Bronx United

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Bronx United
LeagueNational Association Football League
1914–154th

Bronx United were an early twentieth century American soccer team. It spent most of its existence as an amateur team and also played four complete seasons in the professional National Association Football League.

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League

Bronx United spent the 1908–1909 season in the New York State Football Association. The team finished ninth out of eleven teams in the Sunday League. [1] Bronx United improved to fourth place the following season. [2] In 1910, they went to the second round of the 1910 American Cup. [3] The team then spent the 1910–1911 season in the New York State Amateur League First Division where they finished fourth. [4] In the fall of 1911, they returned to the NAFBL, spending four seasons there. [5] In 1912, Bronx United went to the third round of the American Amateur Football Association Cup where they forfeited to Newark F.C. [6] The team's fourth and final season in the league in 1915 was their best when they finished fourth of nine competing teams. [5] In 1915, the team fell to New York Clan MacDonald in the first round of the 1915 American Cup. [7] United withdrew from the league at the end of that season, reverting to amateur status.

Year-by-year

YearLeagueReg. Season American Cup National Challenge Cup
1908–09NYSFA9thDNEN/A
1909–10NYSAL4th Second round N/A
1910–11NYSAL4th First Round N/A
1911–12 NAFBL 7th First Round N/A
1912–13 NAFBL7th First round N/A
1913–14 NAFBL10th First Round DNE
1914–15 NAFBL4th First round Third round

References

  1. ↑ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. New York: The Press Publishing Co. 1910. p. 390.
  2. ↑ "Socker Game To-Morrow". Brooklyn Eagle . June 25, 1910. p. 21. Retrieved August 17, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Wilberforce Won Easily". The Morning Call . June 12, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved August 17, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Will Play Corinthians". Brooklyn Eagle. May 14, 1911. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "National Association Foot Ball League". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bronx United Team Refuses to Meet Newark F.C. in A.A.F.A. Cup Tie". The Star-Ledger . March 23, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved August 17, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ " "Clan McDonald Blanks Bronx United". Newark Evening News . October 26, 1914. p. 19. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
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