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Soccer Bowl '81 was the championship final of the 1981 NASL season, between the Chicago Sting and the New York Cosmos. The match was played on September 26, 1981, at Exhibition Stadium, in Toronto, Ontario. Following regulation and 15 minutes of golden goal overtime, the match remained tied, 0–0. With that, the game moved to a shoot-out. The ...
The Cosmos decided to put "New York" back into their name after a two-year absence. With a change in ownership, the Toronto franchise was now called the Toronto Blizzard, while Toronto Croatia (who had merged with the Metros back in 1975) returned to their old league, the National Soccer League.
The Cosmos, in particular, owned by Warner Communications, were spending lavish sums on player salaries, and while other teams—such as Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Portland, Toronto, and Montreal—that were owned by major corporations could keep up with the Cosmos, owners without deep pockets could not keep pace with the spending levels. [38]
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 ...
Cosmos: 3 N1 Cosmos: 5 N8 Seattle Sounders: 2 N1 Cosmos: 2 N3 Minnesota Kicks: 1 N3 Minnesota Kicks: 3 N6 Tulsa Roughnecks: 1 N1 Cosmos: 2 National Conference: N4 Portland Timbers: 0 N2 Vancouver Whitecaps: 4 N7 Toronto Metros-Croatia: 0 N2 Vancouver Whitecaps: 0 N4 Portland Timbers: 2 N4 Portland Timbers: 2 N5 Washington Diplomats: 1
The New York Cosmos (simply the Cosmos in 1977–1978) were an American professional soccer club based in New York City and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York, including Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the club remained for the rest of its history.
New York Cosmos (5 titles) The Soccer Bowl was the annual championship game of the North American Soccer ... Toronto Blizzard: 2–1. Comiskey Park: Chicago: 8,352: 2 ...
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.