# 1926–27 American Soccer League

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.

## 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 |
| 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 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 54 | 91 | 32 | .363 |
| 11 | Philadelphia | 44 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 64 | 123 | 26 | .295 |
| 12 | Springfield Babes | 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 | March 12–13 2-legged aggregate | March 12–13 2-legged aggregate | March 12–13 2-legged aggregate | March 12–13 2-legged aggregate | April 2–3 2-legged aggregate | April 2–3 2-legged aggregate | April 2–3 2-legged aggregate | April 2–3 2-legged aggregate | April 2–3 2-legged aggregate |
| MA | Boston | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | |
| RI | Providence | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| RI | Providence | 2 | 0 | 0 | MA | Boston | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | NY | Brooklyn Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NY | Brooklyn Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 4 | NY | Brooklyn Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NY | Indiana Flooring | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |

### Semifinals

Boston advanced, 8–2, on aggregate.
Brooklyn advanced, 4–3, on aggregate.

### Final

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

## Goals leaders

| 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 | New Bedford Whalers | 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 | Philadelphia Field Club | 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 |
| 13 | Jerry Best | New Bedford Whalers | 35 | 17 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 19 | Neil Turner | New Bedford Whalers | 32 | 14 |
| 19 | Johnny Jaap | Bethlehem Steel | 35 | 14 |
| 19 | 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 |
| 25 | George Forrest | Bethlehem Steel | 29 | 12 |
| 25 | Bart McGhee | Indiana Flooring | 36 | 12 |
| 28 | Jimmy McClure | Philadelphia | 32 | 11 |
| 29 | Viktor Hierländer | New York Giants | 21 | 10 |
| 29 | Bob Campbell | Springfield Babes | 22 | 10 |
| 29 | Dave McEachran | Fall River F.C. | 34 | 10 |
| 29 | Malcolm Goldie | Bethlehem Steel | 37 | 10 |
| 29 | Werner Nilsen | Boston Soccer Club | 40 | 10 |
| 29 | Jimmy Montgomerie | New Bedford Whalers | 42 | 10 |