, as the game-day program and magazine for the NASL, frequently featured Dutch players who moved to North America late in their careers to expand the reach of the sport.
The Netherlands national team, once the dominant force of the 1970s, was struggling to maintain its status during the qualifiers for the . Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Kick Magazine March 28th 1981
: In January 1981, Cruyff was a prominent figure in international soccer circles, even participating in high-profile exhibition games back in the Netherlands for DS'79 (now FC Dordrecht) against teams like Chelsea and Ajax.