The New York Cosmos are coming to Brooklyn
Storied New York Soccer Franchise to Kick Off at MCU Park
I was fortunate enough to watch some of the world’s greatest soccer players – Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto and Giorgio Chinaglia to name just a few – nearly four decades ago during the halcyon days of New York Cosmos soccer.
Back in that summer of 1977, this collection of world-famous players had gathered at what was then called Giants Stadium in New Jersey to bring big-time futbol stateside.
And boy, did they bring it.