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The '''American Soccer League''' has been a name used by three different professional [[soccer]] [[sports league|leagues]] in the [[United States]].
==ASL I==
The original American Soccer League, operating between 1921 and 1933, was the first significant, viable, professional soccer league in the [[United States]]. The league operated primarily in the northeastern United States, particularly in the [[New York]]-[[New Jersey]]-[[Philadelphia]] triangle. The ASL was created by the merger of several teams from the [[National Association Football League]] (NAFBL) and [[Southern New England Soccer League]] in 1921. The move came from a growing disenchantment with the mismanagement of the NAFBL as well as the desire by the [[United States Football Association]] (USFA) to create a unified first division league.<ref>[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1921.html U.S. Soccer History - 1921]</ref> By 1924, the combination of excellent pay and a high level of play drew talented oversees players, especially from Scotland and England. This led to a significant amount of resentment in Europe and threats of sanctions from FIFA, including the possible expulsion of the USFA.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1ZdIcMR4a4UC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=%22alec+mcnab%22&source=web&ots=kKF9DjtXZF&sig=7yI-PSf8H0DuYJlwWXgKyQ5GWWs#PPA147,M1]</ref>. At the Sixteenth Annual Congress of FIFA on [[June 4]] [[1927]], the USFA and the other national associations came to an agreement regarding player transfers which defused the situation.<ref>{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | format = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4) }}</ref> The ASL then ran afoul of the USFA when team owners complained that USFA's requirement that ASL teams play in the [[National Challenge Cup]] created an unnecessary financial burden. At the time the Challenge Cup ran during the ASL season forcing the ASL teams to travel long distances by train or bus to play cup games, then return to the Northeast to play league games. Therefore, the ASL boycotted the [[1924 National Challenge Cup]]. They reentered the competition the next year after the USFA reduced its take of the gate receipts from 33.3% to 15%. However, resentment continued to simmer between the league and governing body. Matters came to a head in 1928, when the ASL decided to again boycott the Challenge Cup. When three ASL clubs, most prominently [[Bethlehem Steel F.C.]], defied the league and entered the cup anyway, the ASL suspended them. In response, [[USFA]] and [[FIFA]] declared the ASL an "outlaw league". This sparked the "Soccer War".<ref>[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1929.html U.S. Soccer History - 1929]</ref> The ASL team owners defied USFA and FIFA, relying on the league's reputation to continue to draw players. At first it seemed as if the ASL might win; however, USFA then helped bankroll the creation of a new league, the [[Eastern Professional Soccer League]] (ESL), to rival the ASL. The three ex-ASL teams joined with several teams from the Southern New York Soccer Association (SNYSA) to form the ESL.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl102628.html October 26, 1928 ''Bethlehem Globe'']</ref> This led to the SNYSA, under the leadership of [[Nat Agar]], owner of the ASL [[Brooklyn Wanderers]], to leave USFA and ally with the ASL. Despite the alliance between the ASL and SNYSA, the creation of a competing league combined with the onset of the [[Great Depression]] in 1929, caused severe financial strains on the ASL. The league finally broke and came into compliance with USFA and FIFA. In the fall of the 1929/30 season, the ESL and ASL merged to form the '''Atlantic Coast League''' which began a 1930 spring-fall season. After the summer break, the league was renamed the American Soccer League and the league finished the fall half of the 1930 season with a different name than it began the spring half. However, the Soccer Wars had permanently crippled the ASL and it collapsed at the end of the 1933 spring season. Ironically, while USFA and FIFA "won" the wars and established their pre-eminence over the ASL, the spectacle of a U.S. athletic association conspiring with a European organization to undermine a U.S. athletic league alienated many U.S. sports fans by creating an image of soccer as a sport controlled by foreigners. These fans turned their backs on soccer, relegating the sport to the position of a minor league, ethnic-based sport for decades to come.<ref>[http://free-pu.t-com.hr/soccer/The%20Ethnic%20Period,%201933-1960.html The Ethnic Period: 1933-1960]</ref>
===Complete team list===
{|
|valign="top"|
*[[Bethlehem Steel F.C.]] (1921/22-27/28, 1930, as [[Philadelphia Field Club]] in 1921/22)
*[[Boston Wonder Workers]] (1924/25-30)
*[[Boston Bears]] (1931-32)
*[[Bridgeport Hungaria]] (1930, as ''Newark'' for last 5 games)
*[[Brooklyn Wanderers]] (1922/23-31)
*[[Brooklyn Hakoah]] (1929, merged with [[New York Hakoah]] to form ''Hakoah All-Stars''
*[[Brooklyn Wanderers]] (1932-33)
*[[Fall River Marksmen]] (1921-1930) originally as ''[[Fall River United]]'' in 1921/22; merged with ''New York Soccer Club'' to form ''New York Yankees''
*[[Fall River F.C.#Fall River F.C. I|Fall River F.C. I]] (1924/25-1931, as ''Providence Clamdiggers'' in 1924/25-27/28; as [[Providence Gold Bugs]] in 1928/29-30; as ''Fall River Football Club'' in 1931; absorbed ''New Bedford Whalers'' during spring 1931 season; absorbed by ''New York Yankees'' before fall 1931 season)
*[[Fall River F.C.#Fall River F.C. II|Fall River F.C. II]] (1932)
*[[Fleisher Yarn]] (1924/25)
*[[Hakoah All-Stars]] (1929/30-1932), merger of ''[[New York Hakoah]]'' and ''[[Brooklyn Hakoah]]''
*[[Harrison F.C.|Harrison Field Club]] (1921/22-22/23, as ''Harrison Soccer Club'' in 1921/22)
*[[Hartford Americans]] (1927/28)
*[[Holyoke Falcos]] (1921/22)
*[[Jersey City Celtics]] (1921/22, folded after 5 games)
*[[Jersey City (soccer)|Jersey City]] (1928/29)
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*[[Newark Skeeters]] (1923/24-28/29, withdrew during season)
*[[Newark Americans]] (1930-32)
*[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers II|New Bedford Whalers II]]
*[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers III|New Bedford Whalers III]], merger of ''New York Yankees'' and ''Fall River F.C. I''
*[[New York Field Club]] (1921/22-23/24)
*[[New York Giants (soccer)#New York Giants II|New York Giants II]], originally played as ''[[Paterson Silk Sox]]'', later changed name to ''[[New York Soccer Club]]''
*[[New York Giants (soccer)#New York Giants III|New York Giants III]], previously played as ''[[Indiana Flooring]]'' and as ''[[New York Nationals (ASL)|New York Nationals]]''
*[[New York Americans (soccer)|New York Americans]] (1931-33)
*[[New York Field Club]] (1932)
*[[New York Yankees (soccer)|New York Yankees]], merger of ''Fall River Marksmen'' and ''New York Soccer Club''
*[[Brookhattan|New York Brookhattan]] (1933)
*[[Pawtucket Rangers]] (1921/22-32/33, as ''J&P Coats'' in 1921/22-28/29)
*[[Philadelphia Field Club|Philadelphia Celtic]] (1922/23-27/28, as ''Philadelphia Field Club'' in 1922/23-26/27)
*[[Philadelphia Field Club]] (1928/29)
*[[Philadelphia Field Club]] (1929, as ''Bridgeport Bears'' earlier in 1929)
*[[Queens Bohemians]] (1932-33)
*[[Shawsheen Indians]] (1925/26)
*[[Springfield Babes]] (1926/27)
*[[Todd Shipyards (soccer team)|Todd Shipyards]] (1921/22)
|}
{{Division 1 Soccer | Prev=[[North American Foot Ball League|NAFBL]] | Years=1921-1933 | Next=ASL II}}
==ASL II==
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In the fall of 1933, a second American Soccer League was established. This second league survived until 1983. Like the original ASL, this league primarily operated in the northeast for much of its existence. In order to compete with the [[North American Soccer League]], the ASL went national in 1976, expanding to the west coast by adding teams in Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, and Tacoma. In addition, [[Bob Cousy]] was hired as commissioner and the league changed the standings scoring system to more closely resemble the NASL. ASL teams were awarded 5 points for a win, 2 points for a tie, and 1 point for each goal up to a maximum of 3 per game (The NASL awarded 6 points for a win and 3 for a tie, with 1 for each goal up to 3 per game). The ASL also had a limit on the number of foreign players each team could have in an effort to gain popularity among American fans.
While this expansion gave the ASL national exposure, the league and teams were no match financially for the NASL. On rare occasions, an ASL team would outbid a NASL team for a recongnizable player, but more often than not, the better players in the ASL were offered more money to jump to the NASL. The high point in the history of the league may have been the 1976 championship game between the L.A. Skyhawks and N.Y. Apollo; L.A. won 2-1 in front of over 9,000 fans. But by 1979, attendance was down, every team was losing money, and the league finally folded in 1983. After the ASL II ceased operations, several of its teams formed the original [[United Soccer League]], which played seasons in 1984 and 1985.
=== Complete team list ===
{|
|valign="top"|
*[[Bethlehem Hungarian|Allentown]] (1938/39-39/40, as ''Bethlehem Hungarian'' in 1938/39; folded during 1939/40 season)
*[[Baltimore Americans]] (1934/35-48/49, as ''Baltimore Canton'' in 1934/35-35/36; as ''Baltimore S.C.'' in 1936/37-41/42)
*[[Baltimore Americans]] (1938/39-41/42, as ''Baltimore German'' in 1938/39)
*[[Baltimore S.C.]] (1943/44-47/48)
*[[Baltimore Pompei]] (1953/54-60/61, as ''Baltimore Rockets'' in 1953/54-56/57)
*[[Baltimore Flyers]] (1966/67-67/68; as ''Baltimore St. Gerards'' in 1966/67)
*[[Baltimore Bays (ASL)|Baltimore Bays]] (1972-73, as ''Baltimore Stars'' in 1972)
*[[Inter-Brooklyn Italians|Boca Juniors]] (1961/62-63/64, as ''Inter-Brooklyn Italians'' in 1961/62; as ''Inter S.C.'' in 1962/63)
*[[Boston Tigers]] (1963/64, 1965/66-67/68, as ''Boston Metros'' in 1963/64)
*[[Brooklyn F.C. (New York)|Brooklyn F.C.]] (1933/34, withdrew after 12 games)
*[[Brooklyn Hispano]] (1933/34-55/56, as ''Brooklyn Giants'' in 1942/43)
*[[Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic]] (1933/34-41/42, as ''Brooklyn Celtic'' in 1933/34-34/35; replaced ''Brooklyn F.C.'' during 1933/34 season)
*[[Brooklyn Wanderers]] (1942/43-48/49, withdrew after 1 game in 1948/49)
*[[Brooklyn Hakoah]] (1948/49-55/56, replaced ''Brooklyn Wanderers'' in 1948/49 season; merged with ''New York Americans'' to become ''New York Hakoah'' after 1955/56 season)
*[[Inter-Brooklyn Italians|Brooklyn Italians]] (1956/57-60/61, merged with ''Inter S.C.'' to become ''Inter-Brooklyn Italians'' after 1960/61 season)
*[[California Sunshine (soccer)|California Sunshine]] (1977-80) - based in [[Orange, California]] and [[Oxnard, California]].
*[[Carolina Lightnin']] (1981-83)
*[[Chicago Americans]] (1972, only played a few games)
*[[Chicago Cats]] (1975-76)
*[[Cincinnati Comets]] (1972-75)
*[[Colombo (soccer)|Colombo]] (1959/60)
*[[Columbus Magic]] (1979-80)
*[[Connecticut Yankees]] (1972-78, as ''Nor'East United'' in 1972, as ''Connecticut Wildcats'' in 1973-74)
*[[Dallas Americans]] (1983)
*[[Delaware Wings]] (1972-74)
*[[Detroit Mustangs]] (1972-73, as ''Detroit S.C.'' earlier in 1972)
*[[Detroit Express (ASL)|Detroit Express]] (1981-83)
*[[Fall River S.C.]] (1957/58-62/63)
*[[Brookhattan|Galicia-Honduras]] (1933/34-61/62, as ''New York Brookhattan'' in 1933/34-37/38; as ''Brookhattan'' in 1938/39-56/57; as ''Brookhattan-Galicia'' in 1957/58-58/59; as ''Galicia S.C.'' in 1958/59-60/61, merged with non-league ''Honduras'' after 1960/61 season)
*[[Georgia Generals]] (1982, as ''Cleveland Stars'' in 1972-73; as [[Cleveland Cobras]] in 1974-81)
*[[Golden Gate Gales]] (1980) - based in [[San Francisco, California]].
*[[Hartford S.C]] (1964/65-68, as ''Hartford Kings'' in 1966/67 & 1968)
*[[Indiana Tigers]] (1973-74, as ''Gary Tigers'' in 1973)
*[[Indianapolis Daredevils]] (1974-79, as [[Rhode Island Oceaneers]] in 1974-76; as ''New England Oceaneers'' in 1977)
*[[Inter-Brooklyn Italians|Inter S.C.]] (1960/61, merged with ''Brooklyn Italians'' to become ''Inter-Brooklyn Italians'' after 1960/61 season)
*[[Jacksonville Tea Men]] (1983)
*[[Kearny Celtic]] (1933/34-50/51, as ''Kearny Irish'' in 1933/34-41/42)
*[[Kearny Scots]] (1933/34-52/53, technically as ''Kearny Americans'' in 1941/42-52/53)
*[[Las Vegas Seagulls]] (1979)
*[[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] (1976-79)
*[[Ludlow Lusitano]] (1955/56-57/58, as ''Ludlow S.C. in 1956/57)
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*[[Miami Americans]] (1976-80, as [[New Jersey Americans (soccer)|New Jersey Americans]]'' in 1976-79)
*[[Nashville Diamonds]] (1982)
*[[Newark Portuguese]] (1951/52-62/63, 1964/65-67/68)
*[[Newark Falcons]] (1954/55-66/67, as [[Elizabeth Falcons]] in 1954/55-58/59; as ''Falcons S.C.'' in 1959/60-61/62; as ''Falcons-Warsaw'' in 1962/63-63/64)
*[[Newark Ukrainian Sitch|Newark Sitch]] (1962/63-63/64, 1965/66-70, as ''Newark Ukrainian Sitch'' in 1962/63-68)
*[[New Brunswick Hungarian Americans|New Brunswick Hungarian]] (1963/64-67/68, as ''New Brunswick Hungarian Americans'' in 1963/64-66/67)
*[[New England Sharks]] (1981)
*[[New Jersey Brewers]] (1972-75, as ''New Jersey Shaefer Brewers'' in 1972)
*[[New York Americans (soccer)|New York Americans]] (1933/34-55/56, merged with ''Brooklyn Hakoah'' to become ''New York Hakoah'' after 1955/56 season)
*[[New York Hakoah|New York Hakoah-Americans]] (1956/57-63/64, as ''New York Hakoah'' in 1956/57-61/62)
*[[New York Inter]] (1965/66-69, as ''Inter S.C.'' in 1965/66)
*[[New York Apollo|New York United]] (1971-81, as ''New York Greeks'' in 1971-72; as ''New York Apollo'' in 1973-79)
*[[New York Eagles]] (1978-79, 1981)
*[[Oakland Buccaneers]] (later known at Golden Bay Buccaneers (1976-77)
*[[Oklahoma City Slickers]] (1982-83)
*[[Olimpia (soccer)|Olimpia]] (1965/66-66/67)
*[[Paterson F.C.]] (1936/37-40/41, as [[Newark Germans]] in 1933/34-36/37; moved to Paterson during 1936/37 seaon; as [[Paterson Caledonian]] 1936/37-37/38, absorbed amateur [[Trenton Highlanders]] after 1937/38 season and moved to Trenton; as ''Trenton Highanders'' in 1938/39)
*[[Pennsylvania Stoners]] (1979-83)
*[[Philadelphia Nationals]] (1936/37-53/54, as ''Passon Phillies'' in 1936/37-37/38; as ''Philadelphia'' in 1938/39; as ''Philadelphia Passon'' in 1939/40-40/41)
*[[Philadelphia Ukrainians]] (1957/58)
*[[Philadelphia Ukrainians]] (1957/58-63/64, 1965/66-70, as ''Ukrainian Nationals'' in 1957/58-63/64 & 1965/66-67/68; replaced ''Philadelphia Ukrainians'' during 1957/58 season)
*[[Philadelphia Spartans]] (1969-72)
*[[Pittsburgh Cannons]] (1972)
*[[Pittsburgh Miners]] (1975)
*[[Ponta Delgada S.C.]] (1951-53)
*[[Rochester Lancers]] (1967/68-69)
*[[Rochester Flash]] (1981-82)
*[[Roma S.C.]] (1964/65-67/68)
*[[Sacramento Gold]] (1976-80, as ''Sacramento Spirits'' in 1976-77)
*[[St. Louis Mules]] (1972, as ''St. Louis Frogs'' later in 1972)
*[[Santa Barbara Condors]] (1977)
*[[Southern California Lazers]] (1978) - based in [[Long Beach, California]].
*[[Syracuse Suns]] (1969-71, 1973-74, as ''Syracuse Scorpions'' in 1969-70; folded after 5 games during 1974 season)
*[[Tacoma Tides]] (1976)
*[[Trenton Athletics]] (1948/49-50/51)
*[[Trenton Americans]] (1953/54-54/55)
*[[Uhrik Truckers]] (1933/34-64/65, as ''Philadelphia German-Americans'' in 1933/34-40/41; as ''Philadelphia Americans'' in 1941/42-53/54; became ''Uhrik Truckers'' during 1953/54 season)
*[[Utah Golden Spikers]] (1976, as ''Utah Pioneers'' earlier in 1976 season)
*[[Washington Darts]] (1967/68-69, as ''Washington Britannia'' in 1967/68)
*[[Washington Cavaliers]] (1971-72, as ''Virginia Capitol Cavaliers'' in 1971)
*[[Boston Astros|Worcester Astros]] (1967/68-75, as [[Fall River Astros]] from 1967/68-68; as ''Boston Astros'' in 1968-75; moved to Worcester at end of 1975 season)
|}
{{Division 1 Soccer | Prev=ASL I | Years=1933-1966 | Next=[[North American Soccer League|NPSL]]/[[United Soccer Association|USA]]}}
==ASL III==
The next league to call itself the American Soccer League played two seasons in 1988 and 1989. This league comprised ten teams on the Atlantic coast. During its second season, the league champion [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] played the [[San Diego Nomads]], champions of the [[Western Soccer Alliance]] in a "national championship" game. By 1990, the ASL and WSA had merged to form the [[A-League (American)|American Professional Soccer League]].
=== Complete team list ===
{|
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*[[Albany Capitals]] (1988-89)
*[[Boston Bolts]] (1988-89)
*[[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (APSL)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] (1988-89)
*[[Maryland Bays]] (1988-89)
*[[Miami Freedom|Miami Sharks]] (1988-89)
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*[[New Jersey Eagles]] (1988-89)
*[[Orlando Lions]] (1988-89)
*[[Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] (1988-89)
*[[Washington Diplomats (APSL)|Washington Diplomats]] (1988-89)
*[[Washington Stars]] (1988-89)
|}
==Champions==
===American Soccer League I===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner (number of titles)
!Runners-up
!Top Scorer
|-
|1921-22
|[[Philadelphia Field Club|Philadelphia F.C.]] (1) <ref name="a">In 1921, Bethlehem Steel's owners moved the team to Philadelphia for the inaugural [[American Soccer League]] season. It competed under the name [[Philadelphia Field Club]]. In 1922, the team was back in Bethlehem</ref>
|[[New York Field Club]]
|[[Harold Brittan]]
|-
|1922-23
|[[J&P Coats]] (1)
|[[Bethlehem Steel F.C.]]
|[[Daniel McNiven]]
|-
|1923-24
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (1)
|[[Bethlehem Steel F.C.]]
|[[Archie Stark]]
|-
|1924-25
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (2)
|[[Bethlehem Steel F.C.]]
|[[Archie Stark]]
|-
|1925-26
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (3)
|[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers II|New Bedford Whalers]]
|[[Andy Stevens]]
|-
|1926-27
|[[Bethlehem Steel]] (4) <ref name="a"/>
|[[Boston Wonder Workers]]
|[[Davey Brown]]
|-
|1927-28
|[[Boston Wonder Workers]] (1)
|[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers II|New Bedford Whalers]]
|[[Andy Stevens]]
|-
|1928-29
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (4)
|[[Brooklyn Wanderers]]
|[[Werner Nilsen]]<br>[[János Nehadoma]]
|-
|Fall 1929
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (5)
|[[Providence Gold Bugs]]
|[[Bill Paterson (soccer)|Bill Paterson]]
|-
|Spring 1930
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (6)
|[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers II|New Bedford Whalers]]
|[[John Nelson (soccer)|John Nelson]]
|-
|Fall 1930
|[[Fall River Marksmen]] (7)
|[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers II|New Bedford Whalers]]
|[[Jerry Best]]
|-
|Spring 1931
|[[New York Giants (soccer)#New York Giants III|New York Giants]] (1)
|[[Brooklyn Wanderers]]
|[[Bob McIntyre (soccer)|Bob McIntyre]]
|-
|Fall 1931
|[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers III|New Bedford Whalers]] (1)
|[[New York Giants (soccer)#New York Giants III|New York Giants]]
|[[Bert Patenaude]]
|-
|Spring 1932
|[[New Bedford Whalers#New Bedford Whalers III|New Bedford Whalers]] (2)
|[[Hakoah All-Stars]]
|
|-
|Fall 1932
|[[Fall River F.C.#Fall River F.C. II|Fall River F.C]] (1)
|[[Brooklyn Wanderers]]
|
|}
* The league began to collapse in 1932. While it continued to play into the Spring of 1933, records no longer exist for final team standings.<ref>[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1933.html U.S. Soccer History - 1933]</ref>
===American Soccer League II===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner (number of titles)
!Runners-up
!Top Scorer
|-
|[[1933]]-[[1934]]
|[[Kearny Celtic|Kearny Irish]] (1)
|[[New York Americans]]
|[[Archie Stark]]<br>[[Razzo Carroll]]
|-
|[[1934]]-[[1935]]
|[[Philadelphia German-Americans]] (1) <ref name="b">The Philadelphia German-Americans were renamed the Philadelphia Americans in 1941. In 1953, it was renamed Uhrik Truckers, but remained the same team through these name changes.</ref>
|[[New York Americans (soccer)|New York Americans]]
|[[Millard Lang]]
|-
|[[1935]]-[[1936]]
|[[New York Americans (soccer)|New York Americans]] (1)
|[[Baltimore Canton]]
|[[Alex Rae (soccer)|Alex Rae]]
|-
|[[1936]]-[[1937]]
|[[Kearny Scots]] (1)
|[[Brooklyn Hispano]]
|[[Charlie Ernst]]
|-
|[[1937]]-[[1938]]
|[[Kearny Scots]] (2)
|[[Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic]]
|[[Fabri Salcedo]]
|-
|[[1938]]-[[1939]]
|[[Kearny Scots]] (3)
|[[Philadelphia German-Americans]]
|[[Bert Patenaude]]
|-
|[[1939]]-[[1940]]
|[[Kearny Scots]] (4)
|[[Baltimore S.C.]]
|[[Charlie Ernst]]
|-
|[[1940]]-[[1941]]
|[[Kearny Scots]] (5)
|[[Philadelphia German-Americans]]
|[[Fabri Salcedo]]
|-
|[[1941]]-[[1942]]
|[[Philadelphia Americans]] (2) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Brookhattan]]
|[[John Nanoski]]
|-
|[[1942]]-[[1943]]
|[[Brooklyn Hispano]] (1)
|[[Brookhattan]]
|[[Bill Sheppell]]
|-
|[[1943]]-[[1944]]
|[[Philadelphia Americans]] (3) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Brooklyn Wanderers]]
|[[Tommy Marshall]]
|-
|[[1944]]-[[1945]]
|[[Brookhattan]] (1)
|[[Philadelphia Americans]]
|[[John Nanoski]]
|-
|[[1945]]-[[1946]]
|[[Baltimore Americans]] (1)
|[[Brooklyn Hispano]]
|[[Fabri Salcedo]]
|-
|[[1946]]-[[1947]]
|[[Philadelphia Americans]] (4) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Brooklyn Wanderers]]
|[[Bill Fisher (soccer)|Bill Fisher]]
|-
|[[1947]]-[[1948]]
|[[Philadelphia Americans]] (5) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Kearny Scots]]
|[[Nicholas Kropfelder]]
|-
|[[1948]]-[[1949]]
|[[Philadelphia Nationals]] (1)
|[[New York Americans]]
|[[Piro Villanon]]
|-
|[[1949]]-[[1950]]
|[[Philadelphia Nationals]] (2)
|[[Kearny Celtic]]
|[[Joe Gaetjens]]
|-
|[[1950]]-[[1951]]
|[[Philadelphia Nationals]] (3)
|[[Kearny Celtic]]
|[[Nicholas Kropfelder]]
|-
|[[1951]]-[[1952]]
|[[Philadelphia Americans]] (6) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Kearny Scots]]
|[[Dick Roberts (soccer)|Dick Roberts]]
|-
|[[1952]]-[[1953]]
|[[Philadelphia Nationals]] (4)
|[[Newark Portuguese]]
|[[Pito Vilanon]]
|-
|[[1953]]-[[1954]]
|[[New York Americans (soccer)|New York Americans]] (2)
|[[Brookhattan]]
|[[Jack Calder]]
|-
|[[1954]]-[[1955]]
|[[Uhrik Truckers]] (7) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Brooklyn Hispano]]
|[[Jack Ferris]]
|-
|[[1955]]-[[1956]]
|[[Uhrik Truckers]] (8) <ref name="b"/>
|[[Elizabeth Falcons]]
|[[Gene Grabowski]]
|-
|[[1956]]-[[1957]]
|[[New York Hakoah-Americans]] (1)
|[[Uhrik Truckers]]
|[[George Brown (soccer)|George Brown]]
|-
|[[1957]]-[[1958]]
|[[New York Hakoah-Americans]] (2)
|[[Ukrainian Nationals]]
|[[Lloyd Monsen]]
|-
|[[1958]]-[[1959]]
|[[New York Hakoah-Americans]] (3)
|[[Ukrainian Nationals]]
|[[Pasquale Pepe]]
|-
|[[1959]]-[[1960]]
|[[Colombo (soccer)|Colombo]] (1)
|[[New York Hakoah]]
|[[Mike Noha]]
|-
|[[1960]]-[[1961]]
|[[Philadelphia Ukrainians|Ukrainian Nationals]] (1)
|[[Falcons S.C.]]
|[[Herman Niss]]
|-
|[[1961]]-[[1962]]
|[[Philadelphia Ukrainians|Ukrainian Nationals]] (2)
|[[Inter-Brooklyn Italians]]
|[[Peter Millar (soccer)|Peter Millar]]
|-
|[[1962]]-[[1963]]
|[[Philadelphia Ukrainians|Ukrainian Nationals]] (3)
|[[Inter S.C.]]
|[[Ismael Ferreyra]]
|-
|[[1963]]-[[1964]]
|[[Philadelphia Ukrainians|Ukrainian Nationals]] (4)
|[[Boston Metros]]
|[[Walter Chyzowych]]
|-
|[[1964]]-[[1965]]
|[[Hartford S.C]] (1)
|[[Newark Portuguese]]
|[[Herculiano Riguerdo]]
|-
|[[1965]]-[[1966]]
|[[Roma S.C.]] (1)
|[[Newark Ukrainian Sitch]]
|[[Walter Chyzowych]]
|-
|[[1966]]-[[1967]]
|[[Baltimore Flyers|Baltimore St. Gerards]] (1)
|[[Newark Ukrainian Sitch]]
|[[Jorge Benitez]]
|-
|[[1967]]-[[1968]]
|[[Philadelphia Ukrainians|Ukrainian Nationals]] (5)
|[[New York Inter]]
|[[Ivan Paleto]]
|-
|}
1968 Washington Darts
1969 Washington Darts
1970 Philadelphia Ukrainians
1971 New York Greeks
1972 [[Cincinnati Comets]]
1973 [[New York Apollo]]
1974 [[Rhode Island Oceaneers]]
1975 Boston/Worcester Astros & [[New York Apollo]] (Co-champions)
1976 [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]]
1977 [[New Jersey Americans (soccer)|New Jersey Americans]]
1978 [[New York Apollo]]
1979 [[Sacramento Gold]]
1980 [[Pennsylvania Stoners]]
1981 [[Carolina Lightnin']]
1982 [[Detroit Express]]
1983 [[Jacksonville Tea Men]]
===American Soccer League III===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Winner (number of titles)
!Runners-up
!Top Scorer
|-
|[[1988]]
|[[Washington Diplomats]] (1)
|[[Fort Lauderdale Strikers]]
|[[Jorge Acosta]]
|-
|[[1989]]
|[[Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] (1)
|[[Boston Bolts]]
|[[Ricardo Alonso]]<br>[[Mirko Castillo]]
|}
1990 Maryland Bays (Won USL Championship)
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/overview.html Historical overview of the Soccer Wars]
* [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/asl.html Year by year standings]
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[[Category:Defunct American soccer competitions]]