American Soccer League (1921-1933) · United States · level 1

1927-1928

Honors
champion Boston Wonder Workers
mvp —
golden boot Andy Stevens

295 games 3.60 goals / game 3,201 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Boston Wonder Workers 29 18 7 4 43 65 36 1.48 1.81
Bethlehem Steel 29 18 5 6 41 70 49 1.41 1.43
New Bedford Whalers 29 17 7 5 41 68 45 1.41 1.51
Fall River Marksmen 26 15 5 6 35 55 30 1.35 1.83
Brooklyn Wanderers 29 13 9 7 35 68 50 1.21 1.36
Fall River Marksmen 31 14 6 11 34 75 58 1.10 1.29
New Bedford Whalers 25 13 8 4 34 52 31 1.36 1.68
New York Giants (1923-1930) 30 13 6 11 32 73 57 1.07 1.28
New York Nationals 24 10 8 6 28 39 35 1.17 1.11
Providence Clamdiggers 26 11 5 10 27 41 46 1.04 0.89
Boston Wonder Workers 22 9 6 7 27 41 34 1.23 1.21
Bethlehem Steel 23 10 6 7 26 43 31 1.13 1.39
Providence Clamdiggers 30 9 8 13 26 47 59 0.87 0.80
New York Giants (1923-1930) 26 11 3 12 25 53 50 0.96 1.06
Brooklyn Wanderers 25 9 3 13 21 39 52 0.84 0.75
J & P Coats 32 6 7 19 19 39 66 0.59 0.59
Newark Skeeters 30 7 3 20 17 46 77 0.57 0.60
New York Nationals 30 7 3 20 17 41 77 0.57 0.53
Hartford Americans 11 4 2 5 10 14 14 0.91 1.00
J & P Coats 20 3 3 14 9 30 54 0.45 0.56
Newark Skeeters 17 2 1 14 5 18 46 0.29 0.39
Philadelphia Celtic 10 2 1 7 5 17 35 0.50 0.49

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Andy Stevens 30
  2. Max Gruenwald 29
  3. Tom Gillespie 28
  4. Archie Stark 27
  5. Arnie Oliver 27
  6. Davey Brown 25
  7. Johnny Nelson 25
  8. David McEachran 22
  9. Tommy Florie 22
  10. Bobby Blair 21

Appearances

  1. Bill McPherson 57
  2. Bob Campbell 55
  3. Bob McAuley 55
  4. Billy Adair 54
  5. George Moorhouse 54
  6. Johnny Harvey 54
  7. James Montgomerie 53
  8. Shamus O'Brien 53
  9. George Aimer 52
  10. Bill Finlayson 51

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
June 16, 1928 1927-1928 Boston Wonder Workers 4 - 2 New Bedford Whalers New Bedford, MA — 1
June 12, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 4 - 0 Boston Wonder Workers Bethlehem, PA — 1
June 10, 1928 1927-1928 Fall River Marksmen 1 - 0 New Bedford Whalers Mark's Stadium — 1
June 9, 1928 1927-1928 Fall River Marksmen 1 - 3 New Bedford Whalers New Bedford, MA — 1
June 9, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 3 Boston Wonder Workers Walpole Street Grounds — 1
June 6, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 4 - 0 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1
June 4, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 1 New York Nationals Bethlehem, PA — 1
May 30, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 3 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1
May 30, 1928 1927-1928 Boston Wonder Workers 1 - 1 New Bedford Whalers Walpole Street Grounds — 1
May 30, 1928 1927-1928 Fall River Marksmen 1 - 1 Providence Clamdiggers Mark's Stadium — 1
May 27, 1928 1927-1928 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 - 0 Fall River Marksmen Brooklyn, NY — 1
May 27, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Providence Clamdiggers Providence, RI — 1
May 27, 1928 1927-1928 New York Giants (1923-1930) 3 - 2 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1
May 26, 1928 1927-1928 Fall River Marksmen 1 - 0 New York Giants (1923-1930) New York, NY — 1
May 26, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 0 - 0 New Bedford Whalers New Bedford, MA — 1
May 26, 1928 1927-1928 Boston Wonder Workers 0 - 3 New York Nationals Walpole Street Grounds — 1
May 23, 1928 1927-1928 New York Nationals 1 - 0 Providence Clamdiggers New York, NY — 1
May 20, 1928 1927-1928 New York Nationals 1 - 3 Providence Clamdiggers Providence, RI — 1
May 20, 1928 1927-1928 Brooklyn Wanderers 2 - 6 New York Giants (1923-1930) New York, NY — 1
May 20, 1928 1927-1928 Boston Wonder Workers 1 - 4 Fall River Marksmen Mark's Stadium — 1
May 19, 1928 1927-1928 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 0 J & P Coats Bethlehem, PA — 1
May 19, 1928 1927-1928 New Bedford Whalers 2 - 2 New York Nationals New Bedford, MA — 1
May 19, 1928 1927-1928 Boston Wonder Workers 4 - 2 Brooklyn Wanderers Walpole Street Grounds — 1
May 13, 1928 1927-1928 Fall River Marksmen 0 - 0 Providence Clamdiggers Providence, RI — 1
May 13, 1928 1927-1928 Boston Wonder Workers 2 - 1 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1

Awards

award winner
Champion Boston Wonder Workers

Where the appearances came from

Scotland: 2,658 games, 41.5%United States: 248 games, 3.9%United States: 248 games, 3.9%Northern Ireland: 251 games, 3.9%England: 287 games, 4.5%Hungary: 129 games, 2.0%Sweden: 13 games, 0.2%Norway: 46 games, 0.7%Norway: 46 games, 0.7%Ireland: 38 games, 0.6%Egypt: 20 games, 0.3%Czechoslovakia: 35 games, 0.5%Austria: 75 games, 1.2%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
Scotland 2,658 41.5%
not recorded 2,603 40.7%
England 287 4.5%
Northern Ireland 251 3.9%
United States 248 3.9%
Hungary 129 2.0%
Austria 75 1.2%
Norway 46 0.7%
Ireland 38 0.6%
Czechoslovakia 35 0.5%
Egypt 20 0.3%
Sweden 13 0.2%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.