He listened as Revolution head coach Jay Heaps and president Brian Bilello talked about the importance of his time with the New York Cosmos to the growth of American soccer. As Pelé reflected on ...

In a rush to venerate Pele, the relaunched New York Cosmos announced in 2013 they would ... was that in 1977 they had already retired the jersey, so the bootlicking gesture fell rather flat.

Brazil icon Pele spent just two years at New York Cosmos but had his number ten shirt retired by the club. Lionel Messi will go down as one of the greatest footballers of all time. When he finally ...