Fleisher Yarn
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Fleisher Yarn began as an amateur company soccer club of the SB & BW Fleisher Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia and quickly became a national amateur soccer power. They won the Philadelphia Industrial League championship in 1920/21, both the Allied Amateur Cup of Philadelphia and Philadelphia's Telegraph Cup in 1922, a "quadruple" in 1923 winning the Allied Amateur League, the Allied Amateur League Cup, the Allied Amateur Cup, and the American Cup
American Cup
The American Cup was the first major U.S. soccer competition open to teams beyond a single league. It was first held in 1885. In the 1910s, it gradually declined in importance with the establishment of the National Challenge Cup...

 (the last by defeating the professional J&P Coats of the American Soccer League
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...

), and the inaugural National Amateur Cup
National Amateur Cup
The National Amateur Cup is an American soccer competition open to all amateur teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation...

.

Fleisher became a professional team and joined the American Soccer League
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...

 in 1924
1924-25 American Soccer League
-League standings: GP W D L GF GA PTS Fall River Marksmen 44 27 12 5 113 38 66 Bethlehem Steel F.C...

. After one mediocre season the club folded.

Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
1924-25
1924-25 American Soccer League
-League standings: GP W D L GF GA PTS Fall River Marksmen 44 27 12 5 113 38 66 Bethlehem Steel F.C...

1 ASL 10th No playoff Did not enter
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