Match ball from Franz Beckenbauer's NASL Cosmos home debut v Toronto Metros-Croatia League game played at the Giants Stadium 5th June 1977, THE BALL
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Match ball from Franz Beckenbauer's NASL Cosmos home debut v Toronto Metros-Croatia League game played at the Giants Stadium 5th June 1977, THE BALL IS SIGNED BY PELE, FRANZ BECKENBAUER & GIORGIO CHINAGLIA, a French manufactured Adidas Official NASL soccer ball bearing the facsimile signature of Commissioner Phil Woosnam, the pentagon panels with white outlined red stars on a blue background, in addition to the signatures the ball bears the match identification in the hand of the Cosmos equipment manager Charles Martinelli, housed in a Lucite display box Perhaps inspired by the home debut of ''Der Kaiser'' Franz Beckenbauer, this was one of the greatest ever Cosmos team performances ending in a 6-0 victory, with a Steve Hunt hat-trick, a brace from Giorgio Chinaglia and a goal from Jomo Sono. Provenance: The Charles Martinelli Collection. Former Equipment Manager of the New York Cosmos.