Italian Giorgio Chinaglia, who was the all-time leading scorer in the North American Soccer League, died Sunday of complications from a heart attack at hishome in Naples, Fla. The New York Cosmos had other great players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Neeskens, but Chinaglia was in many ways the Cosmos, its leader from his […]
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MLS touches the heights, but injuries mount too
By Paul Gardner It was the best of weekends, it was the worst of weekends for MLS. On the bright side, the league gave us that rarity in pro sports these days, amuch-hyped game that came close to living up to its billing. On the gloomy side, there was the sight of Real Salt Lake’s […]
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MLS remains high on second New York team
Meeting with Associated Press Sports Editors in New York, Major League Soccer president Mark Abbott said the league remains very interested in placing asecond franchise in the New York area and its presence would be a good thing for its Harrison, N.J.-based team, the Red Bulls. “It would be a good thing for the Red […]
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Cosmos not only group in town
The New York Cosmos have made a lot of noise with the signing of Eric Cantona and Cobi Jones to front-officepositions, but that doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily land an MLS expansion franchise. In a conference call Tuesday, MLS Commissioner Don Garbersaid the Cosmos group — which includes Terry Byrne, a friend of Los Angeles Galaxy […]
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Cantona signing puzzles
[MY VIEW] The New York Cosmos’ announcement that Eric Cantona was joining the prospective club as director of soccercertainly had its effect. I was awoken early in the morning here in California to calls from French radio stations wanting to know what I thought about Cantona and the “nouveau Cosmos.” I would havesooner expected to […]