| Soccer in Oneonta Contributor(s): Simonson, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738536466 ISBN-13: 9780738536460 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2004 Annotation: Soccer in Oneonta was practically nonexistent until the 1950s. Rural schools in the region played the game because it was inexpensive and, in many cases, because the schools could not field six- or eleven-man football teams. The first organized soccer team began in 1955 at what was then called Oneonta State Teachers College, today's State University of New York College at Oneonta, and a year later, a team formed at Hartwick College. Both teams improved their skills in the 1960s and 1970s, and eventually the town was home to national champions from both schools. Interest spread to Oneonta High School, and youth soccer leagues became tremendously popular. Soccer in Oneonta depicts the teams, the players, the sport, and how this city in the northern Catskills got its nickname, "Soccertown, USA." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer - Sports & Recreation | History - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 796.334 |
| LCCN: 2004107271 |
| Series: Images of Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.48" W x 9.02" (0.61 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York |