Brazilian icon Pelé changed the soccer landscape in the United States when he decided to play for the New York Cosmos in the 1970s. “Pele, His North American Years: A Tribute” is a new ...

You’d never know it, but the school has a unique place in American soccer history. In 1976, Pele and his New York Cosmos came ...

Top European teams sought to sign the king. But Pele also entertained an offer from the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. "It really was ludicrous to think that Pele ...

Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born on October 23, 1940 in Tres Corazones, in Minas Gerais and his childhood was marked by two dreams: trying to be a soccer ... but the New York Cosmos had ...

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Santos won promotion back to Brazil's Serie A with a 2-0 win over Coritiba on Monday as Pele's former club ...

I realized my love of soccer was an easy pass to a life I would have never otherwise known. How a game 'for Commie pansies' captivated New York's beautiful people To enter the high temple of disco ...

Seven England stars have been named by Pele in his list of the 100 greatest living footballers in the world. Modern heroes like David Beckham, Alan Shearer and Michael Owen are preferred to Sir ...

In a nation where football had struggled to take off, Pele's arrival in New York helped bring the crowds ... award in 1976 and won the North American Soccer League's 'Soccer Bowl' in 1977.

NEW YORK – The ambitions of the group behind the relaunch of the New York Cosmos soccer club are not just rhetoric. On Sunday the executives at the helm of the project outlined details of their ...

Soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer on December 29 at the age of 82. Thousands of Brazilians paid tribute before his private burial. More from News Soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer on ...

Once In A Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos The rise and fall of ... features interviews with many of the North American Soccer League’s former stars, with the exception of Pele ...

Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia, who has one FIFA World Cup (2022) and two Copa America (2021, ...