1933–34 American Soccer League

July 2021 June 2019 1933–34 American Soccer League was the first season of the second American Soccer League. Overview 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. After 12 games Brooklyn F.C. merged with Hispano F.C. The aggregation was renamed Brooklyn Hispano Football Club which began play on January 21, 1934 and assumed the record of Hispano F.C. in the standings."Korner Kicks". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 21 January 1934. page 40. Metropolitan Division American Soccer League Metropolitan Division 1933–34 Irish-Americans Archie Stark (20)Razzo Carroll (20) 1932–33 (original ASL) 1934–35 August 1, 2019 main WDL Q 5 y y n 2 IRI Irish Americans NYA New York Americans SCO Scots-Americans BRO Brookhattan CEL Brooklyn Celtic NEW Newark Germans HIS Hispano F.C./Brooklyn Hispano PHI Philadelphia German-American 15 6 4 60 35 14 4 5 59 34 11 3 11 58 53 8 3 13 45 51 7 2 13 37 47 7 1 11 32 49 6 2 9 26 45 5 2 6 27 28 green1 C complete New England Division American Soccer League New England Division 1933–34 Fairlawn Rovers 1932–33 (original ASL) 1934–35 August 1, 2019 First half main WDL Q y y n 2 FAI Fairlawn Rovers BOS Boston Celtics THO Thornton Victorias PAW Pawtucket Rangers FRR Fall River Rovers NBD New Bedford Defenders FRU Fall River United QUI Quincy Canadians NBT New Bedford Tessiers 12 1 3 52 28 10 2 3 50 28 6 5 4 32 27 8 3 3 38 19 5 4 6 25 27 6 2 8 39 51 4 2 8 32 45 2 3 10 24 58 2 2 10 24 42 4 +4? green1 C complete American Soccer League II – New England Division (RSSSF) Second half main WDL Q y y n 2 FAI Fairlawn Rovers THO Thornton Victorias BOS Boston Celtics QUI Quincy Canadians PAW Pawtucket Rangers FRU Fall River United FRR Fall River Rovers 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 6 0 1 2 6 9 Sam Fletcher, President of the New England Division, announced the spring schedule would be cancelled due to conflict with baseball season. Fairlawn Rovers declared champions of the league. 3 +3? green1 C complete Pro Soccer League Cancels Schedule The Boston Globe April 25, 1934 25 Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGPG1st-tArchie StarkKearny Irish ?221st-tRazzo CarrollKearny Scots ?22 References Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) seasons 1 United