The Eastern Professional Soccer League season ran from Fall 1928 to Spring 1929 with a mid-winter break. By the end of the first half, only the

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and New York Hakoah had played all eighteen games. New York Celtic had dropped out after eight games and the rest of the teams had played either fourteen or fifteen games.

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led the league with twenty-eight points off a 14–1–0 record. The second half of the season began with a different lineup than the first half. Celtic, as already mentioned, had dropped out. New York Hungaria joined the league from the Southern New York Soccer Association and

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joined from the American Soccer League. Whalers lasted only eight games before returning to the ASL. Newark Skeeters played nine games then also dropped out. At the end of the Spring half, Bethlehem led the league with 49 points, taking the league championship.

League standings

First Half (as of 12/28/28) GP W L D Pts. Pct.

15 14 1 0 28 .933

18 11 5 2 24 .667 New York Hakoah 18 10 4 4 24 .667 Newark Skeeters 14 3 6 5 11 .393 IRT Rangers 15 5 9 1 11 .367 Philadelphia Centennials 14 3 7 5 10 .357 New York Hispano 14 2 10 2 6 .214 New York Celtics 8 0 6 2 2 .125 Second Half (as of 4/29/1929) GP W L T GF GA PTS New York Hakoah 18 12 2 4 68 23 28

15 9 2 4 41 21 22 IRT Rangers 13 7 5 1 30 30 15 New York Hungaria 16 6 8 2 31 44 14

15 6 8 1 52 24 13

8 6 1 1 26 14 13 New York Hispano 16 4 11 1 36 49 9 Philadelphia Centennials 12 3 9 0 24 50 6 Newark Skeeters 9 0 7 2 9 30 2 New York Celtics (Disbanded after two months) Eastern Professional Soccer League II (RSSSF)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1928-29 Eastern Professional Soccer League Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) seasons Eastern