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Material from former article "New York Giants (soccer)" edit
New York Giants (soccer) was a multi-topic article whose content was largely written by User:Djln, who is also an author of the accompanying article New York Soccer Club. The page becomes a Rdr to an appropriate portion of the Dab page New York Giants (disambiguation). (That portion is headed "Soccer teams:" but addressable as one would address a section named "Soccer" on the same page.) Material removed there should be reviewed to ensure that any part of it not already reflected on the accompanying article is suitably inserted, and the editor(s) so reviewing will save their colleagues worry or effort by noting in this section that the job has been completed. (Terms like "New York Giants II", however, are presumably wiki-editor coinages, and should be discarded.) Here is the removed content (with refs, some templates, headings, etc. no-wikied):
New York Giants was a name used by three different New York soccer teams. Two of these teams were associated with the New York Giants baseball franchise. The first team that used the name played in the American League of Professional Football in 1894. The second team played in the American Soccer League between 1923 and 1930 while the third team played in the same league between 1930 and 1932.
The two Giants of the ASL were involved in a confusing name change. In 1930 after the original ASL Giants changed their name to New York Soccer Club, a rival team, the New York Nationals then changed their name to the Giants. One player, Davey Brown actually transferred from the original Giants to the Nationals, in effect moving from the Giants to the Giants. In 1931 the new Giants became ASL champions after beating New Bedford Whalers, a successor team of the original Giants, in a play-off. <ref name="American Soccer - 1931">American Soccer - 1931</ref>
The two Giants of the ASL were involved in a confusing name change. In 1930 after the original ASL Giants changed their name to New York Soccer Club, a rival team, the New York Nationals then changed their name to the Giants. One player, Davey Brown actually transferred from the original Giants to the Nationals, in effect moving from the Giants to the Giants. In 1931 the new Giants became ASL champions after beating New Bedford Whalers, a successor team of the original Giants, in a play-off. <ref name="American Soccer - 1931">American Soccer - 1931</ref>
==History==
===New York Giants II===
The next New York Giants played in the American Soccer League between 1923 and 1930. They were formed when Maurice Vanderweghe purchased the then National Challenge Cup holders, Paterson Silk Sox and moved them to New York for the 1923-24 season.
<ref>American Soccer - 1924</ref>
In 1926 they reached the final of the Lewis Cup but lost 5-4 over two games to New Bedford Whalers. During 1926 the Giants also provided opposition for touring European teams. On May 29 they lost 2-1 to SC Hakoah Wien and on then on September 12 they lost 6-0 to Sparta Prague. <ref>American Soccer - 1926</ref>
After their tour, several Hakoah players opted to stay in the United States and in subsequent seasons Béla Guttmann, Erno Schwarz, Egon Pollack, Max Grünwald, Moritz Häusler and Max Gold all played for the Giants. In the Summer of 1927 SC Hakoah Wien returned for another tour and several of their former players, then playing for the Giants, joined them as guests. During this tour the Giants again played Hakoah and on May 1 held them to a 2-2 draw. <ref>American Soccer - 1927</ref>
In 1928 the Giants found themselves at the center of the Soccer War, a power struggle between the ASL and the US Football Association. The ASL called for their members to boycott the USFA - organised National Challenge Cup. However the Giants, together with Bethlehem Steel and Newark Skeeters, were one of three teams that defied the ASL and entered anyway. This trio of clubs subsequently left the ASL to join the new USFA-organised Eastern Soccer League. Maurice Vanderweghe, while continuing to own the Giants franchise, also set up the New York Hakoah franchise for the ESL. The core of this new team was made up from former SC Hakoah Wien players then playing for the Giants. 1929 also saw the Giants continue to play touring European teams. In March 1929 they played Sabaria of Budapest in a two game series, losing 6-4 and winning 2-1. Then on May 19 they drew 1-1 with Preston North End. <ref>American Soccer - 1929</ref>
By the end of 1929 the ASL / USFA dispute was resolved and the ASL and ESL were merged. The Giants were readmitted and New York Hakoah joined the ASL for the first time. Since Maurice Vandeweghe owned both the Giants and Hakoah he was forced to sell Hakoah to comply with ASL rules. Four Giants players - Jim Brown, George Moorhouse, Shamus O'Brien and Philip Slone - were included in the United States squad for the 1930 World Cup [1]
In subsequent seasons the club was involved in several name changes and mergers. They briefly played as the New York Soccer Club before merging with the Fall River Marksmen in 1931 to become the New York Yankees. They later moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts and became the New Bedford Whalers. <ref>www.sover.net</ref>
==Year-by-year==
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923/24 | 1 | ASL | 6th | No playoff | ? |
| 1924/25 | 1 | ASL | 8th | No playoff | Did not enter |
| 1925/26 | 1 | ASL | 9th | No playoff | Quarterfinals |
| 1926/27 | 1 | ASL | 5th | No playoff | First round |
| 1927/28 | 1 | ASL | 6th (1st half); 7th (2nd half) | Did not qualify | Second round |
| 1928/29 | 1 | ASL | left league after 8 games | N/A | N/A |
| 1928-29 | 1 | ESL | 2nd (1st half); 5th (2nd half) | No playoff | Semifinals |
| 1929 | 1 | ESL | 3rd | No playoff | N/A |
| 1929/30 | 1 | ACL | 8th | No playoff | |
| 1930 | 1 | ACL/ASL | 5th (Spring); 8th (Fall) | No playoff | Second round |
| 1931 | 1 | ASL | 1st (Spring); 2nd (Fall) | Champion | First round |
| Spring 1932 | 1 | ASL | ? | No playoff | Semifinals |
==Honors== New York Giants II
- New York State Challenge Cup
- Winners 1929: 1
- Lewis Cup
- Runners Up 1926: 1
==Notable players==
New York Giants II
see also Category:New York Giants (soccer) players
References
References edit
<references/> [[Category:New York Giants (soccer)| ]] [[Category:New York Giants (baseball) culture and lore]] [[Category:New York men's soccer teams|Giants]] [[Category:Defunct soccer clubs in the United States]] [[Category:American Soccer League (1921-1933) teams]] [[Category:Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928-1929) teams]]