1926–27 American Soccer League Explained

Competition:	American Soccer League -1926–27 Season-
Season:	1926–27
Num Teams:	12
Shield:	Boston (2nd title)
League Topscorer:	Davey Brown (52)
Nextseason:	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]

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
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		44	24	6	14	124	72	54	.614
5		44	21	7	16	120	102	49	.557
6		44	19	9	15	77	81	47	.547
7		44	18	6	20	83	96	42	.477
8		43	15	10	18	73	96	40	.466
9	J&P Coats	44	11	14	19	48	72	36	.409
10	Newark Skeeters^[2]	38	13	6	25	54	91	32	.363
11	Philadelphia^[3]	44	11	4	29	64	123	26	.295
12	Springfield Babes^[4]	27	7	7	13	44	74	21	.239

Boston advanced, 8–2, on aggregate.

Brooklyn advanced, 4–3, on aggregate.

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

Rank	Scorer	Club	Games	Goals
1	Davey Brown	New York Giants	38	52
2	Bobby Blair	Boston Soccer Club	38	38
3	Andy Stevens	New Bedford Whalers	36	36
4	Tom Gillespie	Bethlehem Steel	32	33
5	Bill Paterson		27	30
6	John Nelson	Brooklyn Wanderers	35	27
7	Archie Stark	Bethlehem Steel	29	23
7	Tommy White	Newark Skeeters	31	23
9	Robert Rock		30	21
9	Ed McLaine	Providence	32	21
11	Mike McLeavy	New Bedford Whalers	30	20
11	Dougie Campbell	Fall River F.C.	41	20
13	Jimmy McConnell	Providence	21	17
	Jerry Best	New Bedford Whalers	35	17
	Max Grünwald	New York Giants	37	17
16	Johnny Ballantyne	Boston Soccer Club	39	16
16	Tec White	Fall River F.C.	39	16
18	József Eisenhoffer	Brooklyn Wanderers	39	15
19	Bob Millar	Indiana Flooring	29	14
	Neil Turner	New Bedford Whalers	32	14
	Johnny Jaap	Bethlehem Steel	35	14
	Sturdy Maxwell	New Bedford Whalers	36	14
23	Herbert Carlsson	Indiana Flooring	34	13
23	Moritz Häusler	New York Giants	36	13
25	Sam Kennedy	Fall River F.C.	25	12
	George Forrest	Bethlehem Steel	29	12
	Bart McGhee	Indiana Flooring	36	12
28	Jimmy McClure	Philadelphia	32	11
29	Viktor Hierländer	New York Giants	21	10
	Bob Campbell	Springfield Babes	22	10
	Dave McEachran	Fall River F.C.	34	10
	Malcolm Goldie	Bethlehem Steel	37	10
	Werner Nilsen	Boston Soccer Club	40	10
	Jimmy Montgomerie	New Bedford Whalers	42	10

Web site: Holroyd. Steve. The Year in American Soccer - 1927. 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.
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)