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Sports Film of the Week: Once In A Lifetime (The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos)

Soccer hits 1970s New York in a superb documentary that charts the rise and fall of a sporting supernova.

Title: Once In A Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos

Released: 2006

Tagline: The untold story of the team that had America on its feet.

Plot: The story behind the rise and fall of the New York Cosmos. The team captured the attention of America as Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and the charismatic Giorgio Chinagla starred on the pitch, and rubbed shoulders with the stars off it, in a fascinating snapshot of 1970s Manhattan.

Random YouTube comment: “one of the best football documentaries ever.” cooldeep4900

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