Oneida Football Club

The Oneida Football Club, sometimes called the Oneida Soccer Club, was an American football club.

Founded in 1861 Gerritt Smith -Miller, along with other students from Boston a football team that fought out their games in Boston Common Park. The Oneida Football Club, the name was derived from the nearby Lake Oneida, was the first club outside of England.

From 1862 to 1865 the year of the dissolution of the Oneida Football Club did not lose a single one of his games against neighboring Boston selected teams and remained without conceding a goal.

It is believed that the rules by which the Oneida Boys played varied from encounter to encounter. The club is often referred to as the initiator of the Boston Game, a variant in which the ball is played with the feet, but can also be worn in the hand.