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A BUS TRIP OF A LIFETIME: When Everald Cummings saw stars on the way to Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral
When he journeyed to the United States from his native Trinidad & Tobago in early 1968, 19-year-old Everald Cummings admitted he didn’t know much about the black culture and its ramifications.
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CULTURE SHOCK: Future Cosmos player, Trinidad national coach experienced racism firsthand with Chiefs in 1968
Racism can come in many shapes and sizes. It could be overt, it could be covert. It could be systemic.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: When the NASL’s Woosnam sought the Joe Namath of soccer in 1969
I realize American soccer fans aren’t into soccer history. In fact, history to many fans seems to be what happened five minutes ago, let alone, five, 25 or half a century ago.
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GOODBYE, JIM: Fryatt, member of 1973 NASL champion Philadelphia Atoms, passes away
Jim Fryatt, a striker the 1973 North American Soccer League champion Philadelphia Atoms, passed away at his home in Henderson, Nev. on Friday.
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GOODBYE, DAN: Wood, former Caribous, Cornell head coach passes away
Former Cornell University and Caribous of Colorado head coach Dan Wood passed away on Thursday morning.
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GETTING A PASS (DAY 1): A couple of credentials for a Giant of a stadium
During the quarantine, I have decided to share some of the press passes I have accrued through the years. And they’re just not about soccer, but of many sports. Yes, I have saved just about all of them, which probably totals into the hudnreds, if not the thousands. To kick things off, here are two from East Rutherford, N.J. more than four decades ago.
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GOODBYE, BOB: Pro soccer pioneer Hermann passes away
Pro soccer pioneer Bob Hermann, one of the original founders of and owners in the North American Soccer League and of which the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy is named after, has died.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Some lessons from a strike 41 years ago
Ron Newman always had dreams of playing on the same soccer team as his son, Guy, he just didn’t think it would turn out this way.
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FIRST MAN: Alain Maca was the NASL’s very first pick 48 years ago
Even before he could walk, Alain Maca was destined to make soccer history in the United States.
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REMEMBERING THE NASL: Defunct league’s draft certainly had its moments
Former MetroStars and Red Bulls GM and president Alexi Lalas (right), pictured by former head...
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REMEMBERING WOLFIE: Wolfgang Suhnholz, an appreciation
After polishing off the Cosmos in the quarterfinals of the 1976 North American Soccer League playoffs, the defending champion Tampa Bay Rowdies were starting to count some proverbial chickens before they hatched prior to meeting the Toronto Metros-Croatia in the semifinals.
Read MoreGOODBYE, WOLFGANG: Soccer Bowl ’76 MVP Suhnholz passes away
Wolfgang Suhnholz, a former Bayern Munich player who made an impact in the original North American Soccer League as Soccer Bowl ’76 MVP before turning to coaching, has passed away.
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