OFFSIDE REMARKS: Some personal memories of the great Pele
In some respects, the teachers at P.S. 95 in the Riverdale section of the Bronx were acting like the students that they taught, one November afternoon in 1987.
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FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: When Pele scored his first NASL goal 47 years ago today
After he signed with the New York Cosmos in 1975, Brazilian great Pele scored a goal in his inaugural match with the team in a friendly draw with the Dallas Tornado. Several weeks later, on June 27, 1975, he found the back of the net for his first North American Soccer League tally in a 3-0 win over the Rochester Lancers.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: With some special memories, wishing the greatest soccer player ever a very happy 80th birthday
Sometime today, Oct. 23, I will lift a glass to the fabulous Pele, who is celebrating his 80th birthday.
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THROWBACK FRIDAY: Cosmos won the 1982 Soccer Bowl 38 years ago today
No one realized it at the time, but the 1982 Soccer Bowl was going to be the last hurrah for the Cosmos and that they would have to wait almost three decades before they would return to the North American Soccer League championship game in 2013.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: When the Cosmos’ Pele and Beckenbauer saw the light of the 1977 blackout
Today, July 13, is the 42nd anniversary of the great New York City blackout of 1977.
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