Soccer Bowl '80

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Soccer Bowl '80

Event	Soccer Bowl
New York Cosmos Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 0
Date	September 21, 1980 (1980-09-21)
Venue	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Man of the Match	Giorgio Chinaglia
Referee	Paul Avis (Canada)
Attendance	50,768
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Soccer Bowl '80 was the championship final of the 1980 NASL season. The New York Cosmos took on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. The match was played on September 21, 1980 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The Cosmos won, 3–0, to claim their fourth league championship, and third in the past four seasons.^[1][2]