1973 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos

1973 season
Manager	Gordon Bradley
Stadium	Hofstra Stadium
NASL	Division: 2nd Overall: 3rd Playoffs: Semifinal
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Joey Fink (10 goals) All: Joey Fink (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	9,075 (May 6 vs. Rochester)
Lowest home attendance	All: 2,364 (May 20 vs. Finn Harps) League: 3,920 (May 26 vs. Atlanta)
Average home league attendance	5,782

The 1973 New York Cosmos season was the third season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' third year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Eastern Division and 3rd in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were defeated in their semifinal match by the Dallas Tornado.

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	POL	Jerry Sularz
1	GK	USA	Shep Messing
2	DF	USA	Barry Mahy
2	DF	ISR	Karol Rotner
3	FW	USA	Henry McCully
4	DF	USA	Werner Roth
6	MF	CAN	John Kerr, Sr.
7	FW	NIR	Mickey Niblock
8	FW	ISR	Roby Young
9		USA	Paul LeSueur
10	FW	TCH	Josef Jelinek
11	FW	USA	Jorge Siega

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	USA	Joey Fink
14	DF	USA	Ralph Wright
15	MF	USA	Siegfried Stritzl
16	FW	BER	Randy Horton
18	FW	CAN	Tibor Vigh
19	DF	POL	Karol Kapcinski
20	MF	TRI	Everald Cummings
22	MF	POL	Dieter Zajdel
23	DF	USA	Len Renery
24	DF	USA	Gordon Bradley
5,8	DF	ENG	Malcolm Dawes
—	FW	USA	Charlie McCully

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Results

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Preseason

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 23, 1973	Club América	A	2-1	35,000	Vigh
April 26, 1973	Veracruz	A	1-0	N/A

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).

Eastern Division Standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Philadelphia Atoms	19	9	2	8	29	14	+15	104
2	New York Cosmos	19	7	5	7	31	23	+8	91
3	Miami Toros	19	8	5	6	26	21	+5	88

Overall League Placing

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dallas Tornado	19	11	4	4	36	25	+11	111
2	Philadelphia Atoms	19	9	2	8	29	14	+15	104
3	New York Cosmos	19	7	5	7	31	23	+8	91
4	Toronto Metros	19	6	4	9	32	18	+14	89
5	Miami Toros	19	8	5	6	26	21	+5	88

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Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 6, 1973	Rochester Lancers	H	1-0	9,075	Siega
May 13, 1973	Toronto Metros	A	1-1	6,862	Horton
May 16, 1973	Miami Toros	H	1-1	5,301	Horton
May 26, 1973	Atlanta Apollos	H	5-0	3,920	Fink (3), Jelinek, Horton
June 2, 1973	St. Louis Stars	H	1-1	5,535	Fink
June 6, 1973	Philadelphia Atoms	A	1-1	9,168	Renery
June 8, 1973	Rochester Lancers	A	2-1	4,553	Zajdel
June 17, 1973	Montreal Olympique	H	2-0	5,305	Jelinek, Horton
June 27, 1973	St. Louis Stars	A	2-1	4,517	Fink
June 30, 1973	Miami Toros	A	2-1	4,425	Horton
July 4, 1973	Philadelphia Atoms	A	2-1	12,128	Horton
July 7, 1973	Toronto Metros	H	3-2	4,011	Wright, Fink (2)
July 14, 1973	Philadelphia Atoms	H	1-1	6,100	Fink
July 27, 1973	Atlanta Apollos	A	1-3	2,671	Fink (2), Cummings
July 28, 1973	Miami Toros	H	1-0	4,520	Fink
August 4, 1973	Dallas Tornado	A	2-1	5,359	Horton
August 9, 1973	Montreal Olympique	A	0-0	1,100
August 11, 1973	Dallas Tornado	H	4-3	7,250	Horton, Siega, Kapcinski, Young

Postseason

Overview

Semi-finals

August 15	New York Cosmos	0–1	Dallas Tornado	Irving, Texas Stadium

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August 18	Toronto Metros	0–3	Philadelphia Atoms	Philadelphia, Veterans Stadium

Final

August 25	Philadelphia Atoms	2–0	Dallas Tornado	Irving, Texas Stadium

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Ref.
August 15, 1973	Dallas Tornado	A	1-0	9,009

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att.	Scorers	Ref.
Apr 23	América	A	1–2	35,000	Vigh
Apr 26	Veracruz	A	0–1	6,805	–
May 20	Finn Harps	H	1–1	2,364	Siega
June 24	Veracruz	H	2–2	6,805	Strintzl, Horton
August 18	Torpedo Moscow	H	2–2	7,763	Niblock, Horton

See also

• 1973 North American Soccer League season