Christmas soccer in Philly, 1916
Philadelphia’s tradition of Christmas Day soccer games continued a hundred years ago in 1916 with games within the city and beyond.
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Philadelphia Soccer History
Philadelphia Soccer History
Christmas soccer in Philly, 1915
Inter-city exhibition games, and two US Open Cup playoff, were among the Christmas Day contests involving Philadelphia area teams one hundred years ago in 1915.
Philadelphia Soccer History
Philadelphia and the other first professional soccer league in the U.S.
Philadelphia was central to the formation of the first two pro soccer leagues in the US, the National League baseball-backed American League of Professional Football, and the American Association of Professional Football, which played its first games before, and outlived, the ALPF.
Philadelphia Soccer History
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.
Philadelphia Soccer History
The origins of soccer in Philadelphia, part 7: Philly’s first league continues to grow
Philadelphia’s first organized soccer league continued to grow in its second and third seasons with more teams, rising attendance, and intercity games.
Philadelphia Soccer History
Philly and the New York Cosmopolitans
In 1891, some 79 years before the founding of the NASL’s New York Cosmos, an All-Philadelphia team played the New York Cosmopolitans in the first of a series of games for the Philadelphia-New York intercity championship.
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Thanksgiving Day soccer, 1912
A look at Thanksgiving soccer match ups in Philadelphia 100 years ago.
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Christmas soccer in 1890s Philadelphia
A look at Christmas soccer in Philadelphia in the 1890s, the beginning of organized league play in the city.
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Clement Beecroft: the father of league soccer in Philadelphia
The origin of soccer in Philadelphia rests squarely on the shoulders of the city’s 19th Century British immigrant population. British immigrants came to work in Philadelphia’s bustling steel and shipbuilding industries but large numbers came to work in the city’s textile trades. The soccer/textile connection can be found both in […]
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