North American Soccer League Playoffs Aztecs vs Cosmos 1980

NASL Playoffs Aztecs versus the Cosmos 1980, Rinus Michels is coaching the Aztecs. Javier Aguirre, Mexico National team coach is playing as is Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbaur, Ricky Davis, Wilhem Suurbier

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• Beckenbaur
• rinus
• michels
• dave
• shelton
• aztecs
• nasl
• javier
• aguirre
• ricky
• davis

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[FRSFreeState]

Battle of the American Coasts 

[FrsBigeasy]

@Airman241

To be a Major Sports League which is what MLS has become with it TV Contracts and Attendance Figures and Fan Support you have to be in Major Markets where the people are. Something the MISL hasn't figured out yet even though its a very entertaining league with an excellent product.

That was one of the problems with NASL. What Small Market teams are you mentioning in the MLS? If your talking about Columbus, thats the biggest City in Ohio right between Cincinatti and Cleveland.

[Airman241]

@FrsBigeasy they tried in bigger markets most the teams did not have the fan support and folded or moved elsewhere they have to go where the fans are even if it is a smaller to medium size city-The USL I agree should be used as a farm system like baseball's minor league system to filter players to the MLS take a good look at the MLS some of those teams are in smaller to medium size cities-as far as aging vets I agree it is better to bring players in their prime

[FrsBigeasy]

@Airman241

If they just concentrated on big Markets like Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and started there like the MLS 20 years later. They could've build on that by starting off with 10 teams. MLS which started in 96 will be over 20 teams in a few years.

Instead the NASL brought in aging veterans and paid them too much plus they didn't have an adequate Farm System like the MLS today with USL.

[Airman241]

@FrsBigeasy true they had the money to spend but the Chicago Sting where also pretty solid as well and won the last league title

[Airman241]

@FrsBigeasy from Lochart to Miami at that time probably about 20 min lived in Ft Lauderdale remember the NASL had to go where the market for the sport was so they had teams in different markets what killed the league was high salaries and not a fair playing field they wanted the Cosmos to win the title every year

[FrsBigeasy]

@Airman241

Only if you consider Ft Lauderdale part of the Miami Area but their about 1/2 to an hour a part 

[Airman241]

@FrsBigeasy Ft Lauderdale was not small market having grownup more or less with the Strikers the move to Minnesota was a failure Lockhart Stadium was filled every game Tulsa survived to the end so that has to say something and won the championship in 1983

[soccermania1000]

@FrsBigeasy I have great memories and just wish I could have watched Premiership when I played so I could have learned more. I had to learn from playing which is harder. Regardless, I was very lucky.