Swedish Trip of St. Louis Soccer Club 1920

The tourists had a squad of 18 players, of which 12 came from Saint Louis, including captain Harry Ratican and topscorer Hap Marre, and 6 from various clubs from Eastern states, including Albert Blakey (Philadelphia), Dave Brown (Kearny), Charlie Ellis (Brooklyn) and George Tintle (Harrison).
Three of the first five matches involved the Swedish selection for the Olympic football tournament in Belgium.
All matches were played on Sundays or Wednesdays.

[Aug 1, Stadion, Stockholm]
Swedish Olympic Reserves 2-5 St. Louis SC

[Aug 4, Stadion, Stockholm]
Djurgårdens IF           1-3 St. Louis SC

[Aug 8, Stadion, Stockholm]
Swedish Oympic XI        1-1 St. Louis SC

[Aug 11, Stadion, Stockholm]
AIK                      2-2 St. Louis SC

[Aug 15, Stadion, Stockholm]
Swedish Olympic XI       5-2 St. Louis SC

[Aug 18, Stadion, Stockholm]
Stockholm XI             2-2 St. Louis SC
  [hosts were a combination of AIK, Djurgårdens IF, Hammarby IF, Mariebergs IK and Olympia]

[Aug 22, Gävle]
Gästrikland XI           1-4 St. Louis SC

[Aug 25, Stadion, Stockholm]
Stockholm XI             3-1 St. Louis SC
  [hosts were a combination of Hammarby IF and Mariebergs IK]

[Aug 29, Stadion, Stockholm]
AIK                      0-2 St. Louis SC

[Sep 1, Norrköping]
IK Sleipner              1-3 St. Louis SC

[Sep 5, Hälsingborg]
Skåne XI                 0-3 St. Louis SC

[Sep 8, Borås]
Västergötland XI         0-2 St. Louis SC

[Sep 12, Ullevi, Göteborg]
GAIS                     3-3 St. Louis SC

[Sep 15, Ullevi, Göteborg]
Göteborg XI              2-2 St. Louis SC

St. Louis SC record:      14  7  5  2  35-23  19

About this document

Sources: US Soccer History (which gives incorrect match dates for the second, fourth, fifth and seventh matches), various contemporary Swedish newspapers (available through Svenska tidningar).

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 12 Oct 2025