American Soccer History Archives

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American Soccer History Archives
ASHA
Available inEnglish
Created byDavid Litterer, Melvin Smith
URL https://soccerhistoryusa.org/ASHA/
Launched2008
Current statusActive

The American Soccer History Archives (ASHA) is an national organization dedicated to collecting statistics about Soccer in the United States. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of soccer-related information in the United States.

History

The American Soccer History Archives was founded by Dave Litterer, who is a regular contributor to the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF), and international repository of association football records across the World. The focus on the website was to collect all information, statistics, and essays relating all every aspect of the sport's history in the United States, from its foundation in the mid-19th century to the modern day.

The focus of the website is to provide information to researchers, journalists, and supporters of the game.

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