Written by Greg Stock.
| The glamour United States team New York Cosmos travelled to Australia enroute home to play Victoria in a one off friendly match. The New York Cosmos side included German legend Franz Beckenbauer. | ||||
| Played : Sunday October 21 1979 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne | |||
| Victoria Yakka Banovic, Steve Short, Jim Tansey, John Yzendoorn, Steve Kokoska, Jimmy Rooney, Carl Gilder (Jamie Paton 52'), Joe Piciaone (Joe Tront 62'), Tommy Cumming, John Gardiner, Gary Cole Goals : Cummings, Rooney |
2 | - | 3 | New York Cosmos (USA) Hubert Birkenmeier, Andranik Eskandarian, Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbauer, Dennis Tueart, Vladislav Bogicevic, Giorgio Chinaglia (Antonio Carbonanti 72'), Arsenio Jardin (Gary Etherington 72'), Johan Neeskens, Santiago Formoso (Greg Ryan 80'), Nelsi Morais Goals : Neeskens x2 Chinaglia |
| Referee : Chris Bambridge Attendance : 28,000 Coaches : Len McKendry (Victoria) - Prof Julio Mazzei (NY) | ||||