Tag Archives: Giorgio Chinaglia
Werner Roth
Werner Roth (Soccer. Born, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Apr. 4, 1948.) One of the outstanding defensive players in the history of the North American Soccer League, Werner Roth began playing organized soccer with New York’s German-Hungarians and finished as the captain of the Cosmos 1978 Soccer Bowl champions. Roth played in the German-American League (later the Cosmopolitan […]
Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun (Executive. Born, Istanbul, Turkey, July 31, 1923; died, New York, NY, Dec. 14, 2006.) Son of a major force in Turkish political history and a founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun was also one of the most important figures in American soccer in the 20th century. In 1971, Ertegun and his older brother […]
Giorgio Chinaglia
Giorgio Chinaglia (Soccer. Born, Carrera, Italy, Jan. 24, 1947.) Giorgio Chinaglia, the crowd-pleasing goal scorer, was the leading scorer in the history of the North American Soccer League. He scored 193 goals in 213 league games and added another 49 in 41 playoff games. During his eight-year career with the New York Cosmos, Chinaglia set […]
