Werner Mieth
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Werner Mieth was a German-American football (soccer)
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. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
. He spent most of his career in the American Soccer League
and the German American Soccer League
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Mieth began his career in Germany as a junior player with Coswig. In 1925, he moved to the United States where he joined the junior team of the Newark Germans
which competed in the German American Soccer League
. He eventually found a place with the Americans’ first team as it won the 1931, 1932 and 1932 GASL titles. In 1933, Newark joined the American Soccer League
. Mieth moved to McDonough S.C. in 1935 and to the Kearny Irish in 1937. He remained there for only one season before switching to the Trenton Highlanders
for the 1938-1939 season and the Paterson Dovers for the 1939-1940 season. In 1940, Mieth joined the Philadelphia German-Americans where he spent the next twelve seasons. The German-Americans were renamed the Americans in 1941, winning the ASL championship in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948 and 1952. In 1953, Uhrick Trucking purchased the team, renaming the team the Uhrik Truckers
. In 1954, Truckers released Mieth and he moved to the Elizabeth Falcons
. In 1962, he moved to the Westfield Lions which played in the Italian League. At some point, he returned to the Newark Germans
.
Football (soccer)
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Midfielder
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. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
National Soccer Hall of Fame
The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States.-History:...
. He spent most of his career in the 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...
and the German American Soccer League
German American Soccer League
The German American Soccer League is the previous name of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League, a semi-professional and amateur soccer league which was founded in 1923. The league competes primarily in the New York metropolitan area and northern New Jersey.-History:In 1923, five teams, S.C. New York,...
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Mieth began his career in Germany as a junior player with Coswig. In 1925, he moved to the United States where he joined the junior team of the Newark Germans
Newark Germans
Newark Germans was an American soccer club based in Newark, New Jersey that was an inaugural member of the reformed American Soccer League.Two months into the 1936/37 season the team was taken over and became Paterson Caledonian.-Year-by-year:...
which competed in the German American Soccer League
German American Soccer League
The German American Soccer League is the previous name of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League, a semi-professional and amateur soccer league which was founded in 1923. The league competes primarily in the New York metropolitan area and northern New Jersey.-History:In 1923, five teams, S.C. New York,...
. He eventually found a place with the Americans’ first team as it won the 1931, 1932 and 1932 GASL titles. In 1933, Newark joined the 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...
. Mieth moved to McDonough S.C. in 1935 and to the Kearny Irish in 1937. He remained there for only one season before switching to the Trenton Highlanders
Trenton Highlanders
The Trenton Highlanders were an American soccer club based in Trenton, New Jersey that was a member of the professional American Soccer League.The Highlanders had been previously an amateur club...
for the 1938-1939 season and the Paterson Dovers for the 1939-1940 season. In 1940, Mieth joined the Philadelphia German-Americans where he spent the next twelve seasons. The German-Americans were renamed the Americans in 1941, winning the ASL championship in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948 and 1952. In 1953, Uhrick Trucking purchased the team, renaming the team the Uhrik Truckers
Uhrik Truckers
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...
. In 1954, Truckers released Mieth and he moved to the Elizabeth Falcons
Elizabeth Falcons
The Elizabeth Falcons were an American soccer club based in Elizabeth, New Jersey that was a member of the American Soccer League. After the 1958-59 season, the club became simply Falcons S.C. and became known as Falcons-Warsaw before the 1962-63 season.After the 1963-64 season, the team became the...
. In 1962, he moved to the Westfield Lions which played in the Italian League. At some point, he returned to the Newark Germans
Newark Germans
Newark Germans was an American soccer club based in Newark, New Jersey that was an inaugural member of the reformed American Soccer League.Two months into the 1936/37 season the team was taken over and became Paterson Caledonian.-Year-by-year:...
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