Left to right: Future Olympian Manny Hernandez, Fred Nourzad, U.S. Olympic team assistant coach Julie Menendez, Aladin Rodriguez and National Soccer Hall of Famer Matt Boxer. Hernandez, Nourzad and Rodrigues were All-Americans at San Jose State. Menendez, who coached them at San Jose State, also served as the USA's head boxing coach at the 1960 Olympics, producing three gold-medalists, including light heavyweight Cassius Clay.

The cover story of Soccer West’s first edition (April 8, 1971) was a preview of the two-game series between the U.S. Olympic men’s team and the California Soccer Football Association (Northern California) all-stars.

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Paul Kennedy is the Editor in Chief & General Manager of Soccer America.