In recent years, there has been a lot of talk of the MLS being a retirement league or a place to go to sort of “wind down” your career. If the NASL was more well-known and had as much face as the MLS does, would fans and onlookers say the same thing?
Let’s try to break it down. The man to start this trend of ‘superstars’ traveling to America’s 2nd division was none other than Raul. In 2014, the Spaniard parted ways with Qatarian club Al Sadd and joined the New York Cosmos. The former Real Madrid man spent about a year in the NASL, making around 30 appearances and netting 8 goals.