Major League Soccer Talk # 113: Colin Jose, US/Canada Historian

Colin Jose, the preeminent historian of the sport in North America joins us on the podcast. This show is a must listen for anyone interested in the evolution of the game in North America. Soccer history in the US/Canada did not begin in the late 1980s, and the sport is not a new one in this part of the world, as has been argued by some.

Among the topics discussed are:

• The development of Canadian football/soccer through the early 1960s
• When the term soccer replaced the term football to describe the sport in North America
• The American Soccer League
• The impact of foreign imports on the ASL
• The rivalry between Bethlehem Steel and Fall River
• The rivalry between Fall River and New Bedford
• Who was the best American players of the ASL era
• The 1930 US World Cup team’s success
• Was the 1930 US Team really a “British” team?
• The 1950 US World Cup victory over England
• Did the 1950 World Cup team use foreign nationals in the victory over England?
• The NASL’s impact on youth soccer
• The Cosmos lore and how it lives today outside North America
• The rivalry between the New York Cosmos and Tampa Bay Rowdies
• Much, much more………………

Additionally, we get a report on the San Jose Earthquakes with player interviews and features from our correspondent, Robert Jonas.