Gabe Logan will discuss the origins of the National Amateur Cup tournament and its connection to the 1924 US Olympic soccer team.
Author: SASH
SASH Session, Friday, Sep. 6 at 12pm ET: A Survey of Minnesota Soccer History Updated with video
Brian D. Bunk, Brian Quarstad, and Chris Bolsmann will be the presenters.
SASH Session, Friday, June 7 at 12 pm ET: “Tom ‘Bullets’ Cahill: A Reappraisal of a Founding Father of American Soccer” Updated with Video
Tom McCabe will discuss the impact of a little known event on the life of one of the leading figures of early 20th Century American soccer.
SASH Session, Friday, April 5 at 12 pm ET: “How the United States is Represented in Women’s Soccer Beyond the USWNT” Updated with Video
Zach Bigalke will discuss the phenomenon of the United States as a global exporter of women’s soccer talent and the impact that has on both national narratives and the individuals who make these choices.
SASH Session on Friday, Dec. 8 at 12 pm ET with Donald Wine: “Black American Soccer History is American Soccer History” Updated with video
Wine is on the national board of the American Outlaws, the largest supporters group for the U.S. national teams.
Soccer History USA now available on SASH podcasting platform
The Soccer History USA podcast series is now available on SASH’s podcasting platform.
The Bill Graham Guides Collection is now available!
In making the Graham Guides freely available, SASH hopes to spark scholarship in a vital period of US soccer history.
SASH Sessions now available as podcasts
SASH Sessions are now available in podcast format from all major podcast distributors including Apple, Google, Spotify, and Amazon.
SASH Session Tuesday, August 8 at 8 PM ET: Live from the Women’s World Cup with Jen Cooper and Declan Abernathy Updated with Video
Jen Cooper and Declan Abernathy will join us from Australia to talk about the Women’s World Cup.
Graham Guide Digitization Project fundraiser exceeds goal in less than 48 hours!
SASH fundraiser will remain open until Monday, July 31, at noon ET after reaching — and exceeding — it’s target in less than 48 hours.
“Graham Guides” digitization project fundraiser launched
SASH is launching the campaign to raise $1,600 to digitally scan the complete run of what are colloquially referred to as the Bill Graham Guides“.
SASH Session : Jermaine Scott on “Harlem’s Chief Representatives: Black Soccer Radicalism in New York City, 1928-1949” Updated with Video
Dr. Scott is an Assistant Professor of African American, African Diasporic, and Sport History at Florida Atlantic University.
Book Talk on February 17, 2023 at 12 PM ET: Kelcey Ervick discusses The Keeper: Soccer, Me and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives Updated with video
Kelcey Ervick will discuss her new graphic memoir, which examines the role that Title IX has played in expanding opportunities for women in soccer, and sport in general, in the US.
RIP, Pelé
The greatest player of in the history of the game has died at the age of 82
1908 Spalding Guide now available
The 1908 Spalding Guide is now available for download in PDF format for the first time.
Book Talk, Friday, December 9 at 12 PM ET: James Brown discusses “Mud, Blood and Studs” Updated with Video
James Brown will discuss his new book, Mud, Blood and Studs: One Family’s Legacy in Soccer and Rugby Across Three Continents, “a special story of sporting excellence passed from generation to generation.”
SASH Session, Friday, November 4 at 12PM ET: Book Talk with Matthew Evans, author of “USA 94: The World Cup That Changed the Game” Updated with Video
Matthew Evans will discuss the impact of the US-hosted 1994 World Cup.
SASH Session, Friday, Oct. 7 at 12 pm: 20th anniversary of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Updated with Video
On the eve of the 2022 U-17 Women’s World Cup, women’s soccer historian Jen Cooper will look back at the first FIFA women’s youth championship held in Canada in 2002 and the growth of FIFA women’s youth tournaments since then.