on penalties
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
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

Overview

Quarter-finals
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
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
Game 45 Game 2 Game 3
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
October 1 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–0 Toronto Blizzard Vancouver, BC Place Stadium

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
September 6, 1983 Montreal Manic H 2-4 17,202 Chinaglia, Bogicevic
September 12, 1983 Montreal Manic A 0-0 (SOL) 20,726

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
May 30 Italy Fiorentina H 4–1 31,294 Chinaglia, Moyers, ? (o.g.)
June 2 Brazil Sao Paulo H 2–3 26,641 Bogicevic, Romero
June 5 United States Seattle Sounders H 4–1 51,825 Cabañas, Chinaglia, Romero, Bogicevic
June 15 Germany Hamburger SV H 7–2 30,720 Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic (2), Davis, Neeskens, Cabañas
October 16 Italy Lazio [n 1] A 1–3 40,000 ?
October 23 African Union Africa Sport A 1–2 45,000 Neeskens
October 26 Cameroon Tonelle Yaoundé A 2–0 30,000 DiBernardo, Rijsbergen
October 28 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé A 3–1 45,000 Gee, DiBernardo, Borja
Notes
  1. ^ Chinaglia's farewell game. He played for Lazio in the second half.

See also

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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_New_York_Cosmos_season
No tags for this post.