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5 unusual facts about New York Cosmos


Chip Cipolla

He later broadcast games of the New York Mets, New York Rangers, New Jersey Nets and New York Cosmos, the North American Soccer League team which presented him with a 1972 championship ring.

Mizlou Television Network

Mizlou produced the first "live" coast to coast satellite feed, a New York Cosmos soccer game from San Jose, CA to WOR-TV in New York in the late '70s.

Once in a Lifetime Original Soundtrack

This is the soundtrack listing for Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, a 2006 documentary about the New York Cosmos soccer team.

Shep Unplugged

Former New York Cosmos goalkeeper Shep Messing will usually give his opinion on what is happening in MLS that week.

Soccer Bowl '80

The event was contested in a single-game match between the New York Cosmos and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.


Alan N. Cohen

Before he gained prominence as a co-owner of the Celtics, he was part of a group that owned the New York Cosmos, which made international headlines by signing superstar Pelé.

Alessandro Noselli

Alessandro Noselli (born 1 September 1980) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for New York Cosmos in the NASL.

Clive Toye

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.

Harold Jarman

In 1974, Gordon Bradley, manager of the New York Cosmos, brought Jarman into the team to replace young American striker Joey Fink who had scored eleven goals in fourteen games in 1973.

Jemal Johnson

Jemal Pierre Johnson (born 3 May 1985) is an English-American soccer player who plays for New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.

Jocky Scott

He was Soccer Bowl 1977 finalist with the Seattle Sounders (lost 1–2 to the New York Cosmos) in the North American Soccer League.

Joseph Nane

Joseph Nane Fils Eone (born March 12, 1987 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.

New York Centaurs

The saga of the New York Centaurs/Fever began in 1994 when English businessman Bob Butler launched the first pro soccer club in the New York City area since the NASL New York Cosmos of the 1970s and 1980s.


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