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James Andrew

Return of the Cosmos: New York's original club are back and looking to build on the World Cup and the legends of Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Raul

New York Cosmos fans.

Among the caddies at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York, Donald Trump is nicknamed ‘Pele’, due to him frequently cheating by kicking his ball out of the rough and onto the fairway, mimicking the skills of the Brazil legend.

The nickname was also apt because, for decades, Pele was Trump’s only real footballing reference, having gone to Giants Stadium in neighbouring New Jersey in the ’70s to watch the forward run out for the New York Cosmos, back when the US president was working for his father’s real estate company.

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