1990

First year of multiple divisions, Eastern and Western

The Championship was decided by play-offs for the first time

15 teams

Seniority Rank

Club Name

Status

Club Name Previous Season or Other Origin

Colours Shirts/Shorts

Field

Years in the League

1

Madison AFC

Name Change

Madison Thistle

Red/Blue

New Road, Madison

12

2

North Branford

 

 

Yellow/Black

Totoket Valley Park, North Branford

10

3

Cheshire SC

 

 

Red/Red

Quinnipiac Fields, Cheshire

9

5

Wallingford Aniellos

 

 

Blue/White

Woodhouse Avenue, Wallingford

9

6

Hamden Conte

 

 

Red/Black

Dock's Field, Hamden

8.5

7

Waterbury Portuguese

 

 

Blue/White

Murray Park, Waterbury

8

8

Milford Tuesday

 

 

Blue/White

Foran High School, Milford

6.5

8

Wallingford Portuguese

 

 

Red/Green

Woodhouse Avenue, Wallingford

6.5

9

West Haven

 

 

Maroon/White

Strong Stadium, West Haven

5.5

10

New Haven Italians

 

 

Blue/White

Foran High School, Milford

5

11

Glastonbury

 

 

Yellow

Recreation Park, Southington

4

11

New Haven Portuguese

 

 

Red/White

Boulevard, New Haven

4

12

Orange 3 Brothers

Name Change

Milford 3 Brothers

Green/Green

Peck's Place School, Orange

2

12

SC Nutmeggers

 

 

White

High Plains Community Center, Orange

2

13

Fairfield Celtic

Name Change

Fairfield Gaelic AC

Green/White

Roger Ludlowe High School, Fairfield

1.5

Another year of major changes.

The second Annual General Meeting is held, this time successfully(!), at the Radisson Hotel in Cromwell in January. The members of the Executive Board also attended the Connecticut State Soccer Association AGM later that day, also at the Radisson.

Garry Archer is made League Secretary and Bruce Kelly takes over as Disciplinary Chairman.

With so many teams in the League, after much reflection and discussion it was decided to split it into Eastern and Western Divisions and therefore have play-offs for the Championship for the first time.

SASL founder and former League Commissioner Alfie Campbell was rumoured to be founding an Over-40 team in Guilford, possibly the first of its kind in Connecticut.

During pre-season, long-time member club Guilford split into two separate teams again after internal disputes and a battle for control of the club. Both factions wanted to be recognised as the official Guilford Soccer Club. The League was already setup to have eight teams in each of its Eastern and Western Divisions and that included only one Guilford club. After much investigation and many meetings the SASL Executive Board could not decide which team had the most right to play in the League and made the unusual decision of denying entry of both teams.

One team continued to be called Guilford Soccer Club, led by Ivan Oumov and Idi Akel, since they had maintained throughout that they were the original club and the other team, led by Melanie Barocas and Buster Haas, renamed themselves the Guilford Jaguars. Guilford and "The Jags" would take turns playing friendlies against the idle team from the now 7-team Eastern Division. The SASL Executive Board wanted to see if both clubs would satisfy requirements during the season for both clubs to be entered into the League for the 1991 season.

In the early Spring, Madison AFC, formerly Madison Thistle, and Glastonbury are the first SASL teams to compete in the USSF National Over-30 Cup for the 1989-90 edition. Glastonbury defeated Madison 4-3 in an exciting Connecticut Regional Final played in Southington. Glastonbury went on to represent Connecticut against representatives from another state in the next phase of the 1989-90 competition.

In the SASL's first ever play-offs in the Fall, Waterbury Portuguese defeated North Branford 6-2 in one semi-final and Hamden Conte defeated New Haven Portuguese after extra time and penalties in the other semi-final. Hamden Conte defeated Waterbury Portuguese 5-3 after extra time in the final to become the overall SASL Champions.