1978 New York Cosmos season

Source:^[5]

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

Source:^[6]

• April 2 = New York Cosmos 7, Fort Lauredale Strikers 0 Giants Stadium 44,442
• April 9 = New York Cosmos 1, Los Angeles Aztecs 0 Rose Bowl 23,681
• April 16 = New York Cosmos 1, Tulsa Roughnecks 0 Giants Stadium 41,216
• April 23 = New York Cosmos 3, Dallas Tornado 1 Giants Stadium 50,127
• April 30 = New York Cosmos 5, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 Tampa Stadium 41,888
• May 7 = New York Cosmos 2, Detroit Express 0 Giants Stadium 45,321
• May 14 = New York Cosmos 4, Colorado Caribous 3 Mile High Stadium 15,041
• May 17 = New York Cosmos 1, Portland Timbers 1 (Portland wins in a shootout) Civic Stadium 12,484
• May 21 = New York Cosmos 5, Seattle Sounders 1 Giants Stadium 71,219
• May 24 = Memphis Rogues 1, New York Cosmos 0 Liberty Bell Memorial Stadium 11,222
• May 28 = New York Cosmos 5, Rochester Lancers 1 Giants Stadium 41,305
• June 1 = New York Cosmos 5, Toronto Metros-Croatia 1 Varsity Stadium 16,233
• June 4 = New York Cosmos 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Giants Stadium 44,675
• June 11 = New York Cosmos 1, Philadelphia Fury 0 Giants Stadium 42,385
• June 13 = New York cosmos 4, Minnesota Kicks 2 Metropolitan Stadium 46,370
• June 18 = New York Cosmos 6, Washington Diplomats 1 Giants Stadium 47,700
• June 21 = New York Cosmos 3, Colorado Caribous 1 Giants Stadium 32,476
• June 24 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5, New York Cosmos 3 Lockhart Stadium Attendance 13,569
• June 28 = New York Cosmos 2, Los Angeles Aztecs 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 42,231
• July 2 = New York Cosmos 4, California Surf 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 42,140
• July 5 = New England Tea Men 1, New York Cosmos 0 Foxboro Stadium Attendance 30,126
• July 7 = New York Cosmos 2, Rochester Lancers 0 Holleder Memorial Stadium Attendance 12,504
• July 12 = New England Tea Men 3, New York Cosmos 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 62,497
• July 15 = New York Cosmos 3, Philadelphia Fury 0 Veterans Stadium Attendance 19,279
• July 21 = New York Cosmos 5, Oakland Stompers 1 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Attendance 20,704
• July 22 = New York Cosmos 2, Seattle Sounders 1 Kingdome Attendance 36,610
• July 26 = New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Metros-Croatia 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 50,178
• July 30 = New York Cosmos 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 60,032
• August 2 = New York Cosmos 2, Washington Diplomats 1 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance 17,095
• August 5 = Dallas Tornado 5, New York Cosmos 3 Ownby Stadium Attendance 11,213
• August 9 = New York Cosmos 5, Seattle Sounders 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 47,780

Cosmos in Argentina

vs Argentina U-20: Franz Beckenbauer and Diego Maradona

vs Belgrano in Córdoba

vs Boca Juniors at Mar del Plata

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att.	Scorers	Ref.
Feb 2	FIU [n 1]	A	2–0	300	Chinaglia (2)	[7]
March 5	Bermuda	A	4–1	7,000	Grgurev, Chinaglia (2), Tueart	[7]
March 8	Bermuda U-23	A	3–0	4,000	Chinaglia (2), Millinder	[7]
March 11	Bermuda	A	4–1	5,000	Tueart (2), Chinaglia, Bogicevic	[7]
March 22	Adelphi University	H	11–0	n/a	Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic (2), n/a	[7]
Apr 4	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	0–0	15,000	–
August 30	World All-Stars [n 2]	H	2–2	50,757	Seninho, Chinaglia	[7]
September 4	Atlético Madrid	H	1–3	35,140	Rivellino [n 3]	[8][7]
September 9	Boca Juniors	H	2–2	23,000	Chinaglia (2)	[9][7]
September 12	Bayern Munich	A	1–7	75,000	Chinaglia	[7]
September 14	Brescia	A	2–1	30,000	Tueart, Chinaglia	[7]
September 19	VfB Stuttgart	A	1–6	55,000	Chinaglia	[7]
September 21	Freiburger FC	A	0–2	18,000	–	[7]
September 26	Chelsea	A	1–1	39,659	Tueart	[7]
October 1	Atlético Madrid	A	3–2	45,000	Seninho, Chinaglia, Bogicevic	[7]
October 4	AEK Athens	A	5–3	16,526[10]	Chinaglia (3), Tueart, Seninho	[7]
October 9	Red Star Belgrade	A	4–6	23,500	Tueart, Chinaglia, Seninho	[7]
November 1	Barcelona	A	1–1	50,000	Chinaglia	[7]
November 3	Argentina U-20	A [n 4]	1–2	n/a	Chinaglia	[9][7]
November 7	Belgrano (C)	A [n 5]	1–1	n/a	Chinaglia	[9][7]
November 13	Independiente Rivadavia	A [n 6]	2–1	n/a	Davis, Beckenbauer	[9][7]
November 16	Boca Juniors	A [n 7]	2–4	35,000	Chinaglia, Seninho	[9][7]
November 18	Bolívar/Always Ready [n 8]	A [n 9]	0–2	n/a	–	[7]
November 22	Vila Nova	A	3–2	25,000	Chinaglia (2), Tueart	[7]

Notes

• 1978 North American Soccer League season