1933–34 American Soccer League

1933–34 American Soccer League was the first season of the second American Soccer League. The league included two teams, New York Americans and New York Brookhattan that had also played in the original ASL. The USFA awarded the new ASL exclusive rights to organize professional soccer on the Atlantic Coast. The new ASL operated at a considerably lower level of professionalism than its predecessor. With the Great Depression still raging, it was not possible to offer salaries anywhere near the level enjoyed by the previous league.

The inaugural season of 1933-34 saw a fairly impressive level of competition, as well as a few of the stars of the old league including Archie Stark and George Moorhouse. New York Americans in particular had a wealth of familiar names including Stan Chesney and Erno Schwarz in addition to Moorhouse. Kearny Irish were the first league champions in the Metropolitan Division, winning the league title by a comfortable 4 points ahead of New York Americans. Kearny Scots finished a distant third. Brooklyn Celtic absorbed the struggling Brooklyn F.C. early in the season, but many of their players went to Brooklyn Hispano.[1][2][3]

League standings

Metropolitan Division

Place Team G W T L GF GA Points
1 Kearny Irish 25 15 6 4 60 35 36
2 New York Americans 23 14 4 5 59 34 32
3 Kearny Scots 25 11 3 11 58 53 25
4 New York Brookhattan 24 8 3 13 45 51 19
5 Brooklyn Celtic 22 7 2 13 37 47 16
6 Newark Germans 19 7 1 11 32 49 15
7 Brooklyn Hispano 17 6 2 9 26 45 14
8 Philadelphia German-Americans 13 5 2 6 27 28 12

New England Division

Place Team G W T L GF GA Points
Boston Celtics
Fairlawn Rovers
Fall River Rovers
Fall River United
New Bedford Defenders
New Bedford Tessiers
Pawtucket Rangers
Quincy Canadians
Thornton Vics

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club GP G
1 Archie Stark Kearny Irish ? 22
- Razzo Carroll Kearny Scots ? 22

References

  1. ↑ The Year in American Soccer - 1934
  2. ↑ American Soccer League II (RSSSF)
  3. ↑ American Soccer League II - New England Division (RSSSF)
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