North American Soccer League Friendlies

NASL Friendlies 1980-81
               
          1967-1969 1970-1974 1975-1977 1978-1979 1980-1981 1982-1984  
               
Date Visitors Score Home Location Att. Notes: Photos
12/16/80 IFK Goteborg (Sweden) 3-1 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Ft. Lauderdale, FL      
4/29/80 FC Cologne (Germany) 1-3 New York Cosmos New York, NY 24,784   Photos
9/24/80 NASL Select 3-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 71,413 Beckenbauer Farewell Photos
2/22/80 Chicago Sting 1-2 Phoenix Fire (ASL) Phoenix, Arizona 9,809   Photos
4/16/80 Chicago Sting 5-0 Indiana University River Forest, IL      
4/27/80 Chicago Sting 6-0 Rollins College Poinciana, FL      
4/?/80 Chicago Sting   Rollins College Poinciana, FL      
4/6/80 Chicago Sting 3-1 Florida Central University Poinciana, Florida      
9/7/80 Chicago Sting 2-1 Gray Bears (Mexico) Toluca, Mexico      
9/10/80 Chicago Sting   Nezahualcoyotl Coyotes Toluca, Mexico      
9/24/80 Dallas Tornado 0-1 Borussua Neunkirchen (Germany Germany      
9/30/80 Dallas Tornado 4-2  KSV Baunatal (Germany Germany      
10/1/80  Dallas Tornado 3-2 FSV Mainz (Germany) Germany      
10/4/80  Dallas Tornado 1-4 Eintracht Trier (Germany) Germany      
10/7/80  Dallas Tornado 3-6 1.FC Kaiserslautern (Germany) Germany      
10/9/80  Dallas Tornado 1-5 Freiburger FC (Germany) Germany      
10/14/80 Dallas Tornado 4-0 Kickers Offenbach (Germany) Germany      
10/15/80  Dallas Tornado - Rot-Weiss Essen (Germany) Germany   Game was canceled  
2/26/80 Edmonton Drillers 5-2 Cal State-Irvine Irvine, CA      
2/28/80 Edmonton Drillers 2-0 Athletes-In-Acton Irvine, CA      
3/2/80 Edmonton Drillers 7-1 Cal State-Fullerton Fullerton, CA      
3/19/80 Edmonton Drillers 3-3 Sacramento Gold (ASL) Sacramento, CA 2,261   Photos
5/25/80 Bologna (Italy) 3-7 Edmonton Drillers Edmonton, AL 4,350   Photos
3/13/80 Minnesota Kicks 5-3 University of Central Florida Poinciana, FL      
2/24/80 New York Cosmos 4-0 Bahamas All-stars Nassau, Bahamas      
3/9/80 New York Cosmos 0-0 Nacional Fast Club (Brazil) Brazil 70,000   Photos
3/13/80 New York Cosmos 2-1 Santos (Brazil) Brazil 25,000   Photos
3/16/80 New York Cosmos 1-1 Uberlandia (Brazil) Brazil 15,000   Photos
3/18/80 New York Cosmos 1-1 Cipoletti (Argentina) Argentina 15,000   Photos
3/21/80 New York Cosmos 2-1 Argentinos Juniors (Argentina) Argentina 27,000   Photos
3/25/80 New York Cosmos 1-2 Tigres (Mexico) Mexico 40,000   Photos
3/30/80 New York Cosmos 1-2 Cruz Azul (Mexico) Los Angeles, CA 26,199 LA Soccer Tournament Photos
10/1/80 New York Cosmos 1-0 Hadjuk Split (Yugoslavia) Yugoslavia 45,000   Photos
10/4/80 New York Cosmos 1-1 Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Portugal 35,000   Photos
10/8/80 New York Cosmos 0-3 Standard Liege (Belgium) Belgium 15,000   Photos
10/10/80 New York Cosmos 1-4 Girondins de Bordeaux (France) France 4,200   Photos
10/12/80 New York Cosmos 2-0 Napoli (Italy) Naples, Italy 12,000   Photos
10/15/80 New York Cosmos 3-6 Fiorentina (Italy) Florence, Italy 12,000   Photos
10/21/80 New York Cosmos 2-3 Ahly (Cairo, Egypt) Egypt 13,000 Beckenbauer in fight Photos
10/24/80 New York Cosmos 0-0 Zamalek (Cairo, Egypt) Egypt 20,000   Photos
10/28/80 New York Cosmos 3-4 Lazio (Italy) Rome, Italy 45,000   Photos
10/30/80 New York Cosmos 1-1 Oporto (Portugal) Oporto, Portugal 20,000   Photos
11/2/80 New York Cosmos 3-2 La Louviere (Belium) Belgium 10,000    
11/6/80 New York Cosmos 3-3 Real Betis (Spain) Sevilla, Spain 45,000   Photos
10/31/80 Washington Dips   Hong Kong National Team Hong Kong      
11/2/80 Washington Dips 3-0 Seiko (Hong Kong) Hong Kong      
11/9/80 Washington Dips 1-0 Japanese National Team Fukuoka, Japan 5,000   Photos
11/11/80 Washington Dips 1-1 Hiroshima Select (Japan) Hiroshima, Japan     Photos
11/16/80 Washington Dips 2-1 Japanese All-Stars Shimzu, Japan     Photos
11/19/80 Washington Dips 2-0 Indonesian National Team Jakarta, Indonesia     Photos
11/24/80 Washington Dips 1-1 Japanese National Team Tokyo, Japan     Photos
7/23/80 Nottingham Forest (England) 1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 28,710   Photos
7/25/80 Nottingham Forest (England) 0-0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, FL 21,857    
7/31/80 Nottingham Forest (England) 3-1 Toronto Blizzard Toronto, ON 34,187   Photos
7/30/80 River Plate (Argentina) 1-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY 47,320   Photos
5/5/1980 Manchester United (England) 1-0 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 7,967    
5/17/80 Manchester City (England) 2-1 Memphis Rogues Memphis, TN 8,126   Photos
5/21/80 Manchester City (England) 2-3 New York Cosmos New York, NY 31,480 TACC Photos
5/24/80 Manchester City (England) 0-5 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 32,794 TACC   Photos
5/21/80 Roma (Italy) 1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 22,334 TACC Photos
5/24/80 Roma (Italy) 3-5 New York Cosmos New York, NY 27,746 TACC   Photos
5/26/80 Roma (Italy) 2-3 Manchester City New York, NY 60,384 TACC  
5/29/80 Roma (Italy) 1-2 Toronto Blizzard Toronto, ON 14,789    
3/28/80 New York Cosmos 3-1 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA 24,219 LA Soccer Tournament  
3/28/80 UNAM (Mexico) 0-1 Cruz Azul (Mexico) Los Angeles, CA 24,219 LA Soccer Tournament  
3/30/80 UNAM (Mexico)   Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA 26,199 LA Soccer Tournament  
5/26/80 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY 60,384 TACC Photos
6/3/80 Club America (Mexico) 1-3 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA 12,603   Photos
11/11/80 Club America (Mexico) 1-2 Los Angeles Aztecs Mexico 31,679    
3/14/80 San Diego Sockers   San Diego State University San Diego, CA      
3/19/80 San Diego Sockers 1-0 Universidad (Mexico) Mexico City, Mexico      
3/25/80 San Diego Sockers 1-6 Mexican National Team Mexico City, Mexico      
3/2/80 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-3 Florida International University FL      
3/5/80 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6-0 William and Mary FL      
3/9/80 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8-0 Miami Dade-North  Miami, FL      
3/22/80 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 Alianza (Peru) Lima, Peru 19,389   Photos
3/24/80 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 University of Lima Lima, Peru 35,000   Photos
4/14/80 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6-1 University of Miami Miami, FL     Photos
4/16/80 Calry Bohemians (Ireland) 0-9 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers        
5/14/80 Sunderland (England) 2-1 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Ft. Lauderdale, FL 4,649   Photos
9/29/80 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 Luton Town (England) Luton Town, England      
10/1/80 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0-0 Birmingham City (England) Birmingham, England      
10/6/80 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-3 Linfield (N. Ireland) Linfield, N. Ireland 5,000    
10/8/80 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-4 St. Mirren (Scotland) St. Mirren, Scotland      
10/11/80 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 Hereford (England) England      
10/13/80 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-7 Nottingham Forest (England) Nottingham, England 18,562    
3/5/80 Toronto Blizzard 1-2 Portimonense (Portugal) Portugal      
3/10/80 Toronto Blizzard 2-0 Olhanense (Portugal) Portugal     Photos
4/1/80 Universidad (Mexico) 4-2 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA 6,672   Photos
4/22/80 Mexican National Team 1-1 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA 5,821 Photos
3/13/80 New England Tea Men 2-1 USA Olympic Team Orlando FL     Photos
3/5/80 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-2 Leeds United (England) Leeds, England 11,000    
3/10/80 Vancouver Whitecaps 0-0 Bristol City (England) England 5,500   Photos
3/11/80 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-3 Southampton (England) Southampton      
3/27/81 Atlanta Chiefs 3-4 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL      
3/?/81 Washington Dips   Coventry (England)       Photos
3/23/81 Chicago Sting   Rollins College Winter Park, FL      
3/26/81 Chicago Sting   Rollins College Winter Park, FL      
4/4/81 Chicago Sting 3-1 Wheaton College & Indiana Univ Wheaton, IL 2,100    
4/5/81 Chicago Sting 4-0 University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 6,200   Photos
7/22/81 Chicago Sting 8-1 Chicago Maroons (NSL)        
3/23/81 Minnesota Kicks 2-1 Crystal Palace (England) London, England      
3/25/81 Minnesota Kicks 1-3 Luton Town (England) Luton, England      
3/30/81 Minnesota Kicks 1-0 Stoke City (England) Stoke, England      
3/26/81 Montreal Manic   Florida International        
3/29/81 Montreal Manic 2-3 Paraguay National Team        
4/3/81 Montreal Manic 0-3 Paraguay National Team        
4/7/81 Montreal Manic 1-0 Peru National Team Lima, Peru      
3/8/81 San Diego Sockers 5-1 Mexican All-Stars Ensenada,CA      
3/15/81 Universidad (Mexico) 1-0 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA      
4/1/81 Taipei FC (Taiwan) 1-1 San Diego Sockers San Diego, CA 4,388   Photos
3/15/81 Tampa Bay Rowdies --- Tesoro (Trinidad) Trinidad   Canceled  
3/17/81 Tampa Bay Rowdies --- Memphis (Trinidad) Trinidad   Canceled  
3/19/81 Tampa Bay Rowdies --- Trinidad U21 National Team Trinidad   Canceled  
3/19/81 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5-1 Miami-Dade South Miami, FL      
11/12/81 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-2 University of South Florida Miami, FL      
5/20/81 Anderlecht (Belgium) 2-1 New York Cosmos New York, NY 30,512   Photos
3/?/81 Edmonton Drillers            
3/?/81 Edmonton Drillers 0-0   Italy      
3/18/81 Edmonton Drillers 3-1 Catanzaro (Italy) Italy 300    
3/19/81 Edmonton Drillers 0-2 Rende-Cosizna Italy 1,000    
3/21/81 Edmonton Drillers 0-0 Campbasso Caserta, Italy      
3/21/81 Edmonton Drillers 0-0 Castera Caserta, Italy      
3/26/81 Edmonton Drillers   Gugliano Italy   Canceled  
3/29/81 Edmonton Drillers   Ischia Italy   Canceled  
4/1/81 Edmonton Drillers 8-2 Miami-Dade Miami, FL      
4/3/81 Edmonton Drillers 8-0 Florida International Miami, FL      
4/7/81 Edmonton Drillers 7-0 Miami-Dade Miami, FL      
4/9/81 Edmonton Drillers 12-2 Miami-Dade Miami, FL      
5/15/81 West Brom Albion (England) 2-1 Edmonton Drillers Edmonton, AL 6,820   Photos
3/1/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-0 Florida International Miami, FL      
3/1/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-0 Miami-Dade South JC Miami, FL      
3/5/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6-0 Miami College & HS All-Stars Miami, FL      
3/9/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 10-0 Miami-Dade South JC Miami, FL      
3/11/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-0 Miami-Dade North JC Miami, FL      
3/13/81 Chilean All-Stars 0-7 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Miami, FL 1,200 Chile Miami Cup  
3/14/81 Aurora (Guatemala) 0-3 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Miami, FL   Chile Miami Cup  
3/17/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-2 Colo-Colo (Chile) Chile 8,052    
3/19/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-1 Alianza (Peru) Lima, Peru 35,000    
3/20/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-0 Concepcion (Chile) Chile      
9/30/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2-2 Norwich City (England) Norwich      
10/2/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3-0 Borussia Brand-Aachen (Germany) Germany 3,815    
10/4/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-1 Oldenburg (Germany) Oldenburg, Germany      
10/7/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-0 PAOK (Greece) Salonika, Greece 5,212    
10/10/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1-2 Rodos (Greece) Greece 3,742   Photos
10/12/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 4-4 AEK (Greece) Athens, Greece 3,114    
10/14/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0-0 Olympiakos (Greece) Athens, Greece      
10/18/81 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers   Como (Italy) Italy      
7/23/81 Pennsylvania Stoners 1-0 New York Cosmos Reserves New York, NY      
8/30/81 Gremio (Brazil) 1-3 New York Cosmos New York, NY 30,523   Photos
7/1/81 Greek National Team 0-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 42,318    
5/17/81 Hibernian (Scotland) 4-2 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA 8,314    
6/10/81 Ipswich Town (England) 1-2 Calgary Boomers Calgary, AL 10,429   Photos
6/3/81 Manchester City (England) 0-2 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 22,700   Photos
6/29/81 Napoli (Italy) 1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC     Photos
2/1/81 New York Cosmos 9-0 FC Birsfelden (Switzerland) Freeport, Bahamas      
2/16/81 New York Cosmos 2-2 Deportivo Moron (Argentina) Argentina 25,000   Photos
2/21/81 New York Cosmos 4-1 Cipoletti (Argentina) Argentina      
2/22/81 New York Cosmos 9-1 Boca Bariloche (Argentina) Argentina     Photos
2/25/81 New York Cosmos 0-1 Colo-Colo (Chile) Chile     Photos
3/3/81 New York Cosmos 4-3 Penarol Uruguay) Uruguay     Photos
3/5/81 New York Cosmos 1-3 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Brazil     Photos
3/8/81 New York Cosmos 5-2 Paraguayan Nat. Team Paraguay      
3/11/81 New York Cosmos 0-1 Guadalajara (Mexico) Mexico      
3/15/81 New York Cosmos 2-4 Club America (Mexico) Mexico 105,000   Photos
3/17/81 New York Cosmos 5-1 El Salvador National Team Los Angeles, CA 31,209 Los Angeles Soccer Tournament Photos
3/17/81 Cruz Azul (Mexico) 0-1 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA   Los Angeles Soccer Tournament  
3/19/81 New York Cosmos 1-0 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, CA   Los Angeles Soccer Tournament Photos
10/4/81 New York Cosmos 1-1 Canadian National Team Calgary, AL 3,500   Photos
10/7/81 New York Cosmos 0-4 Canadian National Team Vancouver, BC 10,688    
10/10/81 New York Cosmos 6-2 Valur (Iceland) Reykjavik, Iceland 10,500    
10/13/81 New York Cosmos 2-4 Borussia Dortmund Dortmund, Germany 10,000    
10/18/81 New York Cosmos 1-1 AC Milan (Italy) Milan, Italy 6,000   Photos
10/18/81 New York Cosmos 0-2 Avellino (Italy) Italy      
10/22/81 New York Cosmos 7-1 Lille (France) France 8,000    
11/25/81 New York Cosmos 12-6 Brooklyn Dodgers Monsey, NY   Indoor  
12/14/81 New York Cosmos 15-0 Connecticut All-Stars Monsey, NY   Indoor  
5/11/81 Norwich City (England) 1-2 Atlanta Chiefs Miami, FL     Photos
5/12/81 Norwich City (England) 0-4 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Miami, FL 1,109 Peter Nogly as guest Photos
6/2/81 Sao Paulo (Brazil) 3-3 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Ft. Lauderdale, FL     Photos
6/4/81 Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 53,617   Photos
7/19/81 Seattle Sounders 3-3 New York Cosmos New York, NY 40,724 TACC Photos
7/11/81 Southampton Saints (England) 1-3 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 22,449 TACC    Photos
7/15/81 Southampton Saints (England) 1-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 29,614 TACC Photos
7/19/81 Southampton Saints (England) 1-2 Celtic (Scotland) New York, NY 40,724 TACC  
7/12/81 Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) 0-2 New York Cosmos New York, NY 29,215 TACC    Photos
7/14/81 Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) 1-2 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 28,986 TACC  
7/15/81 Sparta Rotterdam (Holland) 0-4 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC 12,882   Photos
7/18/81 Sparta Rotterdam (Holland) 1-3 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA 2,507    
3/11/81 Toronto Blizzard 1-0 Somerset Trojans (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/16/81 Toronto Blizzard 2-0 Pembroke-Hamilton (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/18/81 Toronto Blizzard 5-2 Somerset Trojans (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/21/81 Toronto Blizzard 6-2 Bermuda Selects (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/17/81 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-0 Somerset Trojans (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/19/81 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-1 Vasco De Gamma (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/21/81 Tulsa Roughnecks 2-0 North Village (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/25/81 Tulsa Roughnecks 3-0 Pembroke-Hamilton (Bermuda) Bermuda      
3/5/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 University of Dublin (Ireland) Ireland 1,500    
3/9/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 0-1 Athlone Town (Ireland) Ireland 1,800    
3/13/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 4-0 Wycombe Wanderers (England) England 3,500    
3/16/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 0-1 Watford (England) Watford, England 10,071   Photo
3/18/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday (England) Sheffield, England 2,385    
3/31/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 Vancouver Island All-Stars Victoria, BC 3,500    
10/11/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 2-2 Nottingham Forest (England) Nottingham, England 8,800   Photos
10/7/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 0-4 Ajax (Holland) Holland 6,000    
10/9/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 Malmo (Sweden) Sweden 2,300    
10/14/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-3 Napoli (Italy) Naples, Italy 26,408    
10/18/81 Vancouver Whitecaps 0-2 Avellino (Italy) Avellino, Italy 3,200    
4/30/81 VFL Bochum (Germany) 1-1 Tulsa Roughnecks Tulsa, OK     Photos
5/3/81 VFL Bochum (Germany) 0-1 California Surf Pontiac, MI 3,259   Photos
5/11/81 West Brom Albion (England) 1-2 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC     Photos
5/13/81 West Brom Albion (England) 1-0 Portland Timbers Portland, OR 6,770   Photos
5/16/81 Wolverhampton (England) 1-4 Jacksonville Tea Men Jacksonville, FL      
10/5/81 San Jose Earthquakes 1-3 Hibernian (Scotland) Edinburgh, Scotland 10,300   Photos
10/7/81 San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Linfield (N. Ireland) Ireland 8,000    
10/11/81 San Jose Earthquakes 2-5 Motherwell (Scotland)        
10/12/81 San Jose Earthquakes 2-8 Brentford (England) London, England 3,970    
10/14/81 San Jose Earthquakes --- Exeter (England)     Game was canceled  

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.