1926–27 American Soccer League

February 2023 February 2023 American Soccer League -1926–27 Season- 1926–27 12 Bethlehem Steel Lewis Cup Boston (2nd title) 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.Holroyd Steve The Year in American Soccer - 1927 http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1927.html American Soccer History Archives 2012-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20151102021404/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1927.html 2015-11-02 dead League standings The percentage is the percentage of points won of points available, not a win-loss percentage. PlaceTeamGPWLDGFGAPtsPct1 Bethlehem Steel4429871145266 .7502 Boston4425712905957 .6483 Fall River F.C.4424812987256 .6364 New Bedford Whalers 44246141247254 .6145 New York Giants 442171612010249 .5576 Indiana Flooring 4419915778147 .5477 Brooklyn Wanderers 4418620839642 .4778 Providence 43151018739640 .4669 J&P Coats44111419487236 .40910 Newark SkeetersNewark forfeited 3 games. Each game was counted as a tie: Bethlehem (1); J&P Coats (1); Providence (1)3813625549132 .36311 PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia forfeited 4 games: Boston (2); J&P Coats (1); Providence (1) Those teams each received one point for a tie.44114296412326 .29512 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)277713447421 .239 Note Lewis Cup Bracket March 12–132-legged aggregate April 2–32-legged aggregate MA Boston 4 4 8 RI Providence 2 0 0 NY Brooklyn Wanderers 3 1 4 NY Indiana Flooring 2 1 3 MA Boston 2 3 5 NY Brooklyn Wanderers 0 0 0 Semifinals March 12, 1927 Boston Barney Battles, Jr. , Alex McNab Johnny Ballantyne Denis Lawson Jimmy McConnell 4–2 Providence Boston, Massachusetts Mose Bloom March 13, 1927 Providence 0–4 Boston Mose Bloom Boston advanced, 8–2, on aggregate. March 12, 1927 Indiana Flooring Red McMillan 15 o.g. Hookey Leonard 30 45 Bobby Yule József Eisenhoffer 85 Sándor Nemes 2–3 Brooklyn Wanderers Boston, Massachusetts George Lambie March 13, 19273:00 PM EST Brooklyn Wanderers Bobby Yule 73 35 Bob Millar 1–1 Indiana Flooring Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, New York 10,000 George Lambie Brooklyn advanced, 4–3, on aggregate. Final April 2, 1927 Boston Tommy Flemming 2Werner Nilsen 72 2–0 Brooklyn Wanderers Boston, Massachusetts James Walder April 3, 19273:00 PM EST Brooklyn Wanderers 8 Bobby Blair 25, 88 Werner Nilsen 0–3 Boston Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, New York 8,000 James Walder Boston wins Lewis Cup, 5–0, on aggregate. Goals leaders RankScorerClubGamesGoals1 Davey Brown New York Giants38522 Bobby Blair Boston Soccer Club38383 Andy Stevens New Bedford Whalers36364 Tom Gillespie Bethlehem Steel32335 Bill Paterson New Bedford Whalers 27306 John Nelson Brooklyn Wanderers35277 Archie Stark Bethlehem Steel2923 Tommy White Newark Skeeters31239 Robert RockPhiladelphia Field Club 3021 Ed McLaineProvidence322111 Mike McLeavy New Bedford Whalers3020 Dougie Campbell Fall River F.C.412013 Jimmy McConnell Providence2117 Jerry BestNew Bedford Whalers3517 Max Grünwald New York Giants371716 Johnny BallantyneBoston Soccer Club3916 Tec White Fall River F.C.391618 József EisenhofferBrooklyn Wanderers391519 Bob Millar Indiana Flooring2914 Neil TurnerNew Bedford Whalers3214 Johnny Jaap Bethlehem Steel3514 Sturdy MaxwellNew Bedford Whalers361423 Herbert Carlsson Indiana Flooring3413 Moritz HäuslerNew York Giants361325 Sam Kennedy Fall River F.C.2512 George ForrestBethlehem Steel2912 Bart McGhee Indiana Flooring361228 Jimmy McClure Philadelphia321129 Viktor Hierländer New York Giants2110 Bob Campbell Springfield Babes2210 Dave McEachran Fall River F.C.3410 Malcolm Goldie Bethlehem Steel3710 Werner Nilsen Boston Soccer Club4010 Jimmy Montgomerie New Bedford Whalers4210 References Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) seasons Amer