When Toronto faces the Union at PPL Park on Saturday, they will be following in the footsteps of the first Toronto team to play in Philadelphia in 1905.
Tag: The Pilgrims
Abolish the penalty kick
100 years ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer led the call in American soccer circles to eliminate the penalty kick.
Corinthians in Philly
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.
Philly and the international friendly, part 1
Ahead of the Union’s friendlies with Everton and Real Madrid, the first of a two part series looking at international friendlies in Philadelphia. Part one looks at friendlies up to the Second World War.
Great moments in Philly soccer history: Tacony win the 1910 American Cup
Tacony win the 1910 American Cup, becoming the first Philadelphia club to win the competition since the John A. Manz team won it in 1897.
Great moments in Philly soccer history: Philadelphia Hibernians beat the Pilgrims, 1909
It will probably come as no surprise that the history of English football snobbery directed toward America is almost as long as the history of the game itself. But such snobbery is not necessarily a bad thing. In 1905 and 1909 a team of gentleman amateurs called the Pilgrims landed […]