Stars and Stripes Soccer on the Silver Screen before 1930
A look at the growing availability of pre-1930s motion picture footage of American soccer.
Rowlands stood tall, always will
NASL I, Profiles, Seattle, Washington:
A tribute to John Rowlands, an original Seattle Sounders, who passed away from the Coronavirus in April.
2020 SASH History Symposium Goes Virtual
A report on the first SASH virtual symposium. Includes video.
#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.
What did referee Dattilo really say to Colombo in Belo Horizonte?
Men's World Cup, St. Louis, USMNT:
How a regional dialect may have played a part in a famous incident during the USMNT’s historic victory over England in the 1950 World Cup.
SASH Virtual Symposium, 2020 UPDATED WITH ACCESS INFO
SASH has organized a new symposium that will take place over two sessions vis Zoom. The first session, “The East Coast’s Soccer’s Roots from the Gilded Age to the ASL,”will take place Friday, May 1. “Domestic Leagues & International Stories from the Progressive Era to Present,” will take place Friday, June 5.
After the collapse: ALPF vs. ALPF in Baltimore and Fall River, 1894-96
AAPF, AFA, ALPF, Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Newark, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia:
Following the collapse of the ALPF after only 16 games over two weeks, four former ALPF sides met in seven additional matches, including a series of three games in Fall River for the “championship of America.” Former Boston and Brooklyn ALPF professionals continued in Fall River after that.
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?
A Long Overdue Ode to Billy McGrath
Profiles, Seattle, Washington:
Scottish-born Billy McGrath made his mark in Washington state. He was an exceptional player, manager and up-and-coming administrator who might have merited consideration for the National Soccer Hall of Fame – if not for one fateful decision to play just one more game.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 5: Local college-based football after the 1863 Laws of the Game
College Soccer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia:
The series on the origins of soccer in Philadelphia continues with a look at the development of university- and college-based football in the 1870s.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 4: The first account of soccer-style football after codification?
The series on the origins of soccer in Philadelphia continues with a look at football in Philadelphia in the years immediately after the 1863 FA code.
Soccer at the Inter-Allied Games of 1919: Team Canada
This is the third of three posts on the Inter-Allied Games. The first two in the series can be found here and here. I worked with Christian Hesle (@christianhesle) to identify the members of the Canadian soccer team that competed at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris in 1919. Using newspapers,… Read More ›
Philadelphia Soccer and the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
A look at soccer in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic.
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