The Kearny Irish was an American soccer club based in Kearny, New Jersey; it was an inaugural member of the reformed American Soccer League. Commonly known as the Irish-Americans, the club was renamed the Kearny Celtic prior to the 1942/43 season.[1] The team returned to their original name before the 1949/50 season.[2] In 1944, the club won the Lewis Cup.
Due to mounting financial losses, the franchise was bought by the Newark Portuguese S.C. in early December 1951. Newark joined the ASL and carried on from the Irish-Americans' record of two wins, two losses and three ties.[3]
Year-by-year
Year
Division
League
Reg. Season
Playoffs
U.S. Open Cup
1933/34
N/A
ASL
1st
Champion (no playoff)
?
1934/35
N/A
ASL
9th
No playoff
?
1935/36
N/A
ASL
8th
No playoff
?
1936/37
N/A
ASL
4th, American
Did not qualify
?
1937/38
N/A
ASL
3rd, American
Semifinals
?
1938/39
N/A
ASL
3rd, American
1st Round
?
1939/40
N/A
ASL
5th
No playoff
?
1940/41
N/A
ASL
10th
No playoff
?
1941/42
N/A
ASL
8th
No playoff
?
1942/43
N/A
ASL
7th
No playoff
?
1943/44
N/A
ASL
6th
No playoff
?
1944/45
N/A
ASL
7th
No playoff
?
1945/46
N/A
ASL
3rd
No playoff
?
1946/47
N/A
ASL
7th
No playoff
?
1947/48
N/A
ASL
9th
No playoff
?
1948/49
N/A
ASL
7th
Did not qualify
?
1949/50
N/A
ASL
2nd
No playoff
?
1950/51
N/A
ASL
3rd?
No playoff
?
1951/52
N/A
ASL
Played seven games
N/A
N/A
References
^Graham, William (August 21, 1942). "Seven-a-Side Soccer Final Slated Sunday". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 12.
^"Irish-Americans Halt Hispanos In Soccer". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 3, 1949. p. 16.
^Graham, William (December 5, 1951). "Irish-Americans To Drop Out of Soccer Loop". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 22.
