SASH Sessions

Soccer History USA ASL Series, Season 1, ep. 2: At the Quarter Pole

Brian Bunk details the first quarter of the 1921-22 American Soccer League season.
Music in the episode from archive.orgTheme 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”DeFord Bailey, “John Henry”Sounds from www.freesound.org: football score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered May 2015
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ASL Series, Season 1, ep. 1: Origins of the American Soccer League

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/

Soccer History USA ep. 12: Vampire AFC

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 RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87AK47 shot by pepvMonster Short Roar.wav by ecfikeNecksnap_build.wav by danielrutterfilms01290 wolf howl 4.wav by Robinhood76Wobbly Ghost by RICHERlandTVHalloween – Organ Music.mp3 Monster Mash by Peter Pan records and GOD available at www.archive.org
Episode premiered October 2014
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ep. 11: The First Women’s Soccer Game in the US

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 RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered October 2014
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ep. 10: The Inter-Allied Games of 1919

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 RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered October 2014
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ep. 9: Steven Apostolov

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/

Soccer History USA ep. 8: Hartford Hellions

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 RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered April 2014
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ep. 7: The First Association Football Game?

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 RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered January 2014
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ep. 6: Gil Heron

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 TomlijaChicago is Next.wav by fonogenoyells.mp3 by jasinskiMexican National Anthem on Guitar by bone666138retro airplane.wav by Inplanojamaican street musician.wav by rein sambaWarsaw-street-musicians.wav by xserraMetal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered December 2013
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

Soccer History USA ep. 5: Soccer and the Color Line

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 xserracrickets Isolated songs 130322_00.wav by http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
 20061111Band.wav by daveincamasSchool Gym Playing Children Ambiance 1 by miksmusicMetal Band Jam 5 Thrash.wav by RutgerMullerfootball score.wav by winsx87
Episode premiered October 2013
For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/