page_title: Thomas Cahill (soccer)
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Cahill (soccer)
caption_attribution_description: English: American soccer pioneer Thomas W. Cahill and film director King Baggot and his son King Baggot, Jr., on page 23 of the October 6, 1923 Universal Weekly. The accompanying article states that Baggot played center forward on Cahill's St. Louis Shamrocks team about 26 years earlier (circa 1897). Cahill was visiting Baggot in Universal City, California, while at the West Coast for the annual convention of the California Soccer Football Association.
context_page_description: Thomas W. Cahill was one of the founding fathers of soccer in the United States, and is considered the most important administrator in U.S. Soccer before World War II.
  Cahill formed the United States Football Association in 1913, which would later become the United States Soccer Federation. In 1916 he became the first coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Cahill was enshrined in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1950.
context_section_description: Thomas W. Cahill (December 25, 1864 — September 29, 1951) was one of the founding fathers of soccer in the United States, and is considered the most important administrator in U.S. Soccer before World War II. 
  Cahill formed the United States Football Association in 1913, which would later become the United States Soccer Federation. In 1916 he became the first coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Cahill was enshrined in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1950.
caption: Thomas Cahill and film director King Baggot and his son, from a 1923 magazine
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