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Football’s Greatest: Batistuta

Soccer in Mexico is the latest plan of the Los Angeles City League soccer body, according to the letter recieved at last Thursday’s meeting. A prominent sport follower in Mexico City anxious to foster the game across the border and is in communication with the local league whereby a star game will be played in the southern country in the near future.

Los Angeles Times - Feb. 25, 1929

Forgotten Sides: Kearny Scots, 1946.

Forgotten Sides: Kearny Scots, 1946.

Think Roy is having a tough time as England manager? Graham Taylor, An Impossible Job. Worth an hour of your time.

Forgotten Sides: Chicago Mustangs vs. Los Angeles Wolves, May 8th, 1968.

Forgotten Sides: Chicago Mustangs vs. Los Angeles Wolves, May 8th, 1968.

Courtesy of 1999, Brazil vs. FC Barcelona. Ronaldo, Romario, Rivaldo Oh My.

Have 2 hours to kill? Why not relieve Senegal’s upset of France in the 2002 WC?

Bethlehem Steel train aboard a steamship on course to Scandinavia, 1919.

Bethlehem Steel train aboard a steamship on course to Scandinavia, 1919.

France - Brazil, World Cup Quarter-Finals 1986. Why not stay up late tonight?