1929-31 American Soccer League season

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Seasons
1929 American Soccer League 1929-31 1931 American Soccer League

Teams and Alignment

Team Primary Venue Municipality
Bethlehem Steel F.C. (folded after first half) Bethlehem Steel Athletic Field Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Boston Wonder Workers (folded during first half) Harry Downes Field Brookline, Massachusetts
Bridgeport Hungaria (later Newark F.C. and folded during first half) Newfield Park Bridgeport, Connecticut
Brooklyn Wanderers Hawthorne Field Brooklyn, New York
Fall River Marksmen Mark's Stadium Tiverton, Rhode Island
Hakoah All-Stars Hawthorne Field Brooklyn, New York
New Bedford Whalers Battery Park New Bedford, Massachusetts
New York Giants (renamed New York S.C. after first half) Starlight Park Grounds The Bronx, New York
New York Nationals (renamed New York Giants after first half) Polo Grounds (1911) Manhattan, New York
Newark Americans
Pawtucket Rangers Lonsdale Avenue Grounds Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Providence Gold Bugs Cycledrome

Kinsley Park

Providence Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Changes

  • League renamed Atlantic Coast Soccer League.
  • Bethlehem Steel F.C. transfer from Eastern Professional Soccer League, playing at Bethlehem Steel Athletic Field in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
  • Brooklyn Hakoahs absorb Hakoah All-Stars of Eastern Professional Soccer League and renamed Hakoah All-Stars.
  • New York Giants transfer from Eastern Professional Soccer League, playing at Starlight Park Grounds in The Bronx, New York.
  • Newark F.C. transfer from Eastern Professional Soccer League, relocate from Passaic Stadium in Passaic, New Jersey to Newfield Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut and renamed Bridgeport Hungaria.
  • Philadelphia F.C. fold.
  • Boston Wonder Workers folded during first half.
  • Bridgeport Hungaria relocate during first half from Newfield Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Kearny High School Stadium in Kearny, New Jersey and renamed Newark F.C.
  • League renamed after first half American Soccer League.
  • Bethlehem Steel F.C. fold after first half.
  • New York Giants renamed New York S.C. after first half.
  • New York Nationals renamed New York Giants after first half.
  • Newark Americans enfranchised after first half, playing at

Regular Season Results

First Half (Atlantic Coast Soccer League) Results

Team W L T Pct
Fall River Marksmen 18 1 7 .827
Hakoah All-Stars 15 12 7 .544
New Bedford Whalers 12 10 11 .530
Providence Gold Bugs 12 11 4 .519
New York Nationals 14 14 5 .500
Pawtucket Rangers 10 11 7 .482
Bethlehem Steel F.C. 11 12 4 .481
New York Giants 11 14 6 .452
Brooklyn Wanderers 9 13 10 .438
Boston Wonder Workers 1 3 0 .250
Newark Americans* 0 11 3 .107

*0-8-2 as Bridgeport Hungaria, 0-3-1 as Newark Americans.

Second Half (American Soccer League) Results

Team W L T Pct
Fall River Marksmen 13 6 8 .630
New Bedford Whalers 15 9 6 .600
Hakoah All-Stars 10 9 8 .519
Newark Americans 11 11 6 .500
New York S.C. 12 12 3 .500
Providence Gold Bugs 12 14 3 .466
Brooklyn Wanderers 10 13 7 .450
New York Giants 10 14 7 .435
Pawtucket Rangers 9 14 8 .419

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Division County / Equivalent Municipality Venue Team / Event First Half Second Half Total
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area Northampton County, Pennsylvania Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Bethlehem Steel Athletic Field Bethlehem Steel F.C. 15 15
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area Boston, MA Metropolitan Division Norfolk County, Massachusetts Brookline, Massachusetts Harry Downes Field Boston Wonder Workers Two Two
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area Bristol County, Massachusetts New Bedford, Massachusetts Battery Park New Bedford Whalers 18
Newport County, Rhode Island Tiverton, Rhode Island Mark's Stadium Fall River Marksmen 14
Providence County, Rhode Island Pawtucket, Rhode Island Lonsdale Avenue Grounds Pawtucket Rangers 14
Providence, Rhode Island Cycledrome Providence Gold Bugs Three
Kinsley Park Providence Gold Bugs 10
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut Bridgeport, Connecticut Newfield Park Bridgeport Hungaria Three Three
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division Bronx County, New York The Bronx, New York Starlight Park Grounds New York Giants 16 16
New York Nationals Three Three
Hudson County, New Jersey Kearny, New Jersey Kearny High School Stadium Newark F.C. One One
Kings County, New York Brooklyn, New York Commercial Field Hakoah All-Stars Two
Ebbets Field Hakoah All-Stars Two
Brooklyn Wanderers One
Hawthorne Field Brooklyn Wanderers 18 16
Hakoah All-Stars Six
New York County, New York Manhattan, New York Polo Grounds (1911) New York Nationals 14 14
Queens County, New York Queens, New York Celtic Park Hakoah All-Stars Three
Total