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.
Tag: Haverford College
Assisting a college soccer professor
Don Norton, Jr. reflects on his time coaching with former Haverford College head coach Joe Amorim, the all-time leader in coaching wins for the oldest college soccer program in the country.
After 31 years, Haverford College returns to NCAA tournament
Haverford College, one of the most storied soccer programs in the country, finally makes it back to the bright lights Saturday night at Arcadia University to compete in the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship.
Philly and the international friendly, part 1
Ahead of the Union’s friendlies with Everton and Real Madrid, the first of a two part series looking at international friendlies in Philadelphia. Part one looks at friendlies up to the Second World War.
Great moments in Philly soccer history: Philadelphia Hibernians beat the Pilgrims, 1909
It will probably come as no surprise that the history of English football snobbery directed toward America is almost as long as the history of the game itself. But such snobbery is not necessarily a bad thing. In 1905 and 1909 a team of gentleman amateurs called the Pilgrims landed […]