August 1, 2010 - 30 years after waving goodbye at Giants Stadium, Pelé announced on August 1, 2010 that The New York Cosmos are coming back.
The return of the biggest soccer club in US history involves a Cosmos Academy – in NYC and LA – to develop our next generation of soccer stars.
Copa NYC, a World Cup-style grassroots tournament that engages local communities to represent their countries of origin, will be expanding throughout the US and beyond.