In 1913, seven area teams entered the inaugural National Challenge Cup tournament, known today as the US Open Cup.
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First women’s soccer team in Philly, 1922
Women’s soccer has come a long way. In Philadelphia in 1922, it came all the way from England.
Philly Soccer 100: Tacony against True Blues in American Cup final
Two inches of rain fall on the first American Cup final to be hosted in Philadelphia.
Philly soccer 100: USFA founded, Cup semis, Bethlehem tops Boys Club
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.
Corinthians in Philly
Stops in Philadelphia during the North American tours of English amateur club Corinthian FC in 1906, 1911, and 1924 were perhaps less noteworthy for what happened on the pitch than as windows into key movements in early American and Philadelphia soccer history.
Bethlehem Steel FC in Scandinavia, 1919
A look at Bethlehem Steel FC’s 1919 Scandinavian tour, the first overseas tour by a US club.