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New York Cosmos 1981 soccer season
The 1981 New York Cosmos season was the 11th season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League . Despite winning their fifth straight premiership by five points over the Chicago Sting , the Cosmos lost to the Sting in Soccer Bowl '81.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Source:[4]
Results [ edit ]
Source:[5]
Preseason [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Eastern Division Standings [ edit ]
Overall League Placing [ edit ]
Source:[6]
Matches [ edit ]
March 29, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, San Jose Earthquakes 0 Spartan Stadium Attendance 20,671
April 4, 1981: Jacksonville Tea Men 1, New York Cosmos 1 (Tea Men won in Shootout) Jacksonville, Florida Attendance 12,124
April 12, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, Minnesota Kicks 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 40,378
April 18, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, Dallas Tornado 0 Texas Stadium Attendance 10,181
April 26, 1981: New York Cosmos 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 40,238
May 1, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, Atlanta Chiefs 2 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance 9,263
May 3, 1981: New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 34,189
May 10, 1981: New York Cosmos 5, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 27,003
May 15, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Tulsa Roughnecks 1 Skelly Stadium Attendance 24,231
May 17, 1981: Chicago Sting 3, New York Cosmos 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 42,385
May 23, 1981: Washington Diplomats 3, New York Cosmos 2 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance 27,676
May 25, 1981: New York Cosmos 5, Dallas Tornado 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,640
May 30, 1981: Tampa Bay Rowdies 2, New York Cosmos 1 Tampa Stadium Attendance 36,765
June 2, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Montreal Manic 1 Olympic Stadium Attendance 38,667
June 7, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Atlanta Chiefs 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,452
June 10, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 Lockhart Stadium Attendance 18,089
June 14, 1981: New York Cosmos 4, Toronto Blizzard 3 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,210
June 17, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Washington Diplomats 1 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance 36,875
June 21, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, Los Angeles Aztecs 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 38,362
June 24, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 12,240
June 28, 1981: Chicago Sting 5, New York Cosmos 5 (Sting Won in Shootout) Wrigley Field Attendance 35,501
July 5, 1981: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,673
July 8, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Toronto Blizzard 1 Varsity Stadium Attendance 17,642
July 22, 1981: New York Cosmos 4, Montreal Manic 4 (Cosmos Won in Shootout) Giants stadium Attendance 27,331
July 25, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Montreal Manic 1 Olympic Stadium Attendance 40,118
July 29, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Portland Timbers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 28,640
August 2, 1981: Jacksonville Tea Men 2, New York Cosmos 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 36,408
August 5, 1981: Minnesota Kicks 2, New York Cosmos 1 Metropolitan Stadium Attendance 28,609
August 9, 1981: Edmonton Drillers 2, New York Cosmos 0 Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium Attendance 14,781
August 12, 1981: New York Cosmos 4, Washington Diplomats 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 34,884
August 16, 1981: New York Cosmos 2, Montreal Manic 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 38,123
August 19, 1981: New York Cosmos 1, Toronto Blizzard 1 (Blizzard Won in Shootout) Varsity Stadium Attendance 12,367
Postseason [ edit ]
Overview [ edit ]
First round [ edit ]
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Tulsa Roughnecks –
Minnesota Kicks 1–3
0–1
August 22, 26
Portland Timbers –
San Diego Sockers 2–1
1–5
0–2
August 22, 26, 30
Jacksonville Tea Men –
Atlanta Chiefs 3–2
2–1
August 23, 25
Calgary Boomers –
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–3
0–2
August 23, 26
Tampa Bay Rowdies –
Vancouver Whitecaps 4–1
1–0
August 23, 26
Seattle Sounders –
Chicago Sting 2–3
2–0
2–3
August 22, 26, 30
Montreal Manic –
Los Angeles Aztecs 5–3
2–3
2–1
August 24, 27, 30
Quarter-finals [ edit ]
Semi-finals [ edit ]
Soccer Bowl '81 [ edit ]
Matches [ edit ]
Friendlies [ edit ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorer
February 1
N [n 1] 9–0
n/a
Chinaglia (5 ), van der Elst (3 ), Romero
February 16
Deportivo Morón A 2–2
25,000
Chinaglia (2 )
February 21
Cipolletti A 4–1
8,000
Chinaglia (2 ), Borja, Cabañas
February 21
B A 9–1
10,000
Chinaglia (4 ), Romero (4 ), Bogicevic
February 25
Colo Colo A 0–1
45,000
–
March 3
Peñarol A 4–3
40,000
Chinaglia (3 ), Romero
March 5
São Paulo A 1–3
50,000
Chinaglia
March 8
Paraguay A 5–2
45,000
Romero (2 ), Seninho (2 ), Chinaglia
March 11
Guadalajara A 0–1
45,000
–
March 15
América A 2–4
105,000
Chinaglia, van der Elst
March 17
El Salvador A 5–1
31,209
Chinaglia (2 ), Seninho (2 ), Cabañas
March 19
Los Angeles Aztecs A 1–0
3,534
Cabañas
May 20
Anderlecht H 1–2
30,512
van der Elst
June 4
São Paulo A 2–2
53,617
Chinaglia, DiBernardo
July 1
Greece H 2–0
42,318
Cabañas, Chinaglia
July 12
Celtic H 2–0
29,215
Romero, Durgari
July 15
Southampton H 2–1
29,614
Bogicevic, Romero
July 19
Seattle Sounders H 3–3
40,724
Chinaglia (2 ), van der Elst
August 30
Grêmio H 1–3
30,523
Chinaglia
October 4
Canada A 1–1
3,000
van der Elst
October 7
Canada A 0–4
10,688
–
October 10
Valur A 6–2
10,500
Chinaglia (3 ), Bogicevic (2 ), Romero
October 13
Borussia Dortmund A 2–4
10,000
Davis, Chinaglia
October 18
Milan H 1–1
6,000
Chinaglia
Notes
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "North American Soccer League" .
^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters" .
^ "All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us" .
^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1981" . Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2013 .
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Peñarol
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Paraguay
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El Salvador
Los Angeles Aztecs
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