American Soccer League (1921-1933)

Beginning in the fall of 1929, the ASL gave up its single September-to-May campaign and played separate fall and spring seasons. The league shrank steadily through the Depression. Its last season, the spring of 1933, was over after seven games, and the name passed to a new semi-pro league that fall.

defunct United States first-division league

preceded by SNESL, NAFBL · followed by ASL2

recorded 1921-1922–1933 Spring most titles Fall River Marksmen (7) attendance 3,104 avg data coverage

seasons: 16
games: 2,088
clubs: 35

Seasons and totals are as recorded here.

Seasons

season	champion	golden boot	goals/game	avg. attendance
1933 Spring			3.67	1,166 (43%)
1932 Fall	Fall River FC	Billy Gonsalves		1,330 (28%)
1932 Spring	New Bedford Whalers			1,750 (20%)
1931 Fall	New Bedford Whalers	Bert Patenaude	4.52	2,337 (36%)
1931 Spring	New York Nationals	Robert McIntyre	3.88	1,994 (28%)
1930 Fall	Fall River Marksmen	Jerry Best	3.84	2,457 (36%)
1929-1930	Fall River Marksmen	Johnny Nelson	4.22	2,522 (29%)
1929 Fall	Fall River Marksmen	Hookey Leonard	4.31	2,329 (31%)
1928-1929	Fall River Marksmen	Janos Nehadoma	3.92	2,947 (21%)
1927-1928	Boston Wonder Workers	Andy Stevens	3.60	3,201 (33%)
1926-1927	Bethlehem Steel	Davey Brown	3.89	3,771 (19%)
1925-1926	Fall River Marksmen	Andy Stevens	3.97	3,628 (27%)
1924-1925	Fall River Marksmen	Archie Stark	3.60	4,183 (19%)
1923-1924	Fall River Marksmen	Archie Stark	3.56	3,953 (29%)
1922-1923	Pawtucket Rangers	Daniel McNiven	3.42	3,033 (15%)
1921-1922	Philadelphia Field Club	Harold Brittan	3.63	3,142 (8%)

The percentage after an attendance average is the share of that season's games with a crowd on record. Seasons without one have a crowd for every game.

Clubs, season by season

Clubs by season. Ordered by last season, then by seasons played. A block marks a season the club played; a row with gaps is a club that left and came back. Where a final table is on record the block is shaded by the finish, bright green at the top of the table, dulling towards the middle, then deepening red at the bottom, and shows the record on hover; an outlined block is a season with no final table on file. Select a season at the top to rank the clubs by how they finished it, and again to restore the order.

Clubs by season

Clubs by season. Counts every club that played at least one recorded game in the season.

League positions

League position by season, averaged over three seasons, 1921-1922 to 1933 Spring. Each point is the club's mean finish over that season and the two before it, in the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league, and the count starts again after it; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record.

Final league position by season, 1921-1922 to 1933 Spring. Order is the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record. The table gives each season's finish.

club	1921-1922	1922-1923	1923-1924	1924-1925	1925-1926	1926-1927	1929 Fall	1929-1930	1930 Fall	1931 Spring	1931 Fall	1932 Spring	1932 Fall	1933 Spring
Brookhattan														1
New York Americans											6	5	3	2
Brooklyn Wanderers		6	5	3	7	7	7	7	7	4			4	3
New York Prague														4
Queens Bohemians													8	5
Fall River FC										5			1
Pawtucket Rangers	4	1	4	7	8	9	5	8	9	3	2	4	2
Hakoah All-Stars								2	4	6	3	2	5
New York Field Club	2	4	3										6
Boston Bears								11		9	5	3	7
New Bedford Whalers				5	2	4	6	3	1	8	1	1	9
New York Nationals							4	4	8	1	4	6
Newark Americans									3	7	7	7
Fall River Marksmen		3	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2
New York Giants (1923-1930)			6	9	9	5		6	5
Providence Clamdiggers				6	5	8	2	5	6
Bethlehem Steel		2	2	2	4	1		9
Newark Skeeters			8	11	12	10		10
Boston Wonder Workers				4	3	2	3
Brooklyn Hakoah							8
Philadelphia Field Club	1	8	7	12	11	11	9
Indiana Flooring				8	6	6
Springfield Babes						12
Shawsheen Indians					10
Fleisher Yarn				10
Paterson FC		5
Erie A.A.	5	7
Todd Shipyard	3
Fall River Rovers	6
Holyoke Falcos	7
Jersey City Celtics	8

All-time club records

team	GP	W	T	L	pts	gf	ga	ppg	gf/ga
Fall River Marksmen	389	227	90	72	544	937	512	1.40	1.83
New Bedford Whalers	354	177	65	112	419	767	561	1.18	1.37
Pawtucket Rangers	446	170	85	191	425	751	803	0.95	0.94
Bethlehem Steel	269	158	44	67	360	662	379	1.34	1.75
Brooklyn Wanderers	401	156	79	166	393	719	717	0.98	1.00
Providence Clamdiggers	309	137	56	116	330	584	522	1.07	1.12
Boston Wonder Workers	253	124	49	80	300	509	384	1.19	1.33
New York Giants (1923-1930)	270	106	45	119	257	568	591	0.95	0.96
New York Nationals	226	92	47	87	233	524	514	1.03	1.02
Philadelphia Field Club	264	59	33	172	149	357	695	0.56	0.51
Indiana Flooring	128	53	21	54	127	228	231	0.99	0.99
Hakoah All-Stars	119	47	26	46	120	174	178	1.01	0.98
New York Field Club	84	44	17	23	105	178	92	1.25	1.93
Newark Skeeters	213	38	24	151	98	235	534	0.46	0.44
Fall River FC	35	18	9	8	45	28	25	1.29	1.12
Newark Americans	52	16	9	27	41	96	123	0.79	0.78
New York Americans	38	13	7	19	32	51	79	0.84	0.65
Erie A.A.	46	12	9	25	33	71	54	0.72	1.31
Todd Shipyard	24	12	5	7	29	56	37	1.21	1.51
Fleisher Yarn	39	11	6	22	28	68	114	0.72	0.60
Shawsheen Indians	44	11	3	30	25	33	89	0.57	0.37
Paterson FC	20	9	4	7	22	38	22	1.10	1.73
Boston Bears	47	9	9	29	26	49	89	0.55	0.55
Springfield Babes	27	7	7	13	21	44	74	0.78	0.59
Fall River Rovers	24	5	1	18	11	28	57	0.46	0.49
Brooklyn Hakoah	17	4	1	12	9	41	55	0.53	0.75
Brookhattan	6	4	1	1	9	11	7	1.50	1.57
Hartford Americans	11	4	2	5	10	14	14	0.91	1.00
Holyoke Falcos	22	2	3	17	7	17	64	0.32	0.27
Jersey City (ASL)	7	2	0	5	4	11	23	0.57	0.48
Queens Bohemians	10	2	3	5	5	2	3	0.50	0.67
Jersey City Celtics	5	0	0	5	0	5	24	0.00	0.21
New York Prague	5	0	0	5	0	3	13	0.00	0.23

Final games

date	season	team	score	team	venue	sources
May 28, 1933	1933 Spring	Brookhattan	2 - 1	New York Americans	Starlight Park	0
May 21, 1933	1933 Spring	Brookhattan	1 - 0	New York Prague	Steinway Oval	0
May 21, 1933	1933 Spring	Brooklyn Wanderers	1 - 5	New York Americans	Starlight Park	0
May 7, 1933	1933 Spring	Brookhattan	1 - 1	Brooklyn Wanderers	Starlight Park	0
May 7, 1933	1933 Spring	New York Americans	3 - 1	New York Prague	Steinway Oval	0
April 30, 1933	1933 Spring	New York Americans	5 - 1	New York Prague	Starlight Park	0
April 30, 1933	1933 Spring	Brookhattan	2 - 0	Brooklyn Wanderers	Hawthorne Field	0
Jan. 2, 1933	1932 Fall	New York Americans	5 - 2	Queens Bohemians	Starlight Park	1
Dec. 26, 1932	1932 Fall	Brooklyn Wanderers	1 - 2	Queens Bohemians	Hawthorne Field	1
Dec. 26, 1932	1932 Fall	Hakoah All-Stars	2 - 0	New York Field Club	Starlight Park	1
Dec. 26, 1932	1932 Fall	Fall River FC	3 - 0	Pawtucket Rangers	Bigberry Stadium	1
Dec. 25, 1932	1932 Fall	Boston Bears	0 - 6	Fall River FC	Bigberry Stadium	1
Dec. 25, 1932	1932 Fall	New York Americans	3 - 1	New York Field Club	Starlight Park	1
Dec. 25, 1932	1932 Fall	Hakoah All-Stars	5 - 2	Queens Bohemians	Hawthorne Field	1
Dec. 10, 1932	1932 Fall	Boston Bears	1 - 4	Pawtucket Rangers	Pawtucket, RI	1
Dec. 4, 1932	1932 Fall	New York Field Club	1 - 2	Pawtucket Rangers	Starlight Park	1
Dec. 4, 1932	1932 Fall	Brooklyn Wanderers	0 - 2	New York Americans		1
Nov. 24, 1932	1932 Fall	New York Americans	2 - 2	Queens Bohemians	Recreation Park	1
Nov. 24, 1932	1932 Fall	Fall River FC	0 - 0	Hakoah All-Stars	Hawthorne Field	1
Nov. 24, 1932	1932 Fall	Brooklyn Wanderers	2 - 3	New York Field Club	Starlight Park	1
Nov. 20, 1932	1932 Fall	Brooklyn Wanderers	2 - 3	New York Americans	Starlight Park	1
Nov. 20, 1932	1932 Fall	Fall River FC	1 - 1	Pawtucket Rangers	Fall River, MA	1
Nov. 20, 1932	1932 Fall	Boston Bears	1 - 1	Hakoah All-Stars	Hawthorne Field	1
Nov. 20, 1932	1932 Fall	New York Field Club	1 - 1	Queens Bohemians	Recreation Park	1
Oct. 30, 1932	1932 Fall	Hakoah All-Stars	1 - 0	New York Americans	Hawthorne Field	1

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Awards

award	seasons	winners	most recent
Champion	1921-1922–1932 Fall	15