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Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos - Gavin Newsham

Description: ISBN 1843543753 / Genre: Sports / Hobbies / Games / Author: Gavin Newsham / Paperback / 304 Pages / Book is published 2006-05-11 by ... more

Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos - Gavin Newsham ... Atlantic Books

Newest Review: ... the teams in the MLS never seemed to gel as they do elsewhere in the world. The book is based around extensive interviews ... more

... with the major characters involved, these range from the star players to people who knew the guy who created the league, the most entertaining interviewee is the Italian striker Giorgio Chinaglia, he played up front with Pele for the Cosmos and was the most prolific scorer in the league but also the most arrogant, clearly believing himself to be the best player in the world and a far better player than Pele, his posturing is hilarious and he clearly believes he was the draw of the team, somewhat misguidedly. The boo...more

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Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos - Gavin Newsham: The Definitive Book on the rise and fall of the MLS (471 words)
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Once in a lifetime is the best book I have ever read about the ill fated MLS, Major League Soccer which was created in America in the 1970's. The league failed for reasons which become very clear in the book, not least that most of its stars were past their best and there as much for the money as anything else. We follow the development of the league with teams like the New York Cosmos signing Pele, while other teams signed George Best, Johann Cruyff, the Cosmos also signed Franz Beckenbauer a few seasons later which gave them an awesome team, but for reasons of personality the teams in the MLS never seemed to gel as they do elsewhere in the ... Read the complete review

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