FSF February - U.S. Soccer History

Audio from the session can be found here: http://scholars.footy-forum.net/recordings/ More details at: footballscholars.org

  1. @lempika7 Great! Thanks so much. FSFfeb13 hashtag? Or other one?
  2. Warming-up for tonight's Football Scholars Forum on American Soccer History with USA v Canada U20s. scholars.footy-forum.net/2013/01/fsf-fe…
  3. One of the questions I'm curious to discuss: why pro baseball survived in the US & pro soccer did not #FSF #USsoccer @eboland11
  4. Steven Apostolov discussing his research on history of pro soccer in the US. Notes convergences and divergences #FSF #USsoccer
  5. Apostolov's recent findings: smuggling of pro players thru Canada in 1920s #FSF #USsoccer
  6. Gabe Logan on Chicago soccer in Progressive era 1900-20 & what is the "American" soccer player. Why become "other" on field? #FSF #USsoccer
  7. Logan: also looks at labor sport union clubs 1928-1936, communist soccer league in the US. Marginalized but strong #FSF #USsoccer
  8. .@TomMcCabe5 importance of soccer in Newark NJ 1860s-1880s. Soccer became part of fabric of these towns. #FSF #USsoccer
  9. .@TomMcCabe5 uses local approach into nat'l scene of soccer in the US. Sources exist @ local level. #FSF #USsoccer
  10. .@DrDKilpatrick 2013 important year for US soccer - 100th anniv; thus tonight's session very timely #FSF #USsoccer
  11. .@DrDKilpatrick 2013 important year for US soccer - 100th anniv; thus tonight's session very timely #FSF #USsoccer
  12. .@DrDKilpatrick to our scholars: with S.Blatter's provocation (lack of progress since 1994), how does your research refute? #FSF #USsoccer
  13. Apostolov: huge difference on East Coast (time difference & poor TV ratings for MLS) v West (wake up, game over, score known) #FSF #USsoccer

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Alex Galarza

PhD Candidate in Latin American History at Michigan State University - Fútbol, Digital Humanities, GradHacker.org

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