[NASL REWIND: Week 1] A new era in the North American Soccer League began Saturday as the New York Cosmos beat the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, 2-1, before a selloutcrowd of 11,929 at Shuart Stadium. Italian sub Alessandro Noselli scored in the second minute of stoppage time to give the Cosmos the victory.Peri Marosevic had given […]
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'Time is right' for Wells Fargo to sponsor MLS
By Paul Kennedy Major League Soccer has landed Wells Fargo as a sponsor, making MLS the first league with which the San Francisco-based bank hasstruck a national sponsorship deal. Under the terms of the multi-year sponsorship deal, Wells Fargo will get field boards during nationally televised MLS broadcasts as well as advertisewith MLS’s national broadcast […]
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The New New New York Cosmos and Seamus O'Brien's Crystal Ball
By Paul Gardner I’m with Seamus O’Brien. The chairman of the New York Cosmos. Make that the New New New York Cosmos. For this is the second attempt to revive the legendary team ofthe 1970s. The first rebirth, in 2010, was financed by Saudis and run by Brits. It quickly disintegrated into a hopeless shambles […]
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New Cosmos make debut Saturday
[NASL: Fall Preview] A new era in the North American Soccer League begins Saturday as the New York Cosmos open league play against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Inrecognition of their legacy, Pele and Carlos Alberto and the late GiorgioChinaglia will be honored in ceremonies before the game, one of four NASL matches to kick off […]
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Szetela continues comeback bid with Cosmos
[NASL] Danny Szetela, once considered up there with Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley as the hottest U.S. prospects of their generation, will make his pro comeback with the NewYork Cosmos, who begin play in the NASL in August.
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Cosmos land Euro 2008 star Marcos Senna
[NASL] The New York Cosmos have signed Brazilian-born midfielder Marcos Senna, who won Euro 2008 with Spain when he wasnamed to the team of the tournament. Senna, 36, began his career in his Brazil but spent the past 11 seasons at Villarreal. He won 28 caps for the Spanish national team. ForVillarreal, Senna has over […]
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ESPN draws strong audience for late-night USA-Panama game
By Paul Kennedy and Ridge Mahoney The USA-Panama game on ESPN was the network’s second most-watched and second highest-rated World Cupqualifying or international friendly match ever, behind only the Mexico-USA match in March. The USA-Panama in Seattle was seen by an average of 1.436 million viewers and drew a 0.8 U.S.household rating, according to Nielsen […]
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Jersey deal puts Cosmos in big company
By Paul Kennedy For one day at least, the New York Cosmos were again the No. 1 soccer story in New York. On Tuesday, Pele was onhand as the revived NASL club announced it signed a jersey sponsorship contract with Emirates Airline. That puts the Cosmos in big company as the airline also sponsors such […]
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Univision's Mexico final wins broadcast primetime
By Paul Kennedy Univision’s coverage of the thrilling Club America-Cruz Azul match — shootout winner America came back from two goals down witha minute left in regulation and tied the score on a goal by its goalie in stoppage time — drew 4.5 million total viewers, making the Mexican league finale Sunday’s highest-rated primetime program,regardless […]
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Serious setback for Orlando stadium hopes
By Paul Kennedy Will Weatherford may be most hated man in Florida soccer circles. Neverheard of him? He’s the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and he managed to seriously compromise the MLS expansion dreams of two Florida markets, Orlando and Miami, with one deed ofinaction. He killed a bill that would have provided […]