1926–27 American Soccer League

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.{{cite web|last=Holroyd|first=Steve|title=The Year in American Soccer - 1927|url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1927.html|work=American Soccer History Archives|access-date=2012-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102021404/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1927.html|archive-date=2015-11-02|url-status=dead}}

• The percentage is the percentage of points won of points available, not a win-loss percentage.

class="wikitable" !Place !width="175"|Team !width="20"|GP !width="20"|W !width="20"|L !width="20"|D !width="20"|GF !width="20"|GA !Pts !Pct

bgcolor=#b3b7ff |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 SkeetersNewark forfeited 3 games. Each game was counted as a tie: Bethlehem (1); J&P Coats (1); Providence (1) |38 |13 |6 |25 |54 |91 |32 | .363

11 | PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia forfeited 4 games: Boston (2); J&P Coats (1); Providence (1) Those teams each received one point for a tie. |44 |11 |4 |29 |64 |123 |26 | .295

12 | Springfield BabesAt 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) |27 |7 |7 |13 |44 |74 |21 | .239

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2-legged aggregate

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2-legged aggregate

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| RD1-score4-A=3

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| RD2-score1-1=2

| RD2-score1-2=3

| RD2-score1-A=5

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date = March 12, 1927 |

team1 = Boston |

goals1 = Barney Battles, Jr. {{Goal}}, {{Goal}}
Alex McNab {{Goal}}
Johnny Ballantyne {{Goal}} |

goals2 = {{Goal}} Denis Lawson
{{Goal}} Jimmy McConnell |

score = 4–2 |

report = |

team2 = Providence |

stadium = Boston, Massachusetts

| attendance =

| referee = Mose Bloom }}

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date = March 13, 1927|

team1 = Providence |

goals1 = |

goals2 = |

score = 0–4 |

report = |

team2 = Boston |

stadium =

| attendance =

| referee = Mose Bloom }}

Boston advanced, 8–2, on aggregate.

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date = March 12, 1927 |

team1 = Indiana Flooring |

goals1 = Red McMillan {{Goal|15|o.g.}}
Hookey Leonard {{Goal|30}} |

goals2 = {{Goal|45}} Bobby Yule
{{Goal}} József Eisenhoffer
{{Goal|85}} Sándor Nemes |

score = 2–3 |

report = |

team2 = Brooklyn Wanderers |

stadium = Boston, Massachusetts

| attendance =

| referee = George Lambie }}

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date = March 13, 1927
3:00 PM EST |

team1 = Brooklyn Wanderers |

goals1 = Bobby Yule {{Goal|73}} |

goals2 = {{Goal|35}} Bob Millar |

score = 1–1 |

report = |

team2 = Indiana Flooring |

stadium = Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, New York

| attendance = 10,000

| referee = George Lambie }}

Brooklyn advanced, 4–3, on aggregate.

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date = April 2, 1927 |

team1 = Boston |

goals1 = Tommy Flemming {{Goal|2}}
Werner Nilsen {{Goal|72}} |

goals2 = |

score = 2–0 |

report = |

team2 = Brooklyn Wanderers |

stadium = Boston, Massachusetts

| attendance =

| referee = James Walder }}

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date = April 3, 1927
3:00 PM EST |

team1 = Brooklyn Wanderers |

goals1 = |

goals2 = {{Goal|8}} Bobby Blair
{{Goal|25}}, {{Goal|88}} Werner Nilsen |

score = 0–3 |

report = |

team2 = Boston |

stadium = Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, New York

| attendance = 8,000

| referee = James Walder}}

Boston wins Lewis Cup, 5–0, on aggregate.

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