sentences:  He was the secretary and one of the founders of the American Amateur Football Association, one of the governing bodies vying for sole status as the nationally recognized governing body.He traveled to Stockholm in 1912 to attend FIFA's ninth annual congress where he applied for the American Amateur Football Association, to become the U.S. national governing body.Cahill's efforts were opposed by a representative from the American Football Association, a rival also attempting to become the nationally recognized body.