List of New York Cosmos (1970–85) all-stars

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This article is about New York Cosmos players who earned official recognition as "all-stars". For a more general outline of Cosmos players, see List of New York Cosmos (1971–1985) players.
A dark-skinned young man in soccer attire is pictured in mid-stride as he sprints with the ball past an opposing player, who looks tired and has given up attempting to chase him.
Pelé, pictured in 1960, played for the New York Cosmos from 1975 to 1977. He was named the North American Soccer League's Most Valuable Player in 1976, and appeared in the league's all-star team in each of his three seasons there.

The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York. Originally founded in 1970 by brothers Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, with the support of Warner Brothers president Steve Ross, the Cosmos joined the North American Soccer League (NASL), which was in its fourth season. Backed by the financial resources of Warner Communications, the Cosmos became the league's "marquee club",[1] winning five championships and drawing unprecedented crowds for American club soccer.[2] The side's commercial and on-field success declined during the early 1980s, along with the NASL itself, and it ceased operations in 1985, a year after the league folded.[3] A new Cosmos team, formed in 2010,[4] is scheduled to begin play in the new second-tier North American Soccer League (contested since 2011) during the 2013 season.[5][6]

The NASL all-star teams selected by the league at the end of each season included a total of 18 Cosmos players.[A][7] These include numerous well-known players from outside the United States, signed from European or South American clubs.[4] Examples of these are erstwhile West Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer and the former Brazil international players Pelé and Carlos Alberto; there were many others.[3] Among the American players representing the Cosmos were two players born in Yugoslavia: US international defender Werner Roth and Siegfried Stritzl, a midfielder. Canada international John Kerr, originally from Scotland, also turned out for New York during the early 1970s. Former Italy forward Giorgio Chinaglia holds many of the side's records pertaining to individual performance, appearing in the most matches, scoring the most goals and points,[8] and sharing the record for most all-star appearances (six) with Vladislav Bogićević, a member of the Yugoslavia national team before his time with the Cosmos.

Each Cosmos player named to a NASL all-star team is named below, along with his regular season and play-off statistics. The nationality given for each player is based on the national team represented, or his birthplace if he is uncapped. No NASL all-star from the Cosmos was born in the United States or Canada. During the club's 14 NASL seasons, the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award was won by a Cosmos player on five occasions, which are also detailed below.

Key

NASL all-stars

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Randy Horton in 1972
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Franz Beckenbauer in 1974
Name Country Position Cosmos
career		 A G P A G P A G P NASL all-star
appearances		 NASL
MVP		 Notes
(Regular season) (Play-offs) (Total)
Siegfried Stritzl  United States MF 1971–73 18 2 8 4 0 0 22 2 8 1971 –
Randy Horton  Bermuda FW 1971–74 88 51 125 5 1 2 93 52 127 1971, 1972 1972 [9]
John Kerr  Canada MF 1972–75 52 5 15 2 1 2 54 6 17 1972 –
Werner Roth  United States DF 1972–79 125 2 10 17 0 2 142 2 12 1975 – [10]
Pelé  Brazil FW 1975–77 56 31 89 8 6 17 64 37 106 1975, 1976, 1977 1976 [9][10]
Keith Eddy  England DF 1976–77 30 9 20 1 0 0 31 9 20 1976 –
Ramón Mifflin  Peru MF 1975–78 44 7 20 5 0 1 49 7 21 1976 –
Giorgio Chinaglia  Italy FW 1976–85 213 193 467 41 49 111 254 242 578 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 1981 [9][11]
Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany DF 1977–80
1983		 105 19 85 27 4 14 142 23 99 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983 1977 [9][11]
Yasin Özdenak  Turkey GK 1977–79 41 0 0 2 0 0 43 0 0 1978 – [B]
Giuseppe Wilson  Italy DF 1978–79 16 0 0 6 0 0 22 0 0 1978 –
Carlos Alberto  Brazil DF 1977–80
1982		 100 6 34 26 0 5 126 6 39 1978, 1979, 1980 – [11]
Vladislav Bogićević  Yugoslavia MF 1978–84 203 31 209 33 8 35 236 39 244 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 – [11]
Wim Rijsbergen  Netherlands DF 1979–83 86 2 18 16 1 5 102 3 23 1979, 1981 – [10]
Johan Neeskens  Netherlands MF 1979–84 94 17 62 13 3 8 107 20 70 1979, 1984 – [12]
Andranik Eskandarian  Iran MF 1979–85 142 0 21 22 0 4 164 0 25 1982, 1983, 1984 – [11]
Roberto Cabañas  Paraguay FW 1980–84 86 60 151 13 3 14 99 63 165 1983 1983 [9][11]
Hubert Birkenmeier  West Germany GK 1979–85 145 0 0 23 0 0 168 0 0 1984 – [11]

Footnotes

A. ^ Counting multiple all-star selections separately, these 18 players made 41 NASL all-star appearances.
B. ^ Yasin Özdenak played in the United States under the name Erol Yasin, and is generally referred to as such in NASL records.[13]

References

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General
  • Player statistics sourced to: Jose (2003).
  • Background sourced to: Jose (2003), Newsham (2006) and Toye (2006).
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