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1923–24 American Soccer League
Statistics of American Soccer League in season 1923–24. League standings Goals leaders External linksThe Year in American Soccer - 1924 {{DEFAULTSORT:1923-24 American Soccer League American Soccer League (1921–1933) seasons American Soccer League, 1923-24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Soccer League (1921–33) , from 2014 to 2017
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American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–33), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–83), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–89), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–17) American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–33), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–83), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–89), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–17) Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Jackson (footballer Born 1905)
Alexander Skinner Jackson (12 May 1905 – 15 November 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Dumbarton, Bethlehem Steel, Aberdeen, Huddersfield Town, Chelsea and Nice; he won the English Football League title with Huddersfield in 1925–26. Jackson received 17 international caps for Scotland over a five-year period, and was a member of the 1928 team that became known as the 'Wembley Wizards' after defeating England 5–1 in London, scoring three of those goals. Football career Club Jackson was born and raised in Renton. A highly talented outside right, known as ''the Gay Cavalier'', he was particularly adept at dribbling and free kicks. He initially played for Renton Victoria but was transferred to Dumbarton in 1922 for the pre-inflation price of a football. In 1923, he left Scotland to play in the American Soccer League with Bethlehem Steel alongside his elder brother Wattie, before both returned to Scotland to play for Aberdeen. After an impressive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Curtis (Scottish Footballer)
Bobby Curtis was an early twentieth-century Scottish footballer. Curtis began his career in his native Scotland with Dumfries club, Queen of the South. He moved to the United States where he signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers The Brooklyn Wanderers was a U.S. soccer team which was a founding member of the National Association Football League in the late nineteenth century. Later versions joined the original American Soccer League and the reorganized American Soccer Le ... of the American Soccer League. At Wanderers he played beside another ex Queen of the South player, David Robertson. He spent eight years playing professionally in the United States. This included two spells with Wanderers and four other clubs across four seasons. He scored 68 goals in 234 games in the ASL. References External links * Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Queen of the South F.C. players Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players Providence F.C. players Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Reid (footballer)
Johnny Reid (September 13, 1896 in Glasgow, Scotland – February 28, 1980) was a Scottish soccer inside right who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League. Although born in Scotland, Reid began his career with the Montreal Blue Bonnets in Canada before moving to the Fall River F.C. of the American Soccer League. He spent nearly four seasons in Fall River, winning three league title and one National Challenge Cup title. In the 1924 National Challenge Cup, Reid scored one of the "Marksmen's" four goals in their 4–2 victory over St. Louis Vesper Buick. In the fall of 1926, his career became erratic. He began the season with the 'Marksmen', but transferred to Philadelphia Field Club Philadelphia Field Club is a name used by four soccer teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All four versions of Philadelphia F.C. competed in the first American Soccer League, but none were in any way related to the other three teams whic ... after only three games. Ninetee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougie Campbell
Dugald "Dougie" Campbell (May 16, 1901 – February 27, 1991) was a Scottish-American soccer inside forward who played eight seasons in the American Soccer League. He was born in Paisley, Scotland. History Campbell's family left Scotland for the United States when he was a boy. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In September 1921, Campbell joined Philadelphia Field Club from Babcock & Wilcox. From that game on, he remained a regular at either inside left or inside right with Philadelphia as they took the 1921-1922 American Soccer League championship. The team had been created in 1921 by moving the Bethlehem Steel club to Philadelphia. Following the 1921–1922 season, the ownership returned the club to Bethlehem where it took on its original identity. Campbell remained with the reconstituted Bethlehem Steel for one season, then transferred to the Fall River F.C. in August 1923. He would remain with the 'Marksmen' for five seasons, winning three league titles an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Grainger
Johnny Grainger was a Scottish association football inside forward who played professionally in the American Soccer League and Eastern Professional Soccer League. In December 1922, Grainger signed with Bethlehem Steel. Grainger remained with Bethlehem Steel through the 1927–28 season. In August 1928, Grainger and Bethlehem Steel could not agree on a contract and the team placed him on the transfer list. Fall River F.C. picked him up and he played the 1928–1929 season in Massachusetts. In August 1929, Grainger moved to the IRT Rangers of the Eastern Professional Soccer League. He played four games, then moved to the New Bedford Whalers by November 1929. International Grainger was called into the US for a 6 November 1926 game against Canada, but did not enter the game. External links * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grainger, Johnny American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930) players Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Goldie
Malcolm Goldie (born 1883) was a Scottish-born American soccer player who played as an outside left who began his career in Scotland before moving to American Soccer League in 1922. Born in Scotland, he earned one cap for the United States national team in 1925. He also coached the MIT soccer team from 1933 to 1941. Playing Scotland Goldie began his professional career with Scottish Football League clubs Clyde, St Bernard's and latterly Clydebank. At the time the club played in the Second Division, but during World War I, the loss of players to the military led to the disbandment of the lower division and Clydebank played in the Western League. However, in 1917 they were invited into the remaining top division (in place of clubs which had withdrawn due to wartime travel difficulties) where they remained until relegated following the 1921–22 season. At that point, Goldie left the club and moved to the United States where he signed with Bethlehem Steel of the American S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Cosgrove (footballer)
Michael Cosgrove was a Scottish footballer who played in Scotland, England and the United States. In January 1920, Cosgrove signed for Dundee Hibernian from local junior club Dundee North End. In May 1921, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur On 15 February 1923, Cosgrove joined Celtic but did not enter a first-team game. That summer, he moved to the United States and signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. He began the 1924-1925 season with Brooklyn, played one game, then returned to Scotland where he joined Aberdeen F.C. Over four seasons, he played seventy-three games (sixty-five league games), scoring five league goals. In May 1928, Aberdeen sent him to Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ... When he retired, he returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McPherson
William McPherson (September 22, 1897 – July 1976) was a Scottish-American soccer wing half. He began his career in Scotland before moving to the American Soccer League. He also spent time in the St. Louis Soccer League, winning a total of five league titles and seven National Challenge Cups during his career. His record of 370 matches in the U.S. top-flight league stood until being broken by Steve Ralston in 2007. Playing career Scotland Born in Greenock, McPherson signed with Morton of the Scottish Football League in 1919. In 1922, he began the season with Beith F.C. before leaving Scotland for the United States. American Soccer League When he arrived, he signed with the Fall River Marksmen of the American Soccer League seeing time in only four games at the end of the 1922-1923 season. He spent most of ten seasons with the Marksmen, winning six league titles and three National Challenge Cups (1924, 1927, 1930). In 1931, the Marksmen merged with the New York Soccer Club t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart McGhee
Bartholomew "Bertie" or "Bart" McGhee (April 30, 1899 – January 26, 1979) was an American soccer forward who typically played left wing forward. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and scored the second goal in World Cup history against Belgium. He was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986. Youth McGhee was the son of former Hibernian player and Heart of Midlothian manager James McGhee, and the brother of Philadelphia Field Club forward Jimmy McGhee. McGhee's father was a renowned Scottish player who appeared with Scotland in an 1886 game with Wales. McGhee's father had a controversial term as the manager of Hearts. When he finally resigned on December 6, 1909, he began assessing his options. In September 1910 he decided to leave Scotland and emigrate to the United States. It took Jimmy McGhee two years to get settled and it was not until 1912 that McGhee, his mother and younger brother Jimmy joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hogg (Scottish Footballer)
William Hogg was a Scottish association football wing forward who spent seven seasons in the American Soccer League. Hogg began his career in his native Scotland, seeing time in nine league games for Dundee United F.C. during the 1921–1922 Scottish league season. In the fall of 1923, he signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. He played only one league game, scoring a goal, that season. Over the next two seasons, he became a regular on the Brooklyn front line, scoring thirteen goals during the 1923–24 season. This put him tied for sixth on the league scoring list. Although he scored fourteen goals the next season, he was not among the top fifteen on the list as scoring across the league exploded."Final Standing Of Clubs ". (June 5, 1925). ''Standard Union'', p.17 col.6 Despite his success, the Wanderers sent him to Providence F.C. seven games into the 1925–1926 season. In 1926, he moved to Philadelphia Field Club. In August 1927, Hogg moved to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wattie Jackson
Walter Darling Fleming "Wattie" Jackson (9 January 1898 – 1951) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a center forward. He spent five seasons in the Scottish Football League, at least one in the English Football League and two in the American Soccer League. Born in Glasgow but raised in Renton, West Dunbartonshire from a very early age, Jackson and his younger brother Alex both played professionally. In 1920, Jackson began his career with Kilmarnock of the Scottish Football League. In 1923, while visiting relatives in Detroit, Michigan, he came to the attention Bethlehem Steel who had recently lost center forward Daniel McNiven to the New York Field Club. The team tracked down Jackson in Michigan and offered him $25.00 per week to play for Bethlehem. This was nearly triple his salary in Scotland and on 25 August 1923, signed with the ''Steelmen'', along with his brother. After one season in the United States, the Jacksons returned to Scotland to join Aberdeen< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |