Season | 1976 |
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Champions | Los Angeles Skyhawks |
Premiers | Los Angeles Skyhawks |
Top goalscorer | Jim Hinch (13) José Neto |
← 1975 1977 → |
Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1976.
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.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
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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 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
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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 |
Player [5] | Position |
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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 |
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 |
August 19 | Tacoma Tides | 2–1 | Utah Pioneers | Cheney Stadium • Att. 1,080 [6] |
August 20 | Rhode Island Oceaneers | 2–1 | Cleveland Cobras | Pierce Memorial Field • Att. ??? |
August 21 | New York Apollo | 2–1 | Rhode Island Oceaneers | Hofstra Stadium • Att. 600 (est.) [7] |
August 21 | Los Angeles Skyhawks | 2–1(OT) | Tacoma Tides | Birmingham Stadium • Att. 7,778 |
Los Angeles Skyhawks (CA) | 2–1 | New York Apollo (NY) |
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Alty McKenzie ![]() Jimmy Hinch ![]() Ane Mihailovich ![]() | Report | Danny Doran ![]() |
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