Shane Kelly, who had a big impact on Philadelphia soccer as Casa Soccer League commissioner, was gunned down in a robbery gone awry a year ago today. The final of the Kelly Cup, the post-season first division tournament in the Casa League, takes place this Saturday.
The Philly soccer community lost one of its own when Shane Kelly was gunned down in Fishtown last week. PSP remembers — and mourns — the commissioner of the Casa Soccer League’s top division.
The origin of soccer in Philadelphia rests squarely on the shoulders of the city’s 19th Century British immigrant population. British immigrants came to work in Philadelphia’s bustling steel and shipbuilding industries but large numbers came to work in the city’s textile trades. The soccer/textile connection can be found both in […]