Steve Holroyd takes a look at the numbers to see how Josef Martinez’s season ranks with some of the best in U.S. Soccer history.
Tag: American Soccer League
The Front Row: Finding US soccer’s Atlantis
In the latest episode of the pod, Steve discusses the rediscovery of the original American Soccer League (1921-1933), which was essentially “lost” to historians for almost 60 years.
Third Lanark/All-Scots in Philly, 1921
In 1921, the first-ever US tour by a professional international side included games in Bethlehem and Philadelphia.
1934: USA vs. Mexico and the “little truck”
This weekend, the US faces Mexico in a one-off game to reach the 2017 Confederations Cup. The first time the US played a one-off playoff game was also against Mexico in 1934 with a World Cup berth at stake.
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.