Jack McInerney isn’t only chasing MLS’ Golden Boot, he’s on track to place himself among the all-time leading American goalscorers in Philadelphia soccer history. Steve Holroyd recounts some of Philly’s greatest goalscorers, including four National Soccer Hall of Famers.
In 1913, seven area teams entered the inaugural National Challenge Cup tournament, known today as the US Open Cup.
Women’s soccer has come a long way. In Philadelphia in 1922, it came all the way from England.
Tacony battles Paterson True Blues in the second replay of the 1913 American Cup final. West Philadelphia and Wilmington Irish Americans meet for the Allied American Amateur Cup.
After squandering a 2-0 halftime lead over Paterson True Blues in the first final only a week before, Tacony again would face the Jerseymen in the American Cup final replay at Second and Allegheny.
Two inches of rain fall on the first American Cup final to be hosted in Philadelphia.