In 1967, he went to the United States to become General Manager of the Baltimore Bays and later was first General Manager of the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League, bringing the Brazilian star Pelé to the U.S. and helping to popularize soccer in America.
Although Clive Toye reports in his recent book that the franchise was sold to an ownership group from Montreal, he apparently confuses the fate of the next Philadelphia NASL team for that of the Atoms; the Atoms were, in fact, going to be relocated to San Antonio by their Mexican owners, who planned to replace the San Antonio Thunder franchise (which itself had just relocated to Honolulu to play as Team Hawaii).
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