by Bruce Silverman | Aug 15, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Main Shows, Radio Replay
40 years ago today, the New York Cosmos hosted the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in a NASL playoff game. The Cosmos won 8-3 but that is not the important thing. 77,691 people showed up to watch it. All these years later, no American club match has topped that attendance....
by Bruce Silverman | Feb 14, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Main Shows, Radio Replay
So much to cover tonight so here we go! Rick Davis was one of the original big names in American soccer. A member of the US Mens National Team plus a 3x champion with the New York Cosmos. He found an even longer career in the indoor game. Cyd Zeigler has been a...
by Bruce Silverman | Jul 26, 2014 | Columns, Featured, Main Shows, Radio Replay
The rivalry between the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and the New York Cosmos dates back thirty-seven years. Over that span, the Strikers had only won four games, all of them at home. Going into this game, the Strikers had been a six game winless streak including drop the...
by Bruce Silverman | Sep 22, 2013 | Columns, Featured, Main Shows, Radio Replay
The rivalry is renewed. The Ft. Lauderdale Strikers and the New York Cosmos first met in New York on May 15, 1977. The great Pele scored the hat trick and the Cosmos won 3-0. Less than a month later the same two teams met on the pitch in Ft. Lauderdale and soccer was...
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