Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL (2021)

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Released:
2021-10-13

Overview:
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.

Director:
Rachel Viollet

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Documentary

  • Cast:
  • Brandi Chastain
    as
    Self
  • Clive Toye
    as
    Self
  • Pelé
    as
    Self (archive footage)
  • George Best
    as
    Self (archive footage)
  • Johan Cruijff
    as
    Self (archive footage)