Our series continues with a look at college football in Philadelphia after the 1863 Laws of the Game, and how rival rules of the game resulted in what would become American gridiron football supplanting soccer-style football in intercollegiate sport.
Tag: David Goldblatt
The US and the 1934 World Cup
The 1934 US World Cup team had a Philadelphia manager and coach and also included five players from the Philadelphia German Americans ASL team.
Get ’em, Snakey!
Preview and scouting report roundup ahead of Saturday’s Union game in Colorado. USMNT news ahead of Spain friendly and Gold Cup. Your weekend television listings and more morning news.
The Philadelphia Phillies & early Philly soccer history
With the approach of the opening of the Major League Baseball and the recent debut of the Philadelphia Union, the PSP takes a look at the connection between baseball and soccer in Philadelphia soccer history and recounts the story of the Philadelphia Phillies’ short-lived soccer team of 1894.