SASH Sessions

On December 6, 2024, SASH hosted an Oral History Workshop with Carly Adams, a Board of Governors Research Chair (Tier I), Director of the Centre for Oral History and Tradition and Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Arrow Salkeld moderated the discussion.

The Oral History Workshop presented an overview of the basics of conducting oral histories while al...

Gabe Logan discusses the origins of the National Amateur Cup tournament with an emphasis on the aborted 1923 tournament and completed 1924 tournament. Gabe looks at how the 1924 championship resulted in the partial selection of the 1924 Olympic roster with a cursory examination of select team personnel.

A professor of history at Northern Michigan University, Gabe is the author of The Early Years of Chicago Soccer,  1887–1939 (Lexin...

A survey of Minnesota’s soccer history from the 1890s to the 1970s. Brian D. Bunk discusses the McKendrick brothers, who starred on one of the state’s earliest championship teams in the 1890s. Brian Quarstad tells the story of Win Ping Pan, a Chinese student who helped build soccer at the University of Minnesota in the 1910s. Chris Bolsmann investigates the career of Minnesota Kicks standout Patrick “Ace” Ntsoelengoe.

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On Friday, June 7, 2024, Tom McCabe presented a SASH Session titled, “Tom ‘Bullets’ Cahill: A Reappraisal of a Founding Father of American Soccer.”

There is quite a bit of mythology surrounding Thomas W. Cahill. The driving force behind the formation of the United States Soccer Football Association (now U.S. Soccer) in 1913, and the manager of the USA’s first official international matches in 1916, Cahill was called “The Father of ...

On Friday, April 5 at 12 pm ET, Zach Bigalke presented work from his dissertation in a session titled, “How the United States is Represented in Women’s Soccer Beyond the USWNT.”

Since the first FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991, 109 American-born women have played for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the tournament. In that same time period, 110 American-born women played for other national teams at the World Cup. Zach discusses the ...

Host Tom McCabe is joined by Donald Wine for a presentation titled, "Black American Soccer History IS American Soccer History."

A Michigan native, Donald has lived in Washington, DC for over 16 years. He is on the national board of the American Outlaws, the largest supporters group for the U.S. national teams. You can find him organizing stadium support at matches all around the world. Donald is also is the manager of Stars & S...

As the 1924-25 reached the halfway point Fall River remained in first place. Brian Bunk recounts all the details and tells the stories of Tewfik Abdullah and Andrew Straden. Also, a scandal hits the ASL.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

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Could 1924-25 be the American Soccer League’s most successful season yet? Brian Bunk traces all the changes as the ASL continued to expand.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered September 2017

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In the season three finale, Brian Bunk describes Fall River’s run to the ASL title and gives out the season’s awards.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered June 2017

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Brian Bunk recounts the National Challenge Cup tournament and describes the action as the American Soccer League’s 1923-24 winds down. 

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered November 2016

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Brian Bunk details the first quarter of the ASL’s third season including two New York derbies, a title decider between Fall River and Bethlehem Steel and the story of the “Gay Cavalier,” Alex Jackson.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

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Brian Bunk chronicles the off-season moves and the first month of the 1923-24 American Soccer League Season.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered August 2016

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Brian Bunk describes the exciting conclusion to the ASL’s second season and names the team of the year and player of the year.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered February 2016

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Brian Bunk outlines the second half of the 1922-23 American Soccer League season and discusses the National Challenge Cup final.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered January 2016

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Bian Bunk describes the first two months of the American Soccer League’s second season and tells the story of two players: Philadelphia’s Percy Andrews and Bethlehem Steel forward James Currie.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered Decemb...

Brian Bunk details the offseason changes in the American Soccer League as the players and teams prepare for the 1922-23 season.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87

Episode premiered September 2015

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Brian Bunk recounts the business relationship between Pelé and sports agent Mark H. McCormack. Pelé signed as a client of McCormack’s company IMG in 1972, a full two years before he joined the New York Cosmos.

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Brian Bunk reviews the American Soccer League’s first season and names the player and team of the year.

Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Additional Music: Abe Lyman ,”A Jazz Holiday” Whispering Jack Smith, “Feelin’ Kind O’Blue” Bix Beiderbecke and the Wolverines, “Big Boy” Sounds from www.freesound.org: footbal...

Brian Bunk examines the American Soccer League at the halfway point in the first season. He also recounts the performance of ASL clubs in the 1921-22 National Challenge Cup and other state and regional competitions.

Music in the episode from archive.org Theme song: Bix Beiderbecke, “Clarinet Marmalade” Headlines: Waring’s Pennsylvanians, “Bolshevik” Sponsor: Frank Teschemacher’s Chicagoans, “Jazz Me Blues” Additional Music: Paul Wh...