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...classical figure of the philosopher, Plato or Seneca, among his students was pressed into service as Christ teaching.The gestures of Ciceronian rhetoric lent authority to the poses of carved apostles; Orpheus with a ram on his shoulders was transformed into Christ the good shep herd. Winged victories became angels. Bacchus turned into the drunken Noah; a late 3rd century carving of Jonah resting under the gourd tree was based on the older Greek image of Endymion asleep. The more refined an early Christian work was, the more subtly it might display its classical affiliations...
More fans are also being attracted by the better quality of play, on the part not only of the European imports but also of Americans. The Cosmos, who field players of eleven different nationalities, have a Brooklyn-born Harvard graduate in goal named Shep Messing (each team is required to start one American and have at least five others on the roster). Indeed, after the championship game, Pelé symbolically acknowledged the improvement of the U.S. players by giving Jim McAlister, Sounder defender and Seattle native, and the league's rookie of the year, a souvenir that any soccer...
...only did Boston have skilled players, but the roster seemed a dream conceived on Madison Avenue. Boston had as its established star Eusebio, second only to Pele at the peak of his career. There was also Ade Coker, a young, temperamental character with flashy moves, and Shep Messing '72, a top American player who led the NASL in goals-against average last year. Messing also brought the Minutemen his playboy reputation--"the Joe Namath of soccer," they billed...
...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...
...play eight games. (Student tickets cost $2.50.) They open their quest for a third straight Northern Division title against the Toronto Metros, who battled Boston to the wire in last season's stretch drive. Boston plans to use more American players this year, including third-year goalie, Harvard alumnus Shep Messing...