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3503676The American Soccer Leaguehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-american-soccer-league-9781461716129/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2406550/14e4cc8c-58df-47a7-b0cb-de1c33ae8f81.jpg?v=63838393246820000024852761MXNScarecrow PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>It was the " American Menace" according to the Scottish and English newspapers of the 1920s. The best players in the Scottish leagues were being drawn to American companies that offered good jobs in return for playing on the company soccer team. The resulting squads, many of them ethnic, beat the best teams in the world at that time. This period from 1921 to 1931 were the "Golden Years of American Soccer."</p><p>With the skyrocketing economic prosperity of the United States and its corollary flood of new immigrants to Americas shores, came interest in soccer as a new form of sports entertainment. It grew rapidly around Northeastern industrial towns like Fall River, Massachusetts, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As with the popular North American Soccer League of the 1970s and 80s and its imported stars like Pele, the American Soccer League of the 1920s bid for the best soccer players in the world, creating a competitive, fertile environment for the growth of soccer.</p><p>Unfortunately, few detailed records remain about these great teams and players. League records were lost after W.W. II and newspaper coverage was concentrated in smaller cities. Many of the Leagues heretofore unknown players possess no first name in print, and the unfortunate losers of matches and league championship games often went unreported altogether. During the later, tougher years of the Depression, many of the foreign players hunkered down in jobs or returned to their native countries. The disbanded American Soccer League was revived under the same name but very different circumstances in 1933, but never reached the same level of skill as during the 1920s.</p><p><em>American Soccer League 1921-1931</em> is the result of Colin Joses tireless determination to provide accurate history of soccers evolution in the United States. Soccer was one of the most popular sports in the United States during the 1920s, often drawing huge crowds in relatively small towns to see the worlds best players compete. Documented through thousands of newspaper clipp</p>...3439854The American Soccer League24852761https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-american-soccer-league-9781461716129/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2406550/14e4cc8c-58df-47a7-b0cb-de1c33ae8f81.jpg?v=638383932468200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook19989781461716129_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_<p>It was the American Menace according to the Scottish and English newspapers of the 1920s. The best players in the Scottish leagues were being drawn to American companies that offered good jobs in return for playing on the company soccer team. The resulting squads, many of them ethnic, beat the best teams in the world at that time. This period from 1921 to 1931 were the Golden Years of American Soccer.</p><p>With the skyrocketing economic prosperity of the United States and its corollary flood of new immigrants to Americas shores, came interest in soccer as a new form of sports entertainment. It grew rapidly around Northeastern industrial towns like Fall River, Massachusetts, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As with the popular North American Soccer League of the 1970s and 80s and its imported stars like Pele, the American Soccer League of the 1920s bid for the best soccer players in the world, creating a competitive, fertile environment for the growth of soccer.</p><p>Unfortunately, few detailed records remain about these great teams and players. League records were lost after W.W. II and newspaper coverage was concentrated in smaller cities. Many of the Leagues heretofore unknown players possess no first name in print, and the unfortunate losers of matches and league championship games often went unreported altogether. During the later, tougher years of the Depression, many of the foreign players hunkered down in jobs or returned to their native countries. The disbanded American Soccer League was revived under the same name but very different circumstances in 1933, but never reached the same level of skill as during the 1920s.</p><p><em>American Soccer League 1921-1931</em> is the result of Colin Joses tireless determination to provide accurate history of soccers evolution in the United States. Soccer was one of the most popular sports in the United States during the 1920s, often drawing huge crowds in relatively small towns to see the worlds best players compete. Documented through thousands of newspaper clipp</p>9781461716129_Scarecrow Presslibro_electonico_7d036d49-2239-3f5e-87f8-ecf0c703ecd6_9781461716129;9781461716129_9781461716129Colin JoseInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/rowman_academic-epub-a44ce2df-71f1-4bf9-92ff-2ec55a8415af.epub1998-06-25T00:00:00+00:00Scarecrow Press