After the quick demise of the Philadelphia Phillies pro soccer team in 1894, Philadelphia’s other pro team would return to the amateur ranks before going on to win Philadelphia’s first national soccer championship in 1897.
The decline of Philadelphia’s first organized league is followed by the appearance of the first professional soccer teams in the city.
Steve Holroyd looks at the fascinating, if short, history of the ASL’s “Philadelphia Celtic.”
The ASL in the 1920s has been called the “golden age” of American soccer. Some older fans argue that the NASL was “better” than MLS. Steve Holroyd looks at what the numbers say.
In December of 1911, Tacony FC became the first Philadelphia team to travel out West to decide the “championship of America.”
In March 1911, Tacony FC and Philadelphia Hibernian were in the semifinals of the American Cup and fighting for the top spot in the Pennsylvania League.
Five leagues, a new knockout tournament, intercity play, two teams in the American Cup semifinals: a look at soccer in Philadelphia one hundred years ago today.
A look at Christmas soccer in Philadelphia in the 1890s, the beginning of organized league play in the city.
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