Fall 1929 American Soccer League
| Season | Fall 1929 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fall River F.C. (5th title) |
| Top goalscorer | Bill Paterson (27) |
← 1928–29 → | |
These are the statistics of the Fall 1929 American Soccer League.
Overview
At the beginning of the
Eastern Professional Soccer League, made up of the three ex-ASL teams as well as several from the Southern New York Soccer Association.[3] The two competing leagues, the American Soccer League and Eastern Professional Soccer League vied for fans and public support during the 1928-29 season. Several teams and players jumped between the two leagues during the season. Other, European, players returned to Europe in order to retain their FIFA standing. By the summer of 1929, both leagues were in some financial difficulty. Despite this, they both began a 1929-1930 season while simultaneously holding talks on declaring a truce.[4] The collapse of the stock market in October 1929 led to the onset of the Great Depression which exacerbated the financial problems and gave the two leagues and USFA the motivation to find a solution to the conflict. The two leagues continued to play for several more weeks, but by the beginning of November, 1929, both leagues had suspended operations and agreed to merge into one league called the Atlantic Coast League. The Atlantic Coast league began its season
on November 6, 1929. Therefore the standings reflect less than one half of the originally scheduled season. The ASL declared Fall River F.C. the champions.
League standings
| Place | Team | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fall River F.C. | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 40 | 33 | .750 |
| 2 | Providence | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 34 | 30 | .682 |
| 3 | Boston | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 27 | .643 |
| 4 | New York Nationals | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 53 | 23 | .548 |
| 5 | Pawtucket Rangers | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 18 | .474 |
| 6 | New Bedford Whalers | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 16 | .381 |
| 7 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 47 | 12 | .353 |
| 8 | Brooklyn Hakoah | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 55 | 9 | .265 |
| 9 | Philadelphia[Note 1] | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 6 | .214 |
- ^ Philadelphia played its first six games as the Bridgeport Bears before moving to Philadelphia.
Goals leaders
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Paterson | Providence | 22 | 27 |
| 2 | John Nelson | New York Nationals | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Bert Patenaude | Fall River F.C. | 21 | 25 |
| 4 | Hookey Leonard | New York Nationals | 18 | 16 |
| 5 | Billy Gonsalves | Fall River F.C. | 22 | 14 |
| 6 | Werner Nilsen | Boston | 21 | 13 |
| 7 | Janos Nehadoma
|
Brooklyn Wanderers / Brooklyn Hakoah |
18 | 12 |
| 8 | Heinrich Schönfeld | Brooklyn Hakoah | 12 | 11 |
Tommy Florie
|
New Bedford Whalers | 21 | 11 | |
| 10 | Dave McEachran | Boston | 20 | 10 |
| Percy Barlow | Pawtucket Rangers | 15 | 10 |
See also
References
- ^ The Globe -- Bethlehem, Thursday, September 13, 1928
- ^ The Globe -- Bethlehem, Thursday, September 20, 1928
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1929". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ TRUCE DECLARED IN SOCCER CONTROVERSY