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DaveBrett
07-06-2003, 06:16 PM
I collect videotapes of the North American Soccer League
(NASL). I now have almost 200 matches on tape, including
the greatest match in NASL history, the 1979 Whitecaps -
Cosmos Semifinal.

Does anyone have tapes to trade? I will trade for any
NASL match I don't have. My list is at www.DaveBrett.com
Here are my tapes for the years 1975-1979...

1975 Dallas Tornado at Cosmos - Pele's First Match for NY!
1975 Cosmos at Boston Minutemen - Pele was injured
1975 Sounders at Timbers - Playoffs; fans storm the pitch in overtime

1976 Cosmos at Minnesota Kicks - 50,000 turn out for Pele
1976 Cosmos at Rowdies - Tampa crushes New York 5-1
1976 Sounders at St. Louis Stars - Geoff Hurst's NASL debut

1977 Tornado at LA Aztecs - Great 4-3 game (George Best)
1977 Cosmos at Rowdies - Beckenbauer's first NASL game
1977 Playoffs: Sounders at Kicks - Seattle's Cinderella season
1977 SOCCER BOWL: Cosmos v Sounders - Pele's last championship!

1977 Cosmos v Santos (Brazil) - Pele's farewell match

- - - 1978 Regular Season Games - - -
Cosmos at Bayern Munich - Friendly in Germany
Strikers at Cosmos - Gordon Banks lets in 7 goals!
California Surf at Cosmos - Steve Hunt scores twice
Strikers at Washington Diplomats - Dips win 4-1
Oakland Stompers at Strikers - Oakland gets stomped

1978:
Lancers at Fury - Rochester wins 3-0
Lancers at Sockers - San Diego's first home game
Lancers at Kicks - Minnesota wins 4-2
Lancers at Cosmos - One of Giorgio's best games
Lancers at Tea Men - New England falls in overtime
Sting at Rowdies - Chicago wins 3-2 on late goal
Sting at Strikers - Chicago wins 4-3 on late goal
Sting at Rogues - Memphis wins the shootout

1978:
Rowdies at Cosmos - Preview of Soccer Bowl 78
San Diego Sockers at Express - Detroit wins 2-0
Aztecs at Earthquakes - missing first 10 minutes
Playoff: Express at Strikers - Incredible shootout!
Playoff: Rowdies at Strikers - George Best plays
SOCCER BOWL: Cosmos vs Rowdies - from New Jersey


- - - - - 1979 Regular Season Games - - - -
Cosmos at Rowdies - Rematch of 78 Soccer Bowl
Cosmos at Lancers - Mark Liveric hat-trick
Cosmos at Whitecaps - Vancouver crushes NY 4-1
Tea Men at Cosmos - Ricky Davis's first NASL goal
Strikers at Cosmos - Marinho hat trick; 70,000 fans
Timbers at Sounders - Derek Smethurst hat trick
Sting at Express - Wild 6-5 overtime game on ABC
Sting at Kicks - Disputed "Eight Second Shootout"

1979...
Strikers at Kicks - All five goals on goalkeepers' errors
Atlanta Chiefs at Kicks - Alan Willey scores early, often
Chiefs at NE Tea Men - Winning goal in closing seconds!
Lancers at Phil. Fury - David Robb hat-trick
Lancers at Sounders - Seattle beats Rochester 4-1
Lancers at Roughnecks - Tulsa wins 5-2
Lancers at Whitecaps - Carl Valentine in overtime!
Lancers at Cosmos - Cosmos win 5-2
Lancers at Tornado - Wolfgang Rausch game-winner

1979...
Aztecs at Diplomats - ABC Game of the Week (Cruyff)
Sounders at Aztecs - Cruyff scores two great goals
Rowdies at Aztecs - L.A.'s "Dutch Connection"
Cosmos at Aztecs - Missing first 30 minutes
Sockers at Fury - San Diego beats Philadelphia 3-1
Sounders at Sockers - Ryan, Cave score for Seattle
Whitecaps at Kicks - ABC Game of the Week
Whitecaps at Sounders - Alan Ball scores the game winner

1979 Semifinal Whitecaps at Cosmos - I consider this
the greatest match in NASL history. The tape includes the
game, the overtime, the shootout following the first game,
the mini game, & the shootout following the mini game.

1979 Friendly: Argentina at Cosmos - Maradona
1979 Playoffs: Sting at Strikers - Granitza game winner
1979 SOCCER BOWL: Whitecaps v Rowdies


Email: DaveBrett@msn.com

DaveBrett
07-07-2003, 02:49 PM
I also have these two hilight tapes...

1979-1983 Vancouver Whitecaps Hilights (Two hours)
1979 & 1980 Toronto Blizzard Hilights

Dave