CLUB
Philadelphia Field Club
United States
Overview
Philadelphia Field Club is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for United States. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- City
- Philadelphia
- 1930 name
- Philadelphia Field Club
- Club status
- defunct-name-franchise
- Founded
- 1929
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1930
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- 1930 team context
- United States
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Philadelphia Field Club already had a documented club history extending from 1929 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: The Philadelphia Field Club name was used by several unrelated American Soccer League teams.
Chapter 2Description: The version relevant to the 1930-era roster context came from the Bridgeport Bears move to Philadelphia in fall 1929.
Chapter 3Description: That short-lived identity did not survive the league restructuring, so the Footballopedia card explicitly separates it from earlier Philadelphia F.C. teams and from Bethlehem Steel.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: The Philadelphia Field Club name was used by several unrelated ASL teams. This page isolates the 1929 Bridgeport Bears/Philadelphia identity relevant to the 1930 roster graph.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Philadelphia Field Club is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: The Bridgeport Bears moved to Philadelphia after six games in fall 1929, played only a short Philadelphia schedule, and did not survive the ASL/ESL restructuring.
Historical timeline
1929Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Philadelphia Field Club identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Philadelphia Field Club already had a documented club history extending from 1929 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: The Philadelphia Field Club name was used by several unrelated American Soccer League teams.
Chapter 2Description: The version relevant to the 1930-era roster context came from the Bridgeport Bears move to Philadelphia in fall 1929.
Chapter 3Description: That short-lived identity did not survive the league restructuring, so the Footballopedia card explicitly separates it from earlier Philadelphia F.C. teams and from Bethlehem Steel.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: James Gentle.
1930Description: The 1929–30 Philadelphia Field Club was one of several unrelated ASL teams using that name and disappeared during the ASL/ESL restructuring.
Season-by-season history
1929Season: 1929 · Competition: American Soccer League · Finish: Short-lived relocated identity · Notes: Bridgeport Bears moved to Philadelphia after six games and became Philadelphia Field Club for eight more before the season structure changed.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: American Soccer League · Finish: Identity ended · Notes: This specific Philadelphia franchise/name did not survive as a stable long-term club.Documented players: James GentleWorld Cup-linked player(s) only; not a full squad.
Fall 1929Season: Fall 1929 · Competition: American Soccer League · Finish: 9th; 2-2-10 combined franchise record · Notes: Bridgeport Bears played six games, relocated to Philadelphia, then played eight more as Philadelphia Field Club before the season was suspended.Documented players: James GentleWorld Cup-linked player only; not a full squad.
Fall 1929Season: Fall 1929 · Competition: American Soccer League · Finish: 9th / season suspended · Notes: This exact Philadelphia Field Club incarnation began as Bridgeport Bears, moved to Philadelphia after six games, played eight more matches, and did not enter the post-settlement merged competition.Documented players: James GentleWorld Cup-linked Footballopedia player listed as a historical affiliation; no claim that this exact club survived through the World Cup tournament dates.
Competition chronology
1929Description: American Soccer League | Short-lived relocated identity | Bridgeport Bears moved to Philadelphia after six games and became Philadelphia Field Club for eight more before the season structure changed.
1929/30Description: American Soccer League | Identity ended | This specific Philadelphia franchise/name did not survive as a stable long-term club.
Fall 1929Description: American Soccer League | 9th; 2-2-10 combined franchise record | Bridgeport Bears played six games, relocated to Philadelphia, then played eight more as Philadelphia Field Club before the season was suspended.
Fall 1929Description: American Soccer League | 9th / season suspended | This exact Philadelphia Field Club incarnation began as Bridgeport Bears, moved to Philadelphia after six games, played eight more matches, and did not enter the post-settlement merged competition.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: No major trophy is claimed for this specific 1929 Philadelphia identity.
Stadium and ground history
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
James GentleDescription: FW · United States · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: The Bridgeport Bears moved to Philadelphia after six games in fall 1929, played only a short Philadelphia schedule, and did not survive the ASL/ESL restructuring.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Philadelphia Field Club
End of original identityDescription: The 1929–30 Philadelphia Field Club was one of several unrelated ASL teams using that name and disappeared during the ASL/ESL restructuring.
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Philadelphia Field Club identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
James GentlePosition: FW · National Team: United States · Player Slug: james-gentle
Sources
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
United StatesRole: National team context · Type: national_team