NEW YORK (WABC) -- As word spread about soccer legend Pelé's passing, fans flocked to the Pele store in Times Square, where there is a growing tribute to the man who transformed the sport around ...

Pelé still has a presence in New York City today. The ‘Pelé Soccer’ store was opened in 2019 and sits on the iconic Times Square, a location many fans flocked to after news of his death.

By the time he turned up at nearly 6 p.m., the line outside the store stretched two full city blocks with some 1,000 fans having camped out as ... Pele and Hirshey met in New York City last ...

Pelé came out of brief retirement to play for the New York Cosmos. Getty Images. Pelé didn’t invent the term “the beautiful game” to describe soccer, but he certainly popularized it and ...

Near the end of his playing career, he helped popularize soccer in the United States as a member of the New York Cosmos, leading the team to a North American Soccer League championship when he was ...

In August 1967, it was hard to imagine that Americans might get interested in soccer. Then Pelé played at Yankee Stadium. By Gerald Eskenazi Gerald Eskenazi was a sportswriter for The New York ...

Soccer god Pelé was the main attraction when he dined at Upper East Side eatery Primola. He went undetected, at first, by diners as he enjoyed a meal with two pals on Wednesday. But when a few ...

New York Cosmos star Pele flips through the air after a scissors kick during a game in Tampa against the Tampa Bay Rowdies on May 29, 1977. Photo: Jim Bourdier, AP.

Pelé still has a presence in New York City today. The ‘Pelé Soccer’ store was opened in 2019 and sits on the iconic Times Square, a location many fans flocked to after news of his death.

He'd won three World Cups, scored goals galore and become a global icon, but Pelé wasn't quite done yet, so off he went to the US and helped transform the sport of soccer in North America. The ...