American Soccer League (1933-1983)

defunct United States second-division league

preceded by ASL1 · followed by USL0

recorded 1933-1934–1983 most titles Philadelphia German Americans (8) attendance 3,197 avg data coverage

seasons: 51
games: 2,464
clubs: 112

Seasons and totals are as recorded here.

Seasons

season	champion	golden boot	goals/game	avg. attendance
1983	New England Tea Men		3.49	3,578
1982	Detroit Express		3.21
1981	Carolina Lightnin'		3.14	20,163 (50%)
1980	Pennsylvania Stoners		3.34	1,109
1979	Sacramento Gold		3.03	2,873 (75%)
1978	New York Apollo		3.43	6,153 (50%)
1977	New Jersey Americans		3.16
1976	Los Angeles Skyhawks		2.97
1975	New York Apollo		3.59
1974	Rhode Island Oceaneers		3.19
1973	New York Apollo		4.56
1972	Cincinnati Comets		3.56	1,550 (9%)
1971	New York Apollo		4.12
1970	Philadelphia Ukrainians		3.44
1969	Washington Darts		3.39	2,854 (50%)
1968	Washington Darts		4.12
1967-1968	Philadelphia Ukrainians		3.75
1966-1967	Baltimore Flyers		4.39
1965-1966	Roma SC		4.61
1964-1965	Hartford Kings		4.00
1963-1964	Philadelphia Ukrainians		3.12
1962-1963	Philadelphia Ukrainians		4.32
1961-1962	Philadelphia Ukrainians		4.10
1960-1961	Philadelphia Ukrainians		4.30
1959-1960	Colombo (Staten Island)		4.45	1,500 (6%)
1958-1959	Hakoah (ASL2)		4.90
1957-1958	Hakoah (ASL2)		4.38
1956-1957	Hakoah (ASL2)		4.53
1955-1956	Philadelphia German Americans		4.21
1954-1955	Philadelphia German Americans		3.32
1953-1954	New York Americans		3.90
1952-1953	Philadelphia Nationals		3.49	4,584 (18%)
1951-1952	Philadelphia German Americans		4.69
1950-1951	Philadelphia Nationals	Nick Kropfelder
1949-1950	Philadelphia Nationals	Joe Gaetjens	4.30	2,100 (1%)
1948-1949	Philadelphia Nationals	Pito Villanon	4.16	2,516 (8%)
1947-1948	Philadelphia German Americans	Nick Kropfelder	4.24
1946-1947	Philadelphia German Americans	Fisher	4.13
1945-1946	Baltimore Americans	Fabri Salcedo	4.78	3,571 (9%)
1944-1945	Brookhattan	Duke Nanoski	4.37
1943-1944	Philadelphia German Americans	Al Jennette	4.93	4,000 (1%)
1942-1943	Brooklyn Hispano	Rudy Kuntner	4.05
1941-1942	Philadelphia German Americans	Duke Nanoski	3.61	3,200 (18%)
1940-1941	Kearny Scots	Fabri Salcedo		2,840 (16%)
1939-1940	Kearny Scots	Alex Rae		2,500 (4%)
1938-1939	Kearny Scots	Bert Patenaude		3,238 (15%)
1937-1938	Kearny Scots	Fabri Salcedo	3.27	3,666 (16%)
1936-1937	Kearny Scots	Alex Rae		3,966 (13%)
1935-1936	New York Americans	Alex Rae	3.02	2,675 (18%)
1934-1935	Philadelphia German Americans	Razzo Carroll	2.84	3,547 (18%)
1933-1934	Kearny Celtic	George Michaels	3.25	1,972 (21%)

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 by season

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

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.

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

Appearances

Al Harker 170
Fritz Stoll 165
Charles Altemose 154
George Conn 146
Stan Chesney 146
Razzo Carroll 143
Sam Harris 142
Rudy Kuntner 140
Werner Mieth 139
Bob Nicol 137

All-time club records

team	GP	W	T	L	pts	gf	ga	ppg	gf/ga
Philadelphia German Americans	531	245	93	196	583	927	971	1.10	0.95
Brookhattan	517	208	99	210	515	894	889	1.00	1.01
New York Americans	417	171	87	161	431	622	556	1.03	1.12
Brooklyn Hispano	406	169	76	161	414	572	650	1.02	0.88
Kearny Scots	370	157	84	129	398	563	579	1.08	0.97
Philadelphia Ukrainians	205	137	26	43	303	577	242	1.48	2.38
New York Apollo	225	133	28	64	800	447	283	3.56	1.58
Kearny Celtic	343	130	68	146	328	489	510	0.96	0.96
Philadelphia Nationals	308	129	55	124	313	499	469	1.02	1.06
Cleveland Cobras	239	94	28	114	658	386	450	2.75	0.86
Hakoah (ASL2)	195	94	32	68	220	415	324	1.13	1.28
Newark Portuguese	230	85	52	93	224	483	504	0.97	0.96
Baltimore Americans	229	85	36	108	206	377	371	0.90	1.02
Pennsylvania Stoners	162	81	21	58	645	279	293	3.98	0.95
Brooklyn Italians	191	71	32	86	175	366	381	0.92	0.96
Baltimore SC	202	71	29	102	171	200	350	0.85	0.57
Brooklyn Celtic	186	70	35	81	175	199	227	0.94	0.88
Brooklyn Wanderers (ASL2)	119	60	19	40	139	266	249	1.17	1.07
Detroit Express	106	58	6	42	403	175	247	3.80	0.71
Rhode Island Oceaneers	135	57	22	56	371	219	197	2.75	1.11
California Sunshine	104	56	8	38	475	194	160	4.57	1.21
Los Angeles Skyhawks	97	56	11	30	470	182	120	4.85	1.52
New Jersey Americans	125	54	12	59	478	213	195	3.82	1.09
Boston Astros	119	54	21	45	130	235	189	1.09	1.24
Sacramento Gold	125	54	13	61	456	177	191	3.65	0.93
Carolina Lightnin'	106	51	7	48	372	163	216	3.51	0.75
Connecticut Yankees	131	51	16	64	278	204	238	2.12	0.86
Elizabeth Falcons	176	50	26	101	126	323	457	0.72	0.71
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	105	47	13	45	108	194	194	1.03	1.00
Fall River SC	92	39	15	38	93	154	174	1.01	0.89
Oklahoma City Slickers	78	35	3	40	231	142	165	2.96	0.86
Baltimore Pompei	111	34	21	56	89	239	340	0.80	0.70
New York Eagles	80	33	14	33	319	139	139	3.99	1.00
Cincinnati Comets	58	31	10	17	78	127	92	1.34	1.38
Boston Tigers	55	30	8	17	68	109	76	1.24	1.43
Washington Darts	46	30	8	8	68	107	42	1.48	2.55
Roma SC	47	28	10	9	64	129	80	1.36	1.61
Columbus Magic	56	28	6	22	233	89	72	4.16	1.24
DFW Tornados	50	26	—	24	160	88	152	3.20	0.58
Newark Germans	64	24	10	30	58	107	137	0.91	0.78
Rochester Lancers	47	24	8	15	56	107	69	1.19	1.55
Philadelphia Spartans	48	24	9	15	57	87	72	1.19	1.21
Trenton Americans	72	21	11	40	53	104	159	0.74	0.65
Rochester Flash	56	21	7	27	184	86	104	3.29	0.83
Hartford Kings	48	20	4	24	44	95	139	0.92	0.68
New Jersey Brewers	52	19	14	20	52	90	96	1.00	0.94
New England Tea Men	25	18	—	7	144	62	36	5.76	1.72
Jacksonville Teamen	25	18	—	7	62	36	144	2.48	0.25
Ludlow Lusitano	44	18	7	19	43	80	101	0.98	0.79
Syracuse Suns	68	18	5	45	41	100	161	0.60	0.62

Final games

date	season	round	team	score	team	venue	sources
June 16, 1983	1983		Carolina Lightnin'	2 - 0	DFW Tornados	John Clark Stadium, Plano	0
June 11, 1983	1983		DFW Tornados	2 - 1	Detroit Express	Clark ONT Field	1
June 6, 1983	1983		DFW Tornados	3 - 2	Pennsylvania Stoners	Bethlehem, PA	1
May 21, 1983	1983		DFW Tornados	3 - 1	Pennsylvania Stoners	Plano, TX	1
May 14, 1983	1983		Carolina Lightnin'	1 - 2	DFW Tornados	Plano, TX	1
Sept. 18, 1981	1981	f	Carolina Lightnin'	2 - 1	New York Apollo	Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, NC	1
June 1, 1981	1981		New York Apollo	4 - 0	Rochester Flash	Downing Stadium	1
May 28, 1980	1980		Golden Gate Gales	0 - 3	New York Apollo	Shea Stadium	1
May 18, 1980	1980		New York Apollo	np	Pennsylvania Stoners	Shea Stadium	1
May 11, 1980	1980		New York Apollo	np	Unknown	Shea Stadium	1
April 27, 1980	1980		New York Apollo	np	Unknown	Shea Stadium	1
Sept. 16, 1979	1979	f	Columbus Magic	0 - 1	Sacramento Gold	Columbus, OH	1
Aug. 26, 1979	1979		New Jersey Americans	2 - 0	New York Apollo	Hofstra Stadium	1
Aug. 12, 1979	1979		New Jersey Americans	1 - 0	New York Apollo	Hofstra Stadium	1
Aug. 10, 1979	1979		New Jersey Americans	v	New York Eagles	Piscataway, NJ	1
Aug. 10, 1979	1979		Cleveland Cobras	v	New York Apollo	Hofstra Stadium	1
Aug. 3, 1979	1979		New York Apollo	v	Rhode Island Oceaneers	Hofstra Stadium	1
Aug. 1, 1979	1979		Las Vegas Seagulls	v	New Jersey Americans	Piscataway, NJ	1
July 28, 1979	1979		Las Vegas Seagulls	v	New York Apollo	Hofstra Stadium	1
July 27, 1979	1979		Las Vegas Seagulls	np	New York Apollo	Hofstra Stadium	2
July 25, 1979	1979		New Jersey Americans	v	New York Apollo	Hofstra Stadium	1
July 22, 1979	1979		New Jersey Americans	1 - 1	New York Apollo	High Point Solutions Stadium	1
July 15, 1979	1979		Columbus Magic	2 - 0	New York Apollo	Franklin County Stadium, Columbus, OH	1
July 14, 1979	1979		Cleveland Cobras	v	New York Apollo	Finney Stadium, Berea, OH	1
July 13, 1979	1979		Columbus Magic	v	New Jersey Americans	High Point Solutions Stadium	1

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Awards

award	seasons	winners	most recent
Champion	1933-1934–1983	51	New England Tea Men 1983
MVP	1944-1945–1983	38	Peter Simioni 1983
Rookie of the Year	1973–1979	7	John McDermott 1979