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Pelé scouted for Premier League club Fulham in 2002. [213] He made the draw for the qualification groups for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. [214] On 1 August 2010, Pelé was introduced as the honorary president of a revived New York Cosmos, aiming to field a team in Major League Soccer. [215]
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the United States. The league final was called the Soccer Bowl from 1975 to 1983 and the Soccer Bowl Series ...
A new Cosmos team, formed in 2010, [4] is scheduled to begin play in the new second-tier North American Soccer League (contested since 2011) during the 2013 season. [5] [6] All players who played at least one league match for the Cosmos are given below. A total of 155 outfield players did so, along with 17 goalkeepers, giving a total of 172.
Franz Beckenbauer on the atmosphere surrounding the Cosmos When Pelé arrived at the Cosmos in 1975, American soccer was, in Newsham's phrase, "dying a slow, painful and largely unnoticed death". The sport was not taken seriously by the bulk of the American media, and was of little interest to the public. Matches were often played in front of almost-empty stands, receiving modest press ...
FIFA U-20 World Cup. Runner-up. 2011 Colombia. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:46, 4 May 2023 (UTC) Judilson Mamadu Tuncará Gomes CvIH [3] (born 29 September 1991), known as Pelé, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder .
Pelé joined Benfica B for 2005–06, but did not manage to play regularly, leaving in December 2005 to sign for Vitória S.C. in Guimarães. [4] At start of the following campaign, with the club playing in the second division for the first time in decades, he was a regular on the first team, but a poor start and a managerial change led him to the bench more often, as he finished the season ...
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the men's record for most international hat-tricks. He became the first male player to score 10 hat-tricks for a national team on 12 October 2021 in Portugal's 5–0 win against Luxembourg, breaking Sven Rydell's record. [20] Sven Rydell.
Diego Maradona Maradona after winning the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Argentina Personal information Full name Diego Armando Maradona Franco Date of birth (1960-10-30) 30 October 1960 Place of birth Lanús, Argentina Date of death 25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) (aged 60) Place of death Dique Luján, Argentina Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Position(s) Attacking midfielder, second striker Youth career ...