Paterson F.C. (NAFBL)

Paterson F.C. was an early twentieth-century American soccer club based in Paterson, New Jersey. It spent three seasons in the National Association Football League, winning one title, and one season in the American Soccer League.

The Paterson team that won the 1923 Dewar Cup.

History

In 1917, Paterson joined the National Association Football League, winning the 1917–18 championship. When several teams from the NAFBL left the league in 1921 to form the American Soccer League, Paterson did not join them.

A year later, Adolph Buslik, a wealthy New York fur merchant, purchased the club and the former Falco F.C. franchise in the American Soccer League.^[1] The club entered the league for the 1922–23 season. Following that season, Buslik moved the franchise to New York and renamed it the National Giants Soccer Club.^[2]

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. season	Playoffs	Challenge Cup	American Cup
1917/18	1	NAFBL	1st	No playoff	Quarterfinals	?
1918/19	1	NAFBL	3rd	No playoff	Runner Up	Runner Up
1919/20	1	NAFBL	4th	No playoff	?	?
1920/21	1	NAFBL	Withdrew	No playoff	Third round	Third round
1922/23	1	ASL	5th	No playoff	Champion	Semifinals

Coaches

• John Ford (1919-1923)