ontract with the New York Cosmos in 1975 – and Woosnam, who became the NASL commissioner. “As his body stops being able to recover as well, is he able to modify how often he plays at that intensity – either within a game, or also which games he goes hard. Bill Cox popularized the game in New York City with his International Soccer League. about the only option of playing at a “rotting, fog-ridden, windswept stadium called Kezar Stadium in the Golden Gate Park.