| 1976 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager |  Ken Furphy(Until June 28)  Gordon Bradley[1](After June 28) | ||
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium | ||
| NASL | Division: 2nd Overall: 2nd Playoffs: Conf. Semifinals | ||
| National Challenge Cup | Did not enter | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Giorgio Chinaglia (19 goals)All: Giorgio Chinaglia (23+ goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 28,536 vs. CHI (May 2) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 6,917 vs. ROC (June 30) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 18,227[2] | ||
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The 1976 New York Cosmos season was the sixth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' sixth year of existence the club finished second only to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in both the five-team Eastern Division and the 20-team league. The Cosmos returned to the playoffs for the first time in two years, but were eliminated in the conference semifinals by the rival Rowdies. 1976 marked the first year for Giorgio Chinaglia with the club; Chinaglia would go on to become the all-time leading scorer in both Cosmos and NASL history.
- ^ Bell, Jack (May 2008). "Gordon Bradley, Who Nurtured U.S. Soccer, Dies at 74". The New York Times.
- ^ "North American Soccer League".