Philadelphia Nationals
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Philadelphia Passon was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
that was a member of the professional American Soccer League
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Before the 1941/42 season, the club became the Philadelphia Nationals. Due to financial difficulties, the club folded after four games during the 1953/54 season.
The club earned a "mini-double" in both 1949 and 1951 winning the league championship and the league cup (the Lewis Cup). The club won the Lewis Cup again in 1952.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
that was a member of the professional American Soccer League
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...
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Before the 1941/42 season, the club became the Philadelphia Nationals. Due to financial difficulties, the club folded after four games during the 1953/54 season.
The club earned a "mini-double" in both 1949 and 1951 winning the league championship and the league cup (the Lewis Cup). The club won the Lewis Cup again in 1952.
Year-by-year
Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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1936/37 | N/A | ASL | 4th, National | 1st Round | Quarterfinal |
1937/38 | N/A | ASL | 4th, National | Did not qualify | First round |
1938/39 | N/A | ASL | 3rd, National | Semifinals | ? |
1939/40 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | ? |
1940/41 | N/A | ASL | 7th | No playoff | ? |
1941/42 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | ? |
1942/43 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | ? |
1943/44 | N/A | ASL | 5th | No playoff | ? |
1944/45 | N/A | ASL | 5th | No playoff | ? |
1945/46 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | ? |
1946/47 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1947/48 | N/A | ASL | 5th | No playoff | ? |
1948/49 | N/A | ASL | 1st(t) | Champion | Final |
1949/50 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1950/51 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1951/52 | N/A | ASL | 2nd | No playoff | Final |
1952/53 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | Semifinals |
1953/54 | N/A | ASL | 9th | folded after 4 games | N/A |