1931-32 American Soccer League season

Seasons

1929-31

1931-32

1932

Teams and Alignment

Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Boston Bears (began season as Boston Celtics and folded during first half)	Everett High School Field	Everett, Massachusetts
Boston Bears (enfranchised after first half)	Lincoln Park	Boston
Brooklyn Wanderers (folded after first half)	Hawthorne Field	Brooklyn, New York
Fall River F.C. (merged into New Bedford Whalers after first half)	Mark's Stadium	Tiverton, Rhode Island
Hakoah All-Stars	Commercial Field	Brooklyn, New York
New Bedford Whalers (merged during first half into Fall River F.C.)	Battery Park	New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Bedford Whalers (first half as New York Yankees)	Battery Park	New Bedford, Massachusetts
New York Americans (enfranchised after first half)	Starlight Park Grounds	The Bronx, New York
New York Giants	Starlight Park Grounds	The Bronx, New York
Newark Americans	Clark Field	Hudson County, New Jersey
Pawtucket Rangers	Lonsdale Avenue Grounds	Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Changes

• Boston Bears enfranchised, playing at Everett High School Field in Everett, Massachusetts.
• Fall River Marksmen relocate from Mark's Stadium in Tiverton, Rhode Island to Starlight Park Grounds in The Bronx, New York and renamed New York Yankees.
• Hakoah All-Stars relocate primary venue from Hawthorne Field to Commercial Field.
• New York Giants relocate primary venue from Polo Grounds (1911) in Manhattan, New York to Starlight Park Grounds in The Bronx, New York.
• New York S.C. merge into New York Yankees.
• Providence Gold Bugs relocate from Kinsley Park in Providence, Rhode Island to Mark's Stadium in Tiverton, Rhode Island and renamed Fall River F.C.
• League renamed after first half of 1929-31 season American Soccer League.
• Bethlehem Steel F.C. fold after first half of 1929-31 season.
• Boston Wonder Workers fold during first half of 1929-31 season.
• Bridgeport Hungaria relocate during first half of 1929-31 season from Newfield Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Kearny High School Stadium in Kearny, New Jersey and renamed Newark F.C.
• New York Giants renamed New York S.C. after first half of 1929-31 season.
• New York Nationals relocate primary venue from Polo Grounds (1911) in Manhattan, New York to Polo Grounds (1911) in Manhattan, New York and Starlight Park Grounds in The Bronx, New York, and renamed New York Giants after first half of 1929-31 season.
• Newark Americans enfranchised after first half of 1929-31 season, playing at Clark Field in unincorporated Hudson County, New Jersey.
• Newark F.C. fold during first half of 1929-31 season.
• Boston Celtics renamed Boston Bears during first half.
• Boston Bears fold during first half.
• New Bedford Whalers merge during first half into Fall River F.C.
• Boston Bears enfranchised after first half, playing at Lincoln Park in Boston.
• Brooklyn Wanderers fold after first half.
• Fall River F.C. merged into New Bedford Whalers after first half.
• New York Americans enfranchised after first half, playing at Starlight Park Grounds in The Bronx, New York.
• New York Yankees relocate after first half from Starlight Park Grounds in The Bronx, New York to Battery Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts and renamed New Bedford Whalers.

Regular Season Results

First Half Results

Team	W	L	T	Pct
New York Giants	10	5	2	.647
Brooklyn Wanderers	9	5	2	.625
New York Yankees	9	5	3	.618
Pawtucket Rangers	9	6	3	.583
Fall River F.C.	8	6	3	.559
New Bedford Whalers	3	6	2	.364
Newark Americans	4	8	1	.346
Hakoah All-Stars	5	11	2	.333
Boston Bears	1	6	0	.143

Second Half Results

Team	W	L	T	Pct
New Bedford Whalers	14	5	2	.714
New York Giants	11	5	4	.650
Pawtucket Rangers	13	7	0	.650
Hakoah All-Stars	11	6	4	.619
Boston Bears	4	12	3	.289
New York Americans	3	14	3	.225
Newark Americans	1	8	2	.183

Postseason Results

Team (Two-Game Aggregate)		Champions
New York Giants	9	New York Giants
New Bedford Whalers	8

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	First Half	Second Half	Postseason	Total
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	Boston, MA Metropolitan Division	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	Boston	Lincoln Park	Boston Bears		10		10
		Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA Metropolitan Division	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	Everett, Massachusetts	Everett High School Field	Boston Celtics	Two			Five
						Boston Bears	Three
	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Bristol County, Massachusetts	New Bedford, Massachusetts	Battery Park	New Bedford Whalers		10	One	11
						New Bedford Whalers	Six			Six
			Newport County, Rhode Island	Tiverton, Rhode Island	Mark's Stadium	Fall River F.C.	Nine			Nine
			Providence County, Rhode Island	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Lonsdale Avenue Grounds	Pawtucket Rangers	12	11		23
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	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	Five	Five		10
						New York Americans		Nine		Nine
						New York Yankees	Seven			Seven
			Hudson County, New Jersey	Unincorporated	Clark Field	Newark Americans	Four	Four		Eight
			Kings County, New York	Brooklyn, New York	Commercial Field	Hakoah All-Stars	Seven	11		18
					Ebbets Field	Hakoah All-Stars		One		One
					Hawthorne Field	Brooklyn Wanderers	Eight			Eight
			New York County, New York	Manhattan, New York	Polo Grounds (1911)	New York Giants	Three	Five	One	Nine
						Hakoah All-Stars	One			One
		Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division	Essex County, New Jersey	Newark, New Jersey	Ruppert Stadium	Newark Americans	One			One
Total							68	66	Two	136