<p><br /> Pele and Eric Cantona are visiting Singapore to promote the rebirth of their New York Cosmos.<br /> </p><p><br /> Pele, the team's honorary president and Cantona, its director of soccer, went to the Jalan Besar stadium to meet players from Young Lions, an under-23 team playing in Singapore's S-League.<br /> </p><p><br /> New York Cosmos players included Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto, before the North American League (NASL) ended in 1984.<br /> </p><p><br /> Pele now hopes with the rebirth of the team to help in the development of young players.<br /> </p><p><br /> "Since I was invited to be part of this team I was very happy thanks God because I try to give back to the people, to the youngsters, everything I got from God. Then when I was invited to be part of this team I was very glad because everybody knows I start with New York Cosmos when New York Cosmos was a college team, we had very few professionals there and now to be here is to continue my mission," he told a news conference.<br /> </p><p><br /> For Cantona, who is now also an actor back home in France, there is no problem juggling activities.<br /> </p><p><br /> "I agree with them to spend eight months in New York because of the championship is from April to end of October, so I will be there for pre-season too, so I'll be there for eight months and I reserve four months to spend in France to keep acting because I really enjoy it. It took time for me to have enough experience to enjoy it and to make people accept that we can do something else in life," said Cantona.<br /> </p>
