Society for American Soccer History
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Founded in 1993 by American soccer historian Sam T.N. Foulds, the Society for American Soccer History (SASH) works to promote, facilitate, and disseminate research into the rich history of soccer in the United States. https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/
Join us for a SASH Session of Friday, August 7 at 12 pm ET with Dr. Joe Machnik. The National Soccer Hall of Famer will discuss his long and storied career as a player, coach, referee, administrator, and broadcaster. More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
New essay available on the SASH site from Russell Todd and Albrecht Sonntag: “Phil Woosnam: Soccer diplomat between two worlds” www.ussoccerhistory.org/phil-woosnam...
This SASH Session is now available on our YouTube channel at youtu.be/2u9UwAVzDjs and in podcast form at www.podbean.com/eas/pb-avrjp...
SASH Session, July 2026: Mark C Franek, author of "American Soccer Nation"
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 3w agoJoin us for a SASH Session on Friday, July 17 at 12pm ET with Mark C Franek, author of “American Soccer Nation.” Mark will discuss teaching US soccer history at YSC Academy, the school embedded in Philadelphia Union's academy. More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
Join us for a SASH Session on Friday, July 17 at 12pm ET with Mark C Franek, author of “American Soccer Nation.” Mark will discuss teaching US soccer history at YSC Academy, the school embedded in Philadelphia Union's academy. More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, Friday, July 17 at 12 PM ET: Book Talk with Mark C Franek, author of American Soccer Nation
Franek will discuss his work as a teacher at the Philadelphia Union’s YSC Academy, the components of his course on American soccer history, and the classroom experiences that led him to writi…
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Today in Hoboken at the Hoboken Historical Museum at 1pm:
Now on the SASH YouTube channel, a two-part interview with historian & former Royal Belgian FA spokesman Stefan Van Loock, recorded in 2020 to mark the 90th anniversary of the USA’s 3-0 win over Belgium at the 1930 World Cup: pt1 youtu.be/B2oAHoe2f4Q pt2 youtu.be/WfhEJONX2G4
Belgium's 1930 World Cup journey to Montevideo with Stefan Van Loock, Part 1
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Upcoming event on Saturday, July 11 at the Hoboken Historical Museum, “Hoboken’s Soccer Heritage: Exploring the Local History of the Global Game.” More info at hobokenmuseum.org/event/hoboke...
Upcoming event on Thursday, July 9, at the New York Museum of Jewish Heritage: “’New York Hakoah:’ Strength Through Soccer, Diaspora, and Jewishness.” More info at mjhnyc.org/events/new-y...
"New York Hakoah:" Strength Through Soccer, Diaspora, and Jewishness
Join the Museum to celebrate the 23rd FIFA World Cup and our new installation “Tell our boy that I played soccer again”: Soccer Stories from the MJH Collection, which highlights the story of Czech pla...
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Were a congressman's remarks in 1983 describing American football as "capitalist" and soccer as "European socialist" as infamous as they were later characterized to be? Kevin Tallec Marston breaks down the story: www.ussoccerhistory.org/changing-pol...
Changing Political Paradigms in American sport: “Football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist—”
Were a congressman’s remarks in 1983 describing American football as “capitalist” and soccer as “European socialist” as infamous as they were characterized two decades…
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This SASH Session is now available on the SASH YouTube channel and in podcast format: youtu.be/KcAn2jjopCw and www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9pquw...
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 2mo agoSASH Session, Friday, June 5 at 12 PM ET: Michael Lewis will discuss his new book, “Around the World Cup in 40 years: An American Sportswriter’s Perspective.” More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, Friday, June 5 at 12 PM ET: Michael Lewis will discuss his new book, “Around the World Cup in 40 years: An American Sportswriter’s Perspective.” More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
In “The Lexical Transit of ‘Socker’ to America,” @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social pushes the earliest use of the imported word “socker” in the US to the early 1890s, usage that also reinforce the word’s English etymology, www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-lexical-...
The Lexical Transit of ‘Socker’ to America
The imported word “socker” began to see wide use in the US around 1905 with “soccer” quickly becoming standard. David Kilpatrick has identified its use in US sources a decad…
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This SASH Session is now available on the SASH YouTube channel and in podcast format: youtu.be/zBhlnhN2Udw and www.podbean.com/eas/pb-r3ikm...
SASH Session, May 2026: Worcester tours: Building links between Britain and the USA in the 1920s
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 3mo agoJoin us for a SASH Session of Friday, May 8 at 12 PM ET when Dilwyn Porter will present, “‘How about that trip to Worcester!’ Building sporting links between Britain and the USA in the 1920s.” Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
Join us for a SASH Session of Friday, May 8 at 12 PM ET when Dilwyn Porter will present, “‘How about that trip to Worcester!’ Building sporting links between Britain and the USA in the 1920s.” Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, Friday, May 8 at 12 PM ET: “‘How about that trip to Worcester!’ Building sporting links between Britain and the USA in the 1920s”
Dilwyn Porter will look at the history behind a series of games featuring clubs from Worcester, Massachusetts and Worcester, England in the 1920s.
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Now on the SASH site from Dilwyn Porter: “‘How about that trip to Worcester!’ Building sporting links between Britain and the USA in the 1920s.” www.ussoccerhistory.org/how-about-th...
‘How about that trip to Worcester!’ Building sporting links between Britain and the USA in the 1920s
What were the events that led to football teams from Worcester, Mass, about 40 miles from Boston, visiting ‘Worcestershire, Eng’ in 1926 and 1929, with teams from Worcestershire crossing the Atlant…
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SASH member Mark C Franek's new book “American Soccer Nation” has just been published. We talk with him about the role of soccer history in advancing soccer in the US. www.ussoccerhistory.org/eleven-quest...
The podcast version of Jen Cooper’s SASH Session, “WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women's Pro Soccer,” is now available at www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yvh4t...
EP 38: "WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women's Pro Soccer"
On Friday, April 10, 2026, women's soccer historian and NWSL stats manager Jen Cooper discussed the lead-up to the Women's United Soccer Association's inaugural league game on April 14, 2001 — the wor...
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 4mo agoJoin us for a SASH Session on Friday, April 10 at 12 PM ET when Jen Cooper (@keepernotes.bsky.social) presents, “WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women’s Pro Soccer.” More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
Video from Jen Cooper’s SASH Session, "WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women's Pro Soccer," is now available on the SASH YouTube channel at youtu.be/RDV0Ba-At9g
SASH Session, April 2026: WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women's Pro Soccer
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 4mo agoJoin us for a SASH Session on Friday, April 10 at 12 PM ET when Jen Cooper (@keepernotes.bsky.social) presents, “WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women’s Pro Soccer.” More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
Join us for a SASH Session on Friday, April 10 at 12 PM ET when Jen Cooper (@keepernotes.bsky.social) presents, “WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women’s Pro Soccer.” More info at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, April 10 at 12 PM ET: “WUSA 2001 — The Game That Launched Women’s Pro Soccer”
Jen Cooper will discuss the lead-up to the Women’s United Soccer Association’s inaugural league game in April 2001, the world’s first fully-professional women’s league game.
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Now on the SASH site from @arrowsalkeld.bsky.social: “‘The daddy and guardian angel of soccer football here’: Thomas Corden Powell and soccer in Topeka, Kansas, 1910-1917” www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-daddy-an...
“The daddy and guardian angel of soccer football here”: Thomas Corden Powell and soccer in Topeka, Kansas, 1910-1917
Owner of Topeka’s Scotch Woolen Mills and an impersonator of Scottish singer Harry Lauder, Thomas Corden Powell was also a soccer organizer.
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Now on the SASH YouTube channel from May 11, 1947 at Soldier Field in Chicago: Sparta-Hakoah 1-1 Hapoel Palestine. Courtesy of the Brian D Bunk Collection, this is currently the earliest surviving color footage of soccer played in the US identified by SASH. youtu.be/AR0dmKS9qJo
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Now available for viewing on the SASH YouTube channel at youtu.be/_KUhg8yrDjQ and in podcast format at www.podbean.com/eas/pb-frxc5...
SASH Session, March 2026: Gil Heron and Pito Villalon: Black Players Breaking Barriers in US Soccer
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 6mo agoSASH Session, Friday, Feb. 20 at 4 PM ET: “Gil Heron and ‘Pito’ Villalon: Black Players Breaking Barriers in US Soccer.” Presented by Jermaine Scott, Maxwell Murray, and Chuck Carlson. Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, Friday, Feb. 20 at 4 PM ET: “Gil Heron and ‘Pito’ Villalon: Black Players Breaking Barriers in US Soccer.” Presented by Jermaine Scott, Maxwell Murray, and Chuck Carlson. Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, Friday, Feb. 20 at 4pm ET: “Gil Heron and ‘Pito’ Villalon: Black Players Breaking Barriers in US Soccer”
Jermaine Scott, Maxwell Murray, and Chuck Carlson will discuss two Afro-Caribbean players who broke racial barriers in US during the 1940’s and 1950’s.
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SASH releases 4 ½ hours of archival video interviews with 1930 World Cup US team members James Brown and Arnie Oliver. www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-publish... Video available at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Today officially marks the start of my last term as @ussoccerhistory.org secretary before I term out. It's been a great experience and I'll be finding other ways to serve the organization after this year, but for now let's make 2026 the best year yet for SASH! Interested in joining?
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Now available in podcast format at www.podbean.com/eas/pb-vwqcm...
EP 36: "Ranking the USMNT World Cup coaches"
On January 16, 2026 at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia, SASH hosted a discussion ranking the US World Cup coaches. Eighteen members and friends gathered to discuss and debate “Ran...
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 7mo agoAttending the @UnitedCoaches convention in Philly? Join us Friday, Jan 16 at 2:30pm in Marriott Meeting Room 306 for a discussion titled “Ranking the US World Cup Coaches,” hosted by Dr. David Kilpatrick and Michael Lewis with Jack Huckel and Dr. Joe Machnik www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-at-usc-...
SASH Session at the United Soccer Coaches Convention Votes Bruce the Best www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session at the United Soccer Coaches Convention Votes Bruce the Best
At the United Soccer Coaches convention in Philadelphia on January 16, SASH hosted a discussion ranking the US World Cup coaches.
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Video of the discussion is now available on the SASH YouTube channel at youtu.be/beOKIfx7wIw
SASH Session at USC, January 2026: Ranking US World Cup Managers
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 7mo agoAttending the @UnitedCoaches convention in Philly? Join us Friday, Jan 16 at 2:30pm in Marriott Meeting Room 306 for a discussion titled “Ranking the US World Cup Coaches,” hosted by Dr. David Kilpatrick and Michael Lewis with Jack Huckel and Dr. Joe Machnik www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-at-usc-...
Now available in podcast format at www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4fcav...
EP 35: "Memories of the First US Junior National Team, 1964" with Alex Popovich
On Friday, January 9, 2026, Alex Popovich discussed his time with the first Junior US Men’s National team. The team was assembled to participate in the second CONCACAF Youth Tournament, which was stag...
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Society for American Soccer History@ussoccerhistory.org · 7mo agoSASH Session, Friday, Jan 9 at 12pm ET: “Memories of the first US Junior National Team, 1964” with Alex Popovich. @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social will host. Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
Attending the @UnitedCoaches convention in Philly? Join us Friday, Jan 16 at 2:30pm in Marriott Meeting Room 306 for a discussion titled “Ranking the US World Cup Coaches,” hosted by Dr. David Kilpatrick and Michael Lewis with Jack Huckel and Dr. Joe Machnik www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-at-usc-...
SASH at USC 2026 in Philly: Ranking the US World Cup Coaches
Join us for the discussion in Meeting Room 306 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on Friday, January 16 at 2:30 PM.
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