Pelé, Chinaglia, Beckernbauer, Alberto and the Cosmos brought soccer to life in New Jersey in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The Cosmos would eventually move into Giants Stadium, in New Jersey, and draw record-setting crowds of over 77,000 fans. That venue, though, was still under construction in 1975. “I eventually w ...

(Joedson Alves/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Perspective by Steven Goff On a rainy fall afternoon in 1977, at a stuffed stadium in New Jersey ... for the New York Cosmos and half for ...

He asked legendary Pelé, playing for the Cosmos in the final competitive match of his career, for his jersey. “It’s very, very, very seldom when you play against a player or a team that you ...

“Pele Signs With Cosmos ... make soccer one of the fastest growing sports in the country. New York Cosmos jersey worn by Pelé during the 1976 NASL season. During this year, Pelé won ...

Pele wears his national team’s jersey in Rio de Janeiro ... finished his career with the Cosmos. “Whatever field of endeavor this man entered, physical or mental, he would be a genius ...

Even after Pelé’s arrival, there were elements of the Cosmos that remained shockingly quaint. The Martinellis kept all of the club’s equipment — all of their jerseys, the whole lot of it ...

Lionel Messi will be officially introduced by MLS club Inter Miami on Sunday, 48 years after another soccer sensation, Pelé, made his domestic debut for the New York Cosmos of the North American ...

By 1977, Pele's final season with the team, the Cosmos were averaging 34,142 fans a game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In fact, they did even better after his retirement ...

But the scene — in East Rutherford, New Jersey, of all places — was still ... directly to Pelé’s 28-month stay with the New York Cosmos. Basically, it was Pelé who put modern American ...

APPRAISER: I was at the game, too. How about that? Pele's, international icon. The Cosmos were a soccer team in New Jersey in 1970s, 1980s, part of the North American Soccer League. And when Pele ...