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Something better beginning
Our series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Atoms historic inaugural season NASL championship continues with a look at how Philadelphia ended up with its first NASL franchise.
In Pictures: Ocean City Nor’easters 2-0 New York Red Bulls U-23
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand as the Ocean City Nor’easters defeated the New York Red Bulls U23 2-0 in the first round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2013.
City Islanders win, Coulibaly interview
Harrisburg City Islanders beat Red Bulls in OT, Koman Coulibaly interview, WPS All-Stars announced.
Great Philly soccer teams: Philadelphia Atoms, part II
This concludes the two-part “Great Philly soccer teams: Philadelphia Atoms.” You can read Part I here. Before Atoms coach Al Miller took the young team to England to train and to scout for some British players to fill out the roster, back in Philadelphia, Atoms general manager Bob Ehlinger’s marketing […]
Great Philly soccer teams: Philadelphia Atoms, part I
The Philadelphia Atoms joined the NASL as an expansion team in 1973. They were the first expansion team to win a championship in its first year in any American professional sport. That they accomplished this with a squad managed by an American coach that was largely made up of Americans […]