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The North American Soccer League was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be succ
In 1975, Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California, hosted the first Soccer Bowl when its capacity was 18,155
Pelé played for the New York Cosmos from 1975 to 1977
George Best (right) of the Los Angeles Aztecs challenges for the ball against New York Cosmos, 1976
The Los Angeles Aztecs signed Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff in 1979
The North American Soccer League was a professional men's soccer league based in the United States. The league was named for, but had no connection to, the original North American Soccer League. The l
North American Soccer League
…Soccer. Four other well known names (New York Cosmos, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, and Tulsa Roughnecks) have resurfaced in the new NASL (which eventually folded) and the USL (now the USL Championship and USL League One), Division II and III leagues. Two of the oldest derbies in North…
Daniel Antoniuk and Tsuyoshi Yoshitake of the Tampa Bay Rowdies, an inaugural NASL club
Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas, host of Soccer Bowl 2014.
The Puerto Rico Islanders reached the semi-finals of the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.
5,624 fans watch an October 2013 match at Hofstra University between the New York Cosmos and visiting FC Edmonton