Featured image: Belmont Cricket Club main clubhouse, from a watercolor by Frank H.
Taylor
Tours by the English teams the Pilgrims (1905, 1909) and Corinthians (1906, 1911, and 1924)
attracted significant press coverage and drew large crowds when they stopped in Philadelphia. The
tours resulted in increased interest in soccer and helped to boost the formation of clubs and
leagues in the Philadelphia area.
