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The New York Cosmos, soccer's first super club

Remember when New York had one of the best teams in the world? KICK explores where the Cosmos stand nearly 40 years after Pele left the club.

Pele, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Chinaglia. In the 1970's, the star-studded New York Cosmos were arguably one of the best soccer teams in the world. Today, the Cosmos are a reborn shell of their galactic predecessors. Here's how the biggest club in the United States went from an international power to the fledgling second division of American soccer.