Category: American Soccer League

1967 Washington Britannica Program from the American Soccer League

Washington Britannica

December 24, 2023

Washington Britannica was an amateur and later semi-professional soccer club of the mid-1960’s. Britannica first formed as an amateur club around 1963 and competed in local leagues around the nation’s capital. In the fall of 1967, Britannica jumped up to join the American Soccer League, a motley confederation of semi-pro clubs concentrated around New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The club competed in the ASL for just one season before changing its name to the Washington Darts in 1968.

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Cleveland Stars

April 23, 2022

The Cleveland Stars were a lower-division soccer club that competed in the American Soccer League for three seasons between 1972 and 1974. The team played its home matches at Finnie Stadium on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea. Prior to the 1975 season, the team changed its name to the Cleveland Cobras.

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Boston Tigers

January 17, 2021

The Boston Tigers were a semi-professional soccer team that played in Chelsea and Lynn, Massachusetts, melting pot cities that bordered the northern edge of Boston. The Tigers competed in the American Soccer League (ASL) against competition from other Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic cities. Future two-time NASL Most Valuable Player Carlos Metidieri suited up for the Tigers in 1967.

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Cincinnati Comets

January 9, 2021

The Cincinnati Comets were a lower division men’s pro soccer club that operated from 1972 through 1975 in the American Soccer League. The Comets won the ASL championship during their debut season, defeating the undefeated defending champion New York Greeks 2-1 at Cincinnati’s St. Xavier High School Field on September 9th, 1972.

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Frantz Innocent on the cover of a 1975 Connecticut Yankees program from the American Soccer League

Connecticut Yankees

July 6, 2020

The Connecticut Yankees were a 2nd Division pro soccer team that roamed across the state in search of fans during the mid-to-late 1970’s, starting at Hartford’s Dillon Stadium and later playing out of East Haven and Stamford.

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