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New York 4-2 Diplomats - August 12, 1981 / NASL 1981

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NASL 1981 - Round 44 - Eastern Division

Giants Stadium - East Rutherford - United States

August 12, 1981

New York

4 - 2

Diplomats

Johan Neeskens

Giorgio Chinaglia

Chico Borja

Roberto Cabañas

Malcolm Waldron

Heinz Wirtz

logo New York Cosmos 1971-1984 NYC

0' - Goal Johan Neeskens photo Giorgio Chinaglia

0' - Goal Giorgio Chinaglia photo Chico Borja

0' - Goal Chico Borja photo Roberto Cabañas

0' - Goal Roberto Cabañas0

0' - Goal Malcolm Waldron photo Heinz Wirtz

0' - Goal Heinz Wirtz

logo New York Cosmos 1971-1984 NYC

logo Washington Diplomats WD

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

New York

4 - 2

Diplomats

New York Diplomats

Team line-ups

New York

Birkenmeier

Hubert Birkenmeier

Germany

B.date24/05/1949

Age32 years

H1m70

positionGoalkeeper

Bogicevic

Vladislav Bogicevic

Serbia

B.date07/11/1950

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Durgan

Jeff Durgan

United States

B.date29/08/1951

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Iarusci

Robert Iarusci

Canada

B.date08/11/1954

Age26 years

positionDefender

Rijsbergen

Wim Rijsbergen

Netherlands

B.date18/01/1952

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Eskandarian

Andranik Eskandarian

Iran

B.date31/12/1951

Age29 years

H1m76

positionDefender

Davis

Rick Davis

United States

B.date24/11/1958

Age22 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Neeskens0

Johan Neeskens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1951

Age29 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Romerito

Julio Cesar Romerito

Paraguay

B.date28/08/1960

Age20 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wegerle

Steve Wegerle

South Africa

B.date15/05/1953

Age28 years

positionWinger

Chinaglia0

Giorgio Chinaglia

Italy

B.date24/01/1947

Age34 years

H1m86

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Hubert Birkenmeier	32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladislav Bogicevic	30	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Durgan	29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Iarusci	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Rijsbergen	29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andranik Eskandarian	29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rick Davis	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johan Neeskens	29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Cesar Romerito	20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Wegerle	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Giorgio Chinaglia	34	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Diplomats

Brown

Jim Brown

Scotland

B.date11/05/1952

Age29 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Dargle

Benny Dargle

England

B.date02/01/1957

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Franklin

Trevor Franklin

England

B.date02/06/1957

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Waldron0

Malcolm Waldron

England

B.date06/09/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Carr

Peter Carr

England

B.date25/08/1951

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Wirtz0

Heinz Wirtz

Germany

B.date10/11/1953

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Nardiello

Donato Nardiello

Wales

B.date09/04/1957

Age24 years

positionMidfield

McGill

David McGill

Canada

B.date28/05/1960

Age21 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Hebberd

Trevor Hebberd

England

B.date19/06/1958

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Bradford

David Bradford

England

B.date22/02/1953

Age28 years

H1m65

positionOffensive Midfielder

Haywood

Clive Haywood

England

B.date25/11/1960

Age20 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Brown	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Benny Dargle	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Franklin	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Waldron	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Carr	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Heinz Wirtz	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Donato Nardiello	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David McGill	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Hebberd	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bradford	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Haywood	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Chico Borja		21
	F		Roberto Cabañas		20

		Age
D	Edmond Colquhoun	36
F	Ole Mikkelsen	22
F	Ross Jenkins	29

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Wegerle

François Van der Elst

OUT

Rick Davis

Chico Borja

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Carr

Ross Jenkins

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hennes Weisweller

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Weisweller vs Diplomats

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 1981

Weisweller vs Furphy

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenneth Furphy

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Furphy vs New York

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 12, 1981

Furphy vs Weisweller

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 12, 1981

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Vladislav Bogicevic played his game number 10 vs New York Cosmos 1971-1984 in his professional career

It's the first time Malcolm Waldron scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

New York keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Diplomats running (since 01/06/1980). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

1	New York Cosmos 1971-1984	192 pts	30 rd
2	Manic de Montréal	140 pts	30 rd
3	Washington Diplomats	135 pts	30 rd
4	Toronto Blizzard 1971-1984	71 pts	30 rd

General ranking

1	New York Cosmos 1971-1984	192 pts	30 rd
2	Manic de Montréal	140 pts	30 rd
3	Washington Diplomats	135 pts	30 rd
4	Toronto Blizzard 1971-1984	71 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 3-0 Los Angeles Aztecs21/06/1981

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1977-198324/06/1981

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 3-2 Tulsa Roughnecks 1978-198405/07/1981

DNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 4-4 Manic de Montréal22/07/1981

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-0 Portland Timbers 1975-198229/07/1981

LNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 1-2 Jacksonville Tea Men02/08/1981

Overall

DNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 4-4 Manic de Montréal22/07/1981

VManic de Montréal 1-2 New York Cosmos 1971-198425/07/1981

VNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 2-0 Portland Timbers 1975-198229/07/1981

LNew York Cosmos 1971-1984 1-2 Jacksonville Tea Men02/08/1981

LMinnesota Kicks 2-1 New York Cosmos 1971-198405/08/1981

LEdmonton Drillers 1979-1982 2-0 New York Cosmos 1971-198409/08/1981

Current form

Away

VChicago Sting 1-2 Washington Diplomats14/06/1981

LManic de Montréal 2-0 Washington Diplomats20/06/1981

LPortland Timbers 1975-1982 2-1 Washington Diplomats08/07/1981

VCalifornia Surf 3-4 Washington Diplomats11/07/1981

LDallas Tornado 3-1 Washington Diplomats31/07/1981

VToronto Blizzard 1971-1984 0-2 Washington Diplomats02/08/1981

Overall

LWashington Diplomats 2-4 Manic de Montréal19/07/1981

LWashington Diplomats 1-3 Minnesota Kicks25/07/1981

LDallas Tornado 3-1 Washington Diplomats31/07/1981

VToronto Blizzard 1971-1984 0-2 Washington Diplomats02/08/1981

LWashington Diplomats 2-3 Chicago Sting05/08/1981

VWashington Diplomats 2-0 Atlanta Chiefs09/08/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	16	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	32	65
Scoring streak	4	12
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
20	Victories (Competition total)	14
11	Victories (Home / Away)	6
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
7	Losses (Competition total)	15
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

72	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
2.48	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
2.93	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.71
1.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.93

Betting aid

25	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
5-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Giorgio Chinaglia	28 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Malcolm Waldron
Giorgio Chinaglia	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Malcolm Waldron
Giorgio Chinaglia	28 goals during the last 29 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Clive Haywood

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

6 v

1 d

1 l

30 gf

10 ga

Away

9 matches

4 v

1 d

4 l

23 gf

17 ga

Total

17 matches

10 v

2 d

5 l

53 gf

27 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

1 d

4 l

17 gf

23 ga

Away

8 matches

1 v

1 d

6 l

10 gf

30 ga

Total

17 matches

5 v

2 d

10 l

27 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	June 29, 1975
Home	8 - 2	July 27, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	May 23, 1981
Away	2 - 1	August 17, 1980

Latest head to head

June 17, 1981 - NASL 1981

Diplomats

1 - 2

New York

May 23, 1981 - NASL 1981

Diplomats

3 - 2

New York

May 03, 1981 - NASL 1981

New York

1 - 0

Diplomats

August 17, 1980 - NASL 1980

New York

1 - 2

Diplomats

June 01, 1980 - NASL 1980

Diplomats

1 - 2

New York

Best historical scorers against Diplomats

Giorgio Chinaglia	12 goals	1976 - 1981
Pelé	6 goals	1975 - 1977
Franz Beckenbauer	4 goals	1977 - 1979
Dennis Tueart	3 goals	1978 - 1979
Steve Hunt	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Mordechai Spiegler	2 goals	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against New York

	Juan Lozano	1 goal	1980 - 1980
	Robert Iarusci	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Diplomats

Giorgio Chinaglia	12 matches	1976 - 1981
Vladislav Bogicevic	9 matches	1978 - 1981
Terry Garbett	8 matches	1976 - 1979
Werner Roth	7 matches	1975 - 1979
Carlos Alberto	7 matches	1977 - 1980
Pelé	6 matches	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs New York

Johan Cruijff	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Tommy O'Hara	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Alan Green	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Wim Jansen	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Carmine Marcantonio	2 matches	1980 - 1980
Nikola Mijatovic	2 matches	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Robert Iarusci

46 matches

33 matches

1978 - 1981

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Robert Iarusci

46 matches

33 matches

1978 - 1981

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

August 12, 1981

Toronto

4 3

Manic

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	New York Cosmos 1971-1984	192	30	21	2	7	76	45	+31
2	Manic de Montréal	140	30	14	1	15	61	54	+7
3	Washington Diplomats	135	30	14	0	16	54	56	-2
4	Toronto Blizzard 1971-1984	71	30	6	0	24	36	76	-40

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New York 4-2 Diplomats - August 12, 1981 / NASL 1981

New York

4 - 2

Diplomats

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Weisweller vs Diplomats

Weisweller vs Furphy

Manager

Furphy vs New York

Furphy vs Weisweller

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Diplomats

Best historical scorers against New York

Players with most games played vs Diplomats

Players with most games played vs New York

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking