Our series continues with the start of Philadelphia’s first organized soccer league, the Pennsylvania Football Union, in 1889.
History
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 5: Local college-based football after the 1863 Laws of the Game
Our series continues with a look at college football in Philadelphia after the 1863 Laws of the Game, and how rival rules of the game resulted in what would become American gridiron football supplanting soccer-style football in intercollegiate sport.
Thanksgiving soccer in Philly, 1914
Philadelphia’s tradition of Thanksgiving soccer continued with two big American Cup games and a game between two longstanding rivals.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 4: The first account of soccer-style football after codification?
Our series continues with a look at football in Philadelphia after the 1863 code, including what may be the first newspaper accounts of a soccer-style game in the city.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 3: 19th century football before codification
Our series on the origins of soccer in Philadelphia continues with a look at 19th century football before the 1863 Laws of the Game.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 2: Colonial football
Our series continues with a look at football in colonial and post revolutionary Philadelphia.