Pelé, Beckenbauer... Quand les USA attiraient déjà les stars du foot à prix d'or

Think it all started with Messi in Miami? Actually, the Americans had already tried 50 years earlier. In the 1970s, a New York club harbored a wild ambition: to make soccer a major sport in a country dominated by American football, baseball, and basketball. To achieve this, the New York Cosmos recruited the biggest star on the planet: Pelé. Then other legends followed. For a few years, the club attracted crowds, celebrities, and media from all over the world. Everything seemed possible. The United States dreamed of becoming a new soccer powerhouse. But behind the glitz and glamour, the project rested on shaky foundations. How did a virtually unknown club manage to attract the world's greatest players? Why did the Cosmos embody the American soccer dream? And how did this spectacular adventure ultimately collapse? ⏪With the INA archives, a look back at the little-known history of the New York Cosmos, the first Galácticos of football. #football #pelé #usa 00:00 Intro 01:22 The World Cup Spark 02:44 The Birth of the NASL 03:55 The Arrival of King Pelé 11:06 The Implosion of the NASL 🔔Subscribe so you don't miss any of INA's news videos! * Information about comments ** You are free to express your opinion, even if it is critical. To ensure the quality of the discussion, however, we ask that you always remain calm, polite, and respectful of other commenters. Proselytizing, vulgar, aggressive, or disrespectful remarks toward any person or group of people are prohibited. Any insulting or defamatory comment will be deleted.