The name of the sport that Pele plays is called futbol, also known as soccer in the United States. Pele is regarded as the greatest futbol player ever to touch a futbol pitch. He had 77 goals for Brazil, and 91 caps from 1957 to 1971. He won the world cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970. The way that the Americans know him best is from his days on the New York Cosmos. Pele came to America with a bunch of other highly regarded futbol players and created a powerhouse team which was name the cosmos. On his team was beckenbauer, canallia, and the infamous pele.
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Football ("soccer" in the USA). He is now a representative for the newly formed New York Cosmos, which will join the MLS in 2012.