100 years ago this week, the best of Philadelphia’s American League faced the best of the professional Pennsylvania League in an exhibition game. Meanwhile, Bethlehem continued its domination of the Allied American league.
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Philly soccer 100: League play, Challenge Cup, and the death of a young goalkeeper
The Philadelphia soccer scene, one hundred years ago this week: League play, Philadelphia Challenge Cup, and the untimely death of a promising young goalkeeper.
Philly soccer 100: Hibs move up, face Boys Club in Philly Challenge Cup, new league announced
Our series in conjunction with the US Soccer’s centennial year continues with a look at soccer happening in Philadelphia 100 years ago this week.
Bethlehem Steel FC
Bethlehem Steel FC were the most successful American soccer team of the first half of the Twentieth Century, rising quickly from an informal local side to professional national powerhouse in less than twenty years.