Brian Bunk details the origins and first days of the American Soccer League. Launched in 1921 it was the nation’s first major professional league.
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: John McCormack, “A Little Bit of Heaven” Amparito Farrar, “Madelon” Hoagey Carmichael, “Bessie Couldn’t Help It” Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered September 2015
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/
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