page_title: List of New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players
section_title: Regular season players
hierarchical_section_title: List of New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players / Regular season players
caption_attribution_description: English: Ron (Ronnie) Atanasio, as of 12/7/2010
context_page_description: The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York. The club was formed in 1970 by brothers Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, with the support of Warner Brothers president Steve Ross, and entered into the North American Soccer League, which had itself been founded in 1968. Backed by Ross's company, Warner Communications, the Cosmos became the league's strongest club, both on and off the field. The team won five titles while drawing attendances unprecedented in American club soccer. The Cosmos' commercial and on-field success declined during the early 1980s, along with the NASL itself, and after the league folded in 1984 the club dissolved a year later. A new Cosmos team, formed in 2010, is scheduled to begin play in the new second-tier North American Soccer League during the 2013 season.
  All players who played at least one league match for the Cosmos are given below. A total of 155 outfield players did so, along with 17 goalkeepers, giving a total of 172. Including the United States and Canada, a total of 34 nations from across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa were represented on the team's rosters over the course of its history.
caption: Ron Atanasio, pictured in 2010 with Cosmos memorabilia
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