Pele RIP 1940-2022

[Blakeon18]

According to espn.

 

[upstater]

Saw him at the Yale Bowl in 1977 against the Connecticut Bicentennials. I'm sure the Cosmos lost but can't remember the score. I think Pele came in as a sub, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia definitely played a lot. I was 9 yrs old at the time.

There used to be a long haired kid on the Bi's named Santiago Formosa, and he just ran wild on the flanks that day. Believe he scored.

Crazy to see so many soccer fans pack the Yale Bowl for Pele back in '77.

My high school didn't even have a soccer team! Nor did my town have a travel team back in the 80s.

 

[August_West]

Saw him at the Yale Bowl in 1977 against the Connecticut Bicentennials. I'm sure the Cosmos lost but can't remember the score. I think Pele came in as a sub, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia definitely played a lot. I was 9 yrs old at the time.

There used to be a long haired kid on the Bi's named Santiago Formosa, and he just ran wild on the flanks that day. Believe he scored.

Crazy to see so many soccer fans pack the Yale Bowl for Pele back in '77.

My high school didn't even have a soccer team! Nor did my town have a travel team back in the 80s.

Giorgio!

Chinaglia did a weekend coaching deal for my travel soccer team in Simsbury when I was 10.

 

[traitor71]

 

[superjohn]

Giorgio!

Chinaglia did a weekend coaching deal for my travel soccer team in Simsbury when I was 10.

Used to drive by Giorgio's mansion and Eddie Murphy's Bubble Hill mansion every single time we would visit my grandparents in Englewood, NJ.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Saw him at the Yale Bowl in 1977 against the Connecticut Bicentennials. I'm sure the Cosmos lost but can't remember the score. I think Pele came in as a sub, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia definitely played a lot. I was 9 yrs old at the time.

There used to be a long haired kid on the Bi's named Santiago Formosa, and he just ran wild on the flanks that day. Believe he scored.

Crazy to see so many soccer fans pack the Yale Bowl for Pele back in '77.

My high school didn't even have a soccer team! Nor did my town have a travel team back in the 80s.

The one (not quite full) season that Pele and Beckenbauer played together for the Cosmos (along with Chinaglia, Stevie Hunt, Carlos Alberto) they didn't lose much. I'd be very surprised if the Bicentennials beat them.

 

[Dove]

Rest in Peace, Pele.

 

[upstater]

The one (not quite full) season that Pele and Beckenbauer played together for the Cosmos (along with Chinaglia, Stevie Hunt, Carlos Alberto) they didn't lose much. I'd be very surprised if the Bicentennials beat them.

I just looked it up.

They did!

3-2 Bicentennials

All I remember was seeing the stars on the Cosmos, and the Formosa guy dribbling through all of them.