The Cosmos won the league championship three times with Beckenbauer on their roster.
Beckenbauer was the next.īeckenbauer followed in Pele’s footsteps by joining the New York Cosmos for four seasons beginning in 1977. Pelé was the first big international player to call the NASL home. Beckham helped the Galaxy to two MLS Cup titles, appearing in 98 regular season games and another 17 in the MLS playoffs.īeckham returned to Europe to close out his career at PSG. It was the most lucrative deal the league had seen to date and laid the foundation for Beckham to become the eventual owner of Inter Miami.īeckham spent parts of six seasons in Los Angeles - with a couple of stints at AC Milan mixed in. helped provide validity for Major League Soccer.īeckham was 31 and had just finished four seasons at Real Madrid when he joined the LA Galaxy in 2007. Among the dignitaries on hand was perhaps the only other athlete whose renown spanned the globe - Muhammad Ali.ĭavid Beckham’s arrival in the U.S. 1, 1977, between the Cosmos and Santos, the Brazilian club he spent parts of three decades playing for in his home country. His final game was an exhibition played on Oct. Pelé scored 64 goals in three season for the Cosmos, leading them to the 1977 league title. He was 34 at the time and perhaps no longer “The King.” But he was still a commanding presence on the field and his name brought a buzz the sport lacked in North America. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” joined the New York Cosmos of the NASL. Here’s a look at others who have come before him:Įdson Arantes do Nascimento was already a three-time World Cup champion and undoubtedly the best player in the world when he left Brazil in 1975 for the chance to be the face of soccer in North America. With a World Cup on the horizon in 2026, Messi’s announcement Wednesday that he will join Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami is another landmark moment for the league and the sport in the United States.īut he’s only the latest big-name international player to bring his talents to the U.S. Lionel Messi is set to become part of the next chapter of men’s soccer in North America. Man u nited, We’re the boys in red and we're on our way to Wem bley! Wem bley, Wem bley, We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wem bley, Wem bley, Wem bley, We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wem bley In Seventy-Seven it was Docherty Atkinson will make it Eighty-Three And everyone will no just who we are, They'll be singing que sera sera U nited.
Glory glory Man united, Glory glory Man united, Glory glory Man united, As the reds go marching on on on! Just like the busby babes in days gone by, We’ll keep the red flags flying high, Your gonna see us all from far and wide, Your gonna hear the masses sing with pride.
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