Ancient soccer history hidden in plain sight 👀 ⬇️ We’re back on the road this year with continental_tire, continuing our journey to uncover the hidden gems of soccer across the US! On mile 1 of our travels in 2026, we found the spot where the first organized soccer club in America once played its games. It all started in the summer of 1862, when a group of 16 students from Massachusetts gathered at Boston Common to play with a leather ball. Legend has it that their leader, Gerrit Smith Miller, had come in contact with an early version of soccer (football) when he accompanied his father on a trip to England. Of course, he had to show this new game to his friends back in America, and that’s how the Oneida Football Club was born. It was a wholesome start, but the story of the club is not without controversy. For centuries, both American football fans and soccer supporters have fought to claim Oneida Football Club as their own. This is because the Oneidas were known to play a hybr...