Thanksgiving Day soccer, 1912
A look at Thanksgiving soccer match ups in Philadelphia 100 years ago.
A look at Thanksgiving soccer match ups in Philadelphia 100 years ago.
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.
The US played its first full international in Sweden during the the First World War. Philadelphia-area players were an important part of that team.
We take a look at the US 1934 World Cup team, a team that had a Philadelphia manager and coach and featured five players from the Philadelphia German Americans ASL team. It would be the last appearance by the US in the competition before the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
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