Paterson Rangers
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Paterson Rangers was a U.S. soccer team which played in Paterson, New Jersey during the early twentieth century. They spent two seasons in New York’s Metropolitan Association Football League and nine in the National Association Football League
History
The origins of the Paterson Rangers is unknown, but they entered the Metropolitan Association Football League for the 1904-1905 season and on April 25, 1905 lost to the New York Caledonians in the semifinals of the New York State Cup.[https://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26resQ3D9A0DEEDB143AE733A25750C2A9629C946497D6CF&OP=299b3012Q2FGZXAGQ26@FX59dGBFq577Q26iG5Q3EBy@PX7Q3EMFXBFX9G5Q3EF@BQ60Xk79,(yFdQ60 April 23, 1905 New York Times] In 1906, the Rangers joined the professional National Association Football League and remained in that league until 1915. No records for the Rangers exist after that year.
Year-by-year
| class="wikitable"
!Year !League !Standing !American Cup |
| 1904/05
| MAFL | ? | ? |
| 1905/06
| MAFL | ? | ? |
| 1906/07
| NAFBL | 6th | ? |
| 1907/08
| NAFBL | 2nd | ? |
| 1908/09
| NAFBL | 6th | ? |
| 1909/10
| NAFBL | 7th | Third round |
| 1910/11
| NAFBL | 3rd | ? |
| 1911/12
| NAFBL | 4th | Final |
| 1912/13
| NAFBL | 8th | First Round |
| 1913/14
| NAFBL | 5th | ? |
| 1914/15
| NAFBL | 7th | ? |
Honors
League Championship
:* Runner Up (1): 1908
:* Runner Up (1): 1912
Clan MacDonald Cup
:* Winner (1): 1909
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071030042659/http://www.sover.net/%7Espectrum/nafbl.html National Association Football League standings]