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Explore documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and original films that uncover the people, places, and communities that shaped the history of soccer in America.

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First episode of Soccer History Lives Here's "Pitches on the Prairie" where we identify, celebrate and mark the places where soccer history was made in the state of Illinois.
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In 1930 the United States men's national soccer team reached the semi-finals of the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay and finished in 3rd place.
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Coal City, a community founded on coal mining, was a hotbed of soccer in Illinois from 1890's until the 1950's
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Gil Heron’s life story stretches far beyond the pitch - it traces a path shaped by immigration, opportunity, resilience and determination.
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Pullman, on Chicago’s South Side, was a model industrial town built for railroad car workers and it was where organized soccer in the city first took root in the late 19th century

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