The “compelling . . . detailed and thoughtful account” of the
rise and fall of the Cosmos, New York’s first superstar soccer team
(Kirkus Reviews). In the summer of 1977, soccer was poised to
finally conquer America and the New York Cosmos were the premier
sports team of the city. They boasted the greatest roster of the
world’s best players—notably, Brazil’s international sensation
Pelé—ever assembled for any sport. For a time, they were the
darlings of the press. Their first game was televised in twenty-two
different countries. They were favorites at Studio 54. They partied
behind the velvet ropes with Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger. Less a
growing sports phenom than a pop-culture happening, the hottest ticket
in town drew the likes of Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Henry
Kissinger, and Robert Redford. Warner Brothers chairman and Cosmos
owner Steve Ross may not have known a goalkeeper from a zookeeper, but
in a city awash in celebrity and decadence, Ross knew spectacle. He
also knew how to make a dollar, and stars. But as the Cosmos
players soon became enmeshed in a world of millionaires, gangsters,
groupies, glamour, power struggles, alcoholic excess, drugs, disco and
very public fistfights, they were set for a heartbreaking and
inevitable fall. “Colorful and keen . . . [and] detail-rich, this
unlikely drama of a quintessentially American flirtation”
(Publishers Weekly), “is a gripping evocation of a glorious but
brief moment when the beautiful game had the US entranced” (Time Out
London).
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ISBN
9781555848699
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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