They needed to wait until the last day of the regular season, but the two-time defending champion New York Cosmos clinched a berth in the NASL playoffs for the fifth straight year with a 5-2 win overPuerto Rico FC at MCU Park. The Cosmos needed at least a draw as the Jacksonville Armada won, 2-0, […]
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NASL Playoff Race: 'Insane call' denies Cosmos playoff-clinching win
North Carolina FC clinched the third spot in the NASL playoffs on Sunday when the New York Cosmos and Jacksonville Armada played to a wild 4-4 before a sellout crowd of 7,611 fans at Hodges Stadium. The Cosmos, who lead the Armada by two points heading into the final week ofthe fall season, could have […]
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Crowd Count: Atlanta United sets U.S. pro soccer attendance record
Atlanta United’s 2-2 tie with Toronto FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium drew an MLS record-breaking crowd of 71,874 fans. It finished the season with an average of 48,200 fans and total home attendance of819,404, both U.S. pro soccer records. Atlanta United broke therecord of 47,856 record set by the New York Cosmos in 1978. The previous […]
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Crowd Count: Atlanta United will break MLS single-game record again
Atlanta United announced that it has already sold 70,426 tickets for its season finale Oct. 22 against Toronto FC, assuring itself of another MLS attendance record for a stand-alone game as well asthe season record for a U.S. pro team. U.S. Pro Soccer Highest Average Attendance: ATT. MATCH (DATE,STADIUM) 47,856 (1) New York Cosmos (NASL, […]
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Then and now: USMNT support (from federation and fans) has changed since first World Cup qualifiers in Florida
U.S. national team players Dax McCarty and Graham Zusi marvel at how far soccer has come in Florida in recent years. The Orlando area products should have seen whatit was like for the USA’s first World Cup qualifiers in the Sunshine State. The year was 1980, the height of the NASL. The star-studded Cosmos won […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Open Cup: Amateur hour sees four upstarts advance
The reigning NASL champion New York Cosmos, former Open Cup champion Richmond Kickers, Indy Eleven and Pittsburgh Riverhounds all lost to amateur teams — three from the PDL, plus USASA power ChristosFC — in the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The PDL winners: 2016 champion Michigan Bucks, Reading United and Chicago […]
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Scoreboard: U.S. Open Cup second round
USL and NASL teams won 20 of 24 games against amateur opposition in their first games in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The next round featuring 13 games between second-round winners will be played onMay 31. How they fared … W-L LEAGUE 16-2 USL (2-0 on PKs) 4-2 NASL 3-9 PDL (0-1 on PKs)3-5 […]
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NASL Rewind: Jacksonville fends off Cosmos
The Jacksonville Armada conceded its first goal of the season but came back to tie two-time defending champ New York Cosmos, 1-1, and remains undefeated and in first place after NASL Week 5 action. Second-place San Francisco remains undefeated team after its third tie in fourgames, a scoreless stalemate at Indy Eleven. 2006 runner-up Indy […]
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What's new in 2017 NASL: 1-10
The NASL, downsized from 12 teams in 2016 to eight teams, will kick off its seventh season on Saturday when the two-time defending champion New York Cosmos face Puerto Rico. Here’s a look atwhat’s new in NASL, on and off the field, in 2017. 1. The San Francisco Deltas. The lone expansion club was launched […]