By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Feb 14, 2012) US Soccer Players -- Before Designated Players began flocking to our shores in an effort to bolster Major League Soccer’s star power, there was a time when it was common - even stylish - for international players to move to the United States. One of those players was Peru’s Teofilo Cubillas.
“Who wouldn’t want to come play with all the greats such as Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and George Best? I thought Fort Lauderdale was a very interesting market, not to mention a great opportunity for me,” Cubillas said about his decision to move to the US in 1979.
Cubillas, who earned the nickname “Nene” – the Spanish word for baby – because of his boyish looks, still looks like a young man at the age of 62. In a career that spanned some 20 years, Cubillas is remembered most by American fans as a former member of the Strikers during the days of the North American Soccer League.
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