The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2025-05-04 09:19:49.

Original Title: TIL that, after the retirement of Pelé in 1977, much of the progress that American soccer had made during his stay was lost. There was no star player at the same level to replace him, so attendances dropped after 1980. The entire North American Soccer League folded at the end of 1984