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
editIn 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
edit| Year | League | Reg. Season | Peel Cup | National Challenge Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914/15 | AFL | 2nd | ? | Second round |
| 1915/16 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1916/17 | ? | ? | ? | Second round |
| 1917/18 | ISFAL | 1st | Runner Up | First round |
| 1918/19 | ? | ? | ? | Semifinal |
| 1919/20 | ? | ? | Champion | Fourth round |
| 1920/21 | CSL | 1st | Runner Up | Quarterfinal |
| 1921/22 | ? | ? | ? | Third round |
| 1922/23 | ? | ? | ? | Quarterfinal |
| 1923/24 | ? | ? | Champion | Semifinal |
| 1924/25 | ? | ? | ? | Third round |
| 1925/26 | ? | ? | ? | Second round |
| 1926/27 | ? | ? | ? | Second round |
| 1927/28 | ? | ? | ? | Runner Up |
| 1928/29 | ? | ? | ? | Quarterfinal |
| 1929/30 | ? | ? | ? | Quarterfinal |
| 1930/31 | ? | ? | ? | Runner Up |
| 1931/32 | ? | ? | ? | Semifinal |
| 1932/33 | ? | ? | ? | First round |
Honors
edit- Winner (2): 1920, 1924
- Runner Up (2): 1918, 1921
League Championship
- Winner (2): 1918, 1921
- Runner Up (1): 1915
References
edit- ^ "U.S. Soccer History – 1915". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-03-06.