# 1983 New York Cosmos season

The 1983 New York Cosmos season was the original Cosmos franchise's thirteenth season of existence, and their thirteenth in the original North American Soccer League. At the time, the NASL represented the top tier of American soccer. Finishing the season with 194 points off of 22 wins and eight losses, the Cosmos clinched their sixth-consecutive regular season championship, and their seventh overall. In the postseason, however, the Cosmos lost to Montreal Manic.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Hubert Birkenmeier |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Andranik Eskandarian |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Robert Iarusci |
| 4 | MF | USA | Rick Davis |
| 5 | DF | USA | Darryl Gee |
| 6 | DF | GER | Franz Beckenbauer |
| 7 | MF | PAR | Julio César Romero |
| 8 | MF | YUG | Vladislav Bogicevic |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Giorgio Chinaglia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | USA | Steve Moyers |
| 13 | MF | NED | Johan Neeskens |
| 14 | MF | TRI | Richard Chinapoo |
| 15 | DF | NED | Wim Rijsbergen |
| 16 | MF | USA | Angelo DiBernardo |
| 16 | FW | ROU | Erhardt Kapp |
| 19 | MF | USA | Roberto Cabañas |
| 21 | GK | USA | David Brcic |
| 23 | MF | USA | Mike Fox |
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## Results

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### Preseason

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| April 17, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 1-2 | 19,598 | Rijsbergen, N/A |

### Regular season
#### Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system
6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game

##### Overall

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#### Matches

* p.l.: lost on penalties
* p.w.: won on penalties
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| April 24, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 1–2 | 25,375 | Chinaglia |
| May 1, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 6–0 | 41,946 | Cabanas, Romero (3), Chinaglia (2) |
| May 4, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | A | 1–4 | 13,741 | Chinaglia |
| May 8, 1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | H | 3–2 | 25,134 | Chinaglia (2), Cabanas |
| May 11, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | A | 0–3 | 10,085 | Chinaglia, Cabanas, Bogicevic |
| May 15, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 5–2 | 22,621 | Chinaglia (3), Cabanas, Moyers |
| May 21, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | A | 1–2 | 19,160 | Chinaglia, Moyers |
| May 25, 1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | H | 5–1 | 22,841 | Chinaglia, Moyers, Davis, Neeskens, Cabanas |
| June 8, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | A | 0–1 | 5,318 | Cabanas |
| June 11, 1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | A | 1–3 | 16,202 | Chinaglia |
| June 17, 1983 | Team America | A | 1–1 (p.l.) | 31,112 | Cabanas |
| June 19, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 5–1 | 25,247 | Cabanas (2), Chinaglia (2), Beckenbauer |
| June 22, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 2–3 | 22,368 | Cabanas, Chinaglia |
| June 25, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 1–2 | 8,407 | DiBernardo, Bogicevic |
| June 29, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 3–0 | 29,141 | Cabanas, Moyers, Bogicevic |
| July 1, 1983 | Chicago Sting | A | 2–5 | 16,244 | Cabanas, Moyers |
| July 6, 1983 | Team America | H | 4–0 | 35,228 | Moyers, Bogicevic, Romero, Cabanas |
| July 10, 1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 0–2 | 50,205 | |
| July 17, 1983 | Tulsa Roughnecks | H | 3–0 | 24,296 | Cabanas, Romero, Moyers |
| July 20, 1983 | Seattle Sounders | H | 3–3 (p.w.) | 19,825 | Cabanas (2), Kapp |
| July 23, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 4–5 | 13,709 | Cabanas (3), Moyers, Bogicevic |
| July 30, 1983 | Chicago Sting | A | 1–2 | 18,546 | Romero |
| August 3, 1983 | San Diego Sockers | H | 3–1 | 22,756 | Romero (2), Davis |
| August 6, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 2–4 | 15,158 | Cabanas, Bogicevic, Moyers |
| August 10, 1983 | Team America | A | 1–2 | 11,612 | Davis, Cabanas |
| August 14, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 3–0 | 45,821 | Davis, Romero, Moyers |
| August 16, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | A | 0–1 | 11,428 | Moyers |
| August 21, 1983 | Chicago Sting | H | 5–3 | 30,678 | Chinaglia (2), Davis, Beckenbauer, Cabanas |
| August 28, 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | H | 3–1 | 19,868 | Romero, Moyers, Bogicevic |
| September 2, 1983 | Toronto Blizzard | H | 6–3 | 20,865 | Cabanas (2), Moyers (2), Neeskens, Romero |

### Postseason
#### Overview
##### Quarter-finals

| | | | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | |
| New York Cosmos | - | Montreal Manic | 2 - 4 | 0 - 1 | | September 6, 12 |
| Tulsa Roughnecks | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 - 2 | 4 - 2 | | September 6, 10 |
| Golden Bay Earthquakes | - | Chicago Sting | 6 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 5 - 2 | September 7, 12, 14 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | - | Toronto Blizzard | 1 - 0 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 1 | September 8, 12, 15 |

##### Semi-finals

| | | | Game 45 | Game 2 | Game 3 | |
| Tulsa Roughnecks | - | Montreal Manic | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | September 18, 26, 28 |
| Golden Bay Earthquakes | - | Toronto Blizzard | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | | September 17, 27 |

##### Soccer Bowl '83

| October 1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0 | Toronto Blizzard | Vancouver, BC Place Stadium |

#### Matches

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| September 6, 1983 | Montreal Manic | H | 2-4 | 17,202 | Chinaglia, Bogicevic |
| September 12, 1983 | Montreal Manic | A | 0-0 (SOL) | 20,726 | |

### Friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| May 30 | Fiorentina | H | 4–1 | 31,294 | Chinaglia, Moyers, ? (o.g.) |
| June 2 | Sao Paulo | H | 2–3 | 26,641 | Bogicevic, Romero |
| June 5 | Seattle Sounders | H | 4–1 | 51,825 | Cabañas, Chinaglia, Romero, Bogicevic |
| June 15 | Hamburger SV | H | 7–2 | 30,720 | Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic (2), Davis, Neeskens, Cabañas |
| October 16 | Lazio | A | 1–3 | 40,000 | ? |
| October 23 | Africa Sport | A | 1–2 | 45,000 | Neeskens |
| October 26 | Tonelle Yaoundé | A | 2–0 | 30,000 | DiBernardo, Rijsbergen |
| October 28 | Canon Yaoundé | A | 3–1 | 45,000 | Gee, DiBernardo, Borja |

#### Notes

* ↑ Chinaglia's farewell game. He played for Lazio in the second half.