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what no messages yet?

posted 19 years ago by ahhpisa
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C'mon guys this is gonna be a great documentary 'bout the Cosmos and how bringin big stars to the NASL did more damage to the american soccer landscape than did good i mean even cossel said "this league is gonna be tyhe biggest league" and look what happened
thank god MLS is takin' it one step at a time and now u can se the results of good mangement in two+ years there would be at least 8 soccer especific stadiums in the league(ohio, L.A., Dallas, Chicago, New York, Salt Lake, D.C., Toronto, Colorado, etc.) i mean Thats growth and progress dont u think?.

[–] mahoski 19 years ago

Is this a straight to DVD release, or is it going to one or two theaters first? The Cosmos were a major part of my life as a kid in NY. Just thinking about Chinaglia, Beckenbauer, Bogicevic, and company again has me smiling.

[–] ahhpisa 19 years ago

it's supossed to hit theaters in june or july to coincide with the world cup but no final date yet.. this is killing me!!

[–] chenwu23 19 years ago

anything with pele is bound to be great

Tucker:[long pause]What are they talking about? Church: You know what? I *beep* hate you.

[–] mfkickabout 19 years ago

It has just hit a very limited number of cinemas in the UK. All in big cities and they're either independent cinemas or cinemas which usually have obscure/independent movies.

[–] macman1958 19 years ago

To say the NASL did more damage to American soccer than good is just wrong. Yes it was mismanaged, and yes it was overhyped, but nothing that MLS has accomplished (or will accomplish) could have happened without the NASL. One of the biggest problems for the NASL was that they tried to establish soccer as a major league sport without any true grass roots infrastructure...there were not enough kids playing at the time time to provide top American talent. But since the arrival of Pele, youth soccer leagues have flourished, there is more talent than ever before, and now MLS has more American born talent than the NASL could ever imagine. The NASL's problem is they tried to build a league from the top down, instead of from the bottom up...it collapsed because there wasn't a good foundation. But it was fun while it lasted.

[–] piphurst 19 years ago

If your in london and fancy a talking point down the pub when it gets round to good old football this film is on down on the kings road in the cineworld miniplex. Striker!

[–] rovivrus 19 years ago

yup its showing now in dublin.

loved it. i knew nothing about the cosmos - what a seriously *beep* up story. great characters. chinaglia is a nutcase.

[–] dsm72 19 years ago

Saw it in a cinema in England - was the only person there

[–] welshhibby 19 years ago

Watched in it Dublin less than an hour ago and loved it...very interesting doc.

[–] mfkickabout 19 years ago

I was one of two in the Greenwich Picturehouse but it has had virtually no promotion, other than appearing on some news programmes and I saw it at 4.30 on a Monday.

[–] captaincheekypants68 19 years ago

Had to travel to central London to see this yesterday.

Only about 5 people (including me) in the theatre. I am sure when this gets a DVD release it will do really well.

[–] jjf2035 18 years ago

Limited release in the States probably means it will run in NYC for a week and be out on DVD by the World Cup final. Sad, this film could do for nostalgic sports fans what "54" did for nostalgic cokeheads!