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1971 New York Cosmos season

Field	Value
club	New York Cosmos
season	1971
manager	USA Gordon Bradley
stadium	Yankee Stadium
league	NASL
league result	Division: 2nd
Overall: 4th
Playoffs: Semifinals
cup1	[National
Challenge Cup](1971-national-challenge-cup)
cup1 result	Did not enter
league topscorer
BER Randy Horton (15 goals)
season topscorer
BER Randy Horton (16 goals)
highest attendance	19,437
(Aug. 2 vs. Rochester)
lowest attendance	1,897
)Jun. 16 vs. St. Louis)
average attendance	4,517
American	true
nextseason	1972

Overall: 4th Playoffs: Semifinals Challenge Cup](1971-national-challenge-cup) BER Randy Horton (15 goals) BER Randy Horton (16 goals) (Aug. 2 vs. Rochester) )Jun. 16 vs. St. Louis)

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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Results

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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

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

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

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

Overview

Semi-finals

Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Rochester Lancers	-	Dallas Tornado
Atlanta Chiefs	-	New York Cosmos

Final

Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Atlanta Chiefs	-	Dallas Tornado

Matches

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

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

References

(May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
"North American Soccer League".
"NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
[http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1971/ All-time American soccer statistics. SoccerStats.us]
"The Year in American Soccer - 1971".

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