1927-28 American Soccer League season

Seasons

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29

Teams and Alignment

Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Bethlehem Steel Athletic Field	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Boston Wonder Workers	South End Grounds (1894)	Boston
Brooklyn Wanderers	Hawthorne Field	Brooklyn, New York
Fall River Marksmen	Mark's Stadium	Tiverton, Rhode Island
Hartford Americans (folded during season)	McKee Street Stadium	Manchester, Connecticut
J. & P. Coats	Lonsdale Avenue Grounds	Pawtucket, Rhode Island
New Bedford Whalers	Battery Park	New Bedford, Massachusetts
New York Giants	Starlight Park Grounds	The Bronx, New York
New York Nationals	New York Oval	The Bronx, New York
Newark F.C.	Ruppert Stadium	Newark, New Jersey
Philadelphia Celtic (folded during season)	I and Tioga Street Field	Philadelphia
Providence Clamdiggers	Kinsley Park	Providence, Rhode Island

Changes

• Hartford Americans enfranchised, playing at McKee Street Stadium in Manchester, Connecticut.
• Indiana Flooring relocate from New York Oval in The Bronx, New York to Polo Grounds (1911) in Manhattan, New York and renamed New York Nationals.
• New York Giants relocate from New York Oval to Starlight Park Grounds.
• Philadelphia F.C. renamed Philadelphia Celtic.
• Springfield Babes fold.
• Hartford Americans fold during first half.
• Philadelphia Celtic fold during first half.

Regular Season Results

First Half Results

Team	W	L	T	Pct
Boston Wonder Workers	18	4	7	.741
Bethlehem Steel F.C.	18	6	5	.706
New Bedford Whalers	17	5	7	.706
Brooklyn Wanderers	13	7	9	.603
Fall River Marksmen	14	11	6	.548
New York Giants	13	11	6	.533
Hartford Americans	4	5	2	.455
Providence Clamdiggers	9	13	8	.433
J. & P. Coats	6	19	7	.297
Newark S.C.	7	20	3	.283
New York Nationals	7	20	3	.283
Philadelphia Celtic	2	7	1	.250

Second Half Results

Team	W	L	T	Pct
New Bedford Whalers	13*	4	8	.680
Fall River Marksmen	15	6	5	.673
New York Nationals	10	6	8	.583
Bethlehem Steel F.C.	10	7	6	.565
Boston Wonder Workers	9	7	6	.545
Providence Clamdiggers	11	10	5	.519
New York Giants	11	12	3	.481
Brooklyn Wanderers	9	13	3	.420
J. & P. Coats	3	14	3	.225
Newark F.C.	2	14*	1	.147

*Includes one forfeit victory for New Bedford Whalers over Newark F.C.

Postseason Results

First Half Tiebreaker Results

Team (Single-Game)		Advancers
Bethlehem Steel F.C.	0	New Bedford Whalers
New Bedford Whalers	2

Postseason Results

Team (Two-Game Aggregate)		Team (Two-Game Aggregate)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
New Bedford Whalers			3	New Bedford Whalers	2	Boston Wonder Workers
Fall River Marksmen			2
Boston Wonder Workers			3	Boston Wonder Workers	4
New York Nationals	1	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	5*
Bethlehem Steel F.C.	6

*Bethlehem Steel F.C.'s second leg 4-0 victory over Boston Wonder Workers was expunged, rendering a 3-1 final result in favor of Boston Wonder Workers.

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	First Half	Second Half	Postseason	Total
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area		Northampton County, Pennsylvania	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Bethlehem Steel Athletic Field	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	14	10	One	25
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	Boston, MA Metropolitan Division	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	Boston	South End Grounds (1894)	Boston Wonder Workers	15	10	One	27
	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Bristol County, Massachusetts	New Bedford, Massachusetts	Battery Park	New Bedford Whalers	14	13	Two	29
			Newport County, Rhode Island	Tiverton, Rhode Island	Mark's Stadium	Fall River Marksmen	16	14	One	32
						Providence Clamdiggers	One			One
						Bethlehem Steel F.C.			One	One
			Providence County, Rhode Island	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Lonsdale Avenue Grounds	J. & P. Coats	15	Nine		24
				Providence, Rhode Island	Cycledrome	Providence Clamdiggers		Five		Five
					Kinsley Park	Providence Clamdiggers	13	Six		19
	Worcester, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Worcester County, Massachusetts	Worcester, Massachusetts	Morgan Field	Hartford Americans	One			One
New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area		Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut	Manchester, Connecticut	McKee Street Stadium	Hartford Americans	Five			Five
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division	Bronx County, New York	The Bronx, New York	Starlight Park Grounds	New York Giants	17	14		31
			Hudson County, New Jersey	Harrison, New Jersey	Hyatt Field	Newark F.C.	Five			Five
			Kings County, New York	Brooklyn, New York	Ebbets Field	Brooklyn Wanderers	Nine			Nine
					Hawthorne Field	Brooklyn Wanderers	Six	13		19
						Bethlehem Steel F.C.			One	One
			New York County, New York	Manhattan, New York	Polo Grounds (1911)	New York Nationals	15	14	One	31
		Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division	Essex County, New Jersey	East Orange, New Jersey	Knights of Columbus Stadium	Newark F.C.		Three		Three
				Newark, New Jersey	Ruppert Stadium	Newark F.C.	11	Four		15
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area	Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	I and Tioga Street Field	Philadelphia Celtic	Three			Three
						Bethlehem Steel F.C.		One		One
Total							160	116	Eight	284