Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club, 1913-1914

The Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club went undefeated in the 1913-1914 season, winning the championship of the Allied American League of Philadelphia. The team also won the American Cup and the Allied Amateur Cup. These three-fold championship was a first in the United States. Below are accounts from the The Bethlehem Globe of the Bethelehem Steel Soccer Club during their 1913-1914 season:

Sept. 29, 1913 -- vs. Reading, 3-0
Oct. 13, 1913 -- vs. Wissinoming, 5-1
Nov. 10, 1913 -- editorial
Nov. 10, 1913 -- vs. Wilmington Irish Americans, 10-0
Nov. 10, 1913 -- second team vs. Standard A. C., 1-0
Nov. 17, 1913 -- vs. Schuylkill Falls, 4-2 [Allied League]
Nov. 24, 1913 -- Holyoke preview
Nov. 24, 1913 -- vs. Holyoke, 3-1 [American Cup]
Nov. 28, 1913 -- vs. Peabody, 5-1 [Allied League]
Dec. 1, 1913 -- vs. West Philadelphia, 8-1 [Allied League]
Dec. 8, 1913 -- vs. Braddock, 3-2
Dec. 15, 1913 -- vs. Kensington, 8-0
Jan. 2, 1914 -- vs. Reading, 1-0 [Allied League]
Jan. 12, 1914 -- vs. West Hudson, 1-1
Jan. 20, 1914 -- soccer notes
Feb. 2, 1914 -- editorial
Feb. 2, 1914 -- vs. West Hudson, 4-1
Feb. 9, 1914 -- vs. Peabody, 4-0 [Allied League]
Feb. 23, 1914 -- vs. All-Stars, 1-1 [Allied League]
Mar. 2, 1914 -- vs. Centenary, 9-0 [Amateur Cup, 1st round]
Apr. 2, 1914 -- soccer notes
Apr. 9, 1914 -- vs. Reading, 8-1 [Allied League]
Apr. 13, 1914 -- vs. Smith, 4-1 [Allied League]; vs. Putnam, 3-0 [Allied League]
Apr. 14, 1914 -- vs. Smith, 4-1 [Allied League]; vs. Schuylkill Falls, 2-0 [Allied League]
Apr. 14, 1914 -- founding of Blue Mountain League
Apr. 16, 1914 -- soccer notes
Apr. 17, 1914 -- soccer notes
Apr. 20, 1914 -- vs. Tacony, 0-0 [American Cup]
Apr. 24, 1914 -- soccer notes
Apr. 27, 1914 -- vs. Smith, 6-0 [Allied League]
Apr. 29, 1914 -- soccer notes
May 4, 1914 -- vs. Tacony, 1-0 [American Cup final]
May 5, 1914 -- editorial
May 9, 1914 -- record for 1913-1914 season
May 15, 1914 -- soccer notes
May 18, 1914 -- vs. All-Stars, 2-0 [Allied League]
May 21, 1914 -- soccer notes

Here are some accounts from western Pennsylvania papers:

Pittsburgh Dispatch, December 2, 1913 -- Braddock preview
Pittsburgh Dispatch, December 3, 1913 -- Braddock preview
Pittsburgh Dispatch, December 5, 1913 -- Braddock preview
Pittsburgh Dispatch, December 6, 1913 -- Braddock preview
Pittsburgh Post, December 6, 1913 -- Braddock preview
Pittsburgh Dispatch, December 7, 1913 -- vs. Braddock, 3-2 [National Cup]
Pittsburgh Post, December 7, 1913 -- vs. Braddock, 3-2 [National Cup]

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