game-by-game basis. He played 21 games with the team during its single season in existence. When Team America finished the 1983 season with a 10-20 record, the worst in the NASL, USSF withdrew the team from the league. Bandov returned to the Cosmos, but was released on November 16, 1983, when Bandov refused to agree to a 20% pay cut. In 1984, Bandov moved to the Fort Lauderdale Sun of the United Soccer League. He continued to play for the Suns in 1985. He retired in 1986 and lives in Dobbs Ferry with his wife, a former Miss Oregon. He coaches for the FC Westchester U-17 boys and at various soccer camps and clinics. National team When Bandov became a U.S. citizen, he was almost immediately called into the national team for its first game of the year, a September 24 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying game with Canada. Bandov began his national team career with a bang, scoring the tying goal. He went on to start every national team game in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. In 1980, his appearances began to taper off, but he still played the only U.S. games in 1982 and 1983. The 1983 game, a 2-0 win over Haiti was his last with the team. Despite playing a total of 33 games with the team, he scored only once again after his first game, in a meaningless 3-1 win over Bermuda in October 1979. Coach In 1988, he was hired as an assistant soccer coach with Manhattan College. Honors Soccer Bowl '80 Soccer Bowl '82 Soccer Bowl '78 (runner up) Soccer Bowl '81 (runner up) USL: 1984 USL Cup: 1985 Cosmopolitan Soccer League: 1986 References External links NASL/MISL stats Tampa Bay Rowdies: Boris Bandov 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Livno American soccer coaches American soccer players College men's soccer coaches in the United States Fort Lauderdale Sun players Kansas City Comets (original MISL) players Manhattan College people North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players New York Cosmos players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players Seattle Sounders (1974–1983) players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Team America (NASL) players United Soccer League (1984–85) players United States men's international soccer players Yugoslav emigrants to the United States Association football midfielders Soccer players from San Jose, California