The Marksmen origins date back to 1922 when Sam Mark created the Fall River Marksmen. The club would become a destination for some of America’s & Europe’s finest players, with many across Europe dubbing the Marksmen, “The American Menace” due to their pilfering of top talent and continued success on and off the pitch.

During the 1920’s and early 1930’s the Marksmen were one of the most successful soccer clubs in the United States, winning the American Soccer League (ASL) on six occasions. The Marksmen also went on to win the National Challenge Cup four times, now known as the U.S. Open Cup. In 1924 they won their first ever double, ASL League Championship & Challenge Cup and went on the win the league the next three years in a row. Between 1928 and 1930 they won a further three titles in a row, including the 1930 season when they completed a treble (3 Cup victories in one year), winning the ASL title, the Challenge Cup and the Lewis Cup. The summer of 1930 also saw the club travel to Europe where they embarked on a month long tour of Central Europe playing against some of Europe’s largest club teams. In 1931, with economic times troubling the Fall River area, Sam Mark moved the team to New York City bringing an end to the Marksmen reign of success.

Our 2019 revival will look to honor this past all the while building for the future to ensure the Marksmen legacy carries on for many more decades to come.