1972 New York Cosmos season

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Average home league attendance4,282[2]
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The 1972 New York Cosmos season was the second season for the

St. Louis Stars
in the final, winning their first league championship and completing the first double by a club in the national era.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK England ENG Richard Blackmore
1 GK Ghana GHA Emmanuel Kofie
2 DF United States USA Barry Mahy
3 DF United States USA Charlie McCully
4 DF United States USA Werner Roth
5 DF Germany GER Robert Neubauer
6 MF Canada CAN
John Kerr, Sr.
7 FW Brazil BRA
Cinesinho
8 FW Israel ISR Roby Young
9 FW Spain ESP Helenio Herrera
9 United States USA Paul LeSueur
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Czechoslovakia TCH
Josef Jelinek
11 FW United States USA Jorge Siega
14 MF United States USA Stan Startzell
15 MF United States USA Siegfried Stritzl
16 FW Bermuda BER Randy Horton
17 FW Ghana GHA Wilberforce Mfum
19 DF Poland POL Karol Kapcinski
20 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Everald Cummings
22 MF Poland POL Dieter Zajdel
24 DF United States USA Gordon Bradley

Source:[3]

Results

Source:[4]

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
New York Cosmos
 		14 7 3 4 28 16 +12 77
2
Rochester Lancers
 		14 6 5 3 20 22 -2 64
3 Montreal Olympique 14 4 5 5 19 20 -1 57
4
Toronto Metros
 		14 4 6 4 18 22 -4 53

Overall League Placing

Pos Club Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1
New York Cosmos
 		14 7 3 4 28 16 +12 77
2
St. Louis Stars
 		14 7 4 3 20 14 +6 69
3
Rochester Lancers
 		14 6 5 3 20 22 -2 64
4 Dallas Tornado 14 6 5 3 15 12 +3 60
5 Montreal Olympique 14 4 5 5 19 20 -1 57

Source:[5]

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
May 7, 1972
St. Louis Stars
 H 3-3 7,324 Young, Horton (2)
May 14, 1972
Rochester Lancers
 A 1-1 4,100 Stritzl
May 20, 1972
Miami Gatos
 H 6-1 1,302 Horton (2), Cummings (2), Jelinek, Siega
May 27, 1972 Atlanta Chiefs H 4-2 4,445 Kerr, Horton (2), Cummings
June 3, 1972 Dallas Tornado A 1-0 2,157
June 18, 1972
Toronto Metros
 H 2-1 1,200 Cummings, Siega
June 25, 1972 Atlanta Chiefs A 2-0 N/A
July 1, 1972 Montreal Olympique H 2-0 4,571 Kerr, Mfum
July 8, 1972
Miami Gatos
 A 0-2 1,438 Horton, Mfum
July 16, 1972 Montreal Olympique A 2-2 2,996 Mfum, Cummings
July 22, 1972 Dallas Tornado H 1-0 6,518 Mfum
July 29, 1972
St. Louis Stars
 A 1-0 4,385
August 6, 1972
Toronto Metros
 A 1-1 1,255 Horton
August 12, 1972
Rochester Lancers
 H 4-1 4,616 Mfum, Horton, Jelinek, Kerr

Postseason

Overview

Semi-finals
August 15
Rochester Lancers
 0–2
St. Louis Stars
 		St. Louis, Busch Memorial
August 19 Dallas Tornado 0–1
New York Cosmos
Hofstra Stadium
Final
August 26
St. Louis Stars
 1–2
New York Cosmos
Hofstra Stadium

Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
August 19, 1972 Dallas Tornado H 1-0 5,026 Kerr
August 26, 1972
St. Louis Stars
 H 2-1 6,102 Jelinek, Horton

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
July 31 England Birmingham City H 0-3 N/A
August 16 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv H 5-2 5,126 Horton (3), Kerr, Stritzl
August 30 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow H 1-2 13,205 Zajdel

See also

References

  1. ^ Bell, Jack (May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League".
  3. ^ "NASL New York Cosmos Rosters".
  4. ^ "All-time American soccer statistics | SoccerStats.us".
  5. ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1972". Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
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