Steve Holroyd on what happened the last time two professional soccer leagues were rivals for Division I status in 1967.
Tag: National Professional Soccer League
The Stoke City-Philadelphia connection runs through Cleveland
In 1967, Stoke City players made up the Cleveland Stokers squad. The next year in the inaugural season of the NASL, it was Philadelphia Spartans players filling the ranks.
Len Oliver: The pro game in 1950s Philadelphia
Kensington-born National Soccer Hall of Famer Len Oliver on playing for Philadelphia Uhrik Truckers of the ASL in the 1950s.
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 […]