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On August 15, 1926, officials from the St. Louis Soccer League (SLSL) traveled to Chicago to discuss an inter-city league with officials of the Chicago Soccer League. President Winton E. Barker, treasurer Phil A. Riley, and secretary J.G. Barrett were the three board members of The Soccer and Exhibition Company of St. Louis (the company which operated the St. Louis Soccer League) which represen...
In August, 1926, soccer officials from Chicago and St. Louis organized an inter-city league. The four St. Louis Soccer League teams and the four Chicago Soccer League teams joined to create the Western Soccer Cup Association. The schedule called doubleheaders each Sunday in St. Louis and Chicago. The four Chicago clubs were the Bricklayers, Canadian Club, Sparta, and Thistles. The four St. Louis c...