1976 American Soccer League

Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1976.

American Soccer League
1976 season

Season	1976
Champions	Los Angeles Skyhawks
Premiers	Los Angeles Skyhawks
Top goalscorer	Jim Hinch (13) José Neto
← 1975 1977 →

League standings

Scoring system is as follows: Teams are awarded five points for a win and two points for a draw. Teams earn a bonus point for each goal scored up to three.

Eastern Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts
New York Apollo	21	10	3	8	29	25	29	85
Rhode Island Oceaneers	21	9	3	9	31	23	31	82
Chicago Cats^[a]	21	10	3	8	25	22	24	80
Cleveland Cobras^[a]	21	9	4	8	27	32	27	80
Connecticut Yankees	21	9	0	12	35	40	30	75
New Jersey Americans	21	6	4	11	26	38	25	63

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Chicago Cats were declared by ASL commissioner Bob Cousy to have forfeited an unplayed, season-ending match against Cleveland. The forfeit leveled the two teams with 80 points. At the same time Commissioner Cousy controversially gave the final playoff spot to Cleveland, even though Chicago held the first two tiebreakers; wins and goal-differential.^[1][2][3]

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts
Los Angeles Skyhawks	21	13	6	2	41	15	35	112
Tacoma Tides	21	10	6	5	40	23	31	93
Utah Golden Spikers/Pioneers^[a]	20	10	3	7	28	22	28	84
Oakland Buccaneers	18	6	2	10	29	39	25	59
Sacramento Spirits	21	4	3	14	25	52	25	51

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Golden Spikers expelled from league during the season and replaced by Pioneers franchise.^[4]

ASL All-Stars

Player^[5]	Position
Brian Parkinson, Los Angeles	G
Ron Yeats, Los Angeles	D
Peter Christoforides, New York	D
Ken Fogarty, Los Angeles	D
Zygmunt Anczok, Chicago	D
Daniel Mammana, Utah	D
Frantz St. Lot, Rhode Island	D
Juan Cano, New Jersey	M
David Chadwick, Tacoma	M
Jimmy Rolland, Los Angeles	F
Gerald Hylkema, Oakland	F
Jose Neto, Rhode Island	F
Jimmy Hinch, Los Angeles	F
Vic Calabrese, Connecticut	F

Playoffs

Bracket

Division semifinals

Division finals

ASL Championship

W1

Los Angeles Skyhawks

2

W2

Tacoma Tides

2

W2

Tacoma Tides

1

W3

Utah Pioneers

1

W1

Los Angeles Skyhawks

2

E1

New York Apollo

1

E1

New York Apollo

2

E2

Rhode Island Oceaneers

2

E2

Rhode Island Oceaneers

1

E3

Cleveland Cobras

1

Division semifinals

August 19	Tacoma Tides	2–1	Utah Pioneers	Cheney Stadium • Att. 1,080^[6]

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August 20	Rhode Island Oceaneers	2–1	Cleveland Cobras	Pierce Memorial Field • Att. ???

Division finals

August 21	New York Apollo	2–1	Rhode Island Oceaneers	Hofstra Stadium • Att. 600 (est.)^[7]

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August 21	Los Angeles Skyhawks	2–1(OT)	Tacoma Tides	Birmingham Stadium • Att. 7,778

Championship final

August 27, 1976

8:00 PM PST

Los Angeles Skyhawks (CA)	2–1	New York Apollo (NY)
Alty McKenzie   (1st Half)' Jimmy Hinch   70' (Rolland) Ane Mihailovich   83' (pen.)	Report	Danny Doran   38'

Birmingham Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Attendance: 9,379

Referee: (USA)

References

1. "American Soccer League standings". The Ithaca Journal (New York). August 16, 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
2. "Cobras Get Third Spot In Playoffs". The Marion Star (Ohio). August 17, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
3. Florio, Nails (August 26, 1976). "Cats are clobbered by Commissioner Cousy". The News Journal (Chicago, Illinois). p. Sec. 2, pg. 1. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
4. "New franchise awarded, Spikers now Pioneers". The Daily Spectrum (Saint George Utah). August 10, 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
5. "Buccs' Hylkema On All-ASL Team". Oakland Tribune. September 3, 1976. p. 38. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
6. Lawrence, John (August 20, 1976). "Pepe's point pushes Tide past Pioneers". The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington). p. A-11. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
7. Marcus, Steve (August 22, 1976). "Apollo Beats Oceaneers,to play for Title". Newsday (Melville, New York). p. Sports 7. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

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