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...site of the North American Soccer League game was Schaefer Stadium, New England home of American football. The surface was poly-turf, a product of American ingenuity. But the names up in lights last night belonged to Italian star Giorgio Chinaglia and the ageless Pele of Brazil, as the New York Cosmos defeated the Boston Minutemen...
...slick surface was a factor for much of the game as players from both teams watched the ball skip away from them and bounce over their heads. But Chinaglia adjusted quickly and so did Pele, New York's field general...
...Minuteman defense was forced to foul to stop the intense New York pressure, resulting in two direct kicks in three minutes for Pele. Usually one is enough for the "King," but a diving save by Harvard alumnus Shep Messing '72 on a banana shot to the far left corner made a second try necessary...
Messing could not handle Pele's low drive as it hopped off the playing surface, and Chinaglia banged the rebound home for the lead...
...play a faster harder game, like the style they play in England," Messing says. He says he feels that the American players are competitive with most of their fore; colleagues. He says of playing against Pele: "He's like a Bobby Orr in hockey, he's always ten moves ahead of you." But, I feel like an equal to him on the field...