Yes, this recap is titled “Fuck RNY FC”.

“Old” man McNaughton of the Macs said he was through playing soccer eight years ago, but he is still at the game and can give th eyounger [sic] players a few points.”

When the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, World War I was officially over.

“Soccer football is gradually eating its way into the hearts of the sport-loving American public and slowly it is undergoing a change that will make it truly a product of these United States.” As the ...

Instead of the usual preseason team and league meetings, 1917 began with Rochester City still playing in the National Challenge Cup.

World War I hadn't yet really impacted Rochester soccer, but it was looming. The Amateur League was gone, but there was still the R&DL and three cup competitions.

Since their start in the league a few years earlier, Celtic had never been a real contender for the championship.

In January of 1914, the McNaughton Rangers were still playing out the drama of the protests arising from their National Challenge Cup meeting with the Niagara Falls Rangers.

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Throughout 1912, the conversation about soccer on a national level had centered on the competition between the American Football Association (AFA) and the American Amateur Football Association (AAFA),...

It seems as if 1912 had been a turning point.

The growth of soccer in Rochester had been rapid and vast.

It never takes very long for the soccer season to roll around again, especially in the day when there were fall and spring leagues, along with at least one cup competition and a few friendlies sprinkl...

By 1910, the public’s interest in soccer had not totally been captured.

Following the Christmas Day meeting of the Churchville Thistles and the All-Rochesters, on New Year’s Day 1908 the All-Rochesters issued a solicitation for a rematch.

When baseball is done, the baseball fan figuratively goes to his winter sleep, like the groundhog, until he is roused by the roar of the base hit.

After years of attempts that only fell short, on Saturday, April 13, 1907, the Rochester and District Association Football League (R&DAFL) kicked off its inaugural season, the first formalized season ...

After the visit to North America by Corinthians the prior year, 1906 would be the turning point for the sport in Rochester.

From the end of the 19th Century through the early years of the 20th Century soccer was rarely mentioned in the Rochester press.

As the calendar rolled over to 1897, Rochester had seen its first ‘season’ of soccer.

The first chapter of A Determined Effort: A History of Soccer in Rochester

Putting out the first writings of a book I want to write, so that I can force myself to continue