But Brazilian star pele in the early 1980s and Britain's David Beckham more recently failed to catapult soccer into the mainstream.

但是从早期上世纪80年代的巴西巨星贝利到近期英国的贝克·汉姆谁也没有成功将足球带入美国的主流社会当中。

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Pele is a different phenomenon from the baseball or football star. Soccer stars are dependent on their teams even while transcending them.

贝利是一个奇才，他与棒球明星或橄榄球明星迥然不同。足球球星们甚至在超越自己队员的同时，也仍依赖球队。

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Pele, became a professional soccer star when he was fifteen.

比利，在他十五岁时成了一位专业的足球明星。

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In one of his first games for the club, Eusebio scored a hat-trick against Santos, a side that included Brazilian star Pele, and confirmed his status as one of Europe's most lethal strikers.

BBC: Eusebio: The Black Pearl

As continental champions in 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982 and with Ghanaian legends including three-times African footballer of the year Abedi Pele and former Eintracht Frankfurt and Leeds United star Anthony Yeboah both rated in their time among the world's best players, Milla knew Ghana had the qualities to match some of the world's best.

CNN: Ghana looks to World Cup after U-20 success

It had no star of, say, the sparkle of Brazil's Pele.

ECONOMIST: Sir Alfred Ramsey