Nearly 40 years since its demise, the North American Soccer League continues to linger in the memories and imaginations of soccer fans across the United States — and beyond. The colorful, oftentimes controversial league attracted some of the game’s greatest players: Pele, Best, Cruyff, Muller, Beckenbauer, to name a few. Crowds of 70,000-plus flocked to games as the NASL brought star power to a country where soccer had been virtually invisible just a few years earlier.
Editing
Seamless weave of grainy 70s broadcast footage with modern interviews.
Direction
Rachel Viollet lets the absurdity speak for itself, no heavy hand needed.
Director
Rachel Viollet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The New York Cosmos once paid Pele more than the entire NFL salary cap in 1975. The league had zero salary caps and even less financial sense.
Brandi Chastain's involvement isn't random — the 1999 Women's World Cup finally achieved what the NASL promised, proving sustainable soccer culture needed roots, not imports.
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