New Bedford Whalers

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The original New Bedford Whalers was originally a long-time amateur American soccer club based in New Bedford, Massachusetts who had been a two-time champion of the Southern New England Soccer League.

They joined the professional American Soccer League in 1924. In the summer of 1926, the Whalers, the Boston Wonder Workers and the Brooklyn Wanderers formed the one-off International Soccer League along with four top Canadian clubs. The club later left in the second half of the 1928/29 season to form the Eastern Soccer League. Soon after the merger of the two leagues, the Whalers were absorbed by the Fall River Marksmen.

The club won the Lewis Cup in 1926.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1924/25	1	ASL	5th	No playoff	Did not enter
1925/26	1	ASL	2nd	No playoff	?
1926	N/A	ISL	3rd	No playoff	?
1926/27	1	ASL	4th	No playoff'	Quarterfinals
1927/28	1	ASL	3rd (1st half); 1st (2nd half)	Final	?
1928/29	N/A	ASL	5th (1st half); 8th (2nd half)	N/A	N/A
1928/29	1	ESL	6th (2nd half)	No playoff	Did not enter
Fall 1929	1	ESL	6th	No playoff	N/A
1930	1	ACL/ASL	2nd (Spring); 2nd (Fall)	No playoff	?
1931	1	ASL	8th (Spring)	N/A	N/A

[edit] New Bedford Whalers II

The second New Bedford Whalers was also a member of the American Soccer League. Before the 1931 fall season the New York Yankees moved to New Bedford and were renamed the New Bedford Whalers.