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Sayles Finishing Plant F.C.
Sayles Finishing Plant F.C. was a U.S. soccer team which existed briefly during the early 1920s. The team was sponsored by the Sayles Finishing Plant, a textile company owned by the Sayles Company and based out of Saylesville, Rhode Island. In 1920, it joined the Southern New England Soccer League, taking fourth place and withdrawing at the end of the season. That year, the team went at least as far as the second round of the 1921 National Challenge Cup, National Challenge Cup. It also won the 1921 Southern New England Association Cup, defeating Fairlawn Rovers 1-0 in overtime."Sayles Wins The Times Cup". (April 11, 1921). ''Daily Evening News'', p.5 col.2 In 1925, the team went to the quarterfinals of the 1925 National Challenge Cup, National Challenge Cup. Record Honors Southern New England Association Times Cup :* Winner (1): 1921 References Southern New England Soccer League teams Defunct soccer clubs in Rhode Island Works soccer clubs in the United States {{Rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
