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The 1977 New York Cosmos season was the seventh season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.The Cosmos' seventh year of existence saw them drop "New York" from the club name (it would be restored in 1979), move into Giants Stadium (where they would play until their dissolution in 1985), and win their second NASL championship in Pelé's final year as a ...
Soccer Bowl '77 was the championship final of the 1977 NASL season. The New York Cosmos (who had dropped "New York" from their name in the off-season to simply "Cosmos") took on the Seattle Sounders. The match was played on August 28, 1977 at Civic Stadium, in Portland, Oregon.
The schedule was expanded to 26 games and the playoffs to 12 teams. ... 1977 NASL Champions: Cosmos. Post season awards ... New York, NY: North American Soccer League ...
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.
The Cosmos played at Giants Stadium in New Jersey from 1977 to 1985. The stadium is pictured in 2006. The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City. . The side was originally created in 1971 by brothers Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, with the support of Warner Brothers president Steve R
The 1977 North American Soccer League playoffs began on August 10 and ended on August 28 with Soccer Bowl '77 at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon. 12 out of 18 teams qualified after a 26-match regular season, six from each conference.
Pelé is the only player to have his number retired when the team put his #10 out of circulation in 1977 Franz Beckenbauer with Argentine Diego Maradona in 1980 Giorgio Chinaglia, Cosmos' all-time leading scorer Charlie Aitken, seen in 2006 Ron Atanasio, pictured in 2010 with Cosmos memorabilia Carlos Alberto Torres had two tenures on the Cosmos, 1977–80, and 1982 Mordechai Spiegler, right ...
The schedule remained at 18 games, but the teams participating decreased to 13 for the 1981–82 season. ... 1977–1982 New York Cosmos; California