1927-28 American Soccer League
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League standings

1st half
GP W D L GF GA PTS PCT
Boston Wonder Workers
Boston Wonder Workers
The Boston Soccer Club was a member of the American Soccer League. They were renamed the Boston Bears for the Fall 1929 ASL season.In 1925, the ASL and the St. Louis Soccer League boycotted the National Challenge Cup, now known as the U.S. Open Cup. The "Wonder Workers", as they were dubbed, had...

  29 18 7 4 65 36 43 .741
Bethlehem Steel F.C.
Bethlehem Steel F.C.
Bethlehem Steel Football Club was one of the most successful early American soccer clubs. Known as the Bethlehem Football Club from 1911 until 1915 when it became the Bethlehem Steel Football Club, the team was sponsored by the Bethlehem Steel corporation and played their home games first at East...

  29 18 5 6 70 49 41 .706
New Bedford Whalers
New Bedford Whalers
New Bedford Whalers was the name of three United States soccer teams based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The first Whalers played in the Southern New England Soccer League between 1914 and 1918. The second Whalers played in the American Soccer League between 1924 and 1931 before merging into Fall...

  29 17 7 5 68 45 41 .706
Brooklyn Wanderers
Brooklyn Wanderers
The Brooklyn Wanderers was a U.S. soccer team which was a founding member of the National Association Football League in the late nineteenth century. It later joined the American Soccer League.-History:...

  29 13 9 7 68 50 35 .603
Fall River Marksmen
Fall River Marksmen
Fall River Marksmen was a United States soccer club, based in Fall River, Massachusetts. They originally played as Fall River United before becoming known as the Marksmen after their owner, Sam Mark. During the 1920s and early 1930s they were one of the most successful soccer clubs in the United...

  31 14 6 11 75 58 34 .548
New York Giants
New York Giants (soccer)
New York Giants was a name used by three different New York soccer teams. Two of these teams were associated with the New York Giants baseball franchise. The first team that used the name played in the American League of Professional Football in 1894...

  30 13 6 11 73 57 32 .533
Providence Clamdiggers  30 9 8 13 47 59 26 .433
J & P Coats  32 6 7 19 39 66 19 .297
Newark Skeeters
Newark Skeeters
The Newark Skeeters was an American soccer club based in Newark, New Jersey and was a member of the American Soccer League and the Eastern Soccer League.The club folded upon the merger of the ASL & ESL after the fall 1929 season.-Year-by-year:...

  30 7 3 20 46 77 17 .283
New York Nationals  30 7 3 20 41 77 17 .283
Hartford Americans
Hartford Americans
The Hartford Americans was an American soccer club based in Hartford, Connecticut that was member of the professional American Soccer League. They joined the league in 1927, but were dropped early in the season to balance the league after the Philadelphia Celtic was suspended after only 10...

  11 4 2 5 14 14 10 .454
Philadelphia Celtic 10 2 1 7 17 35 5 .222

2nd half
GP W D L GF GA PTS PCT
New Bedford Whalers 25 13 8 4 52 31 34 .680
Fall River Marksmen 26 15 5 6 55 30 35 .673
New York Nationals 24 10 8 6 39 35 28 .583
Bethlehem Steel 23 10 6 7 43 31 26 .565
Boston Wonder Workers 22 9 6 7 41 34 27 .545
Providence Clamdiggers 26 11 5 10 41 46 27 .519
New York Giants 23 11 3 12 53 50 25 .481
Brooklyn Wanderers 25 9 3 13 39 52 21 .420
J & P Coats 20 3 3 14 30 54 9 .225
Newark Skeeters 17 2 1 14 18 46 5 .147

Playoff: Bethlehem Steel defeated New York Nationals 2-1, 4-0
Semifinals: Boston defeated Bethlehem 3-1, 0-4 (on disqualification)
New Bedford defeated Fall River 3-1, 0-1
CHAMPIONSHIP: Boston defeated New Bedford 4-2.
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