NASL - Soccer Bowl pinback buttons

  1977-Aug-28 Civic Stadium, Portland, Ore

New York Cosmos defeat the Seattle Sounders 2-1

Man of the Match - Stephen Hunt

1978-Aug-27 Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

New York Cosmos defeat Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-1

Man of the Match - Dennis Tueart

  1979-Sep-08 Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Vancouver Whitecaps defeat Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-1

Man of the Match - Alan Ball

1981-Sep-26 Exhibition Stadium - Toronto

Chicago Sting 0-0 NY Cosmos

Sting win in a 2-1 shoot-out

Man of the Match - Frantz Mathieu

1982-Sep-18 San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, Ca

New York Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders 1-0

Man of the Match - Giorgio Chinaglia

1983-Oct-01 BP Place Stadium, Vancouver

Tulsa Roughnecks defeat Toronto Blizzard 2-0

MVP - Njego Pesa (Tulsa Roughnecks)

The Soccer Bowl was the NASL Championship game, which adopted the term Soccer Bowl in 1975. The winner received the NASL Trophy, which became known as the Soccer Bowl Trophy

Superstar Showdown

1977-Apr-09

pinback button commemorating the last meeting of 2 soccer superstars Pele (New York Cosmos) and Eusebio (Las Vegas Quicksilvers)

Eusebio, Portugal is considered one of the great footballers of all time. He scored 733 goals in 745 matches, from 1957- 1979. Eusebio played for the Portuguese National team, Benfica, Boston Minutemen (NASL), Las Vegas Quicksilvers (NASL), New Jersey Americans (ASL) and in Mexico

Pele, played for the Brazil National Team, Santos (Brazil) 1956-1974 and the New York Cosmos 1975-1977. All-time leading goal scorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games