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Soccer has forever been the game of the future in the U.S. No one realized in the 1970s, when the North American Soccer League (NASL) was a momentary sensation with the famed New York Cosmos, how far away that future would be. "The NASL generation is now reaching positions of power," notes Gazidis, referring to such people as ESPN programming boss John Skipper, who recently committed $100 million for World Cup English-language rights for the U.S. through 2014. "We're in the sweet spot...
...that NBC and the NASL tried to "create" timeouts was to have somebody fall down and act injured on a prearranged signal. One time, however, nine players saw the signal and went down simultaneously. The idea was scrapped...
...former all-Ivy forward and assistant varsity soccer coach at Harvard, Malin's big television break came in 1978 when he became color commentator for the New York Cosmos, the preeminent soccer team in the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL). Before that he had done a few televised games for the New England Tea Men of the NASL...
...first opponent, UConn, has developed into a program which has become a dynasty on the national and local levels. Its players have gone on to the U.S. national team, the NASL and the MISL...
...Canada, sporting several players from the NASL, went ahead by one in the first half, when Dale Mitchell scored on a penalty kick after he was tackled hard in the goalie...