SASH Sessions

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.wa...

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 For more US soccer h...

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. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : Pouring a Drink by ahjteam shave.aif by nextmaking Ueno Shamisen by RTB45 Dodgy_C_FunkSoul_BuildABeat_Pt1_95bpm.wav by Dodgy C Metal Ban...

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” Sou...

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...

Brian Bunk details the first quarter of the 1921-22 American Soccer League season. 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: Dick de Pauw and his Royal Dance Orchestra , “Somebody and Me” Leo Mathisen Orchestra, “Little Girl” DeF...

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...

Brian Bunk recounts the history Vampire Association Football Club, a team from San Francisco, California, that first appeared in 1897. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 AK47 shot by pepv Monster Short Roar.wav by ecfike Necksnap_build.wav by danielrutterfilms 01290 wolf howl 4.wav by Robinhood76 Wobbly Gh...

Brian Bunk looks at the history of the first documented women's soccer game played in the United States, which took place on December 3, 1893, in San Francisco between the Colleen Brawns and Bonnie Lassies. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 Episode premiered October 2014 For more US soccer history, visit...

Brian Bunk tells the story of the soccer tournament held at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris from June 22 to July 6, 1919. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 Episode premiered October 2014 For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at  https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Brian Bunk talks to soccer historian Steven Apostolov. Episode premiered December 2014 For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at  https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Brian Bunk looks at Major Indoor Soccer League franchise the Hartford Hellions and tries to explain why it lasted only two seasons. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 Episode premiered April 2014 For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at  https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Brian Bunk looks at some of the earliest soccer games played in the US. It recounts the history of kicking-style games at a number of colleges, especially Princeton. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 Episode premiered January 2014 For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at  https://www.ussoccer...

Brian Bunk tells the story of Jamaican born Gil Heron, one of the earliest known Black soccer players in the US. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : bowling alley ambience.wav by Tomlija Chicago is Next.wav by fonogeno yells.mp3 by jasinski Mexican National Anthem on Guitar by bone666138 retro airplane.wav by Inplano jamaican street musician.wav by rein samba Warsaw-street-musici...

Brian Bunk looks at the question of who was the first Black soccer player in the United States. Sound Clips in this episode from  www.freesound.org : oud.wav by xserra crickets Isolated songs 130322_00.wav by  http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
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Brian Bunk details the rise of soccer within New York City’s Spanish community in the 1920s. Sound Clips in this episode from www.freesound.org : Fishing village environment.wav by Oscar de Ávila Memoria Sonora - Sound Memories - Song of Barceloneta by barcelonetasonora rugby club in spain.mp3 by Patricia McMillen dingding.wav by ljudman Posh dinner party.wav by 7by7 Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by...

Brian Bunk talks to soccer historian Roger Allaway. Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 Episode premiered April 2013 For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at  https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Brian Bunk discusses the Holyoke Falcos and the first season of American Soccer League. Sound Clips in this episode from www.freesound.org : Bagpipes_in_Pitlochery.wav by Darkgot__inchadney file0006 Water Fall, Mill, Billerica.mp3 by smokeyvw motorcycle and car.wav by jaava73 Train upon us.wav by markedit Rain on Plastic Roof. WAV by gynation Op_Cls_1.WAV by kjackson jingle-bells.wav by justkiddin...

Host Brian Bunk discusses the Oneida Football Club of Boston. Sound Clips in this episode from www.freesound.org : 01819 snarling dogs.wav by Robinhood76 VIOLIN IMPROV-IRISH JIG.aif by hammerklavier Angry_Mob by unchaz oh_yes.wav by Corsica_S Warfare drums.wav by jobro Play Ball!.wav by CGEffex Rowing2.wav by juskiddink Metal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMuller football score.wav by winsx87 Epis...

Host Zach Bigalke is joined by Jen Cooper and Declan Abernathy from the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand. Jen Cooper, the editor and publisher of  Keeper Notes , has been involved in various areas of Houston soccer since the 1990s. She also works as a researcher and stats provider, including for Fox Sports at this summer’s Women’s World Cup and previous men’s and women’s World...

Tom McCabe hosts Jermaine Scott for a presentation titled, “Harlem’s Chief Representatives: Black Soccer Radicalism in New York City, 1928-1949.” Jermaine is an Assistant Professor of African American, African Diasporic, and Sport History at Florida Atlantic University. His research interests include the cultural politics of sport, Black politics, Black diaspora studies, Black popular culture, and...

Host Chuck Carlson is joined by Kelcey Ervick to discuss her book, The Keeper: Soccer, Me and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives . In the graphic memoir, Ervick looks at the role that Title IX has played in expanding opportunities for women in soccer, and sport in general, in the United States. Ervick was a goalkeeper for nationally-ranked soccer teams in high school and college in the first decad...

Tom McCabe is joined by SASH vice president James Brown to discuss his new book, Mud, Blood and Studs: One Family’s Legacy in Soccer and Rugby Across Three Continents . From the publisher’s description: Mud, Blood and Studs is a special story of sporting excellence passed from generation to generation. An alcoholic father abandons his family in Troon, Scotland, and sails for America, but against t...

Host Tom McCabe is joined for a Book Talk by author Matthew Evans to discuss his new book, USA 94: The World Cup That Changed the Game. Evans is a freelance football writer who specializes in the history of the game. He has written extensively on all eras of the beautiful game for various online outlets as well as appearing on podcasts and in print for These Football Times and Nutmeg magazine. He...

On the eve of the 2022 U-17 Women’s World Cup, host Tom McCabe is joined by women’s soccer historian Jen Cooper for a look back at the first FIFA women’s youth championship held in Canada in 2002 and the growth of FIFA women’s youth tournaments since then. That inaugural event — known as the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship — featured several young players who are now household names, includin...