1973 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
1973 season
Manager United States Gordon Bradley[1]
Stadium Hofstra Stadium
NASL Division: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
Playoffs: Semifinal
National
Challenge Cup		 Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup		 Did not enter
Top goalscorer League:
United States Joey Fink (10 goals)
All:
United States Joey Fink (11 goals)
Highest home attendance 9,075
vs. ROC (May 6)
Lowest home attendance 2,364
vs. FHFC (May 20)
Average home league attendance 5,782[2]
← 1972
1974 →

The 1973 New York Cosmos season was the 3rd season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' third year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Eastern Division and 3rd in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were defeated in their semifinal match by the Dallas Tornado.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
0 Poland GK Jerry Sularz
1 United States GK Shep Messing
2 United States DF Barry Mahy
2 Israel DF Karol Rotner
3 United States FW Henry McCully
4 United States DF Werner Roth
6 Canada MF John Kerr, Sr.
7 Republic of Ireland FW Michael Niblock
8 Israel FW Roby Young
9 Paul LeSueur
10 Czechoslovakia FW Josef Jelinek
11 United States FW Jorge Siega
No. Position Player
12 United States FW Joey Fink
14 United States DF Ralph Wright
15 United States MF Siegfried Stritzl
16 Bermuda FW Randy Horton
18 Canada FW Tibor Vigh
19 Poland DF Karol Kapcinski
20 Trinidad and Tobago MF Everald Cummings
22 Poland MF Dieter Zajdel
23 United States DF Len Renery
24 United States DF Gordon Bradley
5,8 England DF Malcolm Dawes
United States FW Charlie McCully

Source:[3]

Results

Source:[4]

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
May 20, 1973 Finn Harps H 4-0 2,364 N/A
June 24, 1973 Veracruz H 2-2 6,805 Strintzl, Horton
August 18, 1973 Torpedo Moscow H 2-2 N/A N/A

Preseason

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
April 23, 1973 Club América A 2-1 35,000 Vigh
April 26, 1973 Veracruz A 1-0 N/A

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).

Eastern Division Standings

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1Philadelphia Atoms 19 9 2 8 29 14+15104
2New York Cosmos 19 7 5 7 31 23 +8 91
3Miami Toros 19 8 5 6 26 21 +5 88

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1Dallas Tornado 19 11 4 4 36 25+11111
2Philadelphia Atoms 19 9 2 8 29 14+15104
3New York Cosmos 19 7 5 7 31 23 +8 91
4Toronto Metros 19 6 4 9 32 18 +14 89
5Miami Toros 19 8 5 6 26 21 +5 88

Source:[5]

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
May 6, 1973 Rochester Lancers H 1-0 9,075 Siega
May 13, 1973 Toronto Metros A 1-1 6,862 Horton
May 16, 1973 Miami Toros H 1-1 5,301 Horton
May 26, 1973 Atlanta Apollos H 5-0 3,920 Fink (3), Jelinek, Horton
June 2, 1973 St. Louis Stars H 1-1 5,535 Fink
June 6, 1973 Philadelphia Atoms A 1-1 9,168 Renery
June 8, 1973 Rochester Lancers A 2-1 4,553 Zajdel
June 17, 1973 Montreal Olympique H 2-0 5,305 Jelinek, Horton
June 27, 1973 St. Louis Stars A 2-1 4,517 Fink
June 30, 1973 Miami Toros A 2-1 4,425 Horton
July 4, 1973 Philadelphia Atoms A 2-1 12,128 Horton
July 7, 1973 Toronto Metros H 3-2 4,011 Wright, Fink (2)
July 14, 1973 Philadelphia Atoms H 1-1 6,100 Fink
July 27, 1973 Atlanta Apollos A 1-3 2,671 Fink (2), Cummings
July 28, 1973 Miami Toros H 1-0 4,520 Fink
August 4, 1973 Dallas Tornado A 2-1 5,359 Horton
August 9, 1973 Montreal Olympique A 0-0 1,100
August 11, 1973 Dallas Tornado H 4-3 7,250 Horton, Siega, Kapcinski, Young

Postseason

Overview

Semi-finals
August 15 New York Cosmos 0 – 1 Dallas Tornado Irving, Texas Stadium
August 18 Toronto Metros 0 – 3 Philadelphia Atoms Philadelphia, Veterans Stadium
Final
August 25 Philadelphia Atoms 2 – 0 Dallas Tornado Irving, Texas Stadium

Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
August 15, 1973 Dallas Tornado A 1-0 9,009

References

See also