Much of this information came from the Spalding Soccer annual
guides and reports from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.. Information from the Hap Meyer and
Thomas Cahill soccer archives at SIU-Edwardsville. First major
league in St. Louis was the Association Foot Ball League,
formed in 1903. St. Louis Soccer League, the Pro league formed
in 1907, disbanded in 1939. The St. Louis Major Soccer League
operated from 1947-52. On a lower level, the St. Louis Amateur
Soccer League operated from 1912-1953. Khoury Leagye operated
starting in mid 1950,s as well as the new St. Louis Soccer
League (amateur) starting approx. 1957 and through at least
the early 1960s.
Scoring system: 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss.
St. Louis Soccer champions (Association Foot Ball League from 1903-1907).
1890-91 Kensingtons
1891-92 Kensingtons
1892-93 Blue Bella
1893-94 St. Teresa's
1894-95 St. Teresa's
1895-96 St. teresa's
1896-97 Cycling Club
1897-98 Chamrocks
1898-99 Shamrocks
1999-00 West Ends
1900-01 West Ends
1901-02 West Ends
1902-03 Woman's Magazines
1903-04 All-Stars
1904-05 All-Stars
1905-06 St. Leo's
1996-07 St. Leo's
1907-08
SLSL
GP W L T Pts
Innisfail 17 9 2 6 24
St. Matthew 16 6 4 6 18
St. Teresa 16 6 7 3 15
Thistles of Bend, IL 17 3 11 3 9
Champion: Innisfail
Association Foot Ball League
GP W L T Pts
St. Leo’s 13 11 0 2 24
Kiniochs 13 8 5 0 16
Shamrocks 13 2 9 2 6
North Ends 13 2 9 2 6
Champion: St. Leo's
After the season, St. Matthew withdrew.
1908-09
Before the season, West Ends were added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St. Leo's 18 12 2 4 39 14 28
St. Teresa 18 7 4 7 23 20 21
West Ends 18 4 7 7 12 17 15
Thistles 18 1 11 6 8 31 8
Champion: St. Leo's
After the season, West Ends and Thistles withdrew.
1909-10
Before the season, Blue Bells and Innisfails were added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St.Leo's 15 6 1 8 23 14 20
St.Teresa 15 6 4 5 25 18 17
Blue Bells 16 6 5 5 19 17 15
Innisfails 15 3 10 2 10 28 8
Champion: St. Leo's
After the season, St. Teresa withdrew.
1910-11
Before the season, Columbus Club was added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St. Leo's 17 10 4 3 41 22 23
Columbus Club 17 5 5 7 24 25 17
Innisfails 17 7 9 1 24 30 15
Blue Bells 17 4 8 5 14 26 13
Champion: St. Leo's
After the season, Blue Bells withdrew.
1911-12
Before the season, Irish American A.C. was added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St.Leo's 15 11 2 2 34 15 24
Innisfails 15 8 4 3 29 16 19
Irish American A.C. 15 4 9 2 11 24 10
Columbus Club 15 2 10 3 12 31 7
Champion: St. Leo's
After the season, Irish American A.C. withdrew.
1912-13
Before the season, Business Men's A.C. was added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St.Leo's 10 7 2 1 19 10 15
Innisfails 11 6 3 2 15 10 13
Columbus Club 10 3 6 1 10 15 7
Business Men's A.C. 10 2 7 1 12 21 5
Champion: St. Leo's
The Fall season was not completed. After the season, Columbus
Club and Business Men's A.C. withdrew.
1913-14
The St. Louis Soccer League split into two leagues this year:
The Federal Park and Robison Field leagues.
Federal Park League
Before the season, Columbia and Rock Church were added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St.Leo's 13 11 0 2 32 1 24
Ben Millers 13 7 4 2 21 13 16
Columbia Athletic Club 13 4 8 1 11 35 9
Rock Church FC 13 1 11 1 9 27 3
Champion: St. Leo's
After the season, Rock Church withdrew.
Robison League
Before the season, Athletics was added.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Columbus Club 20 14 6 0 40 24 28
Innisfails 20 9 6 5 36 27 23
St. Teresas 20 6 10 4 20 35 16
Athletics 20 5 12 3 23 33 13
After the season, Athletics withdrew.
1914-15
Federal Park League
Before the season, Compton Hills was added.
GP W L T Pts
St.Leo's 13 10 1 2 22
Ben Millers 13 8 3 2 18
Columbia Athletic Club 10 3 7 3 9
Compton Hills 13 1 10 2 4
Robison Field League
- First Series
Before the season, Manewals was added.
GP W L T Pts
Innisfails 9 6 2 1 13
Columbus Club 9 4 4 1 9
St. Teresa 9 2 3 4 8
Manewals 9 2 5 2 6
Second Series
GP W L T Pts
Columbus Club 5 4 0 1 9
Innisfails 5 3 1 1 7
St. Teresa 5 1 3 1 3
Manewals 5 0 4 1 1
CHAMPIONSHIP: Innisfalls defeated St. Leo's
After the season, the two leagues merged. Columbia, Compton Hills,
St. Teresa and Manewals folded.
1915-16
Before the season, Columbus moved to Naval Reserve.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Ben Millers 20 12 5 3 45 22 27
Innisfails 19 7 6 6 25 23 20
Naval Reserve F.C. 20 4 8 8 25 36 16
St. Leo's 19 4 8 7 15 39 15
Champion: Ben Millers
1916-17
GP W L T Pts
Ben Miller 20 10 8 2 22
Innisfails 20 9 8 3 21
St. Leo's 20 8 8 4 20
Naval Reserves 20 7 10 3 17
Champion: Ben Millers
1917-18
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Ben Miller 17 9 5 3 33 26 21
St. Leo's 17 7 4 6 36 28 20
Innisfails 17 5 6 6 23 27 16
Naval Reserves 17 2 8 7 18 29 11
Champion: Ben Millers
After the season, Naval Reserves withdrew.
1918-19
Before the season, Scullins ws added and St. Leo's became St. Louis Screw.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Scullin Steels 21 10 6 5 31 27 25
Innisfails 21 9 8 4 36 27 22
St. Louis Screw 21 8 8 5 28 36 21
Ben Millers 21 5 9 7 30 40 17
Champion: Scullin Steel
1919-20
GP W L T Pts
Ben Millers 21 8 6 7 23
Innisfails 21 10 8 3 23
St. Louis Screw 21 8 9 4 20
Scullins Steel 21 7 10 4 18
Champion: Ben Millers
1920-21
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Scullins Steel 17 9 5 3 38 31 26
Ben Millers 17 8 3 6 28 31 22
St. Louis Screw 22 6 7 9 23 23 21
Innisfails 22 6 9 7 21 25 19
Champion: Scullin Steel
After the season, Innisfails withdrew.
1921-22
DeAndreis joined the league.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Scullins Steel 21 10 6 5 40 28 25
DeAndreis 21 9 7 5 36 33 23
Ben Millers 21 8 7 6 37 41 22
St. Louis Screw 21 4 11 6 28 39 14
Champion: Scullins Steel
1922-23
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Vesper-Buicks 17 8 4 5 28 16 22
Scullin Steels 17 5 5 7 20 21 17
Hoover Sweepers 17 5 5 7 21 25 17
Ben Millers 17 4 8 5 28 35 13
Champion: Vesper-Buick
1923-24
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Vesper Buicks 13 9 2 2 30 15 20
Barrett Hoovers 13 6 4 3 28 20 15
Scullin Steels 13 3 6 4 17 22 10
Ben Millers 13 2 8 4 23 35 7
Champion: Vesper Buick
1924-25
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Ben Millers 18 11 4 3 54 26 25
Vesper Buicks 18 10 4 4 32 25 24
Scullins Steel 18 4 7 7 25 34 15
Ratican’s 18 2 12 4 19 45 8
Champion: Ben Millers
1925-26
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Ben Millers 14 8 3 3 42 31 19
Vesper Buicks 14 7 4 3 40 27 17
Ratican’s 14 4 6 4 27 39 12
Wellston’s 14 3 9 2 30 42 8
Champion: Ben Millers
1926-27
Vesper Buicks became White Banner.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Ben Millers 12 8 3 1 34 22 17
Wellston 12 7 3 2 36 22 16
White Banner 12 4 6 2 23 33 10
Ratican’s 12 1 8 3 21 35 5
Chicago Sparta 4 2 1 1 8 7 5
Chicago withdrew 11/16/26.
Champion: Ben Millers
1927-28
Ratican’s became Tablers
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Tablers 14 8 3 3 42 31 19
Wellston’s 14 5 6 3 27 28 13
Ben Millers 14 5 7 2 28 35 12
Morgan Haulers 14 3 5 6 22 25 12
Champion: Tablers
1928-29
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Tablers 17 8 5 4 39 3 20
Madison Kennels 17 7 5 5 47 30 19
Ben Millers 17 5 7 5 28 41 15
Wellston’s 17 4 7 6 42 53 14
Champion: Tablers
1929-30
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Tablers 14 7 4 3 30 28 17
Hellrungs 14 5 5 4 23 21 14
Ben Millers 14 3 4 7 28 29 13
Madison Kennels 14 4 6 4 29 32 12
Champion: Tablers
1930-31
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Coca Colas 17 7 6 4 33 43 18
Tablers 17 7 7 3 40 26 17
Hellrungs 17 7 7 3 42 35 17
Ben Millers 17 6 7 4 29 40 16
Champion: Coca Colas
1931-32
Hellrungs became Stix Baer & Fuller
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Coca Colas 16 7 5 4 37 31 18
Ben Millers 16 7 7 2 35 32 16
Stix Baer & Fuller 15 6 6 3 25 26 15
Andersons 15 5 7 3 30 38 13
Champion: Coca Colas
1932-33
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Stix Baer & Fuller 15 10 2 3 39 28 23
Andersons 15 4 5 6 25 26 14
Ben Millers 15 5 8 2 32 32 12
Coca Colas 15 5 9 1 28 38 11
Champion: Stix, Baer & Fuller
1933-34
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Stix Baer & Fuller 13 9 2 2 38 15 20
Ben Millers 13 6 6 1 30 36 13
Andersons 13 4 6 3 31 33 11
Minit-Rubs 13 4 9 0 24 39 8
Champion: Stix Baer & Fuller
1934-35
Stix Baer & Fuller became Central Breweries
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Central Breweries 15 10 2 3 46 17 23
Marre’s 15 7 3 4 35 22 18
Hellrungs 15 5 7 3 13 35 13
Ben Millers 15 0 10 4 12 38 4
Champion: Central Breweries
1935-36
Champion: Burke Undertakers
1936-37
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Burke Undertakers 9 6 2 1 17 14 13
Lotus 9 4 4 1 17 16 9
Optimists 9 2 3 4 12 13 8
Town Criers 9 2 5 2 14 19 6
Champion: Burke Undertakers
1937-38
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St. Matthews 10 6 0 4 32 15 16
St. Patricks 10 3 4 3 17 16 9
South Sides 10 3 5 2 12 24 8
Burke Undertakers 10 0 3 7 16 20 7
Champion: St. Matthews
1938-39
In lieu of the regular season, the league organized the
"Inter-city Soccer Loop", a somewhat sporadic series between
teams of Cleveland, Chicago and St. Louis. The teams also
played Peel Cup and exhibition games.
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Sparta 4 4 0 0 11 5 8
Manhattan Beer (Chic.) 5 3 1 1 21 3 7
Lindell Trust (St.L.) 6 2 2 2 8 13 6
Burke’s Undertakers 5 0 4 1 6 12 1
Bartunek Slavias (Clev.)1 0 1 0 0 4 0
St. Louis Major Soccer League Champs
1948 De Andris Council
1949 Paul Schulte's
1950 Simpkins
1951 Zenthoefers
1953 Saint Louis Raiders
1953 Kutis
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