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Rock 'n' Roll Soccer
The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League
Author: Ian PlenderleithIllustrator:
| Retail Price: | $21.99 |
| Betabooks Price | $17.59 |
ISBN: 9781906850852
Format: Paperback
Published: June 2016
Published By: Icon Books
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Published: June 2016
Published By: Icon Books
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Product Description
Superstars, hype, cheerleaders, razzmatazz - the North American Soccer League in its 1970s heyday was a league way ahead of its time. It lured the biggest names of the world game, like Cruyff, Best, Beckenbauer and the greatest of them all, Pele, to play football as it was meant to be played - without inhibition, to please the fans. It experimented with rules and innovations that upset purists, and liberated players from the negative tactics of the muddy, hooligan-blighted grounds of Europe; then it crashed back down to earth like a rock star's private jet, bankrupt but laughing all the way.