Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Ahmet Ertegun	...	Himself
	Nesuhi Ertegün	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Matt Dillon	...	Narrator (voice)
	Clive Toye	...	Himself
	Shep Messing	...	Himself
	Giorgio Chinaglia	...	Himself
	Peppe Pinton	...	Himself
	Werner Roth	...	Himself
	Jay Emmett	...	Himself
	Phil Woosnam	...	Himself
	Raphael de la Sierra	...	Himself
	Carlos Alberto	...	Himself
	Franz Beckenbauer	...	Himself
	Pelé	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Marv Albert	...	Himself

Storyline

A look back at one of the more curious fads in American professional sports, the sudden rise and precipitous fall of the North American Soccer League, spanning its existence 1968-1984, as seen through the experience of its most famous club, the New York Cosmos. The NASL made very little impact in the US, where soccer had virtually no following, until in 1975 the New York Cosmos succeeded in signing the most famous player in the world, Pele. Attendence for Cosmos games exploded, outdrawing even the New York Giants and New York Jets of the NFL, to where exhibition games in Seattle were drawing huge crowds, and when Pele announced his retirement in 1977 his final game drew the biggest crowd to ever see a soccer game in the US. His retirement from the game began a slow but steady decline for the NASL as money issues for the league and the spending practices of the Cosmos became a running controversy. Written by Michael Daly  

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