Johan Cruyff's diplomatic mission to the North American Soccer League
The Dutch master helped to take football to America and he had opinions. Of course he did.
Growing up as a football supporter in England in the early nineties is something I consider a genuine privilege. Nestled in between the last knockings of the First Division and the Premier League’s accelerated development through the middle of the decade, it was a time of the new replacing the old.
I’m thankful that I was able to experience the way English football used to be and that I was young enough to exist primarily in the game’s modern era. Living through both feels special. Supporters of my age were very lucky and are nicely positioned to confirm that, yes, the nineties really did change everything.
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