American Soccer League

Established: 1921
Merged with Eastern Professional Soccer League to form Atlantic Coast League: 1930 (Spring)
Name changed back to American Soccer League: 1930
Incomplete Season: 1932
Disbanded: 1933

30 Total Franchises
4 Franchise Movements
11 Franchise Nickname Changes

ASL Franchise History
ASL Champions
1 Fall River United (1921-1922)
          Fall River Marksmen (1922-1930)
          $New York Yankees (1931-Sp)
          New Bedford Whalers (1931-F;1932-33)
2 Harrison Soccer Club (1921-1923)
3 Holyoke Falcos (1921-1922)
4 J & P Coats (Pawtucket) (1921-1928)
          Pawtucket Rangers (1928-1931; 1932-33)
5 Jersey City Celtics (1921)
6 New York Field Club (1921-1924)
7 Philadelphia Field Club (1921-1922)
          ^Bethlehem Steel (1922-1928; 1930)
8 Todd Shipyards (Brooklyn) (1921-1922)
9 Brooklyn Wanderers (1922-1931; 1932-33)
10 Philadelphia Field ClubII (1922-1927)
11 Patterson Silk Sox (1922-1923)
12 ^Newark Skeeters (1923-1928)
13 ^New York Giants (1923-1928; 1930)
          $New York Soccer Club (1930)
14 Boston Wonder Workers (1924-1929)
          Boston Bears (1929-1931; 1932-33)
15 New Bedford Whalers (1924-1931-Sp)
16 Providence Clamdiggers (1924-1927)
          Providence Gold Bugs (1927-1930)
          Fall River Football Club (1931-Sp; 1932-33)
17 Indiana Flooring (NY) (1924-1927)
18 Fleisher Yarn (Philadelphia) (1924-1925)
19 Shawsheen (Mass) Indians (1925-1926)
20 Springfield Babes (1926*)
21 New York Nationals (1927-1930)
          New York Giants (1930-1931)
22 ~Philadelphia Celtic (1927)
23 ~Hartford Americans (1927)
24 Philadelphia Field ClubIII (1928-1929)
25 %Jersey City (1928)
26 Brooklyn Hakoah (1929)
          Hakoah All-Stars (1930-1931; 1932-33)
27 Newark Americans (1930-1931)
28 Brooklyn Wanderers (1932-1933)
29 New York Field Club II (1932-1933)
30 Queens Bohemians (1932-1933)

*-Springfield withdrew in midseason on December 17th.
~-Philadelphia was suspended after 10 games in 1927,
Hartford was asked to leave at that time to balance the season.
^Bethleham, New York, and Newark withdres after 6-8 games
to form a new league in 1928.
%-Jersey City joind the league during mid-season
$-New York Soccer Club and Fall River Marksmen merged to 
form New York Yankees in 1931

Season
Champion
Runner-Up
1932-33
Fall River Football Club
Pawtucket Rangers
1931
New York Giants
New BedfordWhalers
1930Fall
Fall River Marksmen
NewBedford Whalers
1930ACL
Fall River Marksmen
NewBedford Whalers
1929Fall
Fall River Marksmen
ProvidenceGold Bugs
1928-29
Fall River Marksmen
Brooklyn Wanderers
1927-28
Boston Wonder Workers
NewBedford Whalers
1926-27
Bethlehem Steel
BostonWonder Workers
1925-26
Fall River Marksmen
New Bedford Whalers
1924-25
Fall River Marksmen
BethlehemSteel
1923-24
Fall River Marksmen
BethlehemSteel
1922-23
J&P Coats
BethlehemSteel
1921-22
Philadelphia Field Club
New York Field Club

ASL Championships by Franchise

7
Fall River Marksmen
24
25
26
29
29F
30
30F
1
Fall River Football Club
33
1
J&P Coats
23
1
New York Giants
31
1
Philadelphia Field Club
22
1
Bethlehem Steel
27

 

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