Continentals F.C.

The Continentals Football Club of New York City was a U.S. soccer team which had a brief period of national prominence from 1914 to 1918.

For the Canadian soccer club, see FC Continentals.
Continentals F.C.
Full nameContinentals Football Club
Founded1914
Dissolved1918
LeagueNew York State Amateur Football League

History

The Continentals were formed as an ethnic soccer club composed of immigrants from Continental Europe. A newspaper clip from January 1914 provides a clue to the origins on the team when it mentions that in a game of the New York Footballers Protective Association, "The Continentals had previously distinguished themselves by defeating England by 6 goals to 1. On their team yesterday were players from Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Hungary.”[1] This competition was held annually, with the Continentals participating, until at least 1922.[2] In April 1915, the team was finishing the 1914-1915 season in the New York State Amateur Football League (NYSAFL).[3] They had won promotion from the second division and would finish in second place in the first division standings.[4] That year, the team also went to the quarterfinals of the National Challenge Cup. In 1916, Harry Cooper was selected to play for the first United States men's national soccer team on its tour of Scandinavia. In 1918, the team went to the semifinals of the National Challenge Cup.

Year-by-year
Year League Reg. Season National Challenge Cup
1914/15 NYSAFL 2nd Quarterfinal
1915/16 NYSAFL  ? Semifinal
1916/17 NYSAFL 8th First round
1917/18 NYSAFL 6th Semifinal

Honors

League Championship

  • Runner Up (1): 1915

References
  1. January 4, 1914 New York Times
  2. February 23, 1922 New York Times
  3. April 26, 1915 New York Times
  4. "Brooklyn Celtics Again Champions". (June 21, 1915). Brooklyn Daily Eagle, p.2 col.4


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