Please join the Hoboken Historical Museum for a special lecture to coincide with the World Cup – Hoboken’s Soccer Heritage: Exploring the Local History of the Global Game! 

From the Americus and Cosmopolitan teams of the 19th century to the formation of the oldest continually active soccer club in the United States, Hoboken FC, in 1912, up to the present day, the Mile Square City plays a seminal role in American soccer history.

This lecture will highlight the evolution, influence and impact of soccer in Hoboken and surrounding cities throughout Hudson County, with a special focus on Hoboken FC 1912.

This panel will include the following presenters:

⚽️ James Brown is a soccer historian and Vice President of the Society for American Soccer History. James wrote about his family’s 100+-year sporting history over three continents in soccer and rugby at top-flight levels in a book entitled, Mud, Blood, and Studs.

⚽️ Fritz Marth serves the soccer community both at the local level as a member of Hoboken FC 1912’s Board of Directors, a delegate to the Cosmopolitan Soccer League, and the General Secretary of the New Jersey Soccer Association; and at the national level serving as USASA’s Vice President, a Member of the USSF National Board of Directors, and the Men’s National Amateur Cup Chair for the Adult Council of USSF.

⚽️ Kurt Rausch is a New Jersey-based public soccer historian and a member of the Society for American Soccer History.

⚽️ Dr. David Kilpatrick teaches English and sport management at Mercy University and is the Club Historian of the New York Cosmos.

See you at the Museum! 

🗓️ Saturday, July 11, 2026
⏰ 1PM – 2 PM
📍 Hoboken Historical Museum
🎟️ Free Admission