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- Even though he’s retired, Pelé is still
- very active in soccer. He runs soccer
- camps and clinics around the world.
- He also serves as the sportΓÇÖs
- goodwill ambassador. In 1986, Pelé
- tried to convince world soccer
- organizations to hold the World Cup
- tournament in the United States.
- They didnΓÇÖt listen to him then, but his
- influence helped bring the World
- Cup to the United States in 1994. In
- 1995, Pelé was named Brazil’s new
- minister of sports.