The footage is from two matches during the 1919 tour and is the earliest known footage of a professional US soccer team.
Archival Footage
Behind the discovery of the earliest known footage of the United States Men’s National Team
Brian Bunk on the discovery by SASH of the earliest known footage of the USMNT in action, filmed during the team’s first-ever overseas tour in 1916 to Scandinavia.
Stars and Stripes Soccer on the Silver Screen before 1930
A look at the growing availability of pre-1930s motion picture footage of American soccer.