Clive Toye

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Clive Toye was a pioneering soccer executive best known for helping popularize the sport in the United States during the 1970s, including playing a key role in bringing global stars like Pelé to the NASL.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
author
football administrator
sports executive
countryOfWork Canada NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
employer Chicago Sting NERFINISHED
New York Cosmos NERFINISHED
North American Soccer League NERFINISHED
Toronto Blizzard NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork association football
sports management
sports promotion
genre sports writing
hasRole club executive
journalist
league commissioner
sports promoter
influenced development of the North American Soccer League
growth of professional soccer in the United States
popular perception of soccer in the U.S. sports market
knownFor being an early promoter of professional soccer in the United States
helping popularize soccer in the United States in the 1970s
leadership roles in the North American Soccer League
playing a key role in bringing Pelé to the North American Soccer League
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement early professionalization of soccer in North America
nationality British
notableAchievement contributed to increased media attention for soccer in the U.S.
helped raise NASL’s international profile in the 1970s
helped secure Pelé’s move to the New York Cosmos
notableWork efforts to sign Pelé to the New York Cosmos
promotion of high-profile international stars in the NASL
occupation football administrator
soccer executive
sports journalist
positionHeld commissioner of the North American Soccer League
executive at Chicago Sting
executive at New York Cosmos
executive at Toronto Blizzard
general manager of New York Cosmos
president of New York Cosmos
sport association football
workedOn expansion of the NASL fan base
marketing of the New York Cosmos
recruitment of global soccer stars to the NASL

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New York Cosmos notableExecutive Clive Toye