Indiana Flooring were a New York

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team that played in 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...

 between 1924 and 1927. They replaced New York Field Club

New York Field Club

New York F.C. was a successful early American soccer club.The club was originally a member of the amateur National Association Foot Ball League then became an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League in 1921.The club won the Southern New York State Football Association in...

. Before joining the ASL, the team had played in various state leagues.

Ernest Viberg, a former trainer who acted as an interpreter for Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem Steel

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 when they toured Sweden

Sweden

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 in 1919, initially took control of the franchise.

However in 1927 it was bought by Charles Stoneham

Charles Stoneham

Charles A. Stoneham was the owner of the New York Giants baseball team, New York Giants soccer team, the center of numerous corruption scandals and the instigator of the "Soccer Wars" which destroyed the American Soccer League.-Business ventures:Stoneham began his career as a board boy, updating...

, owner of the New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 baseball team.

In subsequent seasons they played as the New York Nationals and then as the New York Giants

New York Giants (soccer)

New York Giants was a name used by three different New York soccer teams. Two of these teams were associated with the New York Giants baseball franchise. The first team that used the name played in the American League of Professional Football in 1894...

.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1924/25	1	ASL	9th	No playoff	Did not enter
1925/26	1	ASL	6th	No playoff	First round
1926/27	1	ASL	6th	No playoff	Second round

Notable former players

  Jimmy Gallagher

Jimmy Gallagher

Jimmy Gallagher was a Scottish American soccer right wing midfielder who spent eleven seasons in the American Soccer League. He was a member of the U.S. soccer teams at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and 1934 FIFA World Cup...

   Bart McGhee

Bart McGhee

Bartholomew “Bertie” or “Bart” McGhee was an American soccer forward who typically played left wing forward. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and scored the second goal in World Cup history against Belgium. He was inducted into the U.S...

   Robert Millar

Robert Millar (soccer)

Robert "Bob" Millar was a Scottish American soccer forward and coach of the USA team at the first FIFA World Cup. During his at times tumultuous Hall of Fame career, Millar played with over a dozen teams in at least five U.S. leagues as well as two seasons in the Scottish Football League...

   Harry Chatton

Harry Chatton

James Harold "Harry" Chatton , commonly referred to as Harry Chatton, was an Irish footballer who played for several clubs in the Scottish League, the American Soccer League and the League of Ireland. Chatton was a dual internationalist and played for both Ireland teams - the IFA XI and the FAI XI...

see also