New York Cosmos will begin their North American Soccer League season this weekend with a match against Tampa Bay Rowdies . The game is scheduled for Saturday at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, The pair played for New York Cosmos together in the 1970s . The club went bankrupt in the 1980s and only returned in 2010 .
New York Cosmos will begin their North American Soccer League season this weekend with a match against Tampa Bay Rowdies . Pele and Franz Beckenbauer were in New York on Friday to turn the Empire State Building green ahead of the start of the season . The pair played for New York Cosmos together in the 1970s . The club went bankrupt in the 1980s and only returned in 2010 .