First women’s soccer team in Philly, 1922
Women’s soccer has come a long way. In Philadelphia in 1922, it came all the way from England.
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.
Semifinal action in the Allied Amateur and Philadelphia Challenge Cups. Bethlehem and Boys Club meet in second game of the Amateur Championship of Pennsylvania series.
When efforts to form a national soccer organization seemed to have been shattered in 1913, Philadelphia stepped into the breach.
One hundred years ago this week in Philadelphia soccer history, it was semifinal action in the city’s Allied Amateur and Challenge Cup tournaments, a local college derby between Haverford and Penn, and bad news for Belmont.
The Union’s Chris Albright was the guest speaker at the 6th annual North Catholic High School’s Soccer Hall of Fame induction ceremony. What he said about the Philadelphia soccer scene is absolutely worth reading.
100 years ago in Philly soccer history, Hibernian and Tacony hosted St, Louis champion Innisfails. Boys Club topped Bethlehem in the first game of the Amateur Championship of Pennsylvania series, and more.
Tacony FC and Philadelphia Hibernian square off in the 1913 American Cup semifinal. Allied Amateur Cup and league play, benefit match, and more Philly soccer history, 100 years ago this week.
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