The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 2: Colonial football
A look at football in colonial and post-independence Philadelphia.
James and Joe, part 2
Inter-Allied Games, Pennsylvania:
The story of James Currie and Joseph Cunat, two soccer-playing soldiers who served during World War I, concludes.
Including Kearny’s Leonard Raney
Black Soccer, High School Soccer, Kearny, New Jersey:
In the fall of 1922, Leonard H. Raney played on the first-ever varsity soccer team for Kearny High School. That New Jersey town, which would later be dubbed Soccer Town, USA, had long been a soccer hotbed. It was rare for African Americans to play soccer in the 1920s, and while African-American participation in the game still lags today, Raney was a soccer pioneer.
James and Joe, part 1
Chicago, Inter-Allied Games, Profiles:
The first of a two-part series telling the story of two soccer-playing soldiers who served during World War I.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 1: Native American and British footballing traditions
The first installment of a ten-part series on the origins of soccer in Philadelphia.
The Barrow School Socker Foot Ball Team
Black Soccer, High School Soccer, Massachusetts:
A look at black players on the “Barrow School Socker Foot Ball Team,” champions of Springfield, Massachusetts’ Junior League in 1908.
![Football in Central Park, c. 1915. Museum of the City of New York [X2010.11.1395]](https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MNY215661-120x120.jpg)
An Early Image of Black Soccer in New York City?
Does a 1915 image of a soccer match in New York’s Central Park include black players?
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.
What Kind of Player was Gil Heron?
Brian Bunk on Heron’s playing style.
Gil Heron
Brian Bunk on Gil Heron, the first black professional soccer player in the United States.
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.
Freedom to Play
In 1944 – at the height of WWII – Italian POWs arrived in Puget Sound. Their Allied captors allowed many freedoms, including formation of multiple teams in Washington state amateur soccer’s top division.
Join SASH Today
$20.00