Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game (David Wangerin)
Chapter 2: Tangled Roots
Wangerin writes about how the American Soccer League (ASL) tried to wedge itself into the 1920s U.S. sports landscape dominated by baseball, boxing, and college football.
Looking back, the ASL's peak represented the golden age of soccer in the U.S. in the early 20th century, but it was still marred by familiar "soccer wars" among clubs, federations, and leagues. The fourth iteration of the league folded in 1933, but some of its clubs, personalities, and players are still talked about today.
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