Elizabeth S.C.
German immigrant-founded club active from 1924 to 1999.
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Elizabeth S.C. was an American soccer club based in Union County, New Jersey that played in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League and its antecedents from 1924 through 1999. Founded in 1924 as Elizabeth Germans in Elizabeth, New Jersey by a group of German immigrants who shared a passion for soccer, the club immediately joined the German American Soccer League, now the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. Over its 75-year run, the club won the U.S. Amateur Cup in 1949, the National Challenge Cup in 1970 and 1972, and seven Cosmopolitan Soccer League championships.
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- Elizabeth SC was founded in 1924 as Elizabeth Germans by a group of German immigrants.
- In 1940, the Liberty Sport Club merged into Elizabeth SC.
- The club's handball division won U.S. championships in 1960 and 1961.
- Elizabeth SC purchased its long-time playing field and clubhouse, Farcher's Grove, in 1965 and played there until 1999.
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