Soccer Corner Magazine January 1980

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Vancouver Whitecaps fans ought to get goosebumps over this issue titled “The Whitecap Wave Rolls On”…“NASL NOTEBOOK” kicks off with Clive Toye heading to Toronto…the Cosmos averaged 48,081 fans a game and went over the 1 million mark for the second straight year…the Aztecs signed Paul Jones…the San Jose Earthquakes attendance was still going strong in their sixth NASL campaign, just over 15,000 fans a game…Hans Stierle himself pens an opinion-piece on “European Soccer: Going Backwards”…The Tampa Bay Rowdies and their marketing genius “Camp Kikinthagrass” has a lengthy feature by Lou Gautier…a lengthy tribute, by Earl Morgan, covers the Vancouver Whitecaps sensational 1979 Championship season (Note: When over 200,000 fans attended the ‘Caps victory parade everyone thought the NASL was here to stay)…Player Gallery features Greg Makowski of the Atlanta Chiefs…Dan Herbst asks “The Kaiser’s mLast Season?”…

ASL coverage includes Joe Fink returning to the NASL after a year in the ASL…Marty Stevenson chronicles the 1979 ASL Championship game, played in front of 9,300 fans in Columbus, Ohio…1979 ASL All-Stars included: Ramon Moraldo, Dan Tobin, Norman Piper, Daniel Mammana and Poli Garcia…

MISL coverage includes “The Arrows Capture Title” This was the first MISL Championship…AYSO Founder, Hans Stierle, has a nice bio by Ron Gales…Brazil’s Santos resurgence after Pele wraps up the issue…