1925–26 American Soccer League

February 2023 February 2023 American Soccer League -1924–25 Season- 1924–25 12 Fall River F.C. (3rd title) Lewis Cup New Bedford Whalers Andy Stevens (44) 1924–25 1926–27 Statistics of American Soccer League in season 1925–26. Overview In June 1925, the league admitted the Shawsheen Indians, winners of the 1924–25 National Challenge Cup.MEETING OF SOCCER LEAGUE The team was owned by William Madison Wood who also owned the American Woolen Company. The team began on a high note, goings 10-4-1 through its first fifteen games. However, in mid-December it experienced a reversal of form, going 1-10-2. When Wood died in February, the team withdrew from the league and disbanded. Beginning on September 12, 1925, the American Soccer League began a forty-four game schedule which ended on May 31, 1926. The league introduced an innovation this season. Previously winners were selected on cumulative points. With many teams not completing all their scheduled games, the league adopted an approach similar to professional baseball which used a win percentage to determine its champions. However, rather than calculating a win-lose percentage, the American Soccer League calculated the percentage of points won versus the number of points available. League standings PlaceTeamGPWDLGFGAPtsPct1 Fall River F.C.44301221435272 .8192 New Bedford Whalers44285111197061 .6933 Boston42237131006553 .6344 Bethlehem Steel 35236121155852 .6165 Providence 3921513906247 .6026 Indiana Flooring 4218618838142 .5007 Brooklyn Wanderers 4016717767139 .4878 J & P Coats 4015717769137 .4749 New York Giants3713618769032 .43210 Shawsheen IndiansShawsheen withdrew after 29 games (11-3-15). Their remaining fifteen games were counted as forfeits and their scheduled opponents received one point each. Forfeited games: Bethlehem Steel (2); Brooklyn (2); Indiana (1); J&P Coats (2); Newark (2); New Bedford (1); New York (2); Philadelphia (2); Providence (1) 4411330338925 .28411 PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia forfeited 3 games: Bethlehem (1); Boston (1); Indiana (1)4483334115019 .21512 Newark Skeeters 3856273012415 .202 Note Lewis Cup The American Soccer League ran its second league cup during the season. The winners were awarded the H.E. Lewis Cup.http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/lewis.html USA History: The Lewis Cup 2012-12-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120531065200/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/lewis.html 2012-05-31 dead Bracket May 16–172-legged aggregate May 22–232-legged aggregate MA New Bedford Whalers 6 2 8 RI Providence 0 4 4 NY New York Giants 0 9 9 PA Bethlehem Steel 2 3 5 MA New Bedford Whalers 5 0 5 NY New York Giants 1 3 4 Final May 22, 1926 New Bedford Whalers Andrew Burnett 8 o.g. Neil Turner 14 Robert Hosie 22 o.g. Neil Turner Andy Stevens Charlie Kelly pen. 5–1 New York Giants New Bedford, Massachusetts Mose Bloom May 23, 1926 New York Giants Cecil Bremner Davey Brown 65 Tommy Duggan 70 3–0 New Bedford Whalers (MA) The Oval, New York, New York Mose Bloom New Bedford wins Lewis Cup, 5–4, on aggregate. Goals leaders RankScorerClubGamesGoals1 Andy Stevens New Bedford Whalers39442 Archie Stark Bethlehem Steel37433 Bobby Blair Boston Soccer Club33364 Tec White Fall River F.C.39335 John Nelson Brooklyn Wanderers 27306 Davey Brown New York Giants26287 Bart McGhee Indiana Flooring38258 Tommy Florie Providence F.C.38229 Jim PurvisBethlehem Steel 2221 Harold BrittanFall River F.C.3221 Mike McLeavy New Bedford Whalers352112 Tucker Croft Fall River F.C.3119 Herbert Carlsson Indiana Flooring3619 Dougie CampbellFall River F.C.411915 Billy Adam J&P Coats3018 Jerry BestNew Bedford Whalers411817 Frank McKenna Fall River F.C.341618 Bob MillarIndiana Flooring281519 Billy Hogg Providence F.C.2314 Neil TurnerNew Bedford Whalers321421 Bobby Curtis Providence F.C.301322 Barney Battles, Jr.Boston Soccer Club201223 Jack Renfrew Providence F.C.2611 Andy StradenShawsheen Indians3111 Malcolm Goldie Bethlehem Steel3111 Alec LorimerShawsheen Indians331127 Bill Westwater Boston Soccer Club2010 Johnny Reid Fall River F.C.2110 Bobby Drummond J&P Coats2010 Johnny Ballantyne Boston Soccer Club2110 References External links The Year in American Soccer - 1926 Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) seasons Amer