Hemingsley earned two caps with the national team in 1916. In the first official U.S. national team game, the U.S. defeated Sweden on August 20, 1916. On September 3, 1916, Hemingsley and his teammates tied Norway before returning to the U.S.[9]
^Farnsworth, Ed. "Behind the footage: The opening game of the USMNT’s 1916 Scandinavian tour", Society for American Soccer History, September 4, 2020. Accessed November 30, 2022. "Then, Kearny, New Jersey’s James Ford (Jersey AC), playing at outside right, 'by brilliant individual work, took the ball up in the right way' before centering to center forward and fellow Kearny native John Heminsley (Newark Scottish Americans)."