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Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL (2021)

Nearly 40 years since its demise, the North American Soccer League continues to linger in the memories and imaginations of soccer fans across the United States — and beyond. The colorful, oftentimes controversial league attracted some of the game’s greatest players: Pele, Best, Cruyff, Muller, Beckenbauer, to name a few. Crowds of 70,000-plus flocked to games as the NASL brought star power to a country where soccer had been virtually invisible just a few years earlier.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Brandi ChastainBrandi ChastainSelf
  • Photo of Clive ToyeClive ToyeSelf
  • Photo of PeléPeléSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of George BestGeorge BestSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Johan CruijffJohan CruijffSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Giorgio ChinagliaGiorgio ChinagliaSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Franz BeckenbauerFranz BeckenbauerSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Cobi JonesCobi JonesSelf

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