
Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL
Documentary
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Brandi Chastain
Brandi Chastain
Self
Brandi Chastain
Self
Clive Toye
Clive Toye
Self
Clive Toye
Self


Pelé
Pelé
Self (archive footage)
Pelé
Self (archive footage)


George Best
George Best
Self (archive footage)
George Best
Self (archive footage)


Johan Cruijff
Johan Cruijff
Self (archive footage)
Johan Cruijff
Self (archive footage)
Giorgio Chinaglia
Giorgio Chinaglia
Self (archive footage)
Giorgio Chinaglia
Self (archive footage)


Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
Franz Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
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