North American Soccer League Friendlies

NASL Friendlies 1975-77
               
          1967-1969 1970-1974 1975-1977 1978-1979 1980-1981 1982-1984  
               
Date Visitors Score Home Location Att. Notes: Photos
3/29/75 Los Angeles Aztecs 7-0  Brigham Young University Provo, UT     Photos
6/15/75 Dallas Tornado 2-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 21,278 Pele's 1st game   Photos
3/15/75 San Antonio Thunder 6-0 Austin All-Stars Austin, TX      
3/21/75 San Antonio Thunder   Pearl International San Antonio, TX      
3/23/75 San Antonio Thunder 3-1 University of Houston Houston, TX      
3/28/75 San Antonio Thunder 3-1 Pearl International San Antonio, TX      
3/30/75 San Antonio Thunder 5-1 Pearl International San Antonio, TX      
4/5/75 Kuwait National Team 1-8 San Antonio Thunder San Antonio, TX     Photos
4/9/75 San Antonio Thunder 1-5 Universidad (Mexico) Monterrey, Mexico      
5/11/75 Bahamas National Team 1-11 Miami Toros Miami, FL 839   Photos
5/20/75 Israeli National Team 1-0 Philadelphia Atoms Philadelphia, PA 8,025   Photos
5/22/75 Israeli National Team 1-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY      
5/25/75 Israeli National Team 2-2 Miami Toros Miami, FL 4,131    
5/27/75 Israeli National Team 2-2 Chicago Sting Chicago, IL 3,945   Photos
5/?/75 Israeli National Team   California        
6/3/75 Israeli National Team 0-0 Dallas Tornado Dallas, TX 8,500   Photos
6/5/75 Israeli National Team 4-1 Cleveland Cobras        
6/8/75 Israeli National Team 5-0 USA National Team Mt. Vernon, NY      
6/?/75 Israeli National Team   Rhode Island Oceaneers        
3/12/75 Chicago Sting 3-2 Stockport County (England) Shrewsbury, England      
3/14/75 Chicago Sting 1-1 Southport (England) Southport, England      
3/19/75 Chicago Sting 4-1 Wycombe Wanderers (Eng Wycombe, England      
4/1/75 New York Cosmos 1-0 Miami Toros Port-au-Prince, Haiti 11,000    
4/3/75 New York Cosmos 1-0 Victory Club (Haiti) Port-au-Prince, Haiti 34,000    
7/7/75 New York Cosmos 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 26,495   Photos
7/27/75 New York Cosmos 2-3 Dallas Tornado Dallas, TX 26,127   Photos
8/10/75 New York Cosmos 1-2 St. Louis Stars St. Louis, MO 10,180   Photos
8/27/75 New York Cosmos 2-3 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA 19,338   Photos
8/31/75 New York Cosmos 1-5 Malmo (Sweden) Malmo,Sweden 21,785    
9/2/75 New York Cosmos 3-1 Swedish All-Stars Goteborg, Sweden 20,448    
9/4/75 New York Cosmos 3-2 Stockholm (Sweden) Stockholm, Sweden 55,000   Photos
9/11/75 New York Cosmos 4-2 Vaalerengen (Norway) Oslo, Norway 16,677    
9/13/75 New York Cosmos 1-3 Roma (Italy) Rome, Italy 49,700    Photos
9/17/75 New York Cosmos 2-1 Victory Club (Haiti) Haiti      
9/19/75 New York Cosmos 1-2 Violette (Haiti) Haiti 30,000   Photos
9/21/75 New York Cosmos 0-1 Santos (Jamaica) Kingston, Jamaica 45,000 Pele Injured  
9/26/75 New York Cosmos 12-1 Puerto Rican National Team San Juan, PR     Photos
9/28/75 New York Cosmos 0-0 Violette (Haiti) Haiti      
10/2/75 New York Cosmos   Windsor Stars (Canada) Windsor,ON      
9/30/75 New York Cosmos   Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON      
5/19/75 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-1 New York All-Stars Oneonta, NY 1,000   Photos
12/21/75 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 USSF All-Star Game Coaches Orlando, FL 250    
4/14/75 Hartford Bicentennials 1-1 JS Colombe Willemstajed, Curacao 4,000    
4/17/75 Hartford Bicentennials    Antilles All-Stars Willemstajed, Curacao      
4/?/75 Hartford Bicentennials   ?        
4/20/75 Hartford Bicentennials 3-1 Bubali (Aruba)        
4/21/75 Hartford Bicentennials 2-0 Victoria  Port Au Prince, Haiti 12,000    
4/23/75 Hartford Bicentennials 0-0 Black Eagles  Port Au Prince, Haiti 16,000    
6/21/75 Polish National Team 2-0 Hartford Bicentennials Hartford, CN 10,746   Photos
6/24/75 Polish National Team 4-0 US National Team Seattle, WA 13,195 Sponsored by Sounders  
6/27/75 Polish National Team 3-1 Universidad (Mexico) San Francisco, CA      
6/29/75 Polish National Team 1-1 Universidad (Mexico) Los Angeles, CA    
7/2/75 Polish National Team 1-0 Chicago Sting Chicago, IL 13,942   Photos
7/6/75 Polish National Team 8-1 Canadian National Team Montreal, QU 7,000    
7/9/75 Polish National Team 4-1 Canadian National Team Toronto, ON 14,321    
7/12/75 Polish National Team 2-0 Cleveland Cobras (ASL) Cleveland, OH      
4/9/75 Rochester Lancers 0-1 Caserta (Italy)        
4/?/75 Rochester Lancers    (Italy)        
4/14/75 Rochester Lancers 3-1  Lazio (Italy)        
4/18/75 Rochester Lancers 3-0 Formia (Italy)        
4/20/75 Rochester Lancers    Ascoli (Italy)        
4/?/75 Rochester Lancers    (Italy)        
8/10/75 Olympiakos (Greece) 2-1 First Portuguese Canadians Toronto, ON 14,000    
8/17/75 Olympiakos (Greece) 1-2 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON 12,089    
9/24/75 Toronto Metros-Croatia 1-2 Windsor Stars (Canada) Windsor, ON 900    
5/28/75 Toronto Metros-Croatia   Haiti Toros, Sting, Cosmos Haitian Tour  
3/?/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia   ? ?, Australia      
3/18/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 2-1 South Sydney Croatia Sydney, Australia      
3/20/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 3-0 Tasmania Hobart, Australia      
3/25/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 0-2 Western Australia Perth, Australia      
3/28/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 3-0 South Australia Whylla, Australia      
3/30/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 2-2 Queensland Brisbane, Australia      
4/3/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 2-0 Croatia Deakin Canberra, Australia      
4/4/76 Toronto Metros-Croatia 3-1 Adelaide Croatia Adelaide, Australia      
4/28/76 Mexican Olympic Team 2-1 San Diego Jaws San Diego, CA      
5/22/76 Glasgow Rangers 1-0 Seattle, Sounders Seattle, WA 11,356   Photos
7/7/76 Dynamo Kiev (USSR) 4-1 St. Louis Stars St. Louis, MO 12,367   Photos
7/11/76 Dynamo Kiev (USSR)   Borussia Moenchengladbach Washington, DC      
7/12/76 Dynamo Kiev (USSR)   Borussia Moenchengladbach Chicago, IL   Hanson Park  
7/27/76 Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-4 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 11,533 Photos
5/23/76 Brazil 2-0 Team America Seattle, WA 20,254       Bicentennial Cup Photos
5/23/76 England 0-1 Brazil Los Angeles, CA 32,495 Bicentennial Cup  
5/28/76 England 3-2 Italy New York, NY 40,650 Bicentennial Cup  
5/28/76 Italy 4-0 Team America Washington, DC 33,455    Bicentennial Cup Photos
5/31/76 England 3-1 Team America Philadelphia, PA 16,239    Bicentennial Cup Photos
5/31/76 Brazil 4-1 Italy New Haven, CN 36,096 Bicentennial Cup  
4/7/76 Honda (Japan) 0-5 New York Cosmos Honolulu, HI 21,705   Photos
6/16/76 Honduras 1-4 New York Cosmos New York, NY      
5/24/76 Manchester United (England) 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 16,091    
5/26/76 Manchester United (England) 2-2 Chicago Sting Chicago, IL 8,213    
5/30/76 Manchester United (England) 2-2 Dallas Tornado Dallas, TX 15,255   Photos
3/24/76 New York Cosmos 1-1 San Diego Jaws San Diego, CA 18,128   Suncoast Tournament Photos
3/28/76 New York Cosmos 1-0 Dallas Tornado Dallas, TX 20,214   Photos
3/31/76 New York Cosmos 0-1 San Antonio Thunder San Antonio, TX 20,000 Photos
4/4/76 New York Cosmos 0-0 Los Angeles Aztecs Tempe, AZ 15,000   Photos
3/27/76 San Antonio Thunder 9-0 Austin All-Stars Austin, TX 800   Photos
4/8/76 Philippines National Team 1-0 Chinese National Team Honolulu, HI 21,705 Aloha Soccer Festival  
4/8/76 San Diego Jaws   Hawaii All-Stars Honolulu, HI 21,705 Aloha Soccer Festival  
4/11/76 Guadalajara (Mexico)   Oakland Buccaneers (ASL) San Jose, CA      
4/9/76 New York Cosmos 2-1 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 58,125   Photos
4/11/76 New York Cosmos 1-0 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA 29,232   Photos
6/3/76 New York Cosmos 2-1 Violette (Haiti) Haiti     Photos
9/1/76 New York Cosmos 2-2 Dallas Tornado Cleveland, OH 14,000   Photos
9/5/76 New York Cosmos 2-1 Dallas Tornado New Orleans, LA 12,500   Photos
9/6/76 New York Cosmos 3-2 Dallas Tornado Pontiac, MI 24,000   Photos
9/8/76 New York Cosmos 1-1 Soccer Canada Edmonton, AL 14,826   Photos
9/10/76 New York Cosmos 1-3 Soccer Canada Vancouver, BC 14,366   Photos
9/14/76 New York Cosmos 1-3 Paris St. Germain (France) Paris, France 18,000   Photos
9/16/76 New York Cosmos 1-3 Royal Antwerp (Belgium) Antwerp, Belgium 25,000   Photos
9/23/76 New York Cosmos 0-0 West Japan All-Stars Kobe, Japan 11,000   Photos
9/25/76 New York Cosmos 2-2 East Japan All-Stars Tokyo, Japan 50,000   Photos
5/?/76 New York Cosmos   ?     Dominican Tour  
7/7/76 Puerto Rico National Team 1-4 New York Cosmos New York, NY      
5/18/76 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 13,323   Photos
5/22/76 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 0-1 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 11,356   Photos
5/23/76 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 2-1 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 12,000    
5/26/76 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 2-2 Minnesota Kicks Minneapolis, MN 11,328   Photos
5/30/76 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 2-1 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON 17,304    
5/29/76 Minnesota Kicks 2-4 Colorado Stars Denver, CA 2,500    
6/22/76 Roma (Italy) 1-0 Boca Juniors (Argentina) New York, NY 25,000    
6/25/76 Roma (Italy) 1-2 Boca Juniors (Argentina) Montreal, QU 3,000    
6/27/76 Roma (Italy) 1-0 Rochester Lancers Rochester, NY 5,561    
6/29/76 Roma (Italy) 1-0 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON 8,142   Photos
3/7/76 Santos (Jamaica) 4-11 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, Florida 5,620 Indoor Photos
1/13/76 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 Haiti National Team Port-au-Prince, Haiti 21,000    
1/15/76 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0-1 Haiti National Team Port-au-Prince, Haiti 21,000    
1/17/76 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4-1 Racing Club (Haiti) Port-au-Prince, Haiti 21,500    
1/19/76 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-1 Victory Club (Haiti) Port-au-Prince, Haiti 13,000    
5/29/76 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA 10,328   Photos
4/27/76 Tottenham Hotspur (England) 0-1 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON     Photos
3/27/76 Hartford Bicentennials 0-0 Waterschei (Belgium) Duisburg, Germany      
3/30/76 Hartford Bicentennials 4-0 Eintracht Duisburg (Germany) Duisburg, Germany      
3/31/76 Hartford Bicentennials 0-2 Cologne FC (Germany) Cologne, Germany      
4/3/76 Hartford Bicentennials 0-4 Schwarz-Weiss Essen Essen, Germany      
4/7/76 Hartford Bicentennials 0-0 Union Solingen (Germany) Solingen, Germany      
4/8/76  Washington Diplomats 3-4 Philadelphia Atoms Philadelphia, PA 4,234 Indoor Photos
3/26/77 Fredonia State University 0-7 Rochester Lancers        
4/2/77 Toronto Metros-Croatia 1-0 Tampa Bay Rowdies New York, NY 7,212 Tournament of Champions  
4/2/77 Victory Sportif (Haiti) 0-9 New York Cosmos New York, NY 7,212 Tournament of Champions  
4/3/77 Victory Sportif (Haiti) 0-9 Toronto Metros-Croatia New York, NY 11,098 Tournament of Champions Photos
4/3/77 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 11,098 Tournament of Champions Photos
5/25/77 Chelsea (England) 0-2 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 15,381    
5/27/77 Chelsea (England) 3-0 Vancouver Island All-Stars Victoria, BC      
6/1/77 Chelsea (England) 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA 11,167    
6/3/77 Chelsea (England) 3-1 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA      
3/16/77 San Jose Earthquakes 1-3 University of San Francisco San Rafael, CA 3,200   Photos
3/29/77 Chicago Sting 6-1 Oklahoma All-Stars Moore, OK 1,000   Photos
4/177 Chicago Sting 11-1 Oklahoma All-Stars Tulsa, OK     Photos
10/18/77 Tampa Bay Rowdies   Dallas Tornado Tulsa, OK     Photos
6/12/77 Eintracht Braunschwieg 1-1 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON 7,795   Photos
6/1/77 Bristol (England) 1-1 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 11,842   Photos
6/2/77 Ipswich (England) 2-1 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON 3,826   Photos
6/14/77 Ipswich (England) 3-0 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 10,123   Photos
6/18/77 Ipswich (England) 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 13,756   Photos
5/26/77 Lazio (Italy) 2-1 Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto, ON 8,743   Photos
5/28/77 Lazio (Italy) 1-0 Eintracht Braunschweig Ypsilanti, MI      
6/1/77 Lazio (Italy) 2-3 New York Cosmos New York, NY 25,803   Photos
6/4/77 Lazio (Italy) 0-0 Rochester Lancers Rochester, NY     Photos
6/5/77 Lazio (Italy) 6-1 Buffalo Blazers Buffalo, NY      
6/8/77 Lazio (Italy) 2-0 Connecticut Bicentennials Hartford, CT 3,154    
6/12/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 1-0 Vasco da Gama Bridgeport, CT 2,000   Photos
6/10/77 Lazio (Italy) 4-1 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3,500   Photos
3/29/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 2-2 Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Lisbon, Portugal      
3/30/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 4-3 Belenenses (Portugal) Lisbon, Portugal      
4/6/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 1-3 Benfica (Portugal) Lisbon, Portugal      
4/10/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 2-1 Belenenses (Portugal) Lisbon, Portugal      
4/27/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 2-0 Bermuda Selects Hamilton, Bermuda      
4/29/77 Connecticut Bicentennials 2-0 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT      
3/11/77 New York Cosmos 4-0 Bermuda Under-23 Bermuda 626    
3/13/77 New York Cosmos 1-0 Bermuda National Team Bermuda 3,769    
3/19/77 New York Cosmos 0-1 Neuchatel Xamax (Swiss) Switzerland       
3/20/77 New York Cosmos 1-3 F.C. Zurich (Swiss)) Zurich, Switzerland      
3/24/77 New York Cosmos 2-1 Lazio (Italy) Rome, Italy     Photos
4/2/77 Victory (Haiti) 0-9 New York Cosmos New York, NY 7,212 Tournament of Champions  
4/2/77 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 Toronto Metros-Croatia New York, NY 7,212 Tournament of Champions  
4/3/77 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY 11,098 Tournament of Champions  
4/3/77 Victory (Haiti) 0-0 Toronto Metros-Croatia New York, NY 11,098 Tournament of Champions  
9/1/77 New York Cosmos 5-2 Caribbean All-Stars 2 Port of Spain, Trinidad 626   Photos
9/4/77 New York Cosmos 1-1 Portugeusa (Venezuela) Caracas, Venezuela 15,000   Photos
9/10/77 New York Cosmos 4-2 Furakawa (Japan) Tokyo, Japan 30,000   Photos
9/14/77 New York Cosmos 3-1 Japanese National Team Tokyo, Japan 65,000   Photos
9/17/77 New York Cosmos 1-1 Chinese National Team 1 Beijing, China 80,000   Photos
9/20/77 New York Cosmos 1-2 Chinese National Team 2 Shanghai, China 50,000   Photos
9/25/77 New York Cosmos 2-2 Mohun Begun (India) Calcutta, India 65,000   Photos
9/28/77 Santos (Brazil) 2-0 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 21,179   Photos
10/1/77 Santos (Brazil) 1-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 75,646 Pele's Farewell Game Photos
10/5/77 Santos (Brazil) 1-1 New York Cosmos Detroit, MI 24,689   Photos
10/14/77 New York Cosmos 1-4 Flamengo (Brazil) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12,192   Photos
5/29/77 Roma (Italy) 2-0 New York Apollo (ASL) New York, NY      
6/2/77 Roma (Italy) 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 12,633   Photos
6/14/77 Roma (Italy) 1-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 9,203   Photos
6/26/77 St. Louis Stars 2-1 Haiti All-Stars Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
6/28/77 St. Louis Stars 1-3 Haiti All-Stars Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
10/6/77 Chinese National Team 1-1 US National Team Washington, DC 8,366    
10/8/77 Chinese National Team 1-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY 33,712   Photos
10/11/77 Chinese National Team 0-1 US National Team Atlanta, GA 15,003    
10/13/77 Chinese National Team 2-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 14,675   Photos
10/16/77 Chinese National Team 2-1 US National Team San Francisco, CA 17,500    
5/30/77 Tampa Bay Rowdies     Haiti   2 game Haiti tour  
4/2/77 Victory Club (Haiti) 0-9 New York Cosmos Haiti      
3/5/77 Zenit Leningrad (USSR) 1-0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 41,680   Photos
3/9/77 Zenit Leningrad (USSR) 8-7 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 6,354 Indoor Photos
3/12/77 Zenit Leningrad (USSR) 1-0 Dallas Tornado Dallas, TX 17,000   Photos
7/19/77 Hammerby (Sweden) 1-2 Minnesota Kicks Bloomington, MN 24,032   Photos
3/5/77 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6-1 Rollins College Winter Park, FL      
3/22/77 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 7-0 Miami Dade South Miami, FL      
3/27/77 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 5-0 Florida International Miami, FL 1,100    
10/1/77 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3-2 Business Machines Inc. Lake Worth, FL 500    

I list 5 types of friendly games:
1. International competition
2. Local non-NASL competition. These were usually preseason warm up games.
3. NASL teams in tournaments such as the Sunshine International or the Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup (TACC).  I do not list NASL preseason games.
4. Extra NASL exhibition games the Cosmos played in 1975 and 1976 to defer the cost of signing Pele.
5. Games not involving NASL teams, but played as part of an NASL package. These were usually doubleheaders.

It is not unusual for attendance figures to differ between the newspaper article and the media guides.  When they do differ, I use the newspaper's numbers.