Rock 'n' Roll Soccer - The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League

div>b>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, Pele, to play football as it was meant to be played - without inhibition, to please the fans./b>/div>div>br>/div>div>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 star''s private jet, bankrupt but laughing all the way./div>div>br>/div>div>Acclaimed football writer Ian Plenderleith reveals in all its glory the colour and chaos of the world''s first truly international league./div>

Summary

Superstars, hype, cheerleaders, razzmatazz – the NASL was the Premier League and the Champions League rolled into one.

Report

Written with a raffish exuberance worthy of its subject. Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Rodney Marsh, Ian Plenderleith, Plenderleith Ian
• Assisted by: Rodney Marsh (Foreword), Marsh Rodney (Foreword)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9781906850692
• ISBN: 978-1-906850-69-2
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Sport, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, c 1970 to c 1979, Association football (Soccer), North America (USA and Canada)