Providence F.C.
{{Short description|American soccer club}}
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The Providence Football Club was a member of the American Soccer League. They were renamed the Providence Gold Bugs before the spring half of the 1928–1929 season. In the fall of 1929, the team installed lights at its field, allowing for night games.[http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl102629b.html DRAW WITH PROVIDENCE IN NIGHT SOCCER GAME] The club won the American Soccer Association Cup in 1929.
After the fall 1930 season, the club was bought and became the Fall River F.C.
History
Between 1924 and 1930 they played as the Providence F.C. in the American Soccer League. The club's primary venue was Kinsley Park, with games moving to the Cycledrome or the Lonsdale Avenue Pitch when their schedule conflicted with that of the Providence Grays.{{cite news |last1=Markey |first1=Arthur |title=Here and There In The Sport World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SilaAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA43 |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=Providence News |date=April 12, 1929}} In 1931, after Sam Mark, owner of Fall River F.C., relocated his team to New York and renamed them the New York Yankees, a group of Fall River businessmen, led by an ex-Marksmen player Harold Brittan, then bought Gold Bugs, moved them into Mark's Stadium, and renamed them Fall River F.C.{{cite news |title=Fall River Group Buys Soccer Team |work=The Boston Globe |date=February 23, 1931}}
Year-by-year
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Division !League !Reg. Season !Playoffs !National Cup |
| 1924–1925
|1 |ASL |6th |No playoff |Did not enter |
| 1925–1926
|1 |ASL |5th |No playoff |First round |
| 1926–1927
|1 |ASL |8th |No playoff |Quarterfinals |
| 1927–1928
|1 |ASL |7th (1st half); 6th (2nd half) |Did not qualify |Second round |
| 1928–1929
|1 |ASL |4th (1st half); 2nd (2nd half) |No playoff |Did not enter |
| Fall 1929
|1 |ASL |2nd |No playoff |N/A |
| 1930
|1 |ACL (ASL) |4th (spring); 6th (fall) |No playoff |Second round |
Honors
Coaches
- Sam Fletcher: 1924-1929