USMNT vs. Stockholm Tigrarna in 1916 (Source: Swedish Film Institute)

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Footage from 1st match of the U.S. Men's National Team’s 1916 tour of Scandinavia. The USMNT drew 1-1 with Stockholm Tigrarna on August 15, 1916 at Stockholm Olympic Stadium. (Source: Swedish Film Institute)

0 – 10 secs: Tigrana (hooped jerseys) team shot
11 secs: Action begins from behind the US goal. Keeper George Tintle watches from his goal line.
17 secs: Center halfback (midfielder) Neil Clarke heads the ball away.
27 secs: Left fullback (center back) C. H. “Dick” Spalding boots it out of the US area.
34 secs: Tintle grabs a weak shot and boots it long.
38 secs: Camera is now behind and slightly to the right of the Tigrana goal. H. Almkvist is between the posts for the home side.
40 secs: Almkvist scoops up the ball as two US players rush the net. Inside right Thomas “Tommy” Swords tumbles into the goal, but the ball stays out.
45 – 47 secs: A good chance for the US! Center forward John “Rabbit” Heminsley fights through a defender as he tries to get on the end of a looping cross/shot that Almkvist nicely punches away at the far post. Inside left Mat Diedrichson recovers the ball and launches it back into the box but it is blocked and cleared by a defender.
56 – 61 secs: Another high shot is once again punched away by Almkvist even as a US player (outside right James Ford?) crashes into him and drives him into the goal post. A US player — possibly Diedrichson or Swords — brings the ball down nicely and puts it into the open goal. The lack of celebration makes it seem that the goal was chalked off.
64 secs: The ball is sent back into the Tigrana area and Heminsley is whistled for a foul on Almkvist who retrieves the ball.
70 – 74 secs: The US has a corner and Heminsley challenges for the ball, but it is cleared.