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He also played in NYC for a few years at the end of his playing career for the NY Cosmos.
by mbreese 4y ago
He also played in NYC for a few years at the end of his playing career for the NY Cosmos.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoI assume that most of the people watching him play there did not watch him play in the World Cup, as the USA missed every World Cup between 1950 and 1990.
- brudgers 4y agoFor perspective there was only one team from North America in 1954, only one from Asia, and none from Africa. In 1986, there were two teams from North America but one was Mexico as hosts. This is versus 14 spots for Europe in 1986.
- brudgers 4y agoAlso at the peak NASL, crowds were often 50,000 or more particularly when he was playing…not quite the Maracanã but soccer was more popular in the US than the popular sports narrative tends to report. Of course only a few years after Pele, I watched the Diplomats play home games in a high school stadium.