Rock 'n' roll soccer : the short life and fast times of the North American Soccer League

Plenderleith, Ian.

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The North American Soccer League - at its peak in the late 1970s - presented soccer as performance, played by men with a bent for flair, hair and glamour. More than just Pelé and the New York Cosmos, it lured the biggest names of the world game like Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusebio, Gerd Müller and George Best to play the sport as it was meant to be played-without inhibition, to please the fans.

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ISBN:

9781250072382

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Description:

xiii, 350 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Rock and roll soccer

Notes:

"Originally published in UK by Icon Books Ltd."--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword by Rodney Marsh
Introduction
1. Atlanta, 'Champions of England'
2. Pele vs Eusebio: 'Hot property getting mobbed'
3. Leaving old Europe behind
4. Marsh and Best: Entertaining the USA
5. Gimmicks, girls and teenage kicks: Selling soccer to the US public
Half-time
6. Brilliant mistakes: Quicksilver teams in Vegas and Honolulu
7. The NASL vs FIFA and the world
8. Broken teams in dysfunctional DC: Cruyff, the Dips, the Darts and the Whips
9. Myths and memories: The Cosmos, the Fury and the rock 'n' roll lifestyle
10. Crash
Conclusion

LCCN:

2015019172

Control Number:

2631131

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