Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL

Oct 13, 2021

1h 30m

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Overview

Nearly 40 years since its demise, the North American Soccer League continues to linger in the memories and imaginations of soccer fans across the United States — and beyond. The colorful, oftentimes controversial league attracted some of the game’s greatest players: Pele, Best, Cruyff, Muller, Beckenbauer, to name a few. Crowds of 70,000-plus flocked to games as the NASL brought star power to a country where soccer had been virtually invisible just a few years earlier.

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Documentary

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Cast

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Brandi Chastain

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Clive Toye

Self (archive footage)

Pelé

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George Best

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Johan Cruijff

Self (archive footage)

Giorgio Chinaglia

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Franz Beckenbauer

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Cobi Jones

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