Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL
Viewers interested in modern Documentary cinema often explore Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL because of its cast, story direction, and audience popularity.
Nearly 40 years since its demise, the North American Soccer League continues to linger in the memories and imaginations of soccer fans across the United States — and beyond. The colorful, oftentimes controversial league attracted some of the game’s greatest players: Pele, Best, Cruyff, Muller, Beckenbauer, to name a few. Crowds of 70,000-plus flocked to games as the NASL brought star power to a country where soccer had been virtually invisible just a few years earlier.