Comments on: New York Times soccer article from 1885

By: From the New York Times Archives: The birth of Major League Soccer — ThroughBall.com

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:03:33 +0000

[...] far, we’ve read a few articles from the early 20th century and even one from the late 1800s. But, the New York Times archives can teach us about recent history [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:23:04 +0000

“I think the focus of the article was that a game was played under lights not that they are reporting football (meaning soccer).”

You’ll note that I said one of the focuses was the electric light.

My point wasn’t that they were reporting about soccer but that this was the earliest mention of soccer in the New York Times.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:24:13 +0000

I think the focus of the article was that a game was played under lights not that they are reporting football (meaning soccer). They are using football in the generic sense.
I note that they refer to the clubs as Association football clubs. They would have understood the differences between the codes better back then,

By: Culture of Soccer » Blog Archive » What I’m Reading: September 30, 2007

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:09:20 +0000

[...] The blog Throughball is beginning a series of posts on old New York Times articles on soccer. Josh begins with one from 1885. [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:36:45 +0000

Good question.

I know the governing body of U.S. soccer was originally called “U.S. Football Association” (1913-1944).

From 1945-1973 it was called “U.S. Soccer Football Association” (if you squint, it almost appears as “U.S. asSOCiation Football…).

In 1973, they assumed the name we all know, “U.S. Soccer Federation”

By: On The Pitch

On The Pitch — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:28:49 +0000

Football by Electric Light – circa 1885…

Like many, I cheered the NY Times when they finally euthanized Times Select and let poor/cheap people like me back into the opinion columns. But they also opened up their archives going back over a century. What a fantastic move – even if they were mot…

By: On The Pitch

On The Pitch — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:28:49 +0000

Football by Electric Light – circa 1885…

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:20:07 +0000

Wonder when they started calling it soccer and who started it?

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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:31:39 +0000

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