All-Time ASL II Standings

A work in progress, the standings and playoff results for the second American Soccer League, which played from 1933-1983. Records for this league get wonkier the farther you go back, and there are errors that need to be corrected when they can be, and researching them (as well as playoff dates and attendances) will take some time. These standings are presented in W-L-T format where applicable, because W-T-L is pretentious, and in playoff results, the home team is in CAPS because scores go higher to lower in this country. Each team’s seeding is also noted in playoff results. The standings going back to 1969, the league’s first spring-to-fall season, are complete (with caveats). Prior to that, the data is a little haphazard. Please bear with me while I research them. Documented corrections are always appreciated. The great work of the estimable Dave Litterer is gratefully acknowledged. You can find some attendance figures for this league here.

Playoff Team
Team folded during season
[E]=Expansion Team

1983 American Soccer League
Eastern Division	G	W	L	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Jacksonville Tea Men [E]	25	18	7	62	36	54	144
Pennsylvannia Stoners	25	12	13	46	48	46	106
Carolina Lightnin’	25	12	13	43	37	43	103

Western Division	G	W	L	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Dallas Americans [E]	25	13	12	48	41	48	112
Detroit Express	25	12	13	36	44	38	98
Oklahoma City Slickers	25	8	17	27	57	27	67
Playoffs: #1 Jacksonville d. #4 Carolina 2-1 8/11/1983 CAROLINA 1, Jacksonville 0 (SO) 8/13/1983 JACKSONVILLE 2, Carolina 0 (8,002) 8/13/1983 JACKSONVILLE 2, Carolina 0 (Mini-game) #3 Pennsylvania d. #2 Dallas 2-1 8/11/1983 PENNSYLVANIA 5, Dallas 0 8/13/1983 DALLAS 3, Pennsylvania 1 (5,437) 8/13/1983 Pennsylvania 1, DALLAS 0 (Mini-game) #1 Jacksonville d. #3 Pennsylvania 2-1 8/17/1983 PENNSYLVANIA 3, Jacksonville 0 (3,028) 8/19/1983 JACKSONVILLE 4, Pennsylvania 1 8/21/1983 JACKSONVILLE 1, Pennsylvania 0 (7,326)


1982 American Soccer League
	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Detroit Express	28	19	5	4	75	37	59	162
Oklahoma City Slickers [E]	28	19	6	3	55	42	50	151
Georgia Generals	28	12	9	7	57	43	50	120
Rochester Flash	28	10	15	3	50	55	46	102
Carolina Lightnin’	28	11	13	4	37	45	37	100
Pennsylvania Stoners	28	8	13	7	34	44	33	83
Nashville Diamonds [E]	28	3	21	4	25	67	25	48
Playoffs: #5 Carolina d. #4 Rochester 2-0 9/3/1982 CAROLINA 3, Rochester 1 (3,703) 9/8/1982 Carolina 3, ROCHESTER 1 (2,654) #1 Detroit d. #3 Georgia 2-1 9/7/1982 Detroit 2, GEORGIA 1 (500) 9/8/1982 Georgia 2, DETROIT 2 (Georgia wins 5-4 in penalties) (400) 9/9/1982 DETROIT 1, Georgia 0 (800) #2 Oklahoma City d. #5 Carolina 2-0 9/10/1982 Oklahoma City 1, CAROLINA 1 (Oklahoma City wins 4-3 in penalties) (3,855) 9/12/1982 OKLAHOMA CITY 3, Carolina 0 (3,500) #1 Detroit d. #2 Oklahoma City 2-1 9/18/1982 Oklahoma City 3, DETROIT 1 (10,638) 9/19/1982 Detroit 2, OKLAHOMA CITY 0 (7,500) 9/22/1982 DETROIT 4, Oklahoma City 1 (23,726)

1981 American Soccer League
Liberty Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
New York United	28	19	5	4	55	28	51	154
Pennsylvania Stoners	28	17	4	7	51	28	47	146
New York Eagles	28	13	13	2	57	49	47	116
New England Sharks [E]	28	4	24	0	16	41	15	35

Freedom Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Carolina Lightnin’ [E]	28	16	9	3	46	31	41	127
Detroit Express [E]	28	15	11	2	58	48	46	125
Rochester Flash [E]	28	11	12	5	38	51	35	100
Cleveland Cobras	28	5	22	1	33	78	29	56
Playoffs: #3 Carolina d. #6 Rochester 9/03/1981 CAROLINA 2, Rochester 0 (5,312) #4 Detroit d. #5 New York Eagles 9/04/1981 DETROIT 4, New York Eagles 1 (7,318) #3 Carolina d. #2 Pennsylvania 4-3 on aggregate 9/05/1981 CAROLINA 3, Pennsylvania 1 (6,021) 9/09/1981 PENNSYLVANIA 2, Carolina 1 (2,207) #1 New York United advanced on penalties over #4 Detroit after a 2-2 aggregate draw 9/08/1981 DETROIT 1, New York United 1 (3,414) 9/10/1981 NEW YORK UNITED 1, Detroit 1 (New York United advanced 4-2 on penalties) (1,274) #3 Carolina d. #1 New York United 9/18/1981 CAROLINA 2, New York United 1 (20,163)

1980 American Soccer League
National Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Pennsylvania Stoners	28	19	5	4	50	29	43	146
New York United	28	17	11	0	48	34	43	128
Cleveland Cobras	28	12	14	2	47	47	38	102
Columbus Magic	28	11	14	3	34	31	32	93

American Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Sacramento Spirit*	28	12	13	3	41	40	37	103
California Sunshine	28	12	15	1	40	53	37	99
Golden Gate Gales [E]	28	8	14	6	49	54	45	97
Miami Americans	28	10	15	3	39	60	37	93
*Sacramento Gold franchise folded July 16, 1980 and was quickly supplanted by a new franchise called the Spirit. Shown is the combined record of the two clubs.
Playoffs: #1A Sacramento d. #2A California 5-4 on aggregate 9/10/1980 Sacramento 4, CALIFORNIA 3 (155) 9/14/1980 California 1, SACRAMENTO 1 (OT) (2,942) #1N Pennsylvania d. #2N New York 4-2 on aggregate 9/12/1980 NEW YORK 1, Pennsylvania 1 9/14/1980 PENNSYLVANIA 3, New York 1 (8,139) #1N Pennsylvania d. #1A Sacramento 9/18/1980 PENNSYLVANIA 2, Sacramento 1 (7,723)

1979 American Soccer League
Eastern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Columbus Magic [E]	28	17	8	3	55	41	49	140
New York Eagles	28	14	7	7	49	36	46	137
Pennsylvania Stoners [E]	28	13	10	5	50	39	45	120
New Jersey Americans	28	12	13	3	36	38	35	101
Cleveland Cobras	28	8	17	3	29	50	29	75
New York Apollo	28	6	18	4	30	45	27	64

Western Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
California Sunshine	28	22	3	3	63	29	57	173
Sacramento Gold	28	14	12	2	49	34	42	116
Los Angeles Skyhawks	28	13	11	4	42	44	41	114
Indianapolis Daredevils	28	8	17	3	35	58	32	78
Las Vegas Seagulls [E]	28	7	18	3	28	54	28	67
Playoffs: #2W Sacramento d. #3W Los Angeles 8/24/1979 SACRAMENTO 3, Los Angeles 2 (OT) (7,233) #3E Pennsylvania d. #2E New York Eagles 8/29/1979 Pennsylvania 2, NEW YORK EAGLES 1 #1E Columbus advanced on penalties over #3E Pennsylvania after a 2-2 aggregate draw 9/4/1979 Columbus 1, PENNSYLVANIA 1 (7,048) 9/9/1979 COLUMBUS 1, Pennsylvania 1 (Columbus advances 6-5 on penalties) (4,306) #2W Sacramento d. #1W California 1-0 on aggregate 9/2/1979 SACRAMENTO 0, California 0 (10,782) 9/8/1979 Sacramento 1, CALIFORNIA 0 (2,200) #2W Sacramento d. #1E Columbus 9/16/1979 Sacramento 1, COLUMBUS 0 (9,378)

1978 American Soccer League
Eastern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
New York Apollo	24	18	5	1	65	37	51	143
New Jersey Americans	24	10	13	1	49	45	42	94
Indy Daredevils	24	8	13	3	33	41	32	78
New York Eagles [E]	24	6	13	5	33	55	33	73
Cleveland Cobras	24	7	13	4	27	55	27	70
Connecticut Yankees	24	6	16	2	24	53	26	60

Western Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Los Angeles Skyhawks	24	17	6	1	55	28	48	135
California Sunshine	24	15	7	2	55	27	45	124
Southern California Lazers [E]	24	15	8	1	44	29	45	122
Sacramento Gold	24	7	15	2	27	42	25	64
Playoffs: #2E New Jersey d. #3E Indy 8/29/1978 NEW JERSEY 4, Indy 2 #2W California d. #3W Southern California 8/29/1978 CALIFORNIA 1, Southern California 1 (California wins 6-5 in penalties) #1E New York d. #2E New Jersey 5-4 on aggregate 8/31/1978 NEW JERSEY 2, New York 0 9/02/1978 NEW YORK 5, New Jersey 2 (OT) (5,113) #1W Los Angeles d. #2W California 5-1 on aggregate 8/31/1978 Los Angeles 1, CALIFORNIA 0 (3,000) 9/02/1978 LOS ANGELES 4, California 1 (4,938) #1E New York d. #1W California 9/10/1978 New York 1, LOS ANGELES 0 (6,242)

1977 American Soccer League
Eastern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
New Jersey Americans	24	16	7	1	48	29	41	123
New York Apollo	24	14	7	3	43	33	39	115
Connecticut Yankees	24	8	14	2	36	51	35	79
New England Oceaneers	24	8	14	2	35	42	33	77
Cleveland Cobras	24	9	13	2	29	41	27	76

Western Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Sacramento Spirits	24	16	4	4	35	21	34	122
Los Angeles Skyhawks	24	13	7	4	44	33	41	114
California Sunshine [E]	24	8	14	2	36	51	35	79
Santa Barbara Condors [E]	12	4	4	4	15	12	13	41
Playoffs: #2W Los Angeles d. #3W California 8/27/1977 LOS ANGELES 3, California 2 (OT) (6,471) #2E New York d. #3E Connecticut 8/29/1977 NEW YORK 3, Connecticut 0 (348) #1E New Jersey d. #2E New York 8/31/1977 NEW JERSEY 1, New York 0 (3,107) #1W Sacramento d. #2W Los Angeles 8/31/1977 SACRAMENTO 2, Los Angeles 1 (6,730) #1E New Jersey d. #1W Sacramento 9/4/1977 NEW JERSEY 3, Sacramento 0 (6,493)

1976 American Soccer League
Eastern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
New York Apollo	21	10	8	3	29	25	29	85
Rhode Island Oceaneers	21	9	9	3	31	23	31	82
Cleveland Cobras	21	9	8	4	28	32	27	80
Chicago Cats#	21	10	8	3	25	23	24	80
Connecticut Yankees	21	9	12	0	35	39	30	75
New Jersey Americans [E]	21	6	11	4	26	38	25	63

Western Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	BP	PTS
Los Angeles Skyhawks [E]	21	13	2	6	41	15	35	112
Tacoma Tides [E]	21	10	5	6	40	23	31	93
Utah Pioneers [E]*	20	10	7	3	28	22	28	84
Golden Bay Buccaneers [E]	18	6	10	2	28	39	25	59
Sacramento Spirits [E]	21	4	14	3	25	52	25	51
Cork Hibernians%	11	4	6	1	22	26	18	40
#Chicago balked at playing Cleveland in a 21st game and Cleveland was awarded a forfeit and third place by the ASL.
*Original Utah franchise, the Golden Spikers, was expelled on 8/2/1976 and a new franchise, the Pioneers, took their place and record.
%Hibernians of Cork, Ireland, played each ASL team once in games that counted in the official league standings. The wins and losses add up, but the goals scored and allowed overall do not, so more study is warranted.
Playoffs: #2W Tacoma d. #3W Utah 8/19/1976 TACOMA 2, Utah 1 (1,000) #2E Rhode Island d. #3E Cleveland 8/20/1976 RHODE ISLAND 2, Cleveland 1 (2,456) #1E New York d. #2E Rhode Island 8/21/1976 NEW YORK 2, Rhode Island 1 #1W Los Angeles d. #2W Tacoma 8/21/1976 LOS ANGELES 2, Tacoma 1 (OT) (7,778) #1W Los Angeles d. #1E New York 8/27/1976 LOS ANGELES 2, New York 1 (9,379)


1975 American Soccer League
Northern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Astros	20	9	3	8	51	31	26
Rhode Island Oceaneers	20	8	3	9	38	24	25
Connecticut Yankees	20	9	6	5	43	30	23

Eastern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Apollo	20	11	3	6	42	33	28
New Jersey Brewers	20	6	11	3	27	35	15
Pittsburgh Miners [E]	20	1	16	3	18	47	5

Midwestern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Cleveland Cobras	20	10	7	3	43	45	23
Cincinnati Comets	20	7	9	4	38	33	18
Chicago Cats [E]	20	7	10	3	29	45	17
Playoffs: #2 Boston d. #3 Cleveland 4-3 on aggregate 9/10/1975 Boston 2, CLEVELAND 2 (3,481) 9/14/1975 BOSTON 2, Cleveland 1 (3,412) #1 New York d. #4 Rhode Island 1-0 on aggregate 9/10/1975 NEW YORK 0, Rhode Island 0 9/13/1975 NEW YORK 1, Rhode Island 0 (5 OT) #1 New York and #2 Boston declared co-champions after 3-3 aggregate draw 9/17/1975 BOSTON 2, New York 2 9/21/1975 NEW YORK 1, Boston 1 (9 OT) (2,987)

1974 American Soccer League
Northern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Apollos	18	13	2	3	34	16	29
Boston Astros	18	9	6	3	33	20	21
New Jersey Brewers	18	8	5	5	32	32	21
Connecticut Wildcats	18	6	8	4	27	31	16
Delaware Wings	18	2	14	2	22	48	6

Midwestern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Rhode Island Oceaneers [E]	18	16	0	2	47	9	34
Cincinnati Comets	18	8	5	5	36	31	21
Cleveland Stars	18	8	7	3	33	31	19
Indiana Tigers	18	5	10	3	21	35	13
Syracuse Suns	18	0	18	0	2	33	0
Playoffs: #1E New York d. #2MW Cincinnati 9/11/1974 NEW YORK 2, Cincinnati 1 #1MW Rhode Island d. #2E Boston 9/11/1974 RHODE ISLAND 2, Boston 2 (Boston protested and would not play overtime, RI awarded match) #1MW Rhode Island d. #1E New York 2-1 9/14/1974 NEW YORK 2, Rhode island 1 9/21/1974 RHODE ISLAND 2, New York 1 9/28/1974 RHODE ISLAND 3, New York 2 (2OT) (10,506) (The final was supposed to be a two-game, total-goals series, but when that ended 3-3, they inexplicably played an entire third game.)

1973 American Soccer League
Northeast Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Apollo	14	10	4	0	46	15	20
Connecticut Wildcats	14	8	3	3	28	21	19
Boston Astros	14	8	5	1	26	20	17
Syracuse Suns [E]	14	1	13	0	18	55	2

Mid-Atlantic Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Baltimore Bays [E]	14	7	5	2	31	25	16
New Jersey Brewers	14	5	4	5	31	23	15
Delaware Wings	14	5	7	2	22	25	12
Philadelphia Spartans	14	4	7	3	22	29	11

Midwest Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Cincinnati Comets	12	10	2	0	46	15	20
Cleveland Stars	12	8	2	2	56	22	18
Gary Tigers [E]	12	3	7	2	24	48	8
Detroit Mustangs	12	0	10	2	16	57	2
Playoffs: #1NE New York d. #1MA Baltimore 9/3/1973 NEW YORK 2, Baltimore 0 #1MW Cincinnati d. #2MW Cleveland 9/2/1973 CINCINNATI 4, Cleveland 0 #1NE New York d. #1MW Cincinnati 9/8/1973 NEW YORK 1, Cincinnati 0 (OT) (5,000)

1972 American Soccer League
Northern Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Greeks	10	8	0	2	31	7	18
Boston Astros	9	4	3	3	26	19	11
Nor’East United [E]	10	5	5	0	11	15	10
New Jersey Schaefer Brewers [E]	10	4	5	1	21	19	9

Southern Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Spartans	10	6	1	3	25	12	15
Delaware Wings [E]	10	5	4	1	15	16	11
Baltimore Stars [E]	10	1	6	3	10	33	5
Washington Cavaliers	10	0	9	1	4	22	1

Midwestern Conference	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Cincinnati Comets [E]	8	6	1	1	19	7	13
Cleveland Stars [E]	8	6	2	0	23	10	12
Detroit Mustangs [E]	8	2	4	2	13	19	6
Pittsburgh Cannons [E]	8	2	5	1	10	18	5
St.Louis Frogs [E]	8	2	6	0	4	15	4
NOTE: The Chicago Americans club played one match – during which¹ it changed its name to “Hercules” – before folding. That match – a 7-2 loss at Cincinnati on July 1, 1972 – was apparently expunged from the official record by the ASL.
Playoffs: #1S Philadelphia d. #2N Boston 8/19/1972 PHILADELPHIA 1, Boston 0 #1N New York d. #2S Delaware 8/19/1972 NEW YORK 1, Delaware 0 #1N New York d. #1S Philadelphia 8/26/1972 NEW YORK 2, Philadelphia 0 (OT) #1MW Cincinnati d. #1N New York 9/09/1972 CINCINNATI 2, New York 1

1971 American Soccer League
	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Greeks [E]	10	7	1	2	27	10	16
Boston Astros	10	6	2	2	26	9	14
Philadelphia Spartans	10	6	3	1	16	13	13
Syracuse Suns	10	3	7	0	17	38	6
Virginia Capitol Cavaliers [E]	10	1	8	1	17	33	3
NOTE: There is an error somewhere in these standings, as wins add to 23 and losses to 21. Because of a series of postponements early in the season, the ASL decreed that at least five later matches would “count double,” and their result would be recorded twice (along with the corresponding points). More research is needed on these standings. (Though these are the ones included in the following year’s more-or-less definitive Bill Graham Guide.)
Playoffs: None

1970 American Soccer League
	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Ukrainians	9	6	2	1	17	10	13
Philadelphia Spartans	8	5	3	0	20	15	10
Boston Astros	8	3	4	1	13	18	7
Syracuse Scorpions	6	2	4	0	10	9	4
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	5	0	3	2	2	10	2
Playoffs: None

1969 American Soccer League
Northern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Syracuse Scorpions [E]	20	12	3	5	55	29	29
Rochester Lancers	20	12	3	5	41	20	29
Boston Astros [E]	20	5	15	0	25	48	10
New York Inter	20	2	13	5	21	41	9

Southern Division	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Washington Darts	20	14	1	5	46	11	33
Philadelphia Spartans [E]	20	7	8	5	25	32	19
Philadelphia Ukrainians	20	7	8	5	27	37	19
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	20	6	13	1	34	54	13
Playoffs: #1N Syracuse d. #2N Rochester 10/11/1969 Syracuse 2, ROCHESTER 1 (2,500) #1S Washington d. #1N Syracuse 2-0 10/19/1969 Washington 2, SYRACUSE 0 10/26/1969 WASHINGTON 2, Syracuse 0

1968 American Soccer League	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Washington Darts	12	10	1	1	36	5	21
Rochester Lancers	12	6	5	1	32	20	13
Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals	9	6	3	0	24	13	12
New York Inter	9	5	3	1	15	11	11
Fall River/Boston Astros	10	4	6	0	18	20	8
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	9	2	6	1	12	21	5
Hartford Kings	13	2	11	0	13	60	4
NOTES: Newark was suspended for several weeks early in the season. A handful of games were scheduled but postponed by weather and not made up. Fall River moved to Cranston, RI after their stadium was condemned, but finished the season as the Boston Astros. And New York was leading Hartford 1-0 with five minutes left on Nov. 3 when the referee walked off the pitch after players protested his award of a handball. For reasons unknown, that game was counted in the standings, and a second game between the two was played which also counted in the standings, and which Hartford won, 2-0.