American Soccer League (1921-1933) · United States · level 1

1928-1929

Honors
champion Fall River Marksmen
mvp —
golden boot Janos Nehadoma

The Soccer War broke open in 1928–29 after the ASL ordered its clubs to boycott the National Challenge Cup. Bethlehem Steel, the Newark Skeeters, and the New York Giants entered anyway; the league suspended them, and they joined the rival Eastern Soccer League.

210 games 3.92 goals / game 2,947 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Fall River Marksmen 31 17 9 5 43 64 36 1.39 1.78
Brooklyn Wanderers 31 18 6 7 42 79 61 1.35 1.30
New York Nationals 29 13 8 8 34 70 53 1.17 1.32
Providence Gold Bugs 29 13 5 11 31 53 44 1.07 1.20
J & P Coats 25 13 2 10 28 42 39 1.12 1.08
Fall River Marksmen 22 11 6 5 28 38 24 1.27 1.58
New Bedford Whalers 29 11 6 12 28 51 47 0.97 1.09
Providence Gold Bugs 22 12 3 7 27 46 37 1.23 1.24
Boston Wonder Workers 28 8 8 12 24 49 60 0.86 0.82
New York Nationals 21 8 7 6 23 68 55 1.10 1.24
Boston Wonder Workers 25 7 4 14 18 45 55 0.72 0.82
Brooklyn Wanderers 20 5 6 9 18 42 50 0.90 0.84
New Bedford Whalers 14 7 1 6 15 37 28 1.07 1.32
Philadelphia Field Club 18 6 3 9 15 36 54 0.83 0.67
J & P Coats 28 4 7 17 15 28 69 0.54 0.41
Philadelphia Field Club 18 3 6 9 12 27 40 0.67 0.68
New York Giants (1923-1930) 8 3 2 3 8 15 17 1.00 0.88
Bethlehem Steel 6 3 0 3 6 12 8 1.00 1.50
Jersey City (ASL) 7 2 0 5 4 11 23 0.57 0.48
Newark Skeeters 7 0 1 6 0 7 30 0.00 0.23

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Janos Nehadoma 43
  2. Scotty Nilsen 43
  3. Johnny Nelson 39
  4. Bill Paterson 32
  5. Bobby Blair 28
  6. Bart McGhee 25
  7. Sam Kennedy 23
  8. Freddie Wall 22
  9. Tec White 22
  10. Herbert Carlson 18

Appearances

  1. Bill Harper 54
  2. Charlie McGill 53
  3. Scotty Nilsen 53
  4. Bill McPherson 51
  5. George Aimer 51
  6. Hookey Leonard 50
  7. Joe Kennaway 50
  8. John McArthur 50
  9. Tommy Martin 50
  10. Bobby Ballantyne 49

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
April 21, 1929 1928-1929 Fall River Marksmen 2 - 2 Providence Gold Bugs Mark's Stadium — 1
April 21, 1929 1928-1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 4 - 9 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1
April 20, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 1 - 3 Pawtucket Rangers Pawtucket, RI — 1
April 19, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 4 - 1 Pawtucket Rangers Everett Stadium — 1
April 14, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 3 - 1 Brooklyn Wanderers Everett Stadium — 1
April 14, 1929 1928-1929 Fall River Marksmen 0 - 1 Pawtucket Rangers Mark's Stadium — 1
April 14, 1929 1928-1929 New York Nationals 2 - 2 Providence Gold Bugs Providence, RI — 1
April 13, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 1 - 1 New York Nationals Everett Stadium — 1
April 13, 1929 1928-1929 Pawtucket Rangers 3 - 1 Providence Gold Bugs Pawtucket, RI — 1
April 7, 1929 1928-1929 Fall River Marksmen 3 - 4 New York Nationals Mark's Stadium — 1
April 7, 1929 1928-1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 0 - 2 Providence Gold Bugs Providence, RI — 1
April 6, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 1 - 0 Fall River Marksmen Everett Stadium A. Hart — 2
April 6, 1929 1928-1929 New York Nationals 2 - 3 Pawtucket Rangers New York, NY — 1
April 6, 1929 1928-1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 - 1 Philadelphia Field Club Philadelphia, PA Walter — 2
March 31, 1929 1928-1929 Pawtucket Rangers 0 - 1 Providence Gold Bugs Providence, RI — 1
March 31, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 2 - 5 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1
March 31, 1929 1928-1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 - 2 Fall River Marksmen Brooklyn, NY — 1
March 30, 1929 1928-1929 Fall River Marksmen 2 - 1 Pawtucket Rangers Pawtucket, RI — 1
March 30, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 2 - 0 Brooklyn Wanderers Everett Stadium — 1
March 24, 1929 1928-1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 0 - 3 New York Nationals Brooklyn, NY — 1
March 24, 1929 1928-1929 Fall River Marksmen 2 - 1 Providence Gold Bugs Mark's Stadium — 1
March 23, 1929 1928-1929 Brooklyn Wanderers 0 - 4 J & P Coats Pawtucket, RI R. Bethune — 2
March 23, 1929 1928-1929 New York Nationals 2 - 3 Philadelphia Field Club Philadelphia, PA Kilpatrick — 2
March 23, 1929 1928-1929 Boston Wonder Workers 1 - 2 Providence Gold Bugs Providence, RI G. Lambie — 2
March 17, 1929 1928-1929 Fall River Marksmen 1 - 0 Providence Gold Bugs Mark's Stadium — 1

Awards

award winner
Champion Fall River Marksmen

Where the appearances came from

Scotland: 2,103 games, 43.1%United States: 210 games, 4.3%United States: 210 games, 4.3%Northern Ireland: 107 games, 2.2%England: 201 games, 4.1%Sweden: 60 games, 1.2%Norway: 61 games, 1.2%Norway: 61 games, 1.2%Ireland: 31 games, 0.6%Hungary: 67 games, 1.4%Austria: 6 games, 0.1%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
Scotland 2,103 43.1%
not recorded 2,037 41.7%
United States 210 4.3%
England 201 4.1%
Northern Ireland 107 2.2%
Hungary 67 1.4%
Norway 61 1.2%
Sweden 60 1.2%
Ireland 31 0.6%
Austria 6 0.1%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.