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Pele joins the New York Cosmos

Clive Toye, former General Manager of the New York Cosmos, on Pele's shock move to a US soccer team in 1975.

An insider's account of Pele's shock move to a soccer team in the United States in 1975. We hear from Clive Toye, the former General Manager of the New York Cosmos, who persuaded Pele to play football in the US.

(Photo: Pele in action for NY Cosmos during an American Soccer League match. Credit: Getty Images/Allsport UK /Allsport)

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Sun 16 Nov 2014 04:50GMT
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