Overview: The American Soccer League, 1921-1934
ASL:
Dan Creel recounts each ASL season between 1921 and 1934
ASL
Reading your own obituary: Samuel Bustard, the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, and the evolution of New York Metro Area soccer
ASL, NAFL, New Jersey, New York, Newark:
Kurt Rausch’s examination of the career of Samuel Bustard — who was widely, and wrongly, reported dead during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic — illuminates soccer in the New York Metro Area in the 1910s and 1920s.
What Happened to Mark’s Stadium?
ASL, Fall River, Massachusetts, Rhode Island:
The original Mark’s Stadium was built in 1921. What happened to it?
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.
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.
It’s time to remember the Ukrainian Nationals
ASL, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia:
Steve Holroyd on the remarkable record of the Ukrainian Nationals, which included four US Open Cup titles between 1960 and 1966.
Philadelphia German Americans win the 1936 US Open Cup
ASL, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Louis, US Open Cup:
On May 3, 1936, Philadelphia German Americans became the first amateur team, and the first team from the city of Philadelphia, to win the US Open Cup.
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 ›
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