Soccer great Pelé passed two years ago this month. Here’s why his legacy forever lives on

Two years ago this month, soccer lost arguably its greatest-ever player in Edson Arantes do Nascimento — better known worldwide simply as Pelé.

Pelé died on Dec. 29, 2022, at age 82, but left behind a legacy that served as the bridge between the sport’s growing popularity — specifically here in the United States — and the machine soccer has become as big name stars and even bigger television contracts to broadcast ‘The Beautiful Game’ (Pelé’s words, not ours) in nearly every nation, can pay homage to the impact Pele made on the game.

With that said, we took a look back at the four things you may

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