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1975 New York Cosmos season

Field	Value
club	New York Cosmos
season	1975
manager	USA Gordon Bradley
stadium	Downing Stadium
league	NASL
league result	Division: 3rd
Overall: 12th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
cup1	[National
Challenge Cup](1975-national-challenge-cup)
cup1 result	Did not enter
league topscorer
USA Joey Fink (6 goals)
ISR Mordechai Spiegler (6 goals)
season topscorer	N/A
highest attendance	22,500
vs. TOR (June 18)
lowest attendance	5,227
vs. CON (June 4)
average attendance	10,450
American	true
prevseason	1974
nextseason	1976

Overall: 12th Playoffs: Did not qualify Challenge Cup](1975-national-challenge-cup) USA Joey Fink (6 goals) ISR Mordechai Spiegler (6 goals) vs. TOR (June 18) vs. CON (June 4)

The 1975 New York Cosmos season was the fifth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' fifth year of existence the club finished 3rd in the five-team Northern Division and 12th out of 20 in the overall league table. Despite Pelé joining the club midseason in what English writer Gavin Newsham said was "the transfer coup of the century," bringing unprecedented attention to soccer in the United States, the Cosmos missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Squad

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Results

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Preseason

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
March 1, 1975	Miami Toros	N	1-0	N/A	N/A
March 3, 1975	Victory Club	A	0-1	N/A	N/A

Regular season

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

Northern Division Standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boston Minutemen	22	13	9	41	29	+12	116
2	Toronto Metros-Croatia	22	13	9	39	28	+11	114
3	New York Cosmos	22	10	12	39	38	+1	91
4	Rochester Lancers	22	6	16	29	49	-20	64
5	Hartford Bicentennials	22	6	16	27	51	-24	61

Overall League Placing

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Chicago Sting	22	12	10	39	33	+6	106
11	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	11	11	38	28	+10	99
12	New York Cosmos	22	10	12	39	38	+1	91
13	Philadelphia Atoms	22	10	12	33	42	-9	90
14	Baltimore Comets	22	9	13	34	52	-18	87

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Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 30, 1975	Miami Toros	H	2–3	9,328	Liveric, Correa
May 3, 1975	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	1–0	8,378
May 7, 1975	Baltimore Comets	H	5–1	7,016	Fink (3), Liveric, Correa
May 14, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	H	1–1 (SOL)	6,103	Fink
May 19, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	1–2	4,796	Dillon, Liveric
May 28, 1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	0–1	7,331
June 4, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	H	2–1	5,227	Paredas, Liveric
June 7, 1975	Rochester Lancers	A	3–2	4,959	Spiegler (2)
June 10, 1975	Philadelphia Atoms	A	1–0	20,124
June 18, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	H	2–0	22,500	Correa, Spiegler
June 27, 1975	Rochester Lancers	A	0–3	14,562	Siega, Pelé, Fink
June 29, 1975	Washington Diplomats	A	2–09	35,620	Spiegler (2), Paredas, Pelé (2),
Kerr, Fink, Mahy, Maria
July 3, 1975	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	5–1	12,176	Spiegler
July 5, 1975	Seattle Sounders	A	2–0	17,925
July 9, 1975	Boston Minutemen	H	3–1	18,126	De La Fuente, Correa, Kerr
July 16, 1975	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	13,423	Pelé
July 19, 1975	Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	3–0	21,573
July 23, 1975	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1 (SOW)	11,137	Pelé
July 30, 1975	Rochester Lancers	H	2–0	8,217	Ord (2)
August 1, 1975	Connecticut Bicentennials	A	3–1	8,546	Liveric
August 3, 1975	Boston Minutemen	A	5–0	4,445
August 6, 1975	Boston Minutemen	H	1–0	6,541	Paredas

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att.	Scorers
March 3	HAI Victory	A	1–0	24,000	n/a
Apr 1	USA Miami Toros	A	1–0	11,000	Liveric
May 22		H	1–1	n/a	Dillon
June 15	USA Dallas Tornado	H	2–2	22,278	Spiegler?, Pelé
July 7	CAN Vancouver Whitecaps	A	2–1	26,495	n/a
July 27	USA Dallas Tornado	A	2–3	26,127	n/a
August 10	USA St. Louis Stars	A	1–2	10,180	n/a
August 27	USA San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–3	19,338	Pelé (2)
August 31	SWE Malmö FF	A	1–5	21,000	Pelé
September 2	SWE Swedish All-Stars	A	3–1	20,448	Pelé (2), Ord
September 4	SWE Stockholm Alliansen	A	2–3	55,000	Pelé (2)
September 11	NOR Valerengens	A	4–2		Pele (2), Shpigler, Ord
September 13	ITA Roma	A	1–3	49,700	Coyne
September 17	HAI Victory	A	2–1		Ord, Paredes
September 19	Violette A.C.	A	1–2		Mifflin
September 21	JAM Santos	A	0–1
September 26		A	12–1		Mifflin (3), Ord (3), Liveric (2),
Manoel Maria (2), Pele, Coyne
September 28	HAI Violette	A	0–0	30,000	–
September 30	CAN Toronto Metros-Croatia	A	n/a	n/a	n/a
October 2	Windsor Stars	A	n/a	n/a	n/a

References

(May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
"North American Soccer League".
(10 June 2005). "When Pele and Cosmos were kings".
"NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
"All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us".
"The Year in American Soccer - 1975".
[https://nasljerseys.com/Friendlies/Teams/Cosmos%20Friendlies1974-1975.htm New York Cosmos 1974-75 Friendlies] on NASL Jerseys.com

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