How to access the first session of the SASH Virtual Symposium Symposium taking place on Friday, May 1, at 1 PM EST:
Join the Zoom Meeting at https://zoom.us/j/97422990974 (Meeting ID: 974 2299 0974)
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The Society for American Soccer History has organized a virtual symposium to replace the symposium originally scheduled for the weekend of April 18-19 at Rutgers University-Newark. It was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to these extraordinary times, SASH is now pleased to announce the virtual symposium will be held over two sessions via the video conferencing service Zoom.
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The first session, “The East Coast’s Soccer’s Roots from the Gilded Age to the ASL,” will take place on Friday, May 1, 2020, beginning at 1:00 PM EST. The presenters and their presentations are:
David Kilpatrick – The Home of Football: Gotham and the Growth of the Game
Tom McCabe – A Fractious Association: the Early History of the American Football Association
Brian Bunk – The Professionals of 1894
James Brown and George Brown – “This Is Your Soccer Life”*
“Domestic Leagues & International Stories from the Progressive Era to Present,” will take place Friday, June 5, 2020, at 1:00 PM EST
Patrick Sullivan – A Fine Silver Cup: Notable Trophies of Southern Soccer, 1897-1968
Kevin Tallec Marston – England vs. USA, 1950: Nationality, Eligibility, Immigration and Governance
Dan Creel – The 1976 American Soccer League Season
Steve Holroyd – When Everyone Could Be a Striker: The NASL Players Job Action of 1979
Zachary R. Bigalke – Border Crossings: American-Born Mexicans at International Tournaments
Please note that these sessions will be conducted over the SASH Zoom account. See above for the dedicated session URL.
*SASH vice-president James Brown will lead his father, National Soccer Hall of Famer, George Brown, through a series of photographs from his soccer journey. It is part of the “This Is Your Soccer Life” series.