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The LA Aztecs are remembered...
for their mixed success and were sometimes compared to the New York Cosmos as the Cosmos of the West Coast. However, they did not draw nearly as well as the Cosmos, or even the Seattle Sounders, who were consistently the attendance leaders among the Western N.A.S.L. teams. They won the 1974 Soccer Bowl over the Miami Toros. In 1976, a fading George Best signed with the team and played from 1976 to 1978. In 1979 attendance peaked, as Rinus Michels signed the superstar Johan Cruyff who went on to win the NASL Most Valuable Player Award in his one year with the Aztecs. Historically, the team attracted less attendance than the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS attracts with attendance around 14,000, but its legacy remains to this day.
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