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Which team did the player Dick Spalding belong to in Jan 1921?
Dick Spalding Charles Harry Spalding ( October 13 , 1893 – February 3 , 1950 ) was an American soccer and baseball player . C.H. , as he also was nicknamed , played the first two games in the history of the U.S . national soccer team and competed in professional soccer for nearly fifteen years , primarily with teams based in Pennsylvania . Besides , Spalding spent two seasons in Major League baseball and later served as a first base coach . A lifelong resident of Philadelphia , he was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951 . Soccer . Club career . Spalding attended the Northeast Manual Training School in Philadelphia , where he was a multi-sport athlete . He then went on to play soccer with the Lighthouse Boys Club as well as several other local Philadelphia clubs . In 1916 , when called into the U.S . national team , he was with the Disston A.A . In the fall of 1916 , he signed with Bethlehem Steel F.C . of the National Association Football League ( NAFBL ) . However , he injured his knee and did not play consistently until January 1917 . In November 1919 , he signed with Philadelphia Merchant Ship of the NAFBL . In 1921 , he joined the Harrison S.C . of the American Soccer League ( ASL ) . He then spent the 1924–1925 ASL season with Fleisher Yarn . National team . In 1916 , the United States Football Association ( USFA ) recruited a team , called the All-American Soccer Football Team , to represent the U.S . on a tour of Scandinavian countries . At the time , these countries and the U.S . were all neutral during the ongoing World War I . During the six game tour , the U.S . played two recognized international games , one on August 21 , 1916 against Sweden and another on September 3 , 1916 against Norway . There are disagreements about who scored the first national team goals . While the National Soccer Hall of Fame lists Spalding , other sources state that Thomas Swords scored an unassisted goal against Sweden . After this tour , Spalding never played for the U.S . again . He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1950 . Baseball . Player . In addition to his soccer career , Spalding was also a successful baseball player . In 1916 , while a member of the U.S . national soccer team , he played in a baseball game against a Swedish baseball team from Västerås . In 1927 , he signed as an outfielder the National League Philadelphia Phillies . In 1928 , he moved to the Washington Senators of the American League . Spalding also spent time in the International League where he played for the Rochester Red Wings and the Buffalo Bisons . First Base Coach . Spaldings friendship with Jimmie Wilson led to two stints as a first base coach . In 1934 , Wilson hired Spalding as the first base coach for the Philadelphia Phillies . In 1941 , he was brought into the Chicago Cubs , again by Wilson , to become the Cubs’ first base coach . Spalding died after a long illness in Philadelphia at the age of 56 . External links . - National Soccer Hall of Fame profile - Baseball stats