Lynch, who earned the nickname Beast Mode for his punishing style, was perhaps the best in the league before he retired. As for the United Soccer Association, that league certainly had its moments as well (before the leagues merged to form the NASL in 1968). Longo also intends to play for the women’s basketball team at Adams State as a non-scholarship player. The encounter pitted two future movers and shakers of soccer – Toye, who signed Pele to a historic c.