How it Began
Brian D. Bunk on how teams and matches were organized in the early period of US soccer history.
Early Codes
When a goal is not a goal
College Soccer, Early Codes, New Jersey, New York:
An examination of the Columbia-Rutgers game played on Nov. 2, 1872 shows it was played under a form of association football rules, not American gridiron rules.
1858: A pivotal year in early American “Foot-ball”
By 1858, two forms of football were being played in the US, the kicking game and the carrying game.
America and the 1863 Football Association Code
A look at the early history of football in the US, before and after the 1863 Laws of the Game.
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