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Oct 8, 2024 · Oct 8, 2024. IFFHS News. Johann Neeskens received with Coach Frank Rijkaard the IFFHS Award 2006. Former footballing great Johan Neeskens died on Monday at the age of 73. Neeskens, who played both in midfield and at the back, played for several clubs between 1968 and 1991. He started his career with RCH and left for Ajax Amsterdam in 1970.
Oct 10, 2024 · The results were four championships in a row for New York Hungaria S.C. who took on a lot of newcomers, between the 1958-59 and 1962-63 seasons. The Hungarian exiles -- among them the Geza brothers, goalkeeper Heni who was capped 19 times for the great Hungarian national side of the 50’s and Nikolas, a defender - also bagged the National Challenge Cup for Hungaria S.C. in 1961 and ’62.
3 days ago · The league's most prominent team was the New York Cosmos. During the mid-to-late 1970s, the Cosmos signed a number of the world's best players — Pelé , Franz Beckenbauer , Carlos Alberto — and the Cosmos averaged over 28,000 fans per game for each season from 1977 to 1982 while having three seasons of the average attendance topping 40,000 spectators per game.
Sep 24, 2024 · Shep Messing backstopped the New York Arrows to their inaugural home win in 1978. By Michael Lewis. FrontRowSoccer.com Editor. With Brooklyn FC ready to host Dallas Trinity at Rocco B. Commisso Stadium in Manhattan on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m., it might be intriguing and educational to look back at various inaugural home matches of various professional soccer teams in the metropolitan area.
Oct 2, 2024 · Copa Chivas Internacional Scotiabank (U-18) 1994-2016 (Mexico) Torneo Internacional KLM 1994 (San José) Copa Tecate 1994 (Guadalajara, Monterrey) 50th Anniversary of Club León 1994. 78th Anniversary CF América 1994. Caribbean International Tournament (Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten) 1995. Copa Irapuato 1995.
5 days ago · The origins of Shea Stadium go back to the relocations of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants in 1957, which left New York without a National League baseball team. Prior to the Dodgers' departure, New York City official Robert Moses tried to interest owner Walter O'Malley in the site as the location for a new stadium , but O'Malley refused, unable to agree on location, ownership, and ...
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Sep 26, 2024 · Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches ...
