On May 6, 1916, Bethlehem Steel became the first team to win the National Challenge Cup, known today as the US Open Cup, twice in a row.
Tag: American Cup
Philly and the US Open Cup Final
As the Union prepare to host their second US Open Cup final, a look at Philadelphia-area teams in the final throughout the history of the country’s oldest national soccer tournament, which has had local winners ten times since 1914.
The founding of the Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association
A look at the founding of the EPSA, originally known as the Foot Ball Association of Eastern Pennsylvania and District, in April, 1913, six days after the founding of the United States of America Football Association, known today as the US Soccer Federation.
A champion’s medal comes home
Last Friday, a 103-year-old championship medal won by a Scottish goalkeeper in Philadelphia returned to the city to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame. Here’s the story of the goalkeeper who won that medal and how it came back from Scotland to Philly.
New Year’s Day soccer in Philly, 1915
There were many noteworthy games over the New Year’s Day holiday one hundred years ago in Philadelphia.
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 10: It’s only just begun
Our series on the origins of soccer in Philadelphia concludes.