North American Soccer League · United States · level 1

1980

Honors
champion New York Cosmos
mvp Roger Davies
golden boot Giorgio Chinaglia

Giorgio Chinaglia scored seven goals for the Cosmos in an 8–1 playoff win over the Tulsa Roughnecks on August 31, 1980. No one has scored more in a North American professional game.

413 games 3.38 goals / game 14,877 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
New York Cosmos 32 24 8 213 87 41 6.66 2.12
Chicago Sting 32 21 11 187 80 50 5.84 1.60
Los Angeles Aztecs 32 20 12 174 61 52 5.44 1.17
Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 19 13 168 61 50 5.25 1.22
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32 18 14 163 61 55 5.09 1.11
Washington Diplomats 32 17 15 159 72 61 4.97 1.18
Dallas Tornado 32 18 14 157 57 58 4.91 0.98
New England Tea Men 32 18 14 154 54 56 4.81 0.96
Edmonton Drillers 32 17 15 149 58 51 4.66 1.14
Minnesota Kicks 32 16 16 147 66 56 4.59 1.18
California Surf 32 15 17 144 61 67 4.50 0.91
San Diego Sockers 32 16 16 140 53 51 4.38 1.04
Vancouver Whitecaps 32 16 16 139 52 47 4.34 1.11
Tulsa Roughnecks 32 15 17 139 56 62 4.34 0.90
Portland Timbers 32 15 17 133 50 53 4.16 0.94
Houston Hurricane 32 14 18 130 56 69 4.06 0.81
Detroit Express 32 14 18 129 51 52 4.03 0.98
Toronto Blizzard 32 14 18 128 49 65 4.00 0.75
Memphis Rogues 32 14 18 126 49 57 3.94 0.86
Rochester Lancers 32 12 20 109 65 67 3.41 0.97
Seattle Sounders 32 25 7 107 74 31 3.34 2.39
Philadelphia Fury 32 10 22 98 42 68 3.06 0.62
San Jose Earthquakes 32 9 23 95 45 68 2.97 0.66
Atlanta Chiefs 32 7 25 74 34 84 2.31 0.40

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Giorgio Chinaglia 32
  2. Luís Fernando 28
  3. Alan Green 25
  4. Roger Davies 25
  5. Karl-Heinz Granitza 19
  6. Laurie Abrahams 17
  7. Ricardo Alonso 17
  8. Steve David 16
  9. Arno Steffenhagen 15
  10. Edi Kirschner 15

Assists

  1. Karl-Heinz Granitza 26
  2. Johan Cruyff 20
  3. Vladislav Bogicevic 19
  4. Ray Hudson 18
  5. Ace Ntsoelengoe 17
  6. Jan Van der Veen 17
  7. David Bradford 16
  8. Peter Ressel 16
  9. Alan Hudson 15
  10. Arno Steffenhagen 15

Appearances

  1. Chris Turner 43
  2. Dale Mitchell 38
  3. Dave Huson 34
  4. Ace Ntsoelengoe 32
  5. Benny Dargle 32
  6. Bobby Sibbald 32
  7. Bruce Savage 32
  8. Cliff Calvert 32
  9. David Bradford 32
  10. Dwight Lodeweges 32

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 13, 1980 1980 Los Angeles Aztecs 1 - 3 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 42324 1
Sept. 13, 1980 1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 4 San Diego Sockers Lockhart Stadium 18420 1
Sept. 11, 1980 1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 1 San Diego Sockers Qualcomm Stadium 27635 1
Sept. 10, 1980 1980 Los Angeles Aztecs 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Rose Bowl 25487 1
Sept. 7, 1980 1980 Dallas Tornado 3 - 0 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 45153 1
Sept. 7, 1980 1980 San Diego Sockers 0 - 6 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 25852 1
Sept. 6, 1980 1980 Edmonton Drillers (SO) 2 - 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium 17380 1
Sept. 5, 1980 1980 Los Angeles Aztecs 0 - 4 Seattle Sounders Kingdome 32564 1
Sept. 4, 1980 1980 San Diego Sockers 6 - 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Qualcomm Stadium 20109 1
Sept. 3, 1980 1980 Edmonton Drillers 0 - 1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium 18029 1
Sept. 3, 1980 1980 Dallas Tornado 2 - 3 New York Cosmos Texas Stadium 7459 1
Sept. 3, 1980 1980 Los Angeles Aztecs 3 - 0 Seattle Sounders Rose Bowl 13466 1
Aug. 31, 1980 1980 Edmonton Drillers 0 - 1 Houston Hurricane Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium 22059 1
Aug. 31, 1980 1980 California Surf 2 - 0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium 15282 1
Aug. 31, 1980 1980 Dallas Tornado 2 - 0 Minnesota Kicks Texas Stadium 8674 1
Aug. 31, 1980 1980 New York Cosmos 8 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks Giants Stadium 40285 1
Aug. 30, 1980 1980 Chicago Sting 3 - 2 San Diego Sockers Wrigley Field 12267 1
Aug. 30, 1980 1980 Los Angeles Aztecs (SO) 1 - 1 Washington Diplomats Rose Bowl 14163 1
Aug. 30, 1980 1980 Seattle Sounders 3 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Kingdome 35254 1
Aug. 30, 1980 1980 New England Tea Men 0 - 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 26368 1
Aug. 28, 1980 1980 New York Cosmos 3 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 22890 1
Aug. 28, 1980 1980 California Surf 1 - 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Anaheim Stadium 2929 1
Aug. 27, 1980 1980 Seattle Sounders 2 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 27231 1
Aug. 27, 1980 1980 Chicago Sting 1 - 2 San Diego Sockers Qualcomm Stadium 12125 1
Aug. 27, 1980 1980 Dallas Tornado 1 - 0 Minnesota Kicks Metropolitan Stadium 17461 1

Awards

award winner
All-Star Team Vladislav Bogicevic
All-Star Team Bruce Rioch
All-Star Team Carlos Alberto
All-Star Team Franz Beckenbauer
All-Star Team Giorgio Chinaglia
All-Star Team Phil Parkes
All-Star Team Roger Davies
All-Star Team Rudi Krol
All-Star Team Teófilo Cubillas
All-Star Team Johan Cruyff
All-Star Team Mike Connell
Champion New York Cosmos
Coach of the Year Alan Hinton
MVP Roger Davies
Rookie of the Year Jeff Durgan

Where the appearances came from

United States: 1,382 games, 14.0%United States: 1,382 games, 14.0%United States: 1,382 games, 14.0%England: 2,262 games, 22.9%Scotland: 657 games, 6.7%Germany: 643 games, 6.5%Canada: 736 games, 7.5%South Africa: 322 games, 3.3%South Africa: 322 games, 3.3%Serbia: 327 games, 3.3%Serbia: 327 games, 3.3%Italy: 211 games, 2.1%Italy: 211 games, 2.1%Italy: 211 games, 2.1%Italy: 211 games, 2.1%Argentina: 232 games, 2.4%Uruguay: 30 games, 0.3%Bermuda: 74 games, 0.8%Wales: 66 games, 0.7%Northern Ireland: 118 games, 1.2%Sweden: 38 games, 0.4%Spain: 31 games, 0.3%Spain: 31 games, 0.3%Spain: 31 games, 0.3%Portugal: 31 games, 0.3%Portugal: 31 games, 0.3%Portugal: 31 games, 0.3%Poland: 28 games, 0.3%Peru: 53 games, 0.5%Paraguay: 47 games, 0.5%Nigeria: 10 games, 0.1%Netherlands: 145 games, 1.5%Montenegro: 32 games, 0.3%Mexico: 78 games, 0.8%Mali: 18 games, 0.2%Macedonia: 62 games, 0.6%Kenya: 23 games, 0.2%Jamaica: 31 games, 0.3%Israel: 11 games, 0.1%Ireland: 71 games, 0.7%Iran: 38 games, 0.4%Indonesia: 23 games, 0.2%India: 29 games, 0.3%India: 29 games, 0.3%India: 29 games, 0.3%India: 29 games, 0.3%Iceland: 32 games, 0.3%Hungary: 95 games, 1.0%Haiti: 85 games, 0.9%Guyana: 11 games, 0.1%Greece: 33 games, 0.3%France: 10 games, 0.1%France: 10 games, 0.1%Finland: 53 games, 0.5%Egypt: 20 games, 0.2%Denmark: 58 games, 0.6%Denmark: 58 games, 0.6%Cyprus: 19 games, 0.2%Croatia: 181 games, 1.8%Costa Rica: 31 games, 0.3%Zaire: 24 games, 0.2%Colombia: 1 game, 0.0%Chile: 28 games, 0.3%Chile: 28 games, 0.3%Chile: 28 games, 0.3%Cameroon: 26 games, 0.3%Brazil: 128 games, 1.3%Belgium: 13 games, 0.1%Belgium: 13 games, 0.1%Belgium: 13 games, 0.1%Angola: 14 games, 0.1%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
England 2,262 22.9%
United States 1,382 14.0%
not recorded 1,030 10.4%
Canada 736 7.5%
Scotland 657 6.7%
Germany 643 6.5%
Serbia 327 3.3%
South Africa 322 3.3%
Argentina 232 2.4%
Italy 211 2.1%
Croatia 181 1.8%
Netherlands 145 1.5%
Brazil 128 1.3%
Northern Ireland 118 1.2%
Yugoslavia 108 1.1%
Hungary 95 1.0%
Haiti 85 0.9%
Mexico 78 0.8%
Bermuda 74 0.8%
Ireland 71 0.7%
Wales 66 0.7%
Macedonia 62 0.6%
Denmark 58 0.6%
Finland 53 0.5%
Peru 53 0.5%
Paraguay 47 0.5%
Iran 38 0.4%
Sweden 38 0.4%
Greece 33 0.3%
Iceland 32 0.3%
Montenegro 32 0.3%
Costa Rica 31 0.3%
Jamaica 31 0.3%
Portugal 31 0.3%
Spain 31 0.3%
Uruguay 30 0.3%
India 29 0.3%
Chile 28 0.3%
Poland 28 0.3%
Cameroon 26 0.3%
Zaire 24 0.2%
Indonesia 23 0.2%
Kenya 23 0.2%
Egypt 20 0.2%
Cyprus 19 0.2%
Mali 18 0.2%
Angola 14 0.1%
Belgium 13 0.1%
Guyana 11 0.1%
Israel 11 0.1%
France 10 0.1%
Nigeria 10 0.1%
Colombia 1 0.0%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.