Competition: | American Soccer League -1924–25 Season- |
Season: | 1924–25 |
Winners: | Fall River F.C. (2nd title) |
Shieldtitle: | League Cup |
League Topscorer: | Archie Stark (67) |
Nextseason: | 1925–26 |
Statistics of American Soccer League in season 1924–25.[1]
Place | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Fall River F.C. | 44 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 113 | 38 | 66 | |
2 | Bethlehem Steel | 44 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 127 | 53 | 63 | |
3 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 56 | 52 | |
4 | Boston S.C. | 41 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 75 | 53 | 51 | |
5 | New Bedford Whalers | 41 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 55 | 49 | |
6 | Providence F.C. | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 85 | 59 | 47 | |
7 | J & P Coats | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 89 | 76 | 43 | |
8 | New York Giants | 43 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 78 | 84 | 38 | |
9 | Indiana Flooring | 43 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 68 | 69 | 38 | |
10 | Fleisher Yarn | 39 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 68 | 114 | 28 | |
11 | Newark Skeeters | 39 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 39 | 104 | 19 | |
12 | Philadelphia F.C. | 42 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 146 | 8 |
In August 1924, the American Soccer League, along with the St. Louis Soccer League, withdrew from the National Challenge Cup.[2] In November 1924, the St. Louis Soccer League executives suggested the two leagues create a replacement tournament open only to teams from the ASL and SLSL.[3] The ASL eventually decided to run a league cup. The winner of that cup would then meet the champion of the St. Louis Soccer League for the title of the American professional soccer champion. In this, its first season, the league ran the cup as a single elimination tournament concurrent with the league schedule. The winners of the final were awarded the H.E. Lewis Cup which had previously been awarded to the Blue Mountain League champions from 1915 to 1919.[4] [5] Boston took the league cup and then defeated Ben Millers in the American Professional Soccer League championship.
Rank | Scorer | Club | Games | Goals |
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1 | Archie Stark | Bethlehem Steel | 44 | 67 |
2 | Andy Stevens | New Bedford Whalers | 32 | 33 |
3 | Harold Brittan | Fall River F.C. | 34 | 32 |
4 | Davey Brown | New York Field Club | 34 | 26 |
5 | John Nelson | Brooklyn Wanderers | 33 | 24 |
Herbert Carlsson | Indiana Flooring | 40 | 24 | |
7 | Jerry Best | Providence F.C. | 29 | 20 |
Andy Straden | Fleisher Yarn | 34 | 20 | |
9 | Bobby Drummond | J&P Coats | 42 | 18 |
10 | Jim Purvis | Fleisher Yarn | 35 | 17 |
11 | Tewfik Abdallah | Providence F.C. | 34 | 15 |
Tommy Fleming | Boston Soccer Club | 40 | 15 | |
13 | Billy Hibbert | J&P Coats | 28 | 14 |
Tucker Croft | Fall River F.C. | 30 | 14 | |
Harry McGowan | Fall River F.C. | 35 | 14 | |
Billy Hogg | Brooklyn Wanderers | 40 | 14 | |
17 | Bill McPherson | Fall River F.C. | 38 | 13 |
Caleb Schylander | Indiana Flooring | 43 | 13 | |
19 | Bill Westwater | New Bedford Whalers | 17 | 12 |
Neil Turner | Bethlehem Steel | 23 | 12 | |
Johnny Ballantyne | Boston Soccer Club | 40 | 12 | |
22 | Johnny Rollo | Bethlehem Steel | 30 | 11 |
Tommy Florie | Providence F.C. | 33 | 11 | |
McLaughlin | Fleisher Yarn | 34 | 11 | |
25 | John Heminsley | J&P Coats | 28 | 10 |
Jimmy McGhee | Fleisher Yarn | 31 | 10 | |
Dougie Campbell | Fall River F.C. | 35 | 10 | |
Bob Perry | J&P Coats | 36 | 10 |