OTD E0037 - 07 Dec 1967: The League That Wouldn’t Stick - NASL and America’s Long Soccer Tease

07 Dec 1967: two rival U.S. pro leagues merge to form the North American Soccer League – NASL – and launch one of football’s great boom-and-bust stories. We trace the arc from early U.S. soccer and the 1930/1950 World Cups through NASL’s Pelé-era boom and 1984 collapse, then follow the thread to World Cup ’94, the birth of MLS, Beckham and Messi in America, legalized sports betting and a 2026 World Cup on U.S. soil.Tips/corrections: [email protected]