AAPF, ALPF, ASL, Boston, Brooklyn, Fall River, Massachusetts, Newark, Philadelphia:
Who scored the first goals in the earliest US professional leagues? Brian Bunk looks at the available evidence.
ASL, Fall River, Rhode Island, US Open Cup:
Derek Gonsalves reviews the history of the Fall River Marksmen, arguably the preeminent US club of its day, to mark the 100th anniversary of its founding.
ASL:
Dan Creel recounts each ASL season between 1921 and 1934
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.
ASL, Fall River, Massachusetts, Rhode Island:
The original Mark’s Stadium was built in 1921. What happened to it?
ASL:
New Bedford Whalers entered the second leg of the 1931 ALS championship against New York Giants with an 8-3 deficit to overcome.
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.
ASL, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia:
Steve Holroyd on the remarkable record of the Ukrainian Nationals, which included four US Open Cup titles between 1960 and 1966.
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.
