Bicentennial soccer

Collin Allan reports on a tournament with a difference in the USA back in 1976

LIKE me, Late Tackle readers would have been delighted to see in Issue 85 the iconic photograph of Pele and Bobby Moore shaking hands after their classic World Cup encounter in 1970. Well, in 1976 the two superstars were in the same team - playing against England!
It was during the USA Bicentennial Cup Tournament. To celebrate 200 years since the Declaration of American Independence, the North American Soccer League had organised a four-team international tournament to be played in several cities to try to publi...

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