That year, Smith took home second team All Star honors as the Atoms ran to the NASL championship title.
Part of the reason for his success in 1975 came from a loan spell with League of Ireland First Division club, Dundalk during the 1974-1975 NASL off-season.
[1] Smith spent three seasons with the Cosmos, winning two more NASL championships with them and earning second team All Star honors in 1976.
However, by his third season with the team, the influx of big-name international players saw Smith's playing time drop to an all-time low of nine games.
The Fever had already played a season, but coach George O'Neill—hoping to draw on seasoned pros the way defending champions New York Arrows had—remade the team with NASL veterans and drew on several Fury players, including Smith and teammate Bob Rigby.
Despite the presence of Smith and other Fury players, the Fever performed poorly and soon vanished from the American soccer scene.
In 1976, he saw time in several games, the last being a 3–0 loss to Canada in a playoff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which eliminated the U.S. from qualification for the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
[6] After retiring from playing professionally, Smith returned to New Jersey where he has coached youth soccer.