USA - American Soccer League II - New England Division



The second American Soccer League established a New England-based 
division which operated between 1933 and 1941.  During this time, 
the established teams of the league (based in New york-New Jersey-Philadelphia) 
played in the Metropolitan Division.  The New England Division folded 
during the War and was briefly reestablished in 1951-1953.  Little is 
known about the divisions, and the second incarnation was borderline at 
best.  Many thanks to Mark Pollak (mpollak@counsel.com) for providing 
this information, which he gathered from various editions of the USSFA 
annual media guides and the Providence Journal, and the 1951-1953 
information was gathered from editions of the North American Soccer Guide.

Point scoring system:  2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss.


                        (fall 1933; thru 12/23/1933)
                         GP   W   T   L   GF  GA  PTS
Fairlawn Rovers          16  12   1   3   52  28   25
Boston Celtics           15  10   2   3   50  28   22
Thornton Victorias       15   6   5   4   32  27   21
Pawtucket Rangers        14   8   3   3   38  19   19
Fall River Rovers        15   5   4   6   25  27   14
New Bedford Defenders    16   6   2   8   39  51   14
Fall River United        14   4   2   8   32  45   10
Quincy Canadians         15   2   3  10   24  58    7
New Bedford Tessiers     14   2   2  10   24  42    6

                    (spring 1934 - through March 23)

                         GP   W   T   L   GF  GA  PTS
Fairlawn Rovers           3   3   0   0    7   3    9
Thornton Victorias        3   1   1   1    6   6    3
Boston Celtics            1   0   1   0    3   3    1
Quincy Canadians          1   0   1   0    2   2    1
Pawtucket Rangers         1   0   1   0    2   2    1
Fall River United         2   0   1   1    5   6    1
Fall River Rovers         3   0   1   2    6   9    1

                               1934/35

                      (fall 1934 - through 1/13/35)
                         GP   W   T   L   GF  GA  PTS
Pawtucket Rangers        12  10   1   1   36  12   21
Portuguese Sport Club    12   5   1   6   24  25   11
Pawtucket Celtics        10   4   1   5   22  34    9
Thornton Victorias       11   4   0   7   16  22    8
Boston Soccer Club        9   2   1   6   20  25    5

                      (spring 1935 - through 4/24/35)
                         GP   W   T   L  PTS
Portuguese Sport Club     4   4   0   0    8
Boston Soccer Club        3   2   0   1    4
Pawtucket Rangers         2   1   0   1    2
Pawtucket Celtics         1   0   0   1    0
Thornton Victorias        3   0   0   3    0
Championship:  Portuguese defeated Pawtucket Rangers 1-0


                              1935/36

           {Season Cancelled}


                              1936/37

                   {as of 5/24/1937}
                         GP   W   T   L   PTS
Providence               11   9   0   2   20
Lucitania Recreation     11   7   4   0   14
Boston Celtics           10   5   4   1   11
Swedish-Americans         9   5   4   0   10
Thornon Vics             11   3   4   4   10
Moores                    8   2   5   1    5
Pawtucket                 8   2   6   0    4
Fall River Americans     11   1   8   2    4
St.Michaels              (standings unknown)


                               1937/38

                         GP   W   T   L   PTS
Providence               17  11   2   4   26
Thornton Vics            17  10   3   4   24
Boson Celtics            16   8   4   4   20
Lusitania Recreation     17   9   6   2   20
Lusitano                 17   7   5   5   19
Swedish-Americans        16   7   7   2   16
Springfield              16   3   8   5   11
Scandanavians            16   3  11   2    8
Moores                   16   2  11   3    7
Pawtucket FC              3   1   2   0    1 [per 10/4/37 Pawtucket Times]


                                    1938/39

                         GP   W   T   L   PTS   GF  GA
Boston Celtics
Lusitania Recreation
Pawtucket FC
Swedish-Americans
Scandinavians


                                    1939/40

(As of 12/17/1939)

                         GP   W   T   L   GF  GA  PTS
Lusitania Sports Club     9   5   3   1   29  15   13
Swedish-Americans         9   6   1   2   21  16   13
Bird & Sons               8   4   2   2   26  16   10
Lusitano Recreation       8   3   3   2   23  18    9
Boston Celtics            9   3   1   5   13  18    7
Pawtucket FC              7   2   2   3   19  20    6
Scandinavians             8   0   0   8   11  87    0

Lusitano Sports Club also known as Lusitano Gremio


                                  1940/41

(standings as of December 29, 1940)

                         GP   W   T   L   GF  GA  PTS
Pawtucket FC             11   9   1   1   46  15   19
Fall River               10   9   1   0   37   5   18
Gremio Lusitano           9   5   2   2   31  18   12
Scandanavians            11   4   7   0   22  47    8
Lusitania Recreation     11   3   7   1   20  29    7
Boston Celtics           11   2   7   2   20  41    6
Swedish Americans         9   0   7   2    8  29    2


The New England Division folded at the end of this season.



                   THE SECOND INCARNATION


                                    1951/52

                         GP   W   T   L   PTS
Ludlow Lusitano           9   7   1   1
New Bedford Peaches      10   5   2   3
Fall River S.C.           9   3   2   4
Pontas Delgado           10   2   4   4
Hartford Scandia         10   2   6   2
Lusitania Recreation     10   1   5   4    (Somerville/Cambridge)


                                  1952/53

                         GP   W   T   L   PTS
Pontas Delgado           10   8   2   0   16
Ludlow Lusitano          10   6   1   3   15
Attleboro Port-American  10   6   3   1   13
Fall River S.C.          14   2   8   4    8
Lusitania Recreation     14   2   8   4    8
St.Michaela              14   2   8   4    8


The New England Division folded after the 1952-1953 season.



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