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New York 5-1 Seattle - May 21, 1978 / NASL 1978

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NASL 1978 - Round 14 - National Conférence - Eastern Division

Giants Stadium - East Rutherford - United States

May 21, 1978

New York

5 - 1

Seattle

Vladislav Bogicevic

Giorgio Chinaglia

Dennis Tueart

Giorgio Chinaglia

logo New York Cosmos 1971-1984 NYC

0' - Goal Vladislav Bogicevic photo Giorgio Chinaglia

0' - Goal Giorgio Chinaglia photo Dennis Tueart

0' - Goal Dennis Tueart photo Giorgio Chinaglia

0' - Goal Giorgio Chinaglia photo Giorgio Chinaglia

0' - Goal Giorgio Chinaglia0

logo New York Cosmos 1971-1984 NYC

logo Seattle Sounders 1974-1983 SS

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

New York

5 - 1

Seattle

New York Seattle

Team line-ups

New York

Özdenak

Yasin Özdenak

Turkey

B.date11/10/1948

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Germany

B.date11/09/1945

Age32 years

H1m81

positionSweeper

Bogicevic0

Vladislav Bogicevic

Serbia

B.date07/11/1950

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Roth

Werner Roth

United States

B.date04/04/1948

Age30 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Formoso

Santiago Formoso

United States

B.date04/09/1953

Age24 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Smith

Bobby Smith

United States

B.date23/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Carlos Alberto

Brazil

B.date17/07/1944

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age21 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Dimitrijevic

Vito Dimitrijevic

Serbia

B.date11/12/1948

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Chinaglia000

Giorgio Chinaglia

Italy

B.date24/01/1947

Age31 years

H1m86

positionForward

Tueart0

Dennis Tueart

England

B.date27/11/1949

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Yasin Özdenak	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franz Beckenbauer	32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladislav Bogicevic	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Werner Roth	30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Santiago Formoso	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Smith	26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Alberto	33	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vito Dimitrijevic	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Giorgio Chinaglia	31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Tueart	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Santiago Formoso

Nelci

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Edwing Firmani

Success rate in this team:

89 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Firmani vs Seattle

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 21, 1978

Firmani vs Howe

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 21, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Howe

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Howe vs New York

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 21, 1978

Howe vs Firmani

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 21, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

No key stat for this match

General ranking

+1	1	New York Cosmos 1971-1984	68 pts	9 rd
-1	2	Washington Diplomats	67 pts	10 rd
	3	Rochester Lancers 1967-1980	29 pts	9 rd
	4	Toronto Metros-Croatia	19 pts	8 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 4-1 Rochester Lancers 1967-198024/08/1977

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-1 Seattle Sounders 1974-198328/08/1977

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 7-0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1977-198302/04/1978

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 1-0 Tulsa Roughnecks 1978-198416/04/1978

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 3-1 Dallas Tornado23/04/1978

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-0 Detroit Express07/05/1978

Overall

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 1-0 Tulsa Roughnecks 1978-198416/04/1978

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 3-1 Dallas Tornado23/04/1978

VTampa Bay Rowdies 1975-1994 2-5 New York Cosmos 1971-198430/04/1978

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-0 Detroit Express07/05/1978

VColorado Caribous 3-4 New York Cosmos 1971-198414/05/1978

LPortland Timbers 1975-1982 2-1 New York Cosmos 1971-198417/05/1978

Current form

Away

VLos Angeles Aztecs 1-3 Seattle Sounders 1974-198321/08/1977

LNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-1 Seattle Sounders 1974-198328/08/1977

LTulsa Roughnecks 1978-1984 3-1 Seattle Sounders 1974-198322/04/1978

LSan José Earthquakes 1974-1988 1-0 Seattle Sounders 1974-198330/04/1978

VLos Angeles Aztecs 0-2 Seattle Sounders 1974-198307/05/1978

LPhiladelphia Fury 1978-1980 1-0 Seattle Sounders 1974-198317/05/1978

Overall

VSeattle Sounders 1974-1983 3-0 Chicago Sting25/04/1978

LSan José Earthquakes 1974-1988 1-0 Seattle Sounders 1974-198330/04/1978

VLos Angeles Aztecs 0-2 Seattle Sounders 1974-198307/05/1978

LSeattle Sounders 1974-1983 1-2 Vancouver Whitecaps 1973-198410/05/1978

VSeattle Sounders 1974-1983 3-1 San José Earthquakes 1974-198813/05/1978

LPhiladelphia Fury 1978-1980 1-0 Seattle Sounders 1974-198317/05/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	16	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	16	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	36	70
Scoring streak	41	18
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	60	113
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	10
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
7	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
3.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
7-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Giorgio Chinaglia	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Giorgio Chinaglia	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Franz Beckenbauer	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	August 28, 1977
Home	2 - 1	August 28, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	July 05, 1975
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 28, 1977 - NASL 1977

New York

2 - 1

Seattle

July 10, 1977 - NASL 1977

Seattle

1 - 0

New York

July 05, 1975 - NASL 1975

Seattle

2 - 0

New York

July 21, 1974 - NASL 1974

New York

2 - 1

Seattle

Best historical scorers against Seattle

	Steve Hunt	1 goal	1977 - 1977
	Giorgio Chinaglia	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against New York

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Seattle

Pelé	3 matches	1975 - 1977
Steve Hunt	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Franz Beckenbauer	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Shep Messing	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Tony Field	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Nelci	2 matches	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/07/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs New York

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Competition info

The other matches

May 20, 1978

Diplomats

2 1

Rowdies

May 21, 1978

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	New York Cosmos 1971-1984	68	9	8	1	29	9	+20
-12	Washington Diplomats	67	10	8	2	21	8	+13
3	Rochester Lancers 1967-1980	29	9	3	6	11	13	-2
4	Toronto Metros-Croatia	19	8	2	6	7	11	-4

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New York 5-1 Seattle - May 21, 1978 / NASL 1978

New York

5 - 1

Seattle

Team line-ups

First 11

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Firmani vs Seattle

Firmani vs Howe

Manager

Howe vs New York

Howe vs Firmani

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Seattle

Best historical scorers against New York

Players with most games played vs Seattle

Players with most games played vs New York

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking