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ARTICLES

Soccer history

• "Bethlehem Steel, Newark, Brooklyn Wanderers, and Fall River Marksmen identified as teams in historical American soccer footage." Society for American Soccer History, 15 Sep. 2025, https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/bethlehem-steel-newark-and-fall-river-marksmen-identified-as-teams-in-historical-american-soccer-footage/.
• "The Tehel Cup: Old but Not Oldest." Protagonist Soccer, 8 May 2025, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/the-tehel-cup-old-but-not-oldest-bdsl-history.
• "Postmortem: Jackson Chargers." Protagonist Soccer, 27 June 2023, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/2023/6/25/post-mortem-jackson-chargers.
• "Kicking Back: L.A. Skyhawks - Champions, 1976." Protagonist Soccer, 15 Aug. 2022, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/kickingbacklosangelesskyhawks08152022.
• "Overview: The American Soccer League, 1921-1934." Society for American Soccer History, 27 Apr. 2022, https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/overview-the-american-soccer-league-1921-1934/.
• "Kicking Back: Cleveland's National Champions." Protagonist Soccer, 17 Mar. 2022, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/kickingbackclevelandshamrocks.
• "ASL @ 100: December." Protagonist Soccer, 3 Jan. 2022, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/aslat100december.
• "ASL at 100: Introduction and September." Protagonist Soccer, 17 Sep. 2021, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/asl100intro.
• "My Best Ten and Me: Dan Creel - Staff Writer & Protagonist's Soccer Historian." Protagonist Soccer, 29 Jan. 2021, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/2021/01/29creelbestten.
• "The Greatest Team That Never Was." Protagonist Soccer, 24 July 2020, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/phoenixfire.
• "Researching the Rowland Cup." Protagonist Soccer, 9 June 2020, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/features/creelrowlandresearch.
• "What's In a Name?" Protagonist Soccer, 31 July 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/whats-in-a-name.
• "The Many Versions of the Soccer Wars." Protagonist Soccer, 26 June 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/soccerwars.
• "Pre-Modern Indoor Soccer." Protagonist Soccer, 15 May 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/pre-modern-indoor-soccer.
• "These Days in Soccer History." Protagonist Soccer, 2 May 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/these-days1.
• "The Post War Sports Boom and the Birth of the North American Professional Soccer League." Protagonist Soccer, 17 Apr. 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/napsl.
• "Brooklyn Wanderers: What's in a Name." Protagonist Soccer, 30 Mar. 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/brooklyn.
• "What can only be described as 'Soccapocalypse'." Protagonist Soccer, 6 Mar. 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/soccapocalypse.
• "The National Soccer League of 1932." Protagonist Soccer, 21 Feb. 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/the-national-soccer-league-of-1932.

NISA

• "NISA's Uncertain Future." Protagonist Soccer, 15 Nov. 2024, https://mandarin-dory-zep6.squarespace.com/coverage/uncertain-future-of-nisa-creel-soccer.
• "A Player's Perspective From Inside NISA." Protagonist Soccer, 7 Nov. 2024, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/player-perspective-nisa.
• "A Breakdown of the Suit Against NISA." Protagonist Soccer, 15 Feb. 2022, https://mandarin-dory-zep6.squarespace.com/coverage/girard-suit-against-nisa.
• "Gaps in Coverage." Protagonist Soccer, 10 Feb. 2022, https://mandarin-dory-zep6.squarespace.com/coverage/new-amsterdam-workers-compensation.
• "The Other Suit." Protagonist Soccer, 9 Feb. 2022, https://mandarin-dory-zep6.squarespace.com/coverage/fruit-street-lawsuit.
• "NISA Players Earn National Team Call-Ups." Protagonist Soccer, 17 Nov. 2020, https://mandarin-dory-zep6.squarespace.com/coverage/nisacallups.
• "Dan Creel's Quick Hits on NISA 2020." Protagonist Soccer, 17 Jan. 2020, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/features/dancnisa.

Other

• "Deep Diving The National Soccer League." Protagonist Soccer, 25 May 2023, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/nsl-soccer-league-american-scott-michaels-launch.
• "My Best Ten and Me: Dan Creel - Staff Writer & Protagonist's Soccer Historian." Protagonist Soccer, 29 Jan. 2021, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/2021/01/29creelbestten.
• "Interview with Andy Salandy, New Commissioner for Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions of the EPSL." Protagonist Soccer, 13 Jan. 2021, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/interviewandysalandy.
• "Dan Creel's EPSL Notes." Protagonist Soccer, 2 Oct. 2020, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/epslnotes.
• "Dan Creel's Best of the new Badges." Protagonist Soccer, 25 Sep. 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/features/dan-creels-best-of-the-new-badges.
• "A New Golden Age?" Protagonist Soccer, 3 July 2019, https://www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/thegoldenage.