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Philly Soccer 100: Play resumes after a month of winter postponements

by × on March 13, 2014 at 11:15 am × 0 comments

After yet another weekend of games is cancelled because of winter weather one hundred years ago, play finally returns to Philadelphia soccer.

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Philly Soccer 100: Tacony advances to American Cup semis, league play, fields for Fairmount Park

by × on January 24, 2014 at 10:20 am × 2 comments

One hundred years ago, Tacony FC took on Brooklyn FC in the third round of the American Cup. Also, a recap of league play and the Inquirer’s call for soccer fields in Fairmount Park.

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Philly soccer 100: USFA founded, Cup semis, Bethlehem tops Boys Club

by × on April 10, 2013 at 11:00 am × 0 comments

Semifinal action in the Allied Amateur and Philadelphia Challenge Cups. Bethlehem and Boys Club meet in second game of the Amateur Championship of Pennsylvania series.

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Tacony v True Blues in 1913 American Cup final

by × on April 5, 2012 at 11:00 am × 6 comments

Tacony FC booked its passage to the 1913 American Cup final after defeating Philadelphia Hibernian in the semifinals. It would be a long voyage.

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1913: Innisfails of St. Louis comes to Philly

by × on March 2, 2012 at 11:50 am × 3 comments

The East-West series of tours between St. Louis and East Coast teams continued in 1913 when Innisfails traveled East in a tour that included games against Philadelphia Hibernian and Tacony FC.

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The “champions of the West” come to Philly

by × on February 23, 2012 at 11:35 am × 4 comments

Tacony FC’s trip to St. Louis in December of 1911 to decide the “championship of America” had ended in disappointment. They would have a chance for revenge in March of 1912 when the St. Leos team of St. Louis embarked on a tour against leading East Coast teams.

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Tacony v Bethlehem for the 1914 American Cup

by × on February 6, 2012 at 11:30 am × 2 comments

The 1914 American Cup saw four Philadelphia-area teams in the second round. By the semifinals, three remained.