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Philadelphia German-American was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
that was an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League
.
Before the 1941/42 season the club became known as the Philadelphia Americans. During the 1953/54 season, the franchise was bought by a trucking magnate and renamed the Uhrik Truckers.
The team earned a "mini-double" in 1955 winning the league championship and league cup (the Lewis Cup). The club also won the National Amateur Cup
in 1933 and 1934 and the Lewis Cup in 1941, 1943 and 1958.
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 an inaugural 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...
.
Before the 1941/42 season the club became known as the Philadelphia Americans. During the 1953/54 season, the franchise was bought by a trucking magnate and renamed the Uhrik Truckers.
The team earned a "mini-double" in 1955 winning the league championship and league cup (the Lewis Cup). The club also won the National Amateur Cup
National Amateur Cup
The National Amateur Cup is an American soccer competition open to all amateur teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation...
in 1933 and 1934 and the Lewis Cup in 1941, 1943 and 1958.
Year-by-year
Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1933/34 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1934/35 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1935/36 | N/A | ASL | 4th | No playoff | Champion |
1936/37 | N/A | ASL | 3rd, American | Did not qualify | ? |
1937/38 | N/A | ASL | 1st, American | Semifinals | ? |
1938/39 | N/A | ASL | 2nd, American | Final | Semifinals |
1939/40 | N/A | ASL | 6th | No playoff | ? |
1940/41 | N/A | ASL | 2nd | No playoff | ? |
1941/42 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1942/43 | N/A | ASL | 3rd | No playoff | ? |
1943/44 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1944/45 | N/A | ASL | 2nd | No playoff | ? |
1945/46 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1946/47 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1947/48 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1948/49 | N/A | ASL | 6th | Did not qualify | ? |
1949/50 | N/A | ASL | 6th | No playoff | ? |
1950/51 | N/A | ASL | 6th | No playoff | ? |
1951/52 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1952/53 | N/A | ASL | 3rd | No playoff | Semifinals |
1953/54 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1954/55 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | Semifinal |
1955/56 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | ? |
1956/57 | N/A | ASL | 2nd | No playoff | ? |
1957/58 | N/A | ASL | 7th | No playoff | ? |
1958/59 | N/A | ASL | 3rd | No playoff | ? |
1959/60 | N/A | ASL | 10th | No playoff | ? |
1960/61 | N/A | ASL | 10th | No playoff | ? |
1961/62 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | ? |
1962/63 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1963/64 | N/A | ASL | 7th | No playoff | ? |
1964/65 | N/A | ASL | 5th | No playoff | ? |