North American Soccer League Friendlies

NASL Friendlies 1978-79
               
          1967-1969 1970-1974 1975-1977 1978-1979 1980-1981 1982-1984  
               
Date Visitors Score Home Location Att. Notes: Photos
6/14/78 Vancouver Whitecaps 2-3 Edmonton Black Gold Edmonton, AL 1,164    
6//28/78 Seattle Sounders 7-0 Edmonton Black Gold Edmonton, AL 2,681   Photos
3/5/78 Universidad (Mexico) 0-4 Dallas Tornado Dallas, TX 10,191   Photos
3/7/78 Dallas Tornado 0-2 Monterrey Monterrey, Mexioc 10,500    
5/?/78 Ajax (Holland)   Chicago Sting Chicago, IL      
2/24/78 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7-1 University of South Florida Tampa, FL      
3/1/78 Tampa Bay Rowdies   Rollins College Winter Park, Fl      
3/20/78 USA U-21 Team 2-2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL      
3/21/78 Tampa Bay Rowdies   Sun Coast All-Stars Plant City, FL      
5/3/78 Norwich City (England) 11-10 Tampa Bay Rowdies St. Petersburg, FL 2,384 Indoor  Photos
5/13/78 Norwich City (England)   USA National Team "B" Tampa, FL      
3/19/78 Guadalajara (Mexico) 1-1 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA 8,572 Photos
3/23/78 Los Angeles Aztecs 5-2 Santa Barbara Conquerors       Photos
3/5/78 Chicago Sting 2-0 Barbados National Team Barbados     Photos
3/7/78 Chicago Sting 1-2 Martinique Fort-de-France, Martinique 8,800    
3/9/78 Chicago Sting 1-0 Barbados National Team Bridgeton, Barbados      
3/11/78 Chicago Sting 1-1 Victory Club (Haiti) Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
3/13/78 Chicago Sting 1-1 Racing (Haiti) Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
3/15/78 Chicago Sting 0-1 Violette Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
3/18/78 Chicago Sting 3-2 Aiglo Noir (Haiti) Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
3/21/78 Chicago Sting 0-2 Cuban National Team Havana, Cuba     Photos
3/22/78 Minnesota Kicks 4-1 St. Pete Kickers St. Petersburg, FL      
5/18/78 Hibernian (Scotland) 4-1 Calgary All-Stars Calgary, AL 4,000    
5/23/78 Hibernian (Scotland) 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 6,784   Pictures
5/25/78 Hibernian (Scotland) 9-0 Vancouver Island Vistas Victoria, BC 1,200    
5/28/78 Hibernian (Scotland) 7-0 Edmonton All-Stars Edmonton, AL 12,000    
5/4/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 1-0 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 12,228    
5/6/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany)   ?        
5/9/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 6-1 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, Ca 7,310    
5/12/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 1-0 California Surf Anaheim, CA 16,252    
5/14/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 1-3 Mexican National Team Los Angeles, CA 33,338    
5/16/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 4-1 New York Eagles (ASL) Mt. Vernon, NY      
5/19/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 3-0 St. Louis All-Stars St. Louis, MO 6,500    
5/23/78 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 2-0 Canadian Olympic Team Montreal, QC 7,886    
5/3/78 Dusseldorf (Germany)   San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA   Game Canceled  
5/12/78 Dusseldorf (Germany)   California Surf Anaheim, CA   Game Canceled  
5/4/78 Cuban National Team 0-1 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA 3,466
5/9/78 Cuban National Team 1-1 Chicago Sting Chicago, IL 4,153    
5/27/78 Galasca (Guatamala) 0-5 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 6,715   Photos
2/6/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 4-2 Stockport County (England) Hurst Green, England      
2/8/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-3 Blackpool (England) Blackpool, England      
2/10/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-0 Workington AFC (England) Workington, England 6,217    
2/13/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-2 Portsmouth (England) Portsmouth, England     Photos
2/15/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-4 Port Vale (England) Stoke-on-Trent, England 1,877    
2/18/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-6 Swindon Town (England) , England 1,173    
2/26/78 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-4  Florida International University Miami, FL      
5/10/78 Blackpool (England) 1-2 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5,173   Photos
5/15/78 Blackpool (England) 2-0 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Atlanta, GA 9,658    
3/22/78 Adelphi University 11-0 New York Cosmos East Rutherford, NJ      
4/4/78 Los Angeles Aztecs 0-0 New York Cosmos Tempe, AZ 15,000    
5/28/78 Manchester United 1-2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 15,325   Photos
5/30/78 Manchester United 2-1 Tulsa Roughnecks Tulsa, OK 5,872   Photos
2/27/78 New York Cosmos   Florida International University Miami, FL 300    
3/5/78 New York Cosmos 4-1 Bermuda National Team Bermuda 7,000    
3/8/78 New York Cosmos 3-0 Bermuda U-23 Bermuda 4,000    
3/1/78 New York Cosmos 4-1 Bermuda National Team Bermuda 5,000    
2/21/78 Detroit Express 2-2 Reading England      
2/22/78 Detroit Express 4-0 Luton Town England      
2/24/78 Detroit Express   Waterford England      
3/1/78 Detroit Express 3-3 Wycombe Wanderers England      
5/4/78 Detroit Express 8-0 Flint All-Stars Flint, MI 5,000    
6/1/78 Bristol City 0-1 Portland Timbers Portland, OR     Photos
6/3/78 Detroit Express 4-1 Windsor Stars (Canada) Windsor, ON 1,600   Photos
9/19/78 Detroit Express 3-2 FC Linzer ASK (Austria) Linz, Austria 2,500    
9/25/78 Detroit Express 2-2 Salzburg (Austria) Salzburg, Austria 1,500    
9/?/78 Detroit Express won ?        
9/28/78 Detroit Express 0-1 Arabic Kuwait      
9/30/78 Detroit Express lost Qadsia Kuwait      
10/4/78 Detroit Express 1-1 Grasshoppers Zurich (Swiss) Zurich, Switzerland      
9/6/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-1 Larne (Ireland) Ireland      
9/7/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-5 Glentoran (Ireland) Ireland      
9/11/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 0-0 Coleraine (Ireland) Ireland      
9/12/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-1 Ards (Ireland) Ireland      
9/14/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-1 Glenavon (Ireland) Ireland      
9/18/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-1 Galway (Ireland) Ireland      
9/19/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-0 Sligo Rovers (Ireland) Ireland      
9/21/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-1 Dundalk (Ireland) Ireland      
10/9/78 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-0 Portsmouth (England) England      
4/1/78 Minnesota Kicks 11-0 Fargo All-Stars Fargo, North Dakota      
9/12/78 New York Cosmos 1-7 Bayern Munchen (Germany) Munich, Germany 75,000   Photos
9/14/78 New York Cosmos 2-1 Brescia (Italy) Italy 30,000    
9/19/78 New York Cosmos 1-6 VFB Stuttgart (Germany) Stuttgart, Germany 55,000   Photos
9/21/78 New York Cosmos 0-2 Freiburger (Germany) Germany 18,000   Photos
9/26/78 New York Cosmos 1-1 Chelsea (England) London, England 39,659   Photos
10/1/78 New York Cosmos 3-2 Atletico Madrid (Spain) Madrid Spain 45,000   Photos
10/4/78 New York Cosmos 5-3 AEK (Greece) Athens, Greece      
10/9/78 New York Cosmos   Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Belgrade, Yugoslavia 23,500    
10/11/78 New York Cosmos 0-2 Galatasary (Turkey) Istanbul, Turkey 30,000    
11/1/78 New York Cosmos 1-1 Barcelona (Ecuador) Guayaquil, Ecuador 50,000 Photos
11/3/78 New York Cosmos 1-2 Argentine National Youth Team Tucuman, Argentina 26,000   Photos
11/7/78 New York Cosmos 1-1 Belgrano (Argentina) Córdoba, Argentina     Photos
11/12/78 New York Cosmos 2-1 Independiente Rivadavia Buenos Aires, Argentina     Photos
11/15/78 New York Cosmos 2-4 Boca Juniors (Argentina) Mara del Plata, Argentina 25,000   Photos
11/18/78 New York Cosmos 0-2 Bolvar-CAR (Bolivia) La Paz, Bolivia     Photos
11/22/78 New York Cosmos 3-2 Vilanova (Brazil) Goiania, Brazil     Photos
11/29/78 NASL Stars 2-1 St. Thomas Stars St. Thomas   4 gms in St. Thomas/St. Croix  
10/8/78 San Jose Earthquakes   Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA     Photos
8/30/78 World All-Stars 2-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 50,757   Photos
9/4/78 Atletico Madrid (Spain) 3-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY 35,140    
9/9/78 Boca Juniors (Argentina) 4-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 26,325   Photos
9/9/78 Washington Diplomats 2-3 South Korea National Team Seoul, South Korea   President Park's Cup Photos
9/11/78 Washington Diplomats 3-2 Bahrain National Team Busan, South Korea   President Park's Cup  
9/12/78 Washington Diplomats 2-0 Malaysia National Team     President Park's Cup  
9/15/78 Washington Diplomats 3-0 Mexico National Team Seoul, South Korea   President Park's Cup  
9/19/78 Washington Diplomats 3-1 Morocco Royal Army Team Seoul, South Korea   President Park's Cup  
9/21/78 Washington Diplomats 2-6 South Korea National Team Seoul, South Korea 35,000 President Park's Cup Photos
5/31/78 New York Cosmos   European Tour        
2/26/78 Rochester Lancers 3-2 Rochester All-Stars Rochester, NY   Indoor  
3/5/78 Rochester Lancers 13-4 Monroe County CC Rochester, NY   Indoor  
3/29/78 Rochester Lancers 3-0 San Diego Rovers San Diego, CA      
8/17/78 Rochester Lancers 3-1 Montreal Castros Montreal, QE     Photos
9/26/79 Houston Hurricane 2-1 Colmar Colmar, France      
10/2/79 Houston Hurricane 1-1 Olympique Lyon Lyon, France      
10/4/79 Houston Hurricane 1-5 Taranto Taranto, Italy      
10/5/79 Houston Hurricane 3-2 Gross Gerau Frankfurt, Germany      
10/7/79 Houston Hurricane 2-3 Wormatia Worms Worms, Germany      
10/9/79 Houston Hurricane 1-3 Sportclub-Post Vienna, Austria      
10/13/79 Houston Hurricane 3-6 Chenois Club Sportif Geneva, Switzerland      
10/6/79 Houston Hurricane 1-1 FC Balzars Balzars, Lichtenstein      
10/17/79 Houston Hurricane 5-1 FC Frauenfeld Frauenfeld, Switzerland      
2/15/79 California Surf 12-0 College of the Desert Palm Springs, CA 100    
2/17/79 California Surf 3-0 UCLA Palm Springs, CA      
2/21/79 Detroit Express   Miami-Dade North Miami, FL      
2/25/79 Detroit Express 4-0 Florida International University Miami, FL      
3/4/79 Detroit Express 1-1 Bermuda Internationals Hamilton, Berumuda      
3/9/79 Detroit Express 1-2 Sochaux (Fance) Sochaux-Montbeliard, FR      
3/14/79 Detroit Express 1-2 Epinal (France) France      
2/18/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3-0 Florida International University Miami, FL 1,100    
3/7/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-3 Washington Diplomats Santo Domingo, DR      
3/10/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 Haitian All-STars Port-au-Prince, Haiti      
3/12/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 Don Bosco (Haiti) Haiti      
5/2/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 12-0 University of Miami Miami, FL 1,068    
9/26/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3-2 Miami-Dade North CC Miami, FL      
10/2/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 9-2 FCI Miami Miami, FL     Photos
5/23/79 Crystal Palace (England) 2-0 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Ft. Lauderdale, FL 7,121    
5/23/79 Ipswich Town (England) 1-0 Minnesota Kicks Bloomington, MN 14,960 Photos
5/29/79 Ipswich Town (England) 1-0 Detroit Express Pontiac, MI 9,257    
6/6/79 Argentina National Team 1-0 New York Cosmos New York, NY 70,134    
7/4/79 Bayern Munchen (Germany) 2-0 New York Cosmos New York, NY     Photos
7/8/79 Bayern Munchen (Germany)   Rochester Lancers Rochester, NY      
7/11/79 Bayern Munchen (Germany)   Washington Dips Washington, DC      
5/14/79 Brighton Seagulls (England) 1-1 California Surf Anaheim, CA 3,044    
5/16/79 Brighton Seagulls (England) 2-1 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 7,559   Photos
6/3/79 Brighton Seagulls (England) 2-2 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA 4,189   Photos
5/23/79 Bristol City (England) 1-0 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 3,784   Photos
5/27/79 Bristol City (England) 1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 13,628   Photos
5/28/79 Bristol City (England) 8-3 Vancouver All-Stars Victoria, BC 1,500    
5/30/79 Bristol City (England) 1-2 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 6,579   Photos
3/22/79 Chicago Sting 15-1 Whitman College Richland, Washington     Photos
9/25/79 Chicago Sting 2-2 Hertha BSC (Germany) Berlin, Germany     Photos
9/27/79 Chicago Sting   VVV Holland      
9/28/79 Chicago Sting   FC Utrecht Germany      
10/2/79 Chicago Sting 3-2 Hammarby (Sweden) Stockholm, Sweden 1,763    
10/5/79 Chicago Sting 2-1 Malmo (Sweden) Malmo, Sweden      
10/7/79 Chicago Sting 2-1 Halmstad (Sweden) Halmstad, Sweden      
10/9/79 Chicago Sting     Belgium      
10/16/79 Chicago Sting 5-3 St. Pauli (Germany) Hamburg, Germany      
10/19/79 Chicago Sting 3-1 Bahrain National Team Manama, Bahrain      
10/21/79 Chicago Sting 2-0 Bahrain National Team Bahrain      
5/16/79 Coventry City (England) 1-3 New York Cosmos New York, NY 30,195   Photos
5/22/79 Crystal Palace (England) 3-1 Memphis Rogues Memphis, TN 2,850   Photos
6/12/79 Kaiserslautern (Germany) 1-2 Chicago Sting Chicago, IL 5,850    
6/29/79 Kaiserslautern (Germany) 3-2 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA 5,103   Photos
2/6/79 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4-1 University of South Florida        
2/9/79 Tampa Bay Rowdies   Rollins College        
3/19/79 USA Olympic 0-3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL      
3/28/79 Toronto Blizzard 3-0 USA Olympic Tampa, FL      
3/18/79 Kalmar (Sweden) 0-3 New England Tea Men Orlando, FL      
3/24/79 Kalmar (Sweden) 0-2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Bradenton, FL     Photos
9/18/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 2-1 Paris St. Germain (France) Paris, France 9,000   Photos
9/28/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 3-1 DS79 Dotrecht, Holland 15,000    
9/30/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 2-0 Steenwijk Steenwijk, Holland 5,000    
10/2/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 1-4 F.C. Utrecht Utrecht, Holland 15,000    
10/4/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 2-2 Den Bosch Den Bosch, Holland 8,000    
10/6/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 3-1 Middleburg Holland 8,000    
10/10/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 3-3 MVV Maastricht Maastricht, Holland 15,000    
10/15/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 1-1 Birmingham City (England) England 8,317   Photos
10/17/79 Los Angeles Aztecs 0-2 Chelsea (England) London, England 10,575    
3/7/79 Minnesota Kicks 15-1 University of South Florida Tampa, FL      
2/13/79 Moscow Dynamo (USSR) 10-3 Tulsa Roughnecks Tulsa, OK 6,166 Indoor Photos
2/17/79 Moscow Dynamo (USSR) 1-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 21,857   Photos
2/19/79 Moscow Dynamo (USSR) 8-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 6,040 Indoor  Photos
2/21/79 Moscow Dynamo (USSR) 2-5 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA 10,237   Photos
2/23/79 Moscow Dynamo (USSR) 1-1 California Surf Anaheim, CA 16,687   Photos
2/24/79 Moscow Dynamo (USSR) - Oakland Stompers Oakland, CA   Canceled  
7/8/79 Naestved (Denmark) 0-2 Chicago Sting Chicago, IL 2,759    
7/15/79 Naestved (Denmark) 4-3 Chicago Sting Kalamazoo, MI 5,641    
2/17/79 New York Cosmos 12-0 Freeport Freeport, Bahamas 3,500    
2/24/79 New York Cosmos 13-1 Freeport Freeport, Bahamas      
2/25/79 New York Cosmos 6-1 Nassau All-Stars Nassau, Bahamas      
3/5/79 New York Cosmos 1-1 Trinidad All-Stars Port of Spain, Trinidad     Photos
3/7/79 New York Cosmos 0-0 Nautico (Brazil) Port of Spain, Trinidad 20,000   Photos
3/11/79 New York Cosmos   Nacional (Ecuador) Quito, Ecaudor   Canceled  
3/15/79 New York Cosmos 2-0 America (Colombia) Cali, Colombia   Werner Roth Hurts Knee Photos
3/18/79 New York Cosmos 2-0 Nacional (Colombia) Medellin, Colombia 40,000   Photos
9/20/79 New York Cosmos 3-3 Team Seiko (Hong Kong) Hong Kong 28,000    
9/24/79 New York Cosmos 6-0 Hong Kong All-Stars Hong Kong 24,000    
9/28/79 New York Cosmos 0-1 South Korea Nat. Team Pusan, South Korea 23,000    
9/30/79 New York Cosmos 2-3 South Korea Nat. Team Seoul, South Korea 18,000 Disagreement on score 3-2,   Photos 
10/3/79 New York Cosmos 4-1 Indonesian Nat. Team Jakarta, Indonesia 85,000   Photos
10/5/79 New York Cosmos 1-1 All Indonesian Select Indonesia 55,000    
10/7/79 New York Cosmos 4-1 Singapore National Team Singapore 30,000    
10/10/79 New York Cosmos 1-1 Japanese All-Stars Kobe, Japan 14,000    
10/14/79 New York Cosmos 2-2 Japanese National Team Tokyo, Japan 50,000   Photos
10/17/79 New York Cosmos 5-0 Malaysian National Team Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 35,000   Photos
10/21/79 New York Cosmos 3-2 Victoria All-Stars Melbourne,Australia 15,000   Photos
10/24/79 New York Cosmos 1-2 Australian Nat. Team Sydney, Australia 55,000   Photos
10/28/79 New York Cosmos 2-0 Adelaide City (Australia) Australia 28,000   Photos
11/?/79 New York Cosmos 2-1 Argentinos Juniors Argentina      
2/16/79 San Diego Sockers 4-1 Mexican All-Stars Mexico      
2/27/79 San Diego Sockers 1-1 Neuvo Leon (Mexico) Mexico      
3/2/79 San Diego Sockers 0-2 Mirador (Mexico) Mexico      
3/3/79 San Diego Sockers 1-1 Universidad (Mexico) Acapulco, Mexico      
3/15/79 Universidad (Mexico) 0-1 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA     Photos
3/6/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-0 Monterrey (Mexico) Monterrey, Mexico 4,000    
9/16/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-5 SC Wageningen (Holland) Holland      
9/19/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-4 Groningen (Holland) Holland      
9/23/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-1 Helmond Sport (Holland) Holland      
9/25/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-1 Fortune Sittard (Holland) Holland      
9/27/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-2 CVV Rotterdam (Holland) Rotterdam, Holland      
9/29/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-1 Telstar (Holland) Velsen, Holland      
10/2/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-1 Winterslaag (Belgium) Belgium      
10/4/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 4-1 Leiden (Holland) Holland      
10/6/79 Tulsa Roughnecks   Exhibition (Holland) Holland      
10/8/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-1 Bangor City (Wales) Wales      
10/10/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-1 Worcester (England) England      
10/16/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-4 Middlesborough (England) England      
10/17/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 1-1 Wigan Athletic (England) Wigan, England      
10/22/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-2 Leicester City (England) England 7,740   Photos
10/23/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-4 Shrewsbury Town (England) England 3,123   Photos
10/24/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-2 Derby County (England) England 6,437    
10/29/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-8 Lincoln City (England) England 897   Photos
10/31/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 0-0 Bath City (England) England      
9/1/9/79 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-0 Groningen (Holland) Holland      
2/28/79 Washington Diplomats 0-0 Dominican National Team Santo Domingo     Photos
3/4/79 Washington Diplomats 1-3 Atlanta Chiefs Santo Domingo     Photos
3/74/79 Washington Diplomats 3-0 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Santo Domingo     Photos
3/11/79 Washington Diplomats 2-0 Violette Santo Domingo     Photos
3/14/79 Universidad (Mexico) 0-1 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA      
3/25/79 Universidad (Mexico) 2-2 New York Cosmos San Francisco, CA     Photos
9/14/79 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 20,655 Rodney Marsh Testimonial Photos
4/22/79 Vancouver Whitecaps   Kelowna Selects (Canad) Kelowna, BC      

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.