Rocco Commisso, the owner of Fiorentina and chairman of New York-based cable company Mediacom Communications, has died. He was 76.
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Obituary: Tony Field (1946-2026)
Tony Field, who started for the New York Cosmos on the right wing alongside Pelé when they beat the Seattle Sounders 2-1 to win the 1977 Soccer Bowl, died on Jan. 7 at the age of 79.
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Cosmos are returning to New Jersey
The new New York Cosmos will compete in USL League One next season, playing at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, N.J.
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Bill Cox, the man who kick-started soccer’s foreign invasion – and pro soccer – in the 1960s
The 2025 Club World Cup ends on Sunday when Paris St. Germain faces Chelsea at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The FIFA tournament featured 32 teams playing 63 games over 30 days in 11 U.S. cities. A monstrous event with huge implications for the future of big summer events in the United States. […]
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Cosmos greeting, Red China overture and other news of the day (Soccer West, May 6, 1971 issue)
Soccer America Archives (Soccer West, May 6, 1971 issue): Soccer West’s launch in the spring of 1971 coincided with the start of the NASL’s fifth season and the launch of new teams in New York, Montreal and Toronto. There were no West Coast teams to write about, but Soccer West offered all kinds of NASL […]
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NASL’s West Coast push tipped (Soccer West, April 8, 1971)
Soccer West debuted on April 8, 1971, but coverage extended beyond California, making it inevitable that it would soon become Soccer America, which it did in 1972. The first issue included a look at the NASL, which was set to begin its fourth season with eight teams, up from six in 1970. Gone were the Kansas […]
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Joe Barone lauded for improving ‘the world of football’
Italian-American Joe Barone, the former NPSL chairman, died following cardiac arrest in Italy, where he was the Fiorentina GM.
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Alecko Eskandarian on MLS youth, American players moving abroad, and growing up a Cosmos kid
The extraordinary range of Alecko Eskandarian’s soccer experiences dates back the old NASL — his father played for the Cosmos – and includes college ball, winning an MLS Cup, serving as an MLS club’s youth technical director, and coaching in the new NASL. “Among my earliest memories is sitting on my mom’s lap watching my […]
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New York Cosmos headed to Division III NISA for fall 2020 season
After the NASL and NPSL, the New York Cosmos willbe moving to the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall 2020 season. The Cosmos joined the NPSL in 2018 after the NASL collapsed following the 2017 season. That followed U.S.Soccer’s decision to deny the NASL Division II sanctioning for 2018. The NASL then sued U.S. […]
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Watch: A New York Cosmos goal from 55 yards
Giuseppe Barone struck for near the halfway line in the Cosmos’ 2-0 NPSL win over Kingston Stockade FC.