About the Archives
Early American Soccer History, a series of essays by Melvin Smith: Amateur Soccer | College Soccer
Video of USA vs. Ireland 1924
Historical Overviews: American soccer | Women's soccer | Indoor | Early US Soccer Teams, 1843-1887
Each year gives detailed summaries of league action, tournament results, major competitions, and significant news.
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Men's National Team: Results 1990-present | 1885-1989
Women's National Team: Results 1985-present
League Champions, 1894-2010 (By League) | (By
Year) | (Div. 1 only)
League Standings, all Professional USA leagues, 1894-2010
Wikipedia pages with history: Men | Women
National Cup Competitions
US Open Cup Champions, 1914-2010 | history site with complete results
American Cup Champions, 1885-1929
National Amateur Cup Champions, 1924-2010
National Junior Challenge Cup Champions, 1935-2010
National Soccer Hall of Fame
Official Website | Hall of Famer Biographies
List of members of the Hall of Fame
All-time Player Registries
Soccer History Research Library at the HOF
The Magnficent 5: Five soccer pioneers inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2005!
Travelers' Guide to American Soccer - The "Rough Guide"
New England Soccer Hall of Fame
St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame
Professional and Semi-Pro Leagues
Club Grand List, 1894-2010: A-H | H-N | O-Z. All pro USA/Canada teams with years, leagues, and provenance updated!
All-time Div 1 league scoring leaders: MLS | NASL | ASL I | Combined table (thru 2007)
Top Scorer of the Year, 1922-2010
ASL II Scoring Leaders, 1933-1983
ASL I Statistical Leaders, 1921-1931
Scoring Systems of American Soccer Leagues, 1894-2010
MLS Attendance: an analysis, by Kenn Tomasch (link)
Yanks Abroad - Chronicling US players in overseas leagues (link)
Complete NASL Standings and Statistics
NASL History Portal
NASL Player Biographies: Part 1: A - H | Part 2: I - O | Part 3: P - Z
Chris Page's comprehensive NASL Archive - link down; archived version here!
All-time NASL Player Registry, at the Hall of Fame
More History at NASLJerseys.com! Player Registry | Team Rosters | Jerseys and Logos
NASL Team Logos - Complete, 1967-1984
NASL tapes for sale or trade by Dave Wasser
Replica NASL Jerseys!
All-Time Canadian NASL Team, by Kenneth Jamieson
Wikipedia Page
Canadian Soccer Leagues
The History of Soccer in the Greater New York City region, by David Litterer
History of Soccer in Greater Los Angeles, by David Litterer
History of Soccer in Pittsburgh, by David Litterer
History of Soccer in the San Francisco Bay Region
Philadelphia Soccer History (Expanded!), by Steve Holroyd & David Litterer
History of Soccer in New England, by David Litterer (updated!)
Early Soccer History in Minnesota (written in 1917), by William P. Brenigan
Chicago's Soccer History, by David Litterer
History of Soccer in St. Louis, by David Litterer
History of Soccer in Cleveland, by Thomas Hatfield
A Soccer history of Houston, at the USSoccerplayers website
A History of soccer in Oregon, by David Porter
West Hudson: A Cradle of American Soccer, by Roger Allaway
Bethlehem Steel: Comprehensive history of one of the pioneer US soccer powers, by Dan Morrison
The Birth and Rebirth of Pro Soccer in Rochester, NY, by Sam Mongiovi
St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame
Puget Sound Soccer Museum stats and history of seattle-based teams.
Dallas Sidekicks Historical Archives, by Alan Balthrop
The Philadelphia Atoms, a comprehensive web archive by Steve Holroyd
Fall River Marksmen: a history
New Bedford Whalers: a history
A reminisence of the Memphis Rogues of the NASL
Amateur Soccer History
American Amateur Soccer: The Early Years, a series by Melvin Smith
National Soccer League of Chicago: Overview and league champs
Cosmopolitan Soccer League | League Champions | League Standings 1935-present
National Soccer League of Chicago, another venerable amateur league
Peel Cup (Illinois State Amateur), 1909-1970
West Penn Challenge Cup, 1914 - 1987
National Amateur Cup Champions, 1924-2010
National Junior Challenge Cup Champions, 1935-2010
College Soccer history
American College Soccer: The Early Years, a series by Melvin Smith
NCAA Soccer Champions, 1904-present: NCAA (1959-present) | NAIA | NJCAA | NCCAA | ISFA/College Bowl (1904-1958)
College Conference soccer champions: Men | Women
NCAA College Soccer Record Books, 2000-present: Men | Women -- Comprehensive histories! (in .pdf format)
NCAA Official Site
Growth of College Varsity Soccer, 1908-1999
Links to existing indoor soccer leagues: MISL III | PASL | PASL-Pro | CMISL | Xxtreme Soccer League (On Hiatus) | Ultimate Soccer League | AISL (wikipedia page; defunct) | AISL (Defunct)
The Indoor Game: A History, by Steve Holroyd
Overview of Indoor Soccer History, by David Litterer
Indoor players on the U. S. National Team, by David Litterer
Pioneers of Indoor Soccer, by David Litterer
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been!, Ron Mewman's history of indoor soccer
Gordon Jago's years in Indoor Soccer
From Player to Coach: Fernando Clavijo's Experiences with Indoor Soccer
Early US Soccer Teams 1843-1887, by Melvin Smith
Early US Soccer Teams 1843-1887, an Addendum, by Melvin Smith
Celtic's 1931 Tour of North America, by David Wangerin
Passing it on: A History of Soccer, at randomhistory.com
The McDonaldization of American Soccer, by Jason Leonardis
Yes, Soccer IS America's Game, by Bill Saporito, at Time Magazine's website
The Game of Musical Chairs that Preceded the NASL, by Roger Allaway
Looby-Murphy-Zerhusen: A Different Triple-Edged Sword, by Roger Allaway
Deft Boot, Alex Henderson's 1952 Goal at Yankee Stadium, by Bill Henderson
Soccer and the American Presidency, by Rory Miller -- when soccer and politics mix...
Social, economic, ethnic, and demographic influences on the growth of American Soccer
It Didn't Start with Pele: Soccer in Philadelphia in the 40s and 50s, by Len Oliver
Were the Oneidas Playing Soccer or Not? by Roger Allaway
The Dick, Kerr Ladies Soccer Tour, 1922, by Colin Jose
When Championships took a Back Seat to Friendlies, by Roger Allaway
Cultural Implications of the Soccer Phenomenon in America, by Len Oliver
Soccer in the United States, 1900-1920, by Roger Allaway
The myth of British pros on the USA 1930 World Cup team, by Roger Allaway and Colin Jose
The Ethnic Legacy in American Soccer, by Len Oliver
American College Soccer, 1946-1959: the Postwar Years, by Michey Cochrane and Len Oliver
Billy Gonsalves, An American alltime great, by Steve Holroyd
Fabri Salcedo, a top ASL striker, by David Litterer
The true story of Jock Coll and the 1930 World Cup chloroform incident, by Colin Jose
An Unofficial All-time USA all-star team - list and bios, by David Litterer - from 2002
A Flash in the Pan: Janos Nehadoma and the name change mystery, by Colin Jose
American Attitudes toward Soccer by Mark Salisbury
Colin's Corner Kicks at the National Soccer Hall of Fame
The Development of American Soccer: A blueprint, by Dan Roudebush
Colin Jose's Essays on American Soccer History
The First Pro Soccer League in the USA: The ALPF, 1894, by Steve Holroyd
Click on links for more info! All in-print books may be ordered through amazon.com Or click here for complete detailed list.
Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture, by Andrei S. Markovitz and Lars Rensman.
Soccer Made in St. Louis: A History of the Game in America's First Soccer Capital, by David Lange
Distant Corners: American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes, by David Wangerin.
The Encyclopedia of American Soccer History, by Roger Allaway, Colin Jose & David Litterer
Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season by Melvin Smith
Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game, by David Wangerin.
Corner Offices & Corner Kicks: How Big Business Created America's Two Greatest Soccer Dynasties, Bethlehem Steel and the New York Cosmos, by Roger Allaway.
Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91, by Melvin I Smith.
Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos, by Gavin Newsham.
National Pastime: How Americans Play baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer:, by Stefan Szymanski and Andrew Zimbalist.
Soccerhead : An Accidental Journey into the Heart of the American Game, by Jim Haner.
Rangers, Rovers & Spindles: Soccer, Immigration and Textiles in New England and New Jersey, by Roger Allaway
Playing for Uncle Sam: The Brits' Story of the North American Soccer League, by David Tossell
North American Soccer League Encyclopedia, by Colin Jose
The United States Tackles the World Cup,by Roger Allaway and Colin Jose
Offside: Soccer & American Exceptionalism, by Andrei S. Markovits & Steven L. Hellerman.
The American Soccer League: The Golden Years of American Soccer 1921-1931, by Colin Jose
The Game and the Glory, by Michelle Akers with Gregg Lewis.
NASL: A Complete Record of the North American Soccer League, by Colin Jose
The Simplest Game: An Intelligent Fan's Guide to the World of Soccer, by Paul Gardner
The Girls of Summer, by Jere Longman
Keeping Score: Canadian Encyclopedia of Soccer, by Colin Jose
The First World Atlas of Soccer, by InfoKart
World Soccer Yearbook, 2003-04: The Complete Guide to the Game, by David Goldblatt.
SoccerTalk: Life Under the Spell of the Round Ball, by Paul Gardner
World Cup Soccer, by Michael Lewis.
Soccer for Dummies, by Michael Lewis and the US Soccer Federation
Onside: 125 years of Soccer in Ontario, by Colin Jose.
U.S. Soccer vs. The World, by Tony Cirino
The Game of their Lives, by Geoffrey Douglas
Captain for Life, and other Temporary Assignments, by John Harkes with Deborah Kiernan
America's Soccer Heritage, by Sam Foulds and Paul Harris
Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer, by Dave Ungrady.
Spalding Soccer Guides - invaluable primary resource! - 1910 | 1914-15 | 1915-16 | 1916-17 | 1917-18 | 1918-19 | 1921-22 | 1922-23
ONCACAF Retro - historical articles about CONCACAF soccer
A-League.com - Current fan coverage of USL Div. 1 and Div. 2
Soccer Outsider: A comprehensive collection of US soccer statistics from 1884-present
Philly Soccer Page, a comprehensive website on the Philly soccer scene with many articles and blog entries on the history of the sport
American Libero: Past, Present & Future of American Soccer -- has match reports on a lot of different significant games throughout history
Yanks Abroad - Chronicling US players in overseas leagues (link)
Wikipedia's, USA Soccer Pages
Nasljerseys.com - extensive NASL player registry, rosters, jerseys and logos! -- also have a MISL page!
Canadian Soccer History Archives, by Colin Jose
Los Angeles Soccer Club, formerly the Los Angeles Kickers
USA Soccer History, at the USSoccerplayers website
Robin Glover's Soccer in Ontario Archives - extensive!
Kearney Scots, a webpage devoted to this legendary team and club
Los Angeles Soccer Club, the former Los Angeles Kickers, winners of the US Open Cup
Championsworld 2004: Past American tours by the teams participating in Championsworld 2004
Major Fantasy League Soccer
Kenn Tomasch's soccer history blog
Australian Online Football Museum
Extensive socerage of US Soccer through free-lance reporters.
The RSSSF World Soccer Archives (RSSSF) Over 80 megabytes of raw text - statistics from over 150 countries.
Albion Road: Periodic articles on US Soccer History
International Soccer Archives, maintained by Chuck Zsolani
Historia.org, The World soccer historian!
Scottish Football History Website - extensive archive of players in early Scottish soccer history - including many who played in the original ASL.
This is American Soccer: Chronicles of american soccer history
The Fullback Files, an opinionated column covering D. C. United, MLS and the US soccer scene.
US National Soccer Players a sponsored site with news, feature articles, and internetsoccer.com.
Puerto Rico Soccer League
Association for Football Statistics A comprehensive site for world soccer
International Federation of Football History and Statistics
Team Logos for most professional sports teams past and present.
Soccerdata.com, contains statistics, books, historial records.
Baseball-Reference.com, a comprehensive and thorough archive of baseball history
The Baseball Archive Another Comprehensive & thorough archives
Pro-Football-Reference.com, a comprehensive and thorough archive of football history
Profootballarchives.com, has complete linescores of all NFL, AFL, AAFC and many independent games since 1910
Professional Football Researchers Association, Preserving and reconstructing US Football history back to the 1800's.
American Basketball History Archives, by Robert Bradley - thorough and exhaustive.
Basketball-Reference.com, a comprehensive and thorough archive of Basketball history
Hockey-refence.com. a comprehensive and thorough archive of ice hockey history
International Hockey Database - lots of NHL & WHA here.
Links to other statistical archives
Soccer with Swagger An excellent comprehensive site with blogs covering all aspects of current US soccer action + some history as well<.LI>
International Soccer Network - lost of good stuff here - articles, blogs and more
St. Louis United FC, a very active group in St. Louis - organizes youth teams and does major pub crawls!
Soccer America, the premier magazine on American soccer! Pediro Sports Mall, a great place for soccer products! When Saturday Comes - the premier soccer magazine for English soccer!
Yanks Abroad - keep up on the Amis in Europe and the world!
Soccer Media Guides for sale! by James Kramer
Soccer Corner, a master directory to all kinds of US and worldwide soccer pages.
DMOZ Worldwide Soccer Links!
Amateur Athletic Foundation Sport Library, a great resource of sport and soccer history
World Cup Years", gives summaries of all world cups.
Soccer365.com, another comprehensive news site - pros, college, world.
Big Soccer, a major bulletin board and link list, and much more
US Soccer Zone, by Brian Green. NASL history, interviews with former players, along with current US soccer news. Comprehensive.
US Club Soccer, a new national youth club association
The Daily Soccer Tip, coaching ideas, a new one every day!
Soccer Menu A great startup page for your browser!
Life SoccerTV.com, a comprehensive listing of world matches with links to on-line live broadcasts
United States Soccer Federation - official page
Online Soccer Dictionary By Coach Cameron - for soccer clubs, soccer coaches, soccer players, school soccer.
National Collegiate Athletic Association Official Website
Reedswain, an excellent source for soccer videos
Soccer Times, a top-notch site!
World Football Stadiums - a VERY complete site!
Soccercards - the largest dealer of soccer cards in the US
Last update: March 3, 2012
The US Soccer History Archives are maintained by David Litterer
(spectrum@sover.net)
