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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Messi makes trip to Vancouver, adding to frenzy around Whitecaps-Inter Miami match
The Vancouver Whitecaps-Inter Miami match at B.C. Place in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League semifinals is one of the biggest matches in the history of Vancouver soccer.
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Pele to Endrick: Five teen talents that lit up Brazil
Brazil is unparalleled when it comes to soccer success and fervor, and for many the sport itself is synonymous with the Brazilian national team.
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Brazil says final farewell to O Rei
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led the tributes Tuesday as Brazil said its final farewell to the late Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. A flood of fans, politicians and soccer dignitaries turned out to pay their respects to the player known as “The King” in the southeastern city of […]
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Pele in Soccer America: The covers that track his unique impact
Soccer America was a 1-year-old weekly in 1972 when Pele first graced its cover. The “Farewell to the King” headline fortunately proved premature. Pele’s contract with Santos was about to expire. Exhausted from the club’s constant worldwide exhibition game touring, Pele stated he was ready “to settle down.” That prompted Santos’ 1972 tour of USA […]
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Adeus Pele — my 17-year-old mentor
Pele — maybe the greatest of soccer players — has left us. It hurts, feels almost personal to me, for it was Pele who became, during the 1958 World Cup, probably the most important influence in the development of my soccer understanding. Sixty four years ago, on a friend’s primitive back & white television set, […]
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What They Said: Pele
“You know, I have an Argentinian friend who a long time ago came to me and said that Di Stefano was better than me. Twenty years passed and he came back and said there’s this guy called Maradona and he’s better than you. And now they’re talking about this guy called Messi who’s better than […]
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When Pele conquered America
Pele was 34 and semi-retired when the New York Cosmos fended off interest from Juventus and Real Madrid to lure the world’s greatest player to the soccer backwater that was America in 1975. “If you go there, all you can do is win a championship. You come here, you win a country,” Englishman Clive Toye, […]
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Watch: The Pele filmography — from on-field brilliance to 'Victory'
Pele appeared in several movies — fiction, documentary and instructional. Here’s a selection of five. * * * * * * * * * * 1. Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) “Once in a lifetime: The extraordinary story of the New York Cosmos” takes place during the summer […]
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By the Numbers: Pele goals
5. Goals, at the age of 17, in the 1958 World Cup semifinals and final. 37. Goals for the Cosmos, 14 in 1975, 18 in 1976 and 11 in 1977. 58. Goals for Santos in 38 games in the 1958 Paulista Championship. 77. Goals for Brazil, a record Neymar tied at the 2022 World Cup. […]