Challenge Cup. When Bethlehem Steel chose to ignore the boycott, the league expelled them. Under the leadership of the USFA, Bethlehem Steel and two other expelled teams joined with teams from the Southern New York State Soccer Association to create the Eastern Soccer League. These actions, part of the 1928–1929 "Soccer Wars", along with the Great Depression, financially devastated the ASL, ESL and Bethlehem Steel FC. While Bethlehem Steel FC rejoined the ASL in 1929, the damage was done and the team folded after the spring 1930 season. Year-by-year Honors League Champion Winner (9): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1929, Fall 1929 Runner Up (5): 1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925 National Challenge Cup Winner (5): 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1926 Runner Up (1): 1917 American Cup Winner (6): 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924 Runner Up (1): 1920 Lewis Cup Winner (1): 1928 Allied Amateur Cup Winner (1): 1914 Runner Up (1): 1912 National Association Football League Winner (3): 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21 Runner Up (1):1917–18 American Soccer League Winner (1): 1926–27 Runner Up (3):1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25 Famous players Archibald McPherson Stark: World Record holder of the Highest Season Scoring Record (67 goals, 1924/25 season) Coaches Harry Trend: 1909 Carpenter: 1913 Jimmy Lawson: 1914 William Sheridan: ?–1924 Jimmy Easton: 1924– William Sheridan: 1930 References External links History of Bethlehem Steel F.C. by Dan Morrison. The Rise and Fall of the Bethlehem Steel Football Club by Julian Brown 1907 establishments in Pennsylvania 1930 disestablishments in Pennsylvania American Soccer League (1921–1933) teams Association football clubs established in 1907 Association football clubs disestablished in 1930 Defunct soccer clubs in Pennsylvania Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) teams National Association Football League teams Soccer clubs in Pennsylvania Sports in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania U.S. Open Cup winners Works soccer clubs in the United States