How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into Messi-era MLS
Major League Soccer is the most diverse league in the US. Its predecessor, the NASL, led the way.
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Major League Soccer is the most diverse league in the US. Its predecessor, the NASL, led the way.
The following is the third instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, and looks back at the
Rise of the schoolboys; De Leon, ‘Gally’, Archibald take the stage in ’70 WCQ In the second instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, Lasana Liburd talks to iconic playmaker Leroy De Leon: The Trinidad and Tobago football team returned from Suriname on 15 March 1965 with red faces as the 1966 World Cup campaign ended with an embarrassing 6-1 defeat to its Dutch mainland rivals. Photo: The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team prepare to kick off against Suriname in 19...