Featured image: Courtesy of Dan Morrison and bethlehemsteelsoccer.org
Against the expectation of many in the US, the United States Football Association's first
international tour in Scandinavia in the summer of 1916 had been a great success. The cash-strapped
USFA had come out of the trip in the black—the Swedish FA had paid for the tour thanks to the
backing of a leading Swedish newspaper—and the team had performed well to garner a 3–1–2
record despite having been put together only days before departure to Europe without the benefit of
tryouts.
We've already known a bit about the preseason details including the upcoming pre-season
tournament with Chivas USA, the San Jose Earthquakes and AIK of Sweden, but until today we didn't
know too much else. Well, today's that has all changed with the Timbers releasing almost everything
we could have asked for.
