ERSTELLT The United States has never played football as one of its major sports, but if the MLS is the fifth most prestigious league in the country today, it is because of its popularity in the 1970s.
At a time when American baseball and 1xbet football were the last word in the United States, and not even basketball was booming today, the United States sought to give the people a taste of football excitement. The name North American Soccer League dates back to 1968. The NASL league, which included American and Canadian teams, started in the same way as American sports, the regular season and the playoffs, but the most serious problem was the lack of reception. After several unsuccessful years, the officials of this league tried to organize this league by bringing famous figures from the world of football. No player is better than PeleHe could not be the face of the newly formed league, and the excessive insistence of the league officials on Pele caused the Brazilian legend to retire and spend three seasons in New York Cosmos. Pele was not the only known figure in the league, and players such as Johan Cruyff , Franz Beckenbauer , Gerd Müller , George Best and Carlos Alberto also played for various teams in the league.
From 1975 to 1983, the league final was called the Soccer Bowl, which was like the name of a major American football tournament. Although at the beginning, and especially after the arrival of well-known figures such as Pele, the competition was well received and the stadiums were filled, but gradually the situation changed and NASL was closed. After a while, the American people lost that initial enthusiasm for going to the stadium, and the teams' profits dwindled. The wrong policies of this league, such as holding matches in indoor halls and banning outdoor matches, did not please the players. Most importantly, football was different from baseball and American football, and the lack of time-outs and consecutive interruptions in the game prevented advertising companies from coming to the league (at one time even American television was supposed to be on the corner. Advertise!). Finally, at the end of the 1984 season, some of the league's teams, such as the famous New York Cosmos, which was also NASL's proudest team, withdrew from the league due to poor economic conditions, which led to the permanent closure of the NASL League. Many believe that NASL introduced football to many Americans, and it was this league that led the United States to host the 1994 World Cup.
Well-known figures in the NASL League