The New York Cosmos, as champions of the 10-game spring season, are ensured a spot in the 2015 NASL semifinals. The other three teams that will complete the final four will be determined by the20-game fall season that kicks off this weekend when the league returns from its two-week break. The fall season winner and […]
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Open Cup: Red Bulls pound Cosmos, SKC's Dywer hits four
A year ago, the New York Red Bulls were crushed by the New York Cosmos, 3-0, in their first meeting in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. On Wednesday, the Red Bulls gained revenge with a 4-1 win in theround of 16. Sporting Kansas City’s Dom Dwyer set a club record with four goals in […]
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Open Cup: Cosmos and Independence beat MLS teams
The New York Cosmos did it again, beating an MLS neighbor from the New York area in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup. Last year, the Cosmos beat the New York Red Bulls. This year, they rallied tobeat NYCFC in a shootout after a comeback from 2-0 down. The only other lower division […]
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NASL Weekend: Cosmos capture spring championship
The New York Cosmos won the NASL spring season championship after they played to a 3-3 draw with the Jacksonville Armada Saturday night to finish undefeated with a 5-0-5 record and beat second-placeTampa Bay by one point. Photo Courtesy ofNew York Cosmos The Cosmos needed only a draw against Jacksonville to clinch the title, regardless […]
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NASL Weekend: Cosmos denied title, for now
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are the only chance with a mathematical chance of catching the New York Cosmos with one week left in the NASL’s spring championship. The Rowdies, who beat FC Edmonton, 2-1, arethree points behind the idle Cosmos. NASL, Week 10 Results: SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Carolina 1 Minn.United 1 Atlanta 0 San Antonio […]
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Cosmos cruise past Cuba
In the first appearance by a U.S. professional sports team in Cuba since U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced they would seek torestore diplomatic relations that were severed in 1961, the New York Cosmos beat the Cuban national team, 4-1, in a friendly on Tuesday at Havana’s Pedro Marrero Stadium. All […]
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NASL Weekend: Cosmos break open spring race
The New York Cosmos opened up a six-point lead in the NASL’s spring standings with a 3-0 victory over the defending champion San Antonio Scorpions. They can clinch the title Saturday if they win atMinnesota United FC and Tampa Bay doesn’t beat Indy Eleven. NASL, Week 8 Results: SATURDAY, MAY 23Ottawa 1 Indy Eleven 0 […]
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The remarkable Clive Toye — who brought showmanship, excitement and color to American soccer
By Paul Gardner The debt owed by American soccer to Clive Toye is a vast one. It is not too much of an exaggeration to say, flatly, that without Toye’s blind faith in thesport in the 1970s, pro soccer in the USA would have withered and died. Yes, Phil Woosnam and Lamar Hunt and Bob […]
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NASL Weekend: Cosmos save it late to earn point
The league-leading New York Cosmos remained unbeaten, tying Carolina, 2-2, on the road with two goals in second-half stoppage time before 7,217 fans at WakeMed Soccer Park on Saturday night. NASL, Week 7 Results: SATURDAY, MAY 16 Indy Eleven 1 Minn. United 3 Atlanta 1 Jacksonville 1Carolina 2 New York 2 Tampa Bay 1 Ft. […]
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Report: NYCFC eyeing Columbia site
The New York Times reported on Tuesday thatNew York City FC, whose efforts to find a stadium site in Queens and the Bronx have stalled, might move to Columbia University’s Baker Athletics Complex in Manhattan. The report followed newsthat Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is pushing for the New York Cosmos to consider Coney Island […]