Timothy Schum is the author of ‘Relentless: The Story of American Soccer and the Coaches Who Grew the Game’. With the passing of Pele, stories emerged that sought to explain why late in his career the soccer immortal decided to ply his wares in the United States. When finally free of Brazilian government restrictions (as a ‘national treasure’ he’d been unable to leave Brazil to play elsewhere), Pele could have chosen any number of countries where a fervent soccer culture existed. So why the U.S. Read more…