They qualified with two games to spare and setting the home unbeaten record in modern NASL history.
[2] The club considered sites around the area including MCU Park in Brooklyn, which was rejected because it would have cost thousands of dollars to bring in turf to cover the baseball lines.
[3] The team also considered recommending a neutral site, or even selling the hosting rights to whatever club they would be facing in the Final, but those plans were never pursued.
[3] The Cosmos tried to work out a deal with Hofstra, including moving the date of the Championship Final to a weekday, but those proposals were "shot down" by the university.
[4] The Cosmos eventually settled on Belson Stadium on the campus of St. John's University.