soccer
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club based in
Newark, New Jersey
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Eastern Soccer League
Eastern may refer to:
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*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
* Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
* Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
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History
In December 1924, Tom Adam, former manager of West Hudson A.A., became the manager of the Skeeters.Stock of Newark Soccer Club Boosted /ref> In 1928, the American Soccer League suspended Newark when the team defied the league's boycott of the
National Challenge Cup
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. The Skeeters then joined two other ASL teams,
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and the
New York Giants
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, in the newly created
Eastern Professional Soccer League
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air Li ...
. The club folded upon the merger of the ASL and ESL after the fall 1929 season.