In the 1970s the North American Soccer League marked the first attempt to introduce soccer to American sports fans. While most teams had only limited success at best, one managed to break through to genuine mainstream popularity - the New York Cosmos. The brainchild of Steve Ross (Major executive at Warner Communications) and the Ertegun brothers (Founders of Atlantic Records), the Cosmos got off to a rocky start in 1971, but things changed in 1975 when the world's most celebrated soccer star, the Brazilian champion Pele, signed with the Cosmos for a five-million-dollar payday. With the arrival of Pele, the Cosmos became a hit and the players became the toast of the town, earning their own private table at Studio 54. A number of other international soccer stars were soon lured to the Cosmos, including Franz Beckenbauer, Rodney Marsh, and Carlos Alberto, but with the turn of the decade, the team began losing favor with fans and folded in 1985.
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos has generally received positive reviews.
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Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos was released in 2006 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 18 reviews, giving Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos than critics were.
With a score of 70%, Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Guardian and Gridiron Gang.
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