Eleven clips of international friendlies and indoor matches played in New York City between 1941 and 1960 are being released.
SASH News
SASH releases earliest surviving film footage of soccer played in the US
The footage, identified in the archives of Cineteca di Bologna, shows San Francisco’s Italia Virtus club playing a team from a visiting Italian navy ship and is from a 1921 film directed by legendary American filmmaker Frank Capra.
National Soccer Hall of Fame honors Roger Allaway
The “fixture in the world of American soccer history for decades” was honored by the NSHOF. Allaway has stepped down after serving for 25 years as the “guardian of our Hall of Fame eligibility process.”
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.
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“.
1908 Spalding Guide now available
The 1908 Spalding Guide is now available for download in PDF format for the first time.
A soccer sculpture in Harrison
Tom McCabe on the recent unveiling of a statue in Harrison, New Jersey, commemorating the history of soccer in the West Hudson.
We launched a gofundme!
SASH announces a gofundme campaign to help secure licensing for film footage of Bethlehem Steel FC in Scandinavia in 1919.
SASH uncovers earliest known footage of the U.S. Men’s National Team
The footage is from the 1-1 draw at Stockholm Olympic Stadium with Stockholm Tigrarna on August 15, 1916, the first match of the first-ever overseas tour by the US Men’s National Team.
#docuhistory: Soccertown, USA
Join the online watch party and Twitter discussion of the award-winning documentary Soccertown, USA on Thursday, May 7, 2020, co-moderated by SASH president Tom McCabe and Matt Busch.
April 2020 Symposium Canceled
The symposium scheduled to take place at Rutgers University Newark for April 18-19, 2020 has been canceled.
Update on April 2020 SASH Symposium
In view of the evolving coronavirus situation, an announcement will be made by March 20 as to whether the SASH symposium scheduled for April 18-19 at Rutgers University Newark will take place.
An Indoor Session: SASH at the 2020 USC Convention
Summary of the Society for American Soccer History meeting, including videos of the various talks, at the 2020 United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore, MD.
Call for Papers: Society for American Soccer History Symposium, April 18-19, 2020
The next SASH symposium will be held on April 18 and 19, 2020 at Rutgers University-Newark.
Archive of USWNT results added to SASH website
A complete listing of USWNT games is now available for reference on the SASH site.
Report: American Soccer History Symposium and Annual Business Meeting, October 20-21, 2018
A report on the SASH American Soccer History Symposium and Annual Business meeting at the new National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco,
Important new scholarly work on American Soccer History.
Chris Bolsmann reviews papers on the history of soccer recently presented at the 44th Annual Convention of the North American Society for Sports History in Atlanta.
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