|
Seniority Rank |
Club Name |
Status |
Club Name Previous Season or Other Origin |
Colours Shirts/Shorts |
Field |
Years in the League |
|
1 |
Madison FC |
Name Change & Over-40 Div. |
Madison AFC |
White/Green |
New Road, Madison |
20 |
|
2 |
North Branford |
|
|
Light Blue/Black |
Northford Park, Northford |
18 |
|
5 |
Wallingford Morelia |
|
|
Yellow |
Veteran's Memorial Fields, Wallingford |
17 |
|
6 |
Hamden Conte |
|
|
Blue |
Westwoods School, Hamden |
16.5 |
|
7 |
Waterbury Morse Watchman |
|
|
White |
Wilby High School, Waterbury |
16 |
|
2 |
Guilford SC |
|
|
Dark Green |
Bittner Park, Guilford |
15 |
|
8 |
Milford Tuesday |
|
|
Black/White |
Flood Middle School, Stratford |
14.5 |
|
9 |
West Haven RTG |
|
|
White/Red |
Glade Street, West Haven |
13.5 |
|
10 |
Wallingford NH United |
|
|
Blue/White |
Pragman Park, Wallingford |
13 |
|
11 |
Glastonbury FC |
|
|
Navy Blue |
Addison Park, Glastonbury |
12 |
|
13 |
Fairfield Celtic |
Name Change & Final Season |
Fairfield GAC 'A' |
Green/White |
Roger Ludlowe High School, Fairfield |
9.5 |
|
12 |
Orange SC |
Merger |
Orange SC & Orange Burger King |
White |
High Plains Community Center, Orange |
9.5 |
|
14 |
Cheshire Azzurri |
|
|
Blue/White |
Memorial Field, North Haven |
8 |
|
14 |
North Haven-Hamden United |
|
|
Navy Blue |
Westwoods School, Hamden |
8 |
|
14 |
Rhinos SC |
|
|
Navy Blue |
Central Middle School, Greenwich |
8 |
|
14 |
Windsor United |
|
|
Orange/White |
Northwest Park, Windsor |
8 |
|
15 |
Fairfield GAC |
Name Change |
Fairfield GAC 'B' |
Green/White |
Sturges School, Fairfield |
7 |
|
15 |
Glastonbury Celtic FC |
|
|
Green/White |
Irish-American Club, Glastonbury |
7 |
|
15 |
Waterbury Portuguese |
|
|
Blue/White |
Murray Park, Waterbury |
7 |
|
16 |
Connecticut Internationals |
|
|
Red/White |
Colonial Park, Sherman |
6 |
|
16 |
Derby Marios |
|
|
White |
Bradley School, Derby |
6 |
|
16 |
Hartford Cavaliers |
|
|
Yellow/Black |
Cronin Field, Hartford |
6 |
|
16 |
New Haven Americans |
|
|
White |
East Shore Park, New Haven |
6 |
|
16 |
Waterbury Albanians |
|
|
Red/Black |
Kaynor Tech, Waterbury |
6 |
|
16 |
White Eagles |
|
|
Red/White |
Birdseye School, Stratford |
6 |
|
17 |
Mansfield SC |
|
|
White |
Lions Club, Mansfield |
5 |
|
17 |
Yale International of Cheshire |
|
|
White/Black |
Quinnipiac Fields, Cheshire |
5 |
|
18 |
Colchester SC |
|
|
White |
Bacon Academy, Colchester |
4 |
|
18 |
Lubi Brookfield |
|
|
White/Black |
P'Tak (Brookfield Municipal Center) |
4 |
|
19 |
Negus United |
|
|
White |
Cronin Field, Hartford |
3 |
|
19 |
Waterford SC |
|
|
Blue/White |
Leary Park, Waterford |
3 |
|
19 |
West Haven International |
|
|
Green/White |
Glade Street, West Haven |
3 |
|
20 |
Greenwich Arsenal |
|
|
Red |
Lower Hayermeyer, Greenwich |
2 |
|
20 |
Inter United |
Name Change |
Branford United |
Blue |
Crisafi Football Field, East Haven |
2 |
|
20 |
Knights of Haller Post |
|
|
Blue/White |
Falcon Field, New Britain |
2 |
|
20 |
Norwalk International |
|
|
Blue |
Veterans Memorial Park, Norwalk |
2 |
|
21 |
Middletown SC |
New Team |
|
White |
Vinal Tech, Middletown |
1 |
|
21 |
Milford Hurricanes |
New Team & Over-40 Division |
|
Red |
No Home Field |
1 |
|
21 |
New Haven Chile |
New Team & Final Season |
|
Purple |
Bartlem Park, Cheshire |
1 |
|
21 |
Newington Portuguese |
New Team |
|
White/Red |
Martin Kellog Middle School, Newington |
1 |
|
21 |
Newtown Salty Dogs |
New Team |
|
Navy Blue |
Treadwell Park, Newtown |
1 |
|
21 |
Glastonbury Celtic FC |
New Team & Over-40 Division |
|
Green/White |
Irish-American Club, Glastonbury |
0.5 |
After seven years of trying and coming so close to giving up, the SASL finally had applicants for the Over-40 Division.
SASL founder member team Madison AFC resigned from the Over-30 League and became founding members of the SASL Over-40 Division. To mark this change, the club's name was changed to simply Madison FC.
Glastonbury Celtic FC also formed a new Over-40 team and applied to join the division.
Discussions were held with the other teams from the competing Over-40 League in Connecticut, formed by SASL founder Alfie Campbell, in order to determine if any of their teams would have liked to have participated in a more competitive environment. The SASL was also offering insurance and referees via their affiliation with the Connecticut State Soccer Association. There was interest from several of the teams, but they were convinced otherwise by Alfie at their own League meeting several days later.
The SASL drafted a new team just formed into the Over-40 Division with Celtic and Madison. Milford Hurricanes were a fledgling team with many novice players, several under-40 players and a couple of women players, but they were only too happy to build up their experience with the Over-40 teams.
The Over-30 League finally created a Fourth Division after merging the Third Division East and Third Division West back together.
Madison FC became the first Over-40 team to enter the Connecticut State Soccer Association Over-30 State Cup.
The CSSA change the format of the Over-30 State Cup from a straight knockout tournament to World Cup style group games followed by quarter-finals, etc. It proved to be a huge success because it allowed each team to have minimally three games in the competition. The CSSA also reduced the entry fee from $150 to $50 which made the competition enormous value for money.
After 11 years in the SASL, perennial power New Haven Portuguese resigned from the League owing to difficulties finding somebody willing to manage the club.
Fairfield GAC 'A' reverted to their old name of Fairfield Celtic. Fairfield GAC 'B' simply became Fairfield GAC.
Orange Burger King became defunct and Orange SC absorbed their better players.
Branford United became Inter United to reflect their Italian heritage.
New teams to enter the Over-30 League were Middletown SC, New Haven Chile, Newington Portuguese and Newtown Salty Dogs.
Disaster struck the Over-40 Division at the end of Spring when Glastonbury Celtic FC decided to disband their Over-40 team owing to a lack of competition and other circumstances. Madison and Milford were left to soldier on playing a series of friendlies versus the idle Fourth Division team.
At the end of Spring, Madison FC were the top team of the Over-40 Division, making them the first official SASL Over-40 Champions.
After relative success against all Over-40 and Fourth Division opposition in 1998 (they were never beaten) Madison FC decide to revert back to the Over-30 League as a Fourth Division side for 1999. It was a further setback to the future of the Over-40 Division.
White Eagles broke the Waterbury Morse Watchman monopoly on the League and Cup "Double" -- by winning the "Double" themselves!