St. Louis Scullin Steel was a U.S.

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team established in

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in 1918. It spent seven seasons in the

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, winning three league titles and one

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History

In 1918, Scullin Steel of St. Louis entered a team in the

. The team surged to the top of the league, winning the title only to fall to the bottom the next season. It came back in the 1920-1921 season to take the league title for a second time. That year, Scullin Steel also went to the

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championship, falling 4-2 to

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. Scullin Steel repeated as league champion for the 1921-1922 season and won the

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in a 3-2 victory over

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. While it finished second in the league standings the next season, Scullin Steel went to a third consecutive

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. This time, it forfeited to Paterson F.C. after the first game ended in a 2-2 tie. Scullin Steel chose to return to St. Louis when several players left the team in order to join their professional baseball teams. Scullin finished third in the league standings the next two seasons and in 1925 did not enter the Challenge Cup after the American Soccer League and

chose to boycott it.U.S. Soccer History – 1925
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Louis Scullin Steel F.C. Association football clubs established in 1918 Defunct soccer clubs in Missouri Scullin Steel F.C. St. Louis Soccer League teams 1918 establishments in Missouri Works soccer clubs in the United States U.S. Open Cup winners