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1924–25 American Soccer League
Statistics of American Soccer League in season 1924–25. League standings League Cup In August 1924, the American Soccer League, along with the St. Louis Soccer League, withdrew from the National Challenge Cup. In November 1924, the St. Louis Soccer League executives suggested the two leagues create a replacement tournament open only to teams from the ASL and SLSL. The ASL eventually decided to run a league cup. The winner of that cup would then meet the champion of the St. Louis Soccer League for the title of the American professional soccer champion. In this, its first season, the league ran the cup as a single elimination tournament concurrent with the league schedule. The winners of the final were awarded the H.E. Lewis Cup which had previously been awarded to the Blue Mountain League champions from 1915 to 1919. Boston took the league cup and then defeated Ben Millers Ben Millers was a U.S. soccer club sponsored by the Ben W. Miller Hat Company of St. Louis, Missouri. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Soccer League (1921–33)
American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–1933), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–1983), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–1989), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–2017) The American Soccer League (ASL) was an American soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel ..., from 2014 to 2017 See also * American League of Professional Football, a soccer league in 1894 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Challenge Cup
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States. It is the country's oldest ongoing national soccer competition. The competition was first held during the 1913–1914 season as the National Challenge Cup, with Brooklyn Field Club winning a trophy donated by Thomas Dewar for the promotion of American soccer. It was renamed and dedicated to North American Soccer League (NASL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) executive Lamar Hunt by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in 1999. The competition is a single-elimination tournament that has been contested by at least 80 teams since the 2014 edition. This pool consists of the American clubs in the professional leagues, which are Major League Soccer, USL Championship, USL League One and National Independent Soccer Association. It is also open to amateur teams from the Premier Development League (now USL League Two), National Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Best (footballer, Born 1901)
Jeremiah Best (23 January 1901 – 18 March 1975) was an English football player who began his career in England before moving to the American Soccer League. He led the league in scoring in 1930. In 1931, he returned to England, where he finished his career. He was born in Mickley, England. Career Best began his professional career in December 1919 with Newcastle United. He played only two games before being transferred to Leeds United in July 1920 for L100. While he began the season as the starting left inside forward, he lost his position to Basil Wood. He left the team in 1921 and spent several years playing non-league football before moving to the United States in 1924 to sign with the Providence F.C. of the American Soccer League. In his first season in the league, he scored twenty-goals in twenty-nine games. In 1925, he moved to the New Bedford Whalers remaining there for the next four seasons. In 1929, Best played two games for the Fall River He then jumped to the Paw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Carlsson
Knut Herbert "Murren" Karlsson (8 September 1896 – 21 October 1952), better known as Herbert Carlsson, was a Swedish footballer who played as an inside forward. He played professionally in both Sweden and the United States. He also earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, with the Sweden national team between 1918 and 1922. He represented his country at the 1920 Summer Olympics where he was the tournament top scorer. Club career After starting his career playing for three local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1917 and won a Swedish Championship with the club the year after. He became the club's first big star. He emigrated to United States in 1922 where he played in for the New York Vikings in the New York State League. In 1924, he signed with Indiana Flooring in the American Soccer League. In 1927, he toured with the Vikings of Scandinavia. When he returned to the United States, he found that his team had been sold to Charles Stoneham and renamed the New York Nationals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (soccer, Born 1905)
Johnny Nelson (February 27, 1905 – November 30, 1984) was a Scottish American soccer center forward who ended his career as the second leading scorer in the history of the first American Soccer League. He was posthumously inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005. Professional career At some point as a teenager, Nelson joined the semi-professional Yonkers Thistle of the New York State League. In the spring of 1924, he signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. He played only four games, scoring one goal. While these numbers give little indication of his goal scoring prowess, his first full season in the league showed his full worth. He stormed to fifth place on the goals table with twenty-four in thirty-three games. Before Brooklyn traded him to the Fall River for George Graham in March 1928, he scored 101 goals for the team. Nelson played only eleven games at the end of the 1927–1928 season and another three at the start of the 1928–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Field Club
New York F.C. (also known as the New York Field Club) was a name used by two early twentieth-century American soccer clubs. History Founded in 1916 as the New York Football Club, the team was originally a member of the semi-professional National Association Football League. In 1921, the team name changed to New York Soccer Club as it became an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League in 1921. The club won the Southern New York State Football Association (a challenge cup) in 1922. Year-by-year Managers * Hugh Magee (1920-1922) New York Field Club II The second New York Field Club was also a member of the American Soccer League. Year-by-year Defunct soccer clubs in New York (state) Field Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ... American Socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Brown
David "Davey" Brown (November 18, 1898 – September 17, 1970) was an American soccer forward. He spent most of his career playing for teams in New Jersey and New York, gaining his greatest fame with the New York Giants. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Professional career Brown began his professional career with Ford before moving to West Hudson A.A. for the 1917–1918 National Association Foot Ball League (NAFBL) season. When West Hudson withdrew from the NAFBL at the end of the season, Brown moved to Paterson F.C. where he spent the next two seasons. At the end of the 1919–1920 season, Paterson withdrew from the league despite finishing in the top half of the standings each season. Brown then moved to Erie A.A. for the 1920–1921 NAFBL season. At the end of that season, Erie A.A. switched to the newly established American Soccer League (ASL) and changed its name to Harrison Soccer Club (S.C.). In various publications the team was also known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Brittan
Harold Pemberton Brittan (11 November 1894 – 3 May 1959) was an American-English soccer center forward. He began his career in England with Chelsea before moving to the United States. In the U.S., he was a prolific goal scorer with the powerhouse Bethlehem Steel, Philadelphia Field Club and Fall River clubs in the National Association Football League and American Soccer League. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951. England Brittan began his professional career with English First Division club Chelsea during the 1913–1914 season. He saw time in only two games, scoring two goals. The next season, his playing time increased to only nine games in which he scored another two goals. When World War I began in 1914, Brittan was called into the British Army, serving three and a half years. In 1919, he rejoined Chelsea for the 1919–1920 season. He still saw limited playing time in only thirteen games, scoring only three goals. However, two of those came a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark's Stadium
Mark's Stadium is a former football (soccer), soccer stadium located in North Tiverton, Rhode Island. During the 1920s and early 1930s it was the home of Fall River F.C. (1922–1931), Fall River F.C., one of the era’s most successful soccer teams. It is one of the earliest examples of a soccer-specific stadium in the United States.''Soccer in a Football World - The Story of America’s Forgotten Game'' (2006) : David Wangeri/ref> After the demise of the 'Marksmen', the stadium was used as a home ground by other local teams, most notably Fall River F.C. (1932) and Ponta Delgada S.C. History In 1922 Sam Mark won the bid over the Fall River United/Rover joint bid to head the American Soccer League (1921-1933), American Soccer League's Fall River F.C. (1922–1931), Fall River franchise. Mark was willing to invest in the club and one of his first moves was to build the team its own stadium. He located it in North Tiverton, Rhode Island, just over the Massachusetts border from Fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex McNab
Alexander McNab (27 December 1894 – 3 April 1960) was a Scottish-American soccer player and coach. He began his career in Scotland before moving to the United States. In the US, he won six consecutive National Challenge Cups with teams from both the American Soccer League and St. Louis Soccer League. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005. Scotland Greenock Morton McNab began his career with Greenock Morton in 1914, playing nine seasons with the team until his departure for the United States in 1924. On 27 April 1922, Morton won the Scottish Cup, winning in the final against Rangers. In 1924, Morton offered McNab £4 per week. He considered this excessively low, but when he asked for a transfer, the club placed a prohibitively high fee on him to force him to stay in Greenock. When McNab received an offer from the Boston Soccer Club of the American Soccer League to play for £12 per week, McNab immediately left Scotland for the United States. National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Stevens
Andy Stevens (born in England) was an English-Canadian soccer center forward who began and ended his career in Canada but also spent six seasons in the American Soccer League. He was a two time league leading scorer with the ASL and was a member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame's 2006 Team of Distinction, the 1933 Toronto Scottish. In 2017, as part of the "Legends Class" he was elected to the Hall of Fame as an individual player. Professional career Stevens, born in north-east England, came to Canada in 1905. In 1920, he left Canada to sign with Pullman F.C. in Chicago. By 1923, he was back in Canada where he briefly played for Toronto Willys Overland and Toronto Scottish before joining Detroit F.C that year. In 1924, he Stevens signed with the Boston Soccer Club of the American Soccer League. Boston transferred him to the New Bedford Whalers just over halfway through the season. Stevens led the ASL in scoring twice: 1925-1926 (44 goals) and 1927-1928 (30 goals). Steven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker Croft
Thomas "Tucker" Croft was an Irish international footballer who played professionally in Ireland and the United States as an inside right. Club Born in Belfast, Croft played in his native Ireland for Dundela, Glentoran and Queen's Island. In 1924, he left Northern Ireland for the United States, joining the Fall River of the American Soccer League. He was under contract to Queen's Island at the time and the move led to his suspension by the IFA. During his time with the 'Marksmen' he was noted for his discipline problems and in 1925, he petitioned the Irish Football Association for re-admittance. When this was denied, he returned to Fall River. In 1926, Croft began the season with Fall River, but moved to J & P Coats after fourteen games. Croft was back with Fall River for the start of the 1927–1928 season, but quickly moved to the Newark Skeeters. In December 1927, the New York Nationals purchased Croft's contract. He played only eight games for the Nationals, and was ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
