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Watke's History of American Soccer

A history of American soccer from the Age of the Powhatan through the emergence of impresario Thomas Cahill.

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  1. Issue · Jul 29, 2026

    Diary of a Steamboat Clerk (opens the original)

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    The pilot has forbade the crew play football on the Texas deck while the cub navigates. Captain Rondeaux is very unhappy, but what can he do? A match is hoped for in Natchez Under-the-Hill with the w… Read more

  2. Issue · Jul 27, 2026

    Scottish Rock Wall Mailbag #1 (opens the original)

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    A reader of Friday’s post shared his thoughts on the plausibility of Reverend Rutherford first using rocks as witnesses to Sabbath football and next as physical deterrent:I am only a taxi driver, but… Read more

  3. Issue · Jul 24, 2026

    Reverend Rutherford’s Witness Stones (opens the original)

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    Scotland, late 1620sIf you had fourteen big rocks to stop people from playing soccer/football on the sabbath, how would you arrange them? Reverend Rutherford arranged them like this.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal"

  4. Issue · Jul 23, 2026

    The priority of discovery and its tampering (opens the original)

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    “While Inter Miami CF and the LA Galaxy have reached a settlement for the Discovery Priority to sign Casemiro, the terms will be released upon conclusion of the tampering investigation.” -The Athletic Read more

  5. Issue · Jul 22, 2026

    People aren't forgetting about the Balogun thing quickly enough (opens the original)

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    I thought enough time had passed to begin to quietly disentangle Balogun from the incident. The world should be starting to forget about it. But “What next for 10 of the World Cup’s biggest stars?” f… Read more

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