PSP looks back 10 years to discover lessons for the future. First in a series.
Philadelphia Soccer History
A tale of two titles
The Union aren’t the first Philadelphia soccer team to win silverware. Steve Holroyd looks at the differences between now and 1973, when the Philadelphia Atoms captured the NASL title.
Philadelphia soccer and the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic
A look at soccer in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic.
Russians, Atoms, and the birth of indoor soccer
Forty five years ago a team from Philadelphia faced off against the Red Army, and shifted the course of soccer in our country for decades.
Meet the Spartans: Philly’s original pro team
The Philadelphia Spartans were the city’s first major league professional soccer team. Steve Holroyd recounts their story, from inception to demise.
The life — and murder — of a U.S. Soccer president
In September 1953, Elmer Schroeder, U.S. soccer’s first American-born president, was brutally murdered in his West Philadelphia apartment. No one was ever convicted for his murder. PSP’s Ed Farnsworth writes about the life and death of a man who was an American soccer pioneer in more ways than one.