# 1975 New York Cosmos season

The 1975 New York Cosmos season was the fifth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' fifth year of existence the club finished 3rd in the five-team Northern Division and 12th out of 20 in the overall league table. Despite Pelé joining the club midseason in what English writer Gavin Newsham said was "the transfer coup of the century," bringing unprecedented attention to soccer in the United States, the Cosmos missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

## 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 |
| 0,1 | GK | USA | Kurt Kuykendall |
| 1 | GK | BER | Sam Nusum |
| 2 | DF | USA | Barry Mahy |
| 3 | DF | URU | Juan Masnik |
| 4 | DF | USA | Werner Roth |
| 5 | MF | URU | Alfredo Lamas |
| 6 | MF | CAN | John Kerr, Sr. |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Florial Rodriguez |
| 8 | FW | USA | Mark Liveric |
| 9 | FW | URU | Americo Paredes |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Pelé |
| 11 | FW | USA | Jorge Siega |
| 12 | FW | USA | Joey Fink |
| 14 | DF | USA | Gordon Bradley |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Gil Mărdărescu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Nelsi Morais |
| 14 | DF | BRA | De |
| 15 | DF | URU | Omar Caetano |
| 15 | MF | PER | Ramon Mifflin |
| 16 | FW | USA | Tony Donlic |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Brian Rowan |
| 17 | MF | USA | Carlos Scott |
| 18 | DF | USA | Tony Picciano |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Manoel Maria |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Mike Dillon |
| 21 | FW | ISR | Mordechai Spiegler |
| 22 | DF | USA | Angelo Anastasio |
| 22 | DF | ISR | David Primo |
| 22,23 | DF | ESP | Luis De La Fuente |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Tommy Ord |
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## Results

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### Preseason

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| March 1, 1975 | Miami Toros | N | 1-0 | N/A | N/A |
| March 3, 1975 | Victory Club | A | 0-1 | N/A | N/A |

### Regular season

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points 6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

#### Overall League Placing

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#### Matches

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| April 30, 1975 | Miami Toros | H | 2–3 | 9,328 | Liveric, Correa |
| May 3, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | A | 1–0 | 8,378 | |
| May 7, 1975 | Baltimore Comets | H | 5–1 | 7,016 | Fink (3), Liveric, Correa |
| May 14, 1975 | Connecticut Bicentennials | H | 1–1 (SOL) | 6,103 | Fink |
| May 19, 1975 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | A | 1–2 | 4,796 | Dillon, Liveric |
| May 28, 1975 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 0–1 | 7,331 | |
| June 4, 1975 | Connecticut Bicentennials | H | 2–1 | 5,227 | Paredas, Liveric |
| June 7, 1975 | Rochester Lancers | A | 3–2 | 4,959 | Spiegler (2) |
| June 10, 1975 | Philadelphia Atoms | A | 1–0 | 20,124 | |
| June 18, 1975 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | H | 2–0 | 22,500 | Correa, Spiegler |
| June 27, 1975 | Rochester Lancers | A | 0–3 | 14,562 | Siega, Pelé, Fink |
| June 29, 1975 | Washington Diplomats | A | 2–09 | 35,620 | Spiegler (2), Paredas, Pelé (2), Kerr, Fink, Mahy, Maria |
| July 3, 1975 | Los Angeles Aztecs | A | 5–1 | 12,176 | Spiegler |
| July 5, 1975 | Seattle Sounders | A | 2–0 | 17,925 | |
| July 9, 1975 | Boston Minutemen | H | 3–1 | 18,126 | De La Fuente, Correa, Kerr |
| July 16, 1975 | Portland Timbers | H | 1–2 | 13,423 | Pelé |
| July 19, 1975 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | A | 3–0 | 21,573 | |
| July 23, 1975 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 1–1 (SOW) | 11,137 | Pelé |
| July 30, 1975 | Rochester Lancers | H | 2–0 | 8,217 | Ord (2) |
| August 1, 1975 | Connecticut Bicentennials | A | 3–1 | 8,546 | Liveric |
| August 3, 1975 | Boston Minutemen | A | 5–0 | 4,445 | |
| August 6, 1975 | Boston Minutemen | H | 1–0 | 6,541 | Paredas |

### Friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Att. | Scorers |
| March 3 | Victory | A | 1–0 | 24,000 | n/a |
| Apr 1 | Miami Toros | A | 1–0 | 11,000 | Liveric |
| May 22 | Israel | H | 1–1 | n/a | Dillon |
| June 15 | Dallas Tornado | H | 2–2 | 22,278 | Spiegler?, Pelé |
| July 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 2–1 | 26,495 | n/a |
| July 27 | Dallas Tornado | A | 2–3 | 26,127 | n/a |
| August 10 | St. Louis Stars | A | 1–2 | 10,180 | n/a |
| August 27 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 2–3 | 19,338 | Pelé (2) |
| August 31 | Malmö FF | A | 1–5 | 21,000 | Pelé |
| September 2 | Swedish All-Stars | A | 3–1 | 20,448 | Pelé (2), Ord |
| September 4 | Stockholm Alliansen | A | 2–3 | 55,000 | Pelé (2) |
| September 11 | Valerengens | A | 4–2 | | Pele (2), Shpigler, Ord |
| September 13 | Roma | A | 1–3 | 49,700 | Coyne |
| September 17 | Victory | A | 2–1 | | Ord, Paredes |
| September 19 | Violette A.C. | A | 1–2 | | Mifflin |
| September 21 | Santos | A | 0–1 | | |
| September 26 | Puerto Rico | A | 12–1 | | Mifflin (3), Ord (3), Liveric (2), Manoel Maria (2), Pele, Coyne |
| September 28 | Violette | A | 0–0 | 30,000 | – |
| September 30 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | A | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| October 2 | Windsor Stars | A | n/a | n/a | n/a |