40th Anniversary Celebration

On August 28th, 1977, Pelé played his final competitive soccer match when he lead The New York Cosmos to a 2-1 win against the Seattle Sounders in Soccer Bowl 77 in front of over 35,000 fans at Portland's Civic Stadium (now Jeld-Wen Field.) Steve Hunt opened the scoring when he stole the ball off of Sounders goalkeeper Tony Chursky to bundle the ball in to the back of the net:

August 9th, 2011 - As Associate Director of Soccer for The New York Cosmos, Cobi Jones had a hands on role in preparing the Cosmos team that faced Manchester United last week in the Paul Scholes Testimonal Match. Now Cobi Jones looks back at the trip to Manchester and the impact of the first Cosmos match in 25 years.

With the Paul Scholes Testimonial on the horizon, the New York Cosmos wanted to get to know the local Manchester United supporters here in New York City. We were able to speak with Peter Holland of One United USA, the official American membership branch and supporters club of Manchester United. Peter is the Founder and General Secretary of One United USA and is one of the longstanding figures in the circles of New York City soccer.

July 12th, 2011 - It's known as the city that never sleeps, but on July 13, 1977 New York fell into complete darkness as a blackout swept over the entire area, plunging New York City into chaos. By coincidence, legendary Brazilian defender Carlos Alberto Torres was arriving in the city at the same exact time to sign for the New York Cosmos. Carlos Alberto Torres is widely considered one o...

February 4th, 2011 - The New York Cosmos Celebrate its 40th Birthday “We transcended everything, every culture, every socio-economic boundary, we were international, we were European, we were cool, we were Americans, we were everything to everybody. We were The New York Cosmos.” - Shep Messing