INDOOR SOCCER

The New York Cosmos are the most famous club in American soccer history. Pelé, Beckenbauer, Chinaglia. Crowds of 70,000 at Giants Stadium. Five league titles. Almost nobody remembers that they also played indoors. For parts of four winters, the Cosmos played on a carpet in hockey arenas, at the Meadowlands and even at Madison Square Garden. They had stars, a Coach of the Year and one run to a championship series. They also had half-empty buildings, a bad first season and an

In this exclusive interview, the former "Haitian Sensation" reflects on the his playing career, the golden era of indoor soccer, and how those tight, high-speed cages shaped his approach to teaching technical mastery.