New York Cosmos 1976 Soccer Jacket

Product Details:

• Made in the USA
• Nylon fabric with nylon contrast knit and zipper front
• Two front pockets
• Embroidered felt patch
• Felt "10" on back
• Item #: COSSJ

League: North American soccer League

History: Pelé's arrival turned the Cosmos from a motley crew of foreigners, semi-professionals and students into a huge commercial presence. The club's groundsman, on hearing that the Brazilian's début for New York was to be broadcast on CBS, spray-painted the pitch green to disguise how little grass was on it: the match, against the Dallas Tornado, was broadcast to 22 countries and covered by more than 300 journalists from all over the world.