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1979 New York Cosmos season

Field	Value
club	New York Cosmos
season	1979
chairman	Krikor Yepremian
chrtitle	General manager
manager	ITA Eddie Firmani (Start of season)
USA Ray Klivecka (Caretaker)
BRA Júlio Mazzei (After Klivecka)
stadium	Giants Stadium
league	NASL
league result	Division: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Conference Final
cup1	[National
Challenge Cup](1979-national-challenge-cup)
cup1 result	Did not enter
cup2	[CONCACAF
Champions' Cup](1979-concacaf-champions-cup)
cup2 result	Did not enter
league topscorer	( goals)
season topscorer	( goals)
highest attendance	76,031
vs. TUL (August 26)
lowest attendance	30,195
vs. COV (May 16)
average attendance	46,690
pattern_b1	_collarnavy
pattern_so1	_navyline
leftarm1	FFFFFF
body1	FFFFFF
rightarm1	FFFFFF
shorts1	FFFFFF
socks1	FFFFFF
pattern_b2	_Roma1
pattern_so2	_2 gold stripes
leftarm2	000080
body2	000080
rightarm2	000080
shorts2	000080
socks2	000080
American	true
prevseason	1978
nextseason	1980

USA Ray Klivecka (Caretaker) BRA Júlio Mazzei (After Klivecka) Overall: 1st Playoffs: Conference Final Challenge Cup](1979-national-challenge-cup) Champions' Cup](1979-concacaf-champions-cup) vs. TUL (August 26) vs. COV (May 16)

The 1979 New York Cosmos season was the ninth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. 1979 saw the club continue their premiership streak to three seasons with the league's highest point total, and match their wins record while achieving a record point total, but the Cosmos' quest for a third straight NASL championship ended with a loss in the conference finals to the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Squad

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Results

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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).

:-Playoffs via division standings. -Playoffs via wildcard.

Matches

April 22, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 Giants Stadium 72,342

April 29, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Philadelphia Fury 2 Giants Stadium 46,375

May 4, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Toronto Blizzard 0 Varsity Stadium 29,483

May 6, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Houston Hurricane 0 Giants Stadium 50,142

May 12, 1979: Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, New York Cosmos 2 Tampa Stadium 40,701

May 20, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 1 Giants Stadium 46,344

May 26, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Portland Timber 1 (Cosmos won in shootout) Civic Center 18,254

May 28, 1979: Chicago Sting 3, New York Cosmos 1 Wrigley Field 21,127

June 3, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium 38,762

June 9, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Dallas Tornado 1 Giants Stadium 45,031

June 13, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 2 Skelly Stadium 30,162

June 16, 1979: Vancouver Whitecaps 4, New York Cosmos 1 Empire Stadium 32,372

June 20, 1979: Minnesota Kicks 3, New York Cosmos 2 Metropolitan Stadium 43,952

June 24, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, New England Tea Men 0 Giants Stadium 41,428

June 27, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Portland Timber 1 Giants Stadium 33,721

July 1, 1979: New York Cosmos 5, Rochester Lancers 2 Giants Stadium 40,379

July 7, 1979: New York Cosmos 2, New England Tea Men 1 Foxboro Stadium 15,763

July 11, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Seattle Sounders 1 (Sounders won in shootout) Giants Stadium 40,207

JUly 15, 1979: Vancouver Whitecaps 4, New York Cosmos 2 Giants Stadium 48,753

July 18, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Fort Lauredale Strikers 3 Lockhart Stadium 19,850

July 21, 1979: New York Cosmos 1, Philadelphia Fury 0 Veterans Stadium 17,352

July 25, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Minnesota Kicks 1 Giants Stadium 57,223

July 29, 1979: New York Cosmos 5, San Jose Earthquakes 0 Giants Stadium 35,450

August 1, 1979: New York Cosmos 3, Los Angeles Aztecs 1 Rose Bowl 38,606

August 5, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Rochester Lancers 2 Holleder Memorial Stadium 18,881

August 8, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 Giants Stadium 70,042

August 12, 1979: New York Cosmos 4, Washington Diplomats 4 (Cosmos won in a shootout) Giants Stadium 34,599

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Postseason

Overview

First round

Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game
Philadelphia Fury	-	Houston Hurricane
Detroit Express	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Chicago Sting	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
San Diego Sockers	-	California Surf
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	Minnesota Kicks
Dallas Tornado	-	Vancouver Whitecaps
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Washington Diplomats
Toronto Blizzard	-	New York Cosmos

Conference semifinals

Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game
San Diego Sockers	-	Chicago Sting
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Vancouver Whitecaps
Philadelphia Fury	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	New York Cosmos

Conference Championships

Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	New York Cosmos
San Diego Sockers	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies

Soccer Bowl '79

Whymark (Ball)

Friendlies

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att.	Scorers
February 17	Bahamas Freeport All-Stars	A	12–0	3,500	Chinaglia (5), Davis (2), Tueart (2), ?
February 24	Bahamas Freeport All-Stars	A	6–1	n/a	?
February 25	Bahamas Nassau All-Stars	A	13–1	n/a	?
5 March	TTO Trinidad All-Stars	A	1–1	15,800	Chinaglia
7 March	BRA Náutico	N	0–0	20,000	–
15 March	COL América de Cali	A	2–0	40,000	Chinaglia, Marino
16 March	COL Atlético Nacional	A	0–2	15,000	–
20 March	USA Detroit Express	A	2–8	25,473	Bogicevic, Davis
25 March	MEX Universidad Autónoma	H	2–2	9,000	Chinaglia (2)
16 May	ENG Coventry City	H	3–1	30,195	Davis, Carlos Alberto, Etherington
6 June		H	0–1	70,134	–
4 July	GER Bayern Munich	H	0–2	42,366	–
September 20	Hong Kong Team Seiko	A	3–3	28,000	Chinaglia (2), ?
September 24	Hong Kong Hong Kong All-Stars	A	6–0	24,000	Seninho (2), Chinaglia (2), Etherington, ?
September 24		A	0–1	20,000	–
September 30		A	2–3	18,000	Chinaglia (2)
October 3		A	4–1	85,000	Chinaglia (4)
October 5	Indonesia All-Indonesian Select	A	1–1	55,000	Chinagliaq
October 7		A	4–1	35,000	Carbogiani (2), Chinaglia (2)
October 10	JPN Japan All-Stars	A	1–1	14,000	Etherington
October 14		A	2–2	50,000	Beckenbauer, Tueart
October 17		A	5–0	35,000	Chinaglia (3), Tueart (2)
October 21	AUS Victoria All-Stars	A	3–2	15,000	Neeskens (2), Chinaglia
October 24		A	1–2	60,000	Chinaglia
October 31	AUS Adelaide City	A	2–0	28,000	Tueart, Chinaglia

;Notes

References

(19 May 2010). "From Cape Town to NY, via Charlton: The footballing life of Eddie Firmani".
(11 December 1984). "Cosmos Hire Klivecka as Indoor Coach". The New York Times.
(15 May 2009). "Julio Mazzei, Who Led Soccer's Cosmos, is Dead at 78". The New York Times.
"North American Soccer League".
"NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
[http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1979/ Soccer Stats.us]
[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U1RPgm5hV68/T5ZfHoVQakI/AAAAAAAAN-I/6gHNnCjSwS0/s1600/1979-9-08+Rowdies+vs+Whitecaps+SB+Report.jpg Rowdies vs. Whitecaps 1979]
[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_axffduAi2BA/SycUcwpHssI/AAAAAAAAGlk/6Hb2oX3Dlw8/s1600/Soccer+Bowl+%2779+Ticket.jpg Soccer bowl ticket]
"NASL Friendlies 1978-79".

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