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	United States National Soccer Players Association
		Goalkeeper who played 10 seasons in the North American Soccer League and was the U.S. national team's first-choice keeper for much of that time.
		Lenarduzzi was an NASL North American all-star in 1978, '79, '81, '82 and '84.
		He was the only American player named a first-team NASL all-star during the league's final nine seasons.
	www.ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/359477.html

	Dave L's All-time American Soccer Team - list and bios
		After spending the 1976 season coaching the Los Angeles Skyhawks of the American Soccer League, he was back in the NASL in 1977 as coach of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and built that club into one of the most powerful in the league.
		Between 1921 and 1932 he scored over 300 goals in games played in the American and Eastern professional soccer leagues, and ASL cup games, plus 29 more in U.S. Open Cup games.
		Under his guidance the Nationals won the American League championship in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1953 and the Lewis Cup in 1949, 1951 and 1952.
	www.sover.net /~spectrum/alltime.html

	TOP INTERNATIONAL STARS IN THE NASL, 1967-1984
		A much traveled player, Named by his peers as North American Player of the Year and was Goalie of the Year in "Soccer America" poll, honors earned by breaking the all-time league record with 15 shutouts, with a remarkable 0.91 goals against average.
		A prolific scorer for several teams, Steve David lead the league in scoring in 1975 and 1977, completing his career with 175 games, 100 goals, 28 assists and 228 points.
		He led the league in scoring in 1974 with 15 goals and 36 points, was 10th in scoring in 1976, and 9th in 1977.
	www.sover.net /~spectrum/nasl/naslstar.html

	PortlandTribune.com
		Portland earned the nickname “Soccer City USA” when the Timbers first sprang to life as an expansion franchise in the North American Soccer League in 1975.
		Portland was host to the Soccer Bowl in 1977, when the New York Cosmos, including worldwide soccer sensation Pele, beat Seattle 2-1.
		The event would be held primarily at the Tualatin Hills Soccer Complex on Southwest 158th Avenue in Beaverton.
	www.portlandtribune.com /archview.cgi?id=25178 (820 words)

	Welcome to Cosmos Camps!
		In 1977, the North American Soccer League's New York Cosmos franchise developed a youth division, Soccer Camps of America.
		Pinton is a versitile soccer professional with impressive credentials in education and sports management and is the Head Coach and Director of Soccer at Ramapo College.
		These summer camps for boys and girls included the Cosmos Soccer Camps, the Pelé Soccer Camps, the Franz Beckenbauer Soccer Camps, the Giorgio Chinaglia Soccer Academy, Werner Roth Soccer Safari, Carlos Alberto Soccer Camps and the Hubert Birkenmeir Goalkeeping Camps.
	www.nycosmos.com /cosmos/ccstage.html (820 words)

	News
		A resident of Fairfax Station, VA, Bradley was recognized for his contributions as a player and coach for the New York Generals and Cosmos in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967-78.
		George Mason University men's soccer head coach Gordon Bradley recently was selected for inclusion in the inaugural class of inductees to the Eastern New York Soccer Hall of Fame.
		The Eastern New York Soccer Hall of Fame is a joint venture between the Eastern New York State Amateur Soccer Association and the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association.
	www.gmu.edu /pubs/sports/ms_news5-5-97.html (820 words)

	A biography of Pele -- Latino Legends in Sports.
		A reported 7-million-dollar contract for three years made him the highest paid soccer player of the North American Soccer League.
		In addition to his great accomplishments in soccer, he published several best-selling autobiographies, starred in several documentary and semi-documentary films, and composed numerous musical pieces, including the entire sound track for the film 'Pelé' (1977).
		In 1993, Pelé was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is the former ambassador of sports in Brazil.
	www.latinosportslegends.com /Pele_bio.htm (820 words)

	math lessons - Lockhart Stadium
		Between 1977 and 1983, it was the home of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, one of the most successful clubs in US Soccer history during the days of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
		A month later, the United States women's national soccer team thrashed Portugal, 6-0, with Michelle Akers scoring her 100th career goal.
		Almost 20 years after Lockhart hosted two Olympic qualifying game for the U.S. National Team in 1980, international soccer returned the stadium when D.C. United achieved one of the most significant victories in the history of U.S. professional soccer.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Lockhart_Stadium (384 words)

	August 28 Events in History
		August 28, 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
		August 28, 1993 Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship
		August 28, 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
	www.brainyhistory.com /days/august_28.html (1740 words)

	Giants Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League moved to Giants Stadium for the 1977 season and remained until the league folded in 1985.
		Giants Stadium is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets NFL football teams, and the MetroStars of Major League Soccer.
		Other professional football teams that have called Giants Stadium home over the years include the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League; the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football; and the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giants_Stadium (904 words)

	Giants Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League moved to Giants Stadium for the 1977 season and remained until the league folded in 1985.
		Giants Stadium is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets NFL football teams, and the MetroStars of Major League Soccer.
		Other professional football teams that have called Giants Stadium home over the years include the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League; the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football; and the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giants_Stadium (928 words)

	Giants Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League moved to Giants Stadium for the 1977 season and remained until the league folded in 1985.
		Giants Stadium is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets NFL football teams, and the MetroStars of Major League Soccer.
		Other professional football teams that have called Giants Stadium home over the years include the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League; the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football; and the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giants_Stadium (916 words)

	Fort Lauderdale Strikers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Strikers were members of the (Click link for more info and facts about North American Soccer League) North American Soccer League from 1977 to its penultimate year, 1983.
		[Categories: Miami sports, United States soccer clubs (defunct)]
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fo/Fort_Lauderdale_Strikers.htm (916 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lockhart Stadium
		Between 1977 and 1983, it was the home of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, one of the most successful clubs in US Soccer history during the days of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
		Lockhart has paved the way for what Logan says he hopes will be one new soccer-specific stadium each season for the league.
		Lockhart's 1998 debut - in front of a record, sell-out crowd of 20,450 and a national television audience on ABC - was stellar, perhaps marking the beginning of a new era for professional soccer in the U.S.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lockhart-Stadium (1938 words)

	Fort Lauderdale Strikers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Strikers were members of the North American Soccer League from 1977 to its penultimate year, 1983.
		After a six year hiatus, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers were revived in 1988, joining the newly-formed American Soccer League.
		The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American soccer team, a descendant of the Washington Darts, Miami Gatos, and Miami Toros, that played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Lauderdale_Strikers (246 words)

	Obituaries February 2003
		After playing 253 league games over 10 years in Scotland's top division, he moved to the North American Soccer League in 1976 where he linked up with San Antonio Thunder.
		Aged 30, Thomson tried his luck across the Atlantic Ocean with San Antonio Thunder in the North American League before heading to Australia and Hakoah Eastern Suburbs.
		After a three-year spell with Aberdeen, he left Scotland in 1976 to begin his travels, playing one season in the US with San Antonio Thunder before arriving in Australia in time to join Sydney City for the start of the new national league in 1977.
	www.ynw62.dial.pipex.com /obit33.htm (246 words)

	Alan Rothenberg
		Kent Cooke, who was the owner of the Los Angeles Forum, Lakers (basketball) and Kings (hockey) teams and the Washington Redskins football team, also owned the Los Angeles Wolves of the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1967.
		Ueberroth, who ran the successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and went on to become the commissioner of Major League Baseball, asked Rothenberg to be the commissioner of soccer during the 1984 Olympics.
		The Wolves were a charter team in the league and folded after one season, but Rothenberg's involvement in soccer didn't end right there.
	www.jewishsports.com /profiles/arothenberg.htm (246 words)

	New York Metrostars Soccer Tickets - Soccer Tickets Information
		The North American Soccer League folded in 1984, New York Metrostars Soccer tickets but not before it brought soccer to the consciousness of million of American sports fans.
		Extensive pressure was exerted on the New York club to win the 1977 championship, New York Metrostars Soccer tickets as befitting the club of Pelts, who would be in his final year as an active player.
		New York Metrostars tickets the major news items of the season were the record-breaking attendance figures (e.g., 49,572 in Bloomington, Minnesota, Metrostars tickets for a single game).By 1977 PelB and Cosmos had taken a number of worldwide tours and had become, in a sense, the superstars of the NASL without winning a title.
	www.rhinotickets.com /soccer/newyorkmetrostars-tickets.htm (795 words)

	TOP INTERNATIONAL STARS IN THE NASL, 1967-1984
		A much traveled player, Named by his peers as North American Player of the Year and was Goalie of the Year in "Soccer America" poll, honors earned by breaking the all-time league record with 15 shutouts, with a remarkable 0.91 goals against average.
		A prolific midfielder during the last years of the NASL, Kai Haaskivi was a charter member of the Major Indoor Soccer League playing from its inception to its demise (1978-1992).
		A solid mainstay of the cosmos during their banner years, Bugicevic was a central player in the cosmos's Soccer Bowl champion teams of 1978, 1980 and 1982, played in the final in 1981, and was named to five First All-Star teams.
	www.sover.net /~spectrum/nasl/naslstar.html (795 words)

	TOP INTERNATIONAL STARS IN THE NASL, 1967-1984
		A much traveled player, Named by his peers as North American Player of the Year and was Goalie of the Year in "Soccer America" poll, honors earned by breaking the all-time league record with 15 shutouts, with a remarkable 0.91 goals against average.
		A prolific midfielder during the last years of the NASL, Kai Haaskivi was a charter member of the Major Indoor Soccer League playing from its inception to its demise (1978-1992).
		A solid mainstay of the cosmos during their banner years, Bugicevic was a central player in the cosmos's Soccer Bowl champion teams of 1978, 1980 and 1982, played in the final in 1981, and was named to five First All-Star teams.
	www.sover.net /~spectrum/nasl/naslstar.html (795 words)

	Fort Lauderdale Strikers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Strikers were members of the North American Soccer League from 1977 to its penultimate year, 1983.
		The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American soccer team, a descendant of the Washington Darts, Miami Gatos, and Miami Toros, that played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Lauderdale_Strikers (795 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - Sarachan Named Fire Head Coach (Pictures, Articles)
		He was drafted by the Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League and saw action in 1976 and 1977.
		He also had a four‑year playing career in the Major Indoor Soccer League with the Pittsburgh Spirit (1978‑79), Buffalo Stallions (1979‑1981), Baltimore Blast and Kansas City Comets.
		Sarachan was born on June 7, 1954 and is married to Cherie.
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?t=22315 (795 words)

	Guide
		Later, the North American Soccer League fielded the Hartford Bicentennials from 1975-76 (who moved to the south of the state for 1977).
		The Connecticut Wolves were founded in 1993, as a member of the Premier League of the USL.
		The New Britain Red Sox have been a major farm club for the Boston Red Sox for many years and play adjacent to the Connecticut Wolves’ soccer stadium.
	www.dansoccerzone.com /SoccerGuide/guide.php?id=25 (478 words)

	CNN.com - Coach Hudson dumped by D.C. United - Dec. 2, 2003
		Hudson was a player with English side Newcastle United before moving to the U.S. to play for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League in 1977.
		The 14-year-old, whose skills have been compared to those of Brazilian legend Pele, joined D.C. last month as the top pick in the MLS draft.
		Major League Soccer's D.C. United have parted company with English coach Ray Hudson.
	cnn.com /2003/SPORT/football/12/02/dc.hudson (478 words)

	Alan Rothenberg
		Kent Cooke, who was the owner of the Los Angeles Forum, Lakers (basketball) and Kings (hockey) teams and the Washington Redskins football team, also owned the Los Angeles Wolves of the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1967.
		Ueberroth, who ran the successful 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and went on to become the commissioner of Major League Baseball, asked Rothenberg to be the commissioner of soccer during the 1984 Olympics.
		Rothenberg was one of the owners of the Los Angeles Aztecs when they entered the NASL in 1977.
	www.jewishsports.com /profiles/arothenberg.htm (1088 words)

	> Barry
		He came tantalisingly close to captaining an Everton championship side in 1975 and played in a League Cup Final in 1977 but it was in North American Soccer that he achieved his final success as a player – and this was made possible by the ancient Chinese art of acupuncture.
		Roger was a member of the squad that won the League Championship and deputised for Brian Labone during that campaign.
		In a League Cup tie between Nottingham Forest and Everton at the City Ground, the score was even till near the end when Neville Southall held on to the ball for too long to waste time.
	www.escla.org.uk /html/updates/vol30no2.htm (8557 words)

	Area sports briefs
		The four championship rings Hall of Famer Werner Roth earned as a member of the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League recently went on display in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta.
		Camp C is scheduled for Aug. 5-9 at the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
		The Cosmos won four of their five NASL Championships in 1972, 1977, 1978, 1980.
	www.thedailystar.com /sports/2002/07/27/spbrf.html (8557 words)

	Los Angeles Sports Council - About Us
		But he is most noted for his work in soccer, beginning in 1977 as the owner of the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League (through 1980) and then in 1984 as commissioner for the wildly-successful soccer tournament in the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.
		Los Angeles Sports Council - About Us The Sports Council is made up of hundreds of individual and corporate members and is guided by a Board of Directors under the direction of Chairman Alan Rothenberg and President David Simon.
		After winning the bid to bring the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival to Los Angeles, the fledgling group helped to bring together three Southern California venues that were bidding against each other, as well as against other cities, to host the NFL's 1993 Super Bowl.
	www.lasports.org /aboutus/officers.php (1208 words)

	Giants Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League moved to Giants Stadium for the 1977 season and remained until the league folded in 1985.
		It is located in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which also hosts the Meadowlands Racetrack and the Continental Airlines Arena.
		When the New York Jets left Shea Stadium and moved to Giants Stadium in 1984, many predicted the stadium would be renamed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giants_Stadium (946 words)

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