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New York Cosmos 2013 soccer season

The 2013 New York Cosmos season was the first season of the new team playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this was the sixteenth season of the club playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area. The Cosmos sat out the league’s spring season, joining for the second half of the year. They won the Fall Championship, and became the 2013 NASL Champions by winning the Soccer Bowl.

Background[edit]

The second version of the New York Cosmos came into existence during the summer of 2010. During the 2011 and 2012 calendar years, several youth teams and one tributary team under the Cosmos name played in an array of matches. The last season an organized team under the name “New York Cosmos” competed in any sort of professional level is 1985, nearly thirty years ago, when the Cosmos operated as an independent soccer club.

June[edit]

On June 18, 2013, Cosmos played their first friendly of the season, defeating Newtown Pride FC 6–0.[1]

July[edit]

On July 1, former United States men’s national soccer team midfielder Danny Szetela agreed to join the Cosmos.[2]

On July 19, Cosmos signed Brazilian centre back Rovérsio.[3]

On July 21, the Cosmos played their second friendly of the season against Old Carthusians in London, England. The final score was 4–1 to Cosmos.[4]

Three days later on July 24, Cosmos played their second friendly in England against Leyton Orient, losing 2–1.[5]

The Cosmos then played their third and final friendly in England against Gillingham, drawing 1–1.[6]

Roster[edit]

Team management[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Preseason[edit]

NASL Spring Season[edit]

The Cosmos did not compete in the NASL spring season.

NASL Fall Season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(F) Fall season champion

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 10 4 1 23 12  +11 34 5 2 0 15 7  +8 5 2 1 8 5  +3

Last updated: November 14, 2013.
Source: NASL

Results by round[edit]
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Stadium H A A H A H H A H A H H A A A
Result W D L W D D W W W W W D W W W
Position 2 4 6 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C
Updated to match(es) played on November 13, 2013. Source: NYCosmos.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Champion

Match reports[edit]

Soccer Bowl[edit]

Post-Season Friendly[edit]

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

The Cosmos did not compete in the 2013 edition of the Open Cup.

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played November 9, 2013

Appearances and goals[edit]

Goal scorers[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source
17 FW Bulgaria Stefan Dimitrov United States New York Pancyprian-Freedoms Free January 30, 2011 [7]
16 MF United States Dane Murphy Germany VfL Osnabrück Free January 30, 2011 [8]
4 DF United States Carlos Mendes United States Columbus Crew Free December 11, 2012 [9]
24 GK United States Kyle Reynish United States Real Salt Lake Free January 31, 2013 [7]
7 FW Spain Ayoze García Spain Sporting de Gijón Free February 8, 2013 [10]
2 DF United States Hunter Freeman United States Colorado Rapids Free February 12, 2013 [11]
15 DF United States Korey Veeder United States Columbus Crew Free February 13, 2013 [8]
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Peri Marošević Croatia NK Junak Sinj Free February 21, 2013 [12]
18 FW Guatemala Henry David López Brazil Esporte Clube Noroeste Free February 21, 2013 [12]
5 MF Cameroon Joseph Nane United States Colorado Rapids Free March 12, 2013 [13]
23 DF Colombia Juan González Free agent Free March 12, 2013 [13]
3 DF United States Hunter Gorskie Free agent Free April 26, 2013 [14]
GK United States Jimmy Maurer Chile C.D. Universidad de Concepción Free April 26, 2013 [14]
GK United States Chad Calderone United States New York Pancyprian-Freedoms Free April 26, 2013 [14]
8 MF Venezuela Diomar Díaz Venezuela Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana Free May 2, 2013 [15]

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
MF United States Armando Gaitan United States Free agent Free

Loan in[edit]

Loan out[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Match Report: Newtown Pride 0–6 New York Cosmos
  2. ^ Danny Szetela Agrees to Terms With Cosmos
  3. ^ Roversio Agrees to Terms With Cosmos
  4. ^ Cosmos make final preparations for competitive rebirth
  5. ^ Leyton Orient 2–1 New York Cosmos
  6. ^ GILLS XI 1–1 NEW YORK COSMOS
  7. ^ a b “NY Cosmos Sign Goalkeeper Kyle Reynish”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  8. ^ a b “New York Cosmos Add Two Players to Roster”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  9. ^ “Long Island’s own Carlos Mendes returns home to play for New York Cosmos”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  10. ^ “New York Cosmos Sign Spanish Midfielder Ayoze”. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  11. ^ “New York Cosmos Sign Defender Hunter Freeman”. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  12. ^ a b “Cosmos Add Two Players to Roster”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  13. ^ a b “Two More Players Sign With Cosmos”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  14. ^ a b c “Cosmos Sign Three More Players”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  15. ^ “Cosmos Sign Diomar Díaz”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  16. ^ “Stefan Dimitrov Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers On Loan”. NYCosmos.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.