Week 05-PE and Early Soccer History

The reading in week five for group A was titled “Meet the Babe Ruth of American Soccer”. This reading was looking at the great soccer player, Billy Gonsalves. This article goes through Billy’s life

Critical Analysis: The article, written by Steve Holroyd, argued that Billy Gonsalves was the greatest American soccer player to ever grace the game. Though I would consider myself a passionate soccer fan, I had

One thing that I was very much aware of was the racism and classism present in the early 1900s in South American Countries like Brazil. Consequently, I had also been very well aware of

Recently, I got to read an article about Billy Gonsalves, who is considered to be the best soccer player to come from the United States. While learning about his life, I learned something new

When I was reading through the text this quote stuck out to me with the idea of “racial democracy” being a myth “Two years after helping Brazil win the South American championship, Friedenreich fell

“In Uruguay, football is everything”. Undoubtedly the last couple of weeks have taught me how much football brings South American countries together. Although in the United States  you could say that the Superbowl or

This week I focused my attention of reading the first chapter of Futbolera. This reading focuses on an aspect of history that I was not familiar with beforehand. As a history major the role

In previous articles we explored how the introduction of English soccer opened the door to education and health services in the parts of South America. We also looked at how British colonists in South

Knew: From a combination of this class and Dr. Horst’s modern Latin America class, I was aware that many areas in South America considered whiteness to coincide with class. This article touches heavily on