Rock'n'Roll Soccer: The Short Life & Fast Times of the N.American Soccer League by Ian Plenderleith

103 in stock

215mm x 134mm x 31mm

Pages: 434

Superstars, hype, cheerleaders, razzmatazz the North American Soccer League in its 1970s heyday was a league way ahead of its time. It lured the biggest names of the world game, like Cruyff, Best, Beckenbauer and the greatest of them all, Pel, to play football as it was meant to be played without inhibition, to please the fans. It experimented with rules and innovations that upset purists, and liberated players from the negative tactics of the muddy, hooligan blighted grounds of Europe; then it crashed back down to earth like a rock stars private jet, bankrupt but laughing all the way. Acclaimed football writer Ian Plenderleith reveals in all its glory the colour and chaos of the worlds first truly international league.