It ain’t over ’til it’s over
ASL:
New Bedford Whalers entered the second leg of the 1931 ALS championship against New York Giants with an 8-3 deficit to overcome.
Articles by: Roger Allaway
Bill Cox and the ISL showed the way
ISL:
The International Soccer League was an important step that helped to pave the way toward the start of the original NASL and thus the American soccer scene of today.
The record-setting Archie Stark
ASL, International Tours, Profiles, USMNT:
Billy Gonsalves is considered by many to be the best US player before the Second World War but Archie Stark remains the greatest goalscorer the US has ever produced.
1960 US Open Cup final is a tough act to follow
ASL, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US Open Cup:
In the 1960 US Open Cup final, Philadelphia’s Ukrainian Nationals came from behind three times over 120 minutes to win the championship with Mike Noha scoring all five of the Uke Nats goals. Roger Allaway has the story.
Hakoah left its mark on America
Roger Allaway on the legacy of the US tours by Austria’s Hakoah team in the 1920s.
The “American Menace”
ASL:
It seems strange to envision European soccer feeling threatened by American soccer, but that was once the case. This unusual circumstance arose in the mid-1920s as a result of the signing by American Soccer League teams of players who were under contract to European teams. What was referred to in… Read More ›
Teenage stars are an old story
Roger Allaway looks back at the long tradition of teenage players breaking into U.S. league and national team ranks.
A warning that England missed
Everyone knows about the 1-0 US win over England at the 1950 World Cup. But four days before that game, the US held a 1-0 lead against Spain for 62 minutes before losing 3-1.
The night the U.S. women arrived
USWNT, Women's Soccer, Women's World Cup:
Roger Allaway on the USWNT’s 7-0 win over Taiwan in the 1991 Women’s World Cup.
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