Philadelphia Merchant Ship
- Philadelphia Merchant Ship
Philadelphia Merchant Ship F.C. was a short-lived U.S. soccer team of the early twentieth century. It spent two seasons in the National Association Football League and went to the semifinals of the 1919 American Cup.
History
Philadelphia Merchant Ship was the company team for the W. Averell Harriman’s Shipbuilding Company located on the Delaware River near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [ [http://www.geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl041920b.html April 19, 1920 "The Globe"] ] The team exploded onto the national scene in 1918. That year it entered the National Association Football League, finishing tied for second with Paterson F.C., but defeated them in a run off game to take sole possession of second place. That summer, the company entered two teams, Merchant Ship “A” and Merchant Ship “B” in the National Challenge Cup. Both were eliminated in the second round. However, Merchant Ship “A” went to the semifinals of the American Cup before falling to Paterson F.C. and Merchant Ship “B” won the Allied Amateur Cup. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1919.html U.S. Soccer Archives - 1919] ] The team experienced an immediate drop off in performance the next season, finishing ninth in the NAFBL standings. The team withdrew from the league at the end of the season and disbanded.
Year-by-year
Honors
League Championship:* Runner Up (1): 1919
Notable players
* Tommy Duggan
* John Hemingsley
* Dick Spalding
External links
* [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/nafbl.html National Association Football League standings]
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