1926–27 American Soccer League
Appearance
(Redirected from 1926-27 American Soccer League I season)
Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions | Bethlehem Steel |
Lewis Cup | Boston (2nd title) |
Top goalscorer | Davey Brown (52) |
← 1925–26 1927–28 → |
The 1926–27 season was the sixth season of the American Soccer League.
Rule changes
During this season, the American Soccer League introduced two short-lived several rule changes:
- The league introduced goal judges similar to those used in ice hockey.
- A "penalty box" was also introduced, where players were required to serve penalty time standing behind their team’s goal line.[1]
League standings
- The percentage is the percentage of points won of points available, not a win-loss percentage.
Place | Team | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Pct |
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1 | Bethlehem Steel | 44 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 114 | 52 | 66 | .750 |
2 | Boston | 44 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 90 | 59 | 57 | .648 |
3 | Fall River F.C. | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 98 | 72 | 56 | .636 |
4 | New Bedford Whalers | 44 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 124 | 72 | 54 | .614 |
5 | New York Giants | 44 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 120 | 102 | 49 | .557 |
6 | Indiana Flooring | 44 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 81 | 47 | .547 |
7 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 44 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 83 | 96 | 42 | .477 |
8 | Providence | 43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 73 | 96 | 40 | .466 |
9 | J&P Coats | 44 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 72 | 36 | .409 |
10 | Newark Skeeters[Note 1] | 38 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 54 | 91 | 32 | .363 |
11 | Philadelphia[Note 2] | 44 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 64 | 123 | 26 | .295 |
12 | Springfield Babes[Note 3] | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 74 | 21 | .239 |
- ^ Newark forfeited 3 games. Each game was counted as a tie: Bethlehem (1); J&P Coats (1); Providence (1)
- ^ Philadelphia forfeited 4 games: Boston (2); J&P Coats (1); Providence (1) Those teams each received one point for a tie.
- ^ At the end of December 1926, Springfield withdrew from the league. Its remaining 17 games were counted as forfeits and each team received one point for each forfeited game: Bethlehem (3); Boston (1); Brooklyn (1); Fall River (1); Indiana (2); J&P Coats (3); New Bedford (2); New York (1); Philadelphia (3); Providence (1)
Lewis Cup
Bracket
March 12–13 2-legged aggregate | April 2–3 2-legged aggregate | ||||||||||||
MA | Boston | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
RI | Providence | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
MA | Boston | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
NY | Brooklyn Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
NY | Brooklyn Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
NY | Indiana Flooring | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Semifinals
Boston | 4–2 | Providence |
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Barney Battles, Jr. ![]() ![]() Alex McNab ![]() Johnny Ballantyne ![]() |
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Boston, Massachusetts
Referee: Mose Bloom
Providence | 0–4 | Boston |
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Referee: Mose Bloom
Boston advanced, 8–2, on aggregate.
Indiana Flooring | 2–3 | Brooklyn Wanderers |
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Red McMillan ![]() Hookey Leonard ![]() |
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Boston, Massachusetts
Referee: George Lambie
Brooklyn Wanderers | 1–1 | Indiana Flooring |
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Bobby Yule ![]() |
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Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, New York
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: George Lambie
Brooklyn advanced, 4–3, on aggregate.
Final
Boston | 2–0 | Brooklyn Wanderers |
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Tommy Flemming ![]() Werner Nilsen ![]() |
Boston, Massachusetts
Referee: James Walder
Brooklyn Wanderers | 0–3 | Boston |
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Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, New York
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: James Walder
Boston wins Lewis Cup, 5–0, on aggregate.
Goals leaders
References
- ^ Holroyd, Steve. "The Year in American Soccer - 1927". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2012.