- Studio: ESPN
- Release Date: Jul 7, 2006
Summary:
A look back at one of the more curious fads in American professional sports, the sudden rise and precipitous fall of the North American Soccer League, spanning its existence 1968-1984, as seen through the experience of its most famous club, the New York Cosmos. The NASL made very little impact in the US, where soccer had virtually no following, until in 1975 the New York Cosmos succeeded in signing the most famous player in the world, Pele. Attendence for Cosmos games exploded, outdrawing even the New York Giants and New York Jets of the NFL, to where exhibition games in Seattle were drawing huge crowds, and when Pele announced his retirement in 1977 his final game drew the biggest crowd to ever see a soccer game in the US. His retirement from the game began a slow but steady decline for the NASL as money issues for the league and the spending practices of the Cosmos became a running controversy.
| Runtime: | 97 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for language and some nudity. |
| Production: | GreeneStreet Films |
| Genres: | Sport, Documentary |
| Countries: | USA, UK |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| John Dower | Director |
| Paul Crowder | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| John Dower | Writer |
| Mark Monroe | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Giorgio Chinaglia | Himself |
| Matt Dillon | Narrator |
| Pelé | Himself |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ahmet Ertegun | Himself |
| Carlos Alberto | Himself |
| Clive Toye | Himself |
| Franz Beckenbauer | Himself |
| Jay Emmett | Himself |
| Marv Albert | Himself |
| Nesuhi Ertegün | Himself |
| Peppe Pinton | Himself |
| Phil Woosnam | Himself |
| Raphael de la Sierra | Himself |
| Shep Messing | Himself |
| Werner Roth | Himself |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Agi Orsi | Co-Producer |
| Andrew Ruhemann | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Stevens | Co-Executive Producer |
| Cedric Jeanson | Executive Producer |
| Fisher Stevens | Producer |
| Jessica Ludgrove | Co-Producer |
| John Battsek | Producer |
| John Penotti | Executive Producer |
| Julie Goldman | Executive Producer |
| Krysanne Katsoolis | Co-Executive Producer |
| Michael Davies | Executive Producer |
| Tim Williams | Producer |
| Vicki Cherkas | Executive Producer |
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