At the time that association football took hold in the USA in the second half of the 19th century, it faced stiff competition from college football (American football) and even rugby.
In this podcast, we talk to Brian D. Bunk from the Soccer History USA Podcast to discuss the early roots of the game in the US, the role of immigrant players – particularly Scottish and English players – and how the early American Soccer League (ASL) briefly flourished in the 1920s before fading away.
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