Footballjoe Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Watching the World Cup over the past month made me think back to my soccer days in the mid 70's and 80's, one of which I was able to watch the Great Pele' paly in Washington D.C. I had my zoom lense with me and got some very good shots that day. Good memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip_Side Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Never seen him play, I'm young though. I heard he was the greatest ever, that's unbelievable with all the talent out there these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Yep. He played great too. (Although it helped that he had a solid goalkeeper behind him in Sylvester Stallone.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Absolutely. If you can find a DVD of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, especially one that focuses on Brazil, you will see the best soccer team to ever take the field. Pele was a very large part of that team, but not the only part. BTW, did you know Pele scored just under 1,300 goals in his career? The next best in the history of soccer is less than half that. That's 65 goals a year for 20 years........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Yes, Brazilian's vs Oakland Clippers at the Oakland Coliseum sometime in the late sixties or early seventies. Don't remember the exact year, my dad took me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Two Words: You Tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Two Words: You Tube. Holy crap. Pele was the nearest thing to a sporting god there has ever been and all this in an era when a defender would need to break your leg to get booked and run you over with a truck to get sent off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robash Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Yep. He played great too. (Although it helped that he had a solid goalkeeper behind him in Sylvester Stallone.) what a great movie that was...they had some star power on that team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 (edited) Two Words: You Tube. The first thing I notice about this video was in virtually every clip, there was a moment when Pele could've taken a dive. He gets kicked, tripped, held, or bumped. 99% of all modern players would have hit the ground and cried about it. Pele keeps playing and makes sometheing happen. Maybe that's what made him great Edited July 10, 2006 by billay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Met him several times. I used to go to the Pele soccer camps here in the NY metro area, and he would always show up and shake everyone's hand. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSEstreet Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Saw him play a couple of times for the Metro Stars against the Ft. Lauderdale Strickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 The first thing I notice about this video was in virtually every clip, there was a moment when Pele could've taken a dive. He gets kicked, tripped, held, or bumped. 99% of all modern players would have hit the ground and cried about it. Pele keeps playing and makes sometheing happen. Maybe that's what made him great basically, he's the anti-Christiano Ronaldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 basically, he's the anti-Christiano Ronaldo And about twenty million times more talented, too. Even though he's in his sixties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 And about twenty million times more talented, too. Even though he's in his sixties. While I wouldn't compare them talent wise, Christiano Ronaldo is one of the best young players in the world... Any way we can make him a US Citizen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 While I wouldn't compare them talent wise, Christiano Ronaldo is one of the best young players in the world... Any way we can make him a US Citizen? You want that wuss rolling around on the floor with a USA shirt on? Hell, no, I'd rather lose fighting that win cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 You want that wuss rolling around on the floor with a USA shirt on? Hell, no, I'd rather lose fighting that win cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 PS - "Pele" means "Black Diamond" (iirc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteebee Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Yep. He played great too. (Although it helped that he had a solid goalkeeper behind him in Sylvester Stallone.) Too bad Sly broke his arm. My favorite pele quote (moving the chalk on the chalkboard.): "I do dees, dees, dees, dees, goal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 So is Freddy Adu the next Pele? no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoBeast Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Wow, I've never seen him play and he is just amazing. That's the most unstoppable sports figure I've ever seen play in fact. No one guy could stop him, his dribbling skills made these World Cup pros look silly. Never seen such control of the ball before. Wow! 9.22 goal is sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 (edited) you know what surprises me watching that....it's not the dribbling so much, because you expect to see that from pele. what surprises me is the f'n rocket of a right AND left foot he had. to make an analogy to a sport i know a bit more about, it's like wayne gretzky and bobby hull morphed into one player. edit: you see what i'm talking about a little better in this video. Edited July 10, 2006 by Azazello1313 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 PS - "Pele" means "Black Diamond" (iirc). I think it means Miracle in Hebrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 you know what surprises me watching that....it's not the dribbling so much, because you expect to see that from pele. what surprises me is the f'n rocket of a right AND left foot he had. to make an analogy to a sport i know a bit more about, it's like wayne gretzky and bobby hull morphed into one player. edit: you see what i'm talking about a little better in this video. Great find. That shot he took from SEVENTY yards was against Czechoslovakia in the 1970 World Cup. He missed by a foot with the goalkeeper (Ivo Viktor, European goalkeeper of the year in 1969) beaten. Check it out - Pele shoots from nearly 10 yards inside his own half. How much money would this guy have been worth on the international transfer market? He only ever played for his first club, Santos, until he joined NY Cosmos. I doubt the film survives now, but I recall seeing Pele's 1000th goal in (I think) 1969 or so. It was a penalty against the Brazilian side Vasco da Gama. When it went in, the goalkeeper came hurtling out and gave Pele a big hug and the place went bananas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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