Philadelphia German-American was an American soccer club based in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

that was an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League. Before the 1941/42 season the club became known as the Philadelphia Americans. During the 1953/54 season, the franchise was bought by a trucking magnate and renamed the Uhrik Truckers. The team earned a "mini-double" in 1955 winning the league championship and league cup (the

Lewis Cup The Lewis Cup was an American soccer trophy established in 1914 as the championship trophy for the amateur Blue Mountain League, which was composed of clubs from the Lehigh Valley The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geogr ...

). The club also won the

National Amateur Cup The National Amateur Cup, also known as the USASA Amateur Cup, is an American soccer competition open to all amateur teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation through United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA). In 1923, U.S. ...

in 1933 and 1934 and the Lewis Cup in 1941, 1943 and 1958.

Year-by-year

Coaches

Jimmy Mills Jimmy Mills (1 July 1894 – 8 October 1990) was a Scottish-American soccer wing-half and coach. He gained his greatest fame as a coach, taking his teams to five league, three league cup titles and two McGuire Cup titles In 1956, he coached the ...

1956-

References

American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams Defunct soccer clubs in Pennsylvania Soccer clubs in Philadelphia 1933 establishments in Pennsylvania 1966 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Association football clubs established in 1933 Association football clubs disestablished in 1966 Works soccer clubs in the United States U.S. Open Cup winners {{Philadelphia-sport-stub