1976 New York Cosmos Statistics

North American Soccer League (NASL)
Team Record: 16-8 - 148 points
in the NASL's Eastern Division

Lost Division Championship
Coach: Gordon Bradley (0-0)
Coach: Ken Furphy (0-0)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 218,719, Avg. 18,227 in 12 home dates

1976 New York Cosmos Roster

The New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League ended the 1976 season with a record of 16 wins and 8 losses for 148 points in the NASL's Eastern Division.

New York paced the league with 65 goals. The team surrendered 34 goals. Giorgio Chinaglia scored 19 goals for the Cosmos, while Keith Eddy, Tony Field, Pele, Ramon Mifflin and Brian Tinnion each contributed five or more, too. Pele recorded 18 assists. Bob Rigby earned a 0.76 goals against average, leading qualifying goalkeepers.

Gordon Bradley and Ken Furphy coached the team. The 1976 New York Cosmos lost in the Division Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts
Giorgio Chinaglia	F	19	19	11	49
Pele	F	22	13	18	44
Brian Tinnion	F	20	8	6	22
Tony Field	F	23	7	8	22
Keith Eddy	D	24	8	2	18
Ramon Mifflin	M	15	6	6	18
Terry Garbett	M	22	1	8	10
Dave Clements	M	18	2	3	7
Mike Dillon	D	16	1	1	3
Charlie Aitken	D	16	0	3	3
Nelsi Morais	M	12	0	2	2
Bobby Smith	D	22	0	2	2
Charlie Mitchell	D	7	0	1	1
Brian Rowan	D	11	0	1	1
Werner Roth	D	12	0	1	1
Jorge Siega	F	13	0	1	1
Tommy Ord	F	1	0	0	0
Tony Donlic	F	1	0	0	0
Kurt Kuykendall	G	2	0	0	0
Shep Messing	G	10	0	0	0
Bob Rigby	G	13	0	0	0
Totals		299	65	74

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Bob Rigby	13	1184:00	5	15	1.14	102
Shep Messing	10	900:00	4	12	1.20	89
Kurt Kuykendall	2	104:00	0	6	5.19	12
Totals	25	2188:00	9	33	1.36	203