Apart from the New York Giants, the other teams who took part were Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators.
The club was renamed as National Giants F.C..[4][5] [6] During the 1923-24 season, Buslik sold the franchise to Maurice Vandeweghe.
[9] After their tour, several Hakoah players opted to stay in the United States and in subsequent seasons Béla Guttmann, Erno Schwarz, Egon Pollack, Max Grünwald, Moritz Häusler, and Max Gold all played for the Giants.
[10][11] In the summer of 1927 SC Hakoah Wien returned for another tour and several of their former players, then playing for the Giants, joined them as guests.
[12] In 1928 the Giants found themselves at the center of the Soccer War, a power struggle between the ASL and the US Football Association.
However the Giants, together with Bethlehem Steel and Newark Skeeters, were one of three teams that defied the ASL and entered anyway.
This trio of clubs subsequently left the ASL to join the new USFA-organized Eastern Soccer League.
Four Giants players – Jim Brown, George Moorhouse, Shamus O'Brien and Philip Slone – were included in the United States squad for the 1930 World Cup.
[15] In 1927 Charles Stoneham, owner of the New York Giants baseball team took over the ASL Indiana Flooring franchise.
[1] On May 24, 1931, at the Polo Grounds a Giants team featuring Davey Brown, Jimmy Gallagher and Bart McGhee lost 3–2 in a friendly against Celtic.