Friday, February 12, 2010

SOCCERBOWL 1982, COSMOS 1- SOUNDERS 0

New York's Roberto Cabanas (19) and Seattle's Steve Daley (10) in action during Soccerbowl 1982 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Sunday, February 7, 2010

SOUNDERS vs SURF, 1978

Tommy Ord (18) of the Sounders and the Surf's Len Renery battle it out in what appears to have been a 1978 pre-season game. 

Thursday, February 4, 2010

TEAM HAWAII vs DALLAS TORNADO, 1977

Team Hawaii's Brian Tinnion (16) fends off Steve Pecher of the Tornado.
Thanks to Dave Morrison

Friday, January 29, 2010

SURF vs DIPLOMATS, 1980

Steve Moyers (L), Carmine Marcantonio (R)

Saturday, January 16, 2010

KICK MAGAZINE, 1975


One of the groovy KICK Magazine covers from the mid-1970's.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

PELE, BRIAN JOY, EUSEBIO



My friend Ian, who runs THE Tampa Bay Rowdies Fan Blog sent me this pic.  Pictured are Pele, Brian Joy, and Eusebio before the Las Vegas Quicksilvers' home game against the New York Cosmos played April 1, 1977.  Final score:  Quicksilvers 1 - Cosmos 0.
Many, many thanks to Ian for the pic!

Friday, January 8, 2010

SURF vs FURY, 1979


Len Renery of the California Surf battles Philadelphia Fury's David Robb.
                               Thanks to Dave Morrison

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

DON DROEGE



Special thanks to Don Droege for sending me this photo.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Thursday, December 24, 2009

"PLAYING FOR UNCLE SAM" by DAVE TOSSELL


This excellent book by David Tossell gives a history of American soccer from the viewpoint of the British players who came over to play in the NASL.  The book is full of great stories and interviews with some of the big names like George Best, Rodney Marsh, and Phil Woosnam.  I got my copy in London a few years ago but I have seen it on amazon.com. You may have to put in some time to find a copy but it's worth the trouble.