PHILADELPHIA ATOMS MONTAGE, 1975

SURF vs ROUGHNECKS, 1978

Future Arsenal FC manager George Graham (R) Heads away from Tulsa's Vukan Perovic at Anaheim Stadium, June 13, 1978. California shut out the Roughnecks 3-0.

STEVE DAVID, 1977

SOCCER BOWL '77 MEDIA FOLDER

DR. PEPPER NASL PROMOTION, 1978

MINNESOTA KICKS, 1976

COSMOS vs STING, 1981

Action from the June 28, 1981 match played at Chicago's Wrigley Field. The Sting came out on top 6-5 in front of 35,501 fans.

PELE' WEARS BRUTE, 1977

Maybe that was his secret.

ADIDAS "RETRO" WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS JACKET

I bought this from a soccer shop a few years ago. It is part of a "retro" soccer line that Adidas put out featuring some of the NASL teams. I wish they had put out more!

STRIKERS vs AZTECS, 1981

Strikers' goalie Jan Van Beveren punches the ball clear of an Aztec attacker in the July 11, 1981 match at Ft. Lauderdale's Lockhart Stadium. Led by Teofilo Cubillas' four goals, the Strikers pounded Los Angeles 6-2.

NICK NICKOLAS, 1976

Portland Timbers' defender Nick Nickolas at a community event appearance in 1976.

MIKE ENGLAND, 1977

Mike England is all smiles after the Sounders' 1-0 playoff win against Minnesota at the Kingdome, August 17, 1977.

AZTECS vs COSMOS, 1977

George Best looks on as Martin Cohen (C) moves to block Pele at the L.A. Coliseum, July 2, 1977.  The Aztecs avenged an earlier drubbing by beating the Cosmos 4-1 in front of their biggest home crowd of the season, 32,165.

SOCCER CORNER MAGAZINE, 1977

SAN DIEGO SOCKERS, 1982

"LANCER DANCERS" 1979

Very special thanks to Gail for this fantastic photo!

1975 TAMPA BAY ROWDIES

STING vs TORNADO, 1981

Dallas' Wolfgang Rausch (19) and Chicago's Ivan Miljkovic battle for the ball on May 10, 1981.  Chicago dominated the Tornado 5-0.

JOMO SONO, 1977

Jomo Sono hurdles an opponent during his time with the New York Cosmos.

GEORGE BEST, 1976

SOCKERS vs SURF, 1980

California's Craig Allen is sandwiched between San Diego's Julie Veee (L) and Nick Rohmann at Anaheim Stadium, June 17, 1980.  The Surf hammered the Sockers 5-1 on a hattrick by Laurie Abrahams (background, center) and goals from Craig Allen and Jim Hinch.  Jose' Neto scored the Sockers' lone goal.  Official attendance was 8,762.

DETROIT EXPRESS CHEERLEADERS, 1978

The "Choo-Choo Girls!"

SUNSHINE INTERNATIONAL SERIES TOURNAMENT, 1983

The NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers hosted Manchester City FC (England) and Jau XV (Brazil) in the 1983 Sunshine International Series Tournament.

MINNESOTA KICKS POSTER OFFER, 1977

SOCCER BOWL '79 T-SHIRT

RUDY GLENN, TEAM AMERICA, 1983

SAN ANTONIO THUNDER LOGO, 1975

PELE and ANDY WARHOL, SOMETIME IN THE 70's

DALLAS TORNADO/CABELL'S DAIRY PROMOTION, 1981

Cabell's Dairy promotion to vote for the Tornado's "Most Popular Player" of 1981.  The players featured are Peter Gruber (L) and Chris Collins.

EDMONTON vs TAMPA BAY, 1979

Rowdie Jan Van Der Veen (5) gets tackled by Driller's midfielder Gudgeir Leifsson at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, June 29, 1979. A four goal performance by Tampa's Oscar Fabbiani saw the Driller's fall 4-2.

JACK BRAND, 1980

1976 NASL MEDIA GUIDE

PAUL CHILD AND... CHARLTON HESTON! 1975

DENVER DYNAMOS "MUG SHOTS," 1975

KARL-HEINZ GRANITZA, 1981

MATT O' SULLIVAN, 1978

Matt O' Sullivan (20) on the move for the Houston Hurricane in a match against the Detroit Express played June 24, 1978 at the Astrodome.

GEORGE BEST, 1976

"ACE" NTSOELENGOE, 1976

ATLANTIC RECORDS SALUTES THE PHILADELPHIA FURY, 1979

Most of the Fury's ownership group were involved in the music industry.  Peter Frampton, Rick Makeman, and Paul Simon to name a few.

AL TROST, 1976

DEREK SMETHURST, 1976

Derek Smethurst (12) moves past the Cosmos' Dave Clements in a match played at Tampa Stadium on June 6, 1976.  Smethurst got a hat-trick in the Rowdies' 5-1 hammering of New York. 

ON HOLIDAY, BACK NEXT WEEK!

STRIKERS MERCHANDISE, 1981

CALIFORNIA vs CALGARY, 1981

Boomers' players prepare for a Surf free-kick at Anaheim Stadium on July 29, 1981.

California 4 (Oates, Moyers (2), Van Der Veen).

Calgary 2 (Kristensen, Gerber)

Attendance:  5,531

JIM BARRON, 1977

Goalkeeper for the Connecticut Bicentennials.

1979 ROCHESTER "LANCER DANCERS"

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS ON RADIO STATION CJOR/60, 1978

FRANZ BECKENBAUER, 1977