Bricklayers_and_Masons_F.C.

Bricklayers and Masons F.C.

Bricklayers and Masons F.C.

U.S. soccer team

Bricklayers and Masons F.C., also known as Chicago Bricklayers, was a U.S. soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois which joined that city's Association Football League in 1914. Over the next twenty years, Bricklayers won two Peel Cups and was the runner up in the 1928 and 1931 National Challenge Cup.

History

In 1914, Bricklayers joined the Association Football League of Chicago. According to Dave Litterer, “the ALFC [sic] welcomed one of the major regional powers to its ranks - the Bricklayers”.[1] At some point, Bricklayers jumped to the Illinois State Football Association League, winning the 1917-1918 championship. In 1920, Bricklayers was in the Chicago and District Soccer League, better known as the Chicago Soccer League. Bricklayers won the 1921 CSL championship. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Bricklayers competed in the Chicago Building Trades League. The team continued to compete until 1947 when it folded.

Year-by-year

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Honors

National Challenge Cup

Peel Cup

  • Winner (2): 1920, 1924
  • Runner Up (2): 1918, 1921

League Championship

  • Winner (2): 1918, 1921
  • Runner Up (1): 1915

References

  1. [1]
    "U.S. Soccer History – 1915". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
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