[NASL REWIND: Week 14] Guatemalan Henry Lopez scored the lone goal to give the New York Cosmos a 1-0 win over the AtlantaSilverbacks in a preview of Saturday’s NASL Soccer Bowl 2013. The Cosmos, winners of the fall title, will be back at Atlanta Silverbacks Park against the Silverbacks, winners of the spring title butseventh […]
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Before Ibra, there was the Cosmos' Cabanas
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] Last week, when we presented Zlatan Ibrahimovic‘s overhead backheel volley golazo, we asked “Ever seen a goal like this?”Soccer America columnist Paul Gardner reminded us that, yes, we have. It was three decades ago in Giants Stadium in a game between the New York Cosmos and the Tulsa Roughnecks. Roberto Cabanas, then […]
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Scorpions look to spoil Cosmos party
[NASL PREVIEW: Week 13] The New York Cosmos get a second crack at clinching the NASL fall title when they travel to San Antonio on Saturday. NASL FALL, Standings: PTS TEAM W-L-T +/- 25 New York 7-1-4 15/8 20 Tampa Bay 5-2-5 25/19 17 Carolina 5-5-2 15/1517 Ft. Lauderdale 5-5-2 16/16 16 Atlanta 4-4-4 14/17 […]
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Diaz leads first-place Cosmos to first road win
[NASL REWIND: Week 8] Venezuelan striker Diomar Diaz struck twice in the first half to lead the first-place New York Cosmosto a 2-1 win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in front of 7,653 fans at Lockhart Stadium for their first win on the road in the NASL. “First of all, it is a very good […]
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Pele pulls for Cosmos win at Lockhart
[NASL PREVIEW: Week 8] Just like the old days of the NASL, a Strikers-Cosmos game pits two of the league’s best teams. Heading into Saturday’s showdown at LockhartStadium, the Cosmos find themselves in first place for the first time since joining the league, while the resurgent Strikers are riding a five-game unbeaten streak and sit […]
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Cosmos win in stoppage time again
[NASL REWIND: Saturday] The crowd was nowhere as big as it was for the opener — 6,852 fans at Hofstra’s ShuartStadium — but the New York Cosmos thrilled them again with their second straight home win on a stoppage-time goal. Guatemalan international Henry Lopez, who attended high school in Virginia, came off the bench to […]
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Satellite school will work with CJSL select players
[NEW YORK COSMOS] The NASL New York Cosmos have formed a partnership with the Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League, the New York area league celebrating its 80thanniversary in 2013, to establish the CJSL Select Player Development Program as a Cosmos Satellite School. “We are very excited to begin this new program with the CosmopolitanJunior Soccer League,” […]
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New Cosmos crash to first defeat
[NASL REWIND: Week 3] Brian Shriver scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season to take over the lead in the NASL GoldenBoot race and fire the Carolina RailHawks to the top of the standings with a 3-0 win over the New York Cosmos, their, who suffered their first loss since joining the league for […]
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Cosmos draw capacity crowd at Tampa Bay
[NASL REWIND | Week 2] The New York Cosmos’ first road match drew a capacity crowd of 7,032 at Al Lang Stadium, where the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Cosmos played to a0-0 tie. The Atlanta Silverbacks received their spring championship trophy from NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson following their 1-1 draw with the CarolinaRailHawks that left […]
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Cosmos return begins with last-minute victory
By Paul Gardner So here we go again. The New York Cosmos starting up once more, right where they played over 40 years ago. On Long Island, at the stadium of Hofstra University. From Hofstra in 1972, it took the Cosmos five years to suddenly hit the big time and become a worldwide soccer sensation. […]