Three times world champion, more than a thousand goals for Santos and the greatest Brazilian football legend of his life. When Pele is buried soon, all will be remembered. But Pele didn’t just play football in and for Brazil. In 1975, at the age of 34, he signed a contract with the New York Cosmos. The scribble of his life, good for three exhilarating years full of dollars, women and the best of the world. A look at Pele’s forgotten American epilogue.
