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The American Soccer League decided to operate with two divisions in the 1967-68 season, the Major (First) Division and the Premier (Second) Division. It was planned that there would be no inter-divisional play during the regular season. It was thought that there would be used a relegation-system at the end of the season between the two divisions. However, the winners of each division ended up playing each other in a end-of-the-season playoff final for the ASL Championship.

The clubs competing in the First Division were Baltimore Flyers, Boston Tigers, Newark Ukrainian Sitch, Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals, Rochester Lancers and Washington Britannica. The Lancers and Britannica were newcomers to the league.

1966-67 ASL Champions Baltimore St. Gerard’s changed their name to Baltimore Flyers. The Flyers’ home field was Kirk Field in Baltimore.

The Premier Division consisted of Hartford Soccer Club, Connecticut; newcomers Lowell Astros, Massachusetts; New Brunswick Hungarians, New Jersey; New York Inter, New York; Newark Portuguese, New Jersey; and Paterson Roma, New Jersey.

Due to financial problems Hartford Soccer Club requested a leave of absence in October and dropped out from the league. Boston Tigers withdrew from the league in May 1968.

Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals won the First Division and qualified for the 1967-68 Playoff Finals.

New York Inter won the Premier Division and qualified for the 1967-68 Playoff Finals.

Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals won the two-game, total-goal series playoff finals, and won the 1967-68 ASL Championship.

After the season had ended Newark Portuguese, New Brunswick Hungarians, Baltimore Flyers and Paterson Roma were granted a one year leave of absence to be able to reorganize.

Official Final standings

First Division

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Ukrainian Nationals	14	9	3	2	35	12	21
Boston Tigers	12	8	0	4	34	24	16
Washington Britannica	15	7	2	6	28	26	16
Rochester Lancers	15	6	2	7	36	30	14
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	13	3	2	8	11	30	8
Baltimore Flyers	13	2	3	8	14	34	7

Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals won the First Division and qualified for the 1967-68 Playoff Finals.

Premier Division

	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
New York Inter	11	8	3	0	34	9	19
Lowell Astros	11	6	3	2	24	13	15
Newark Portuguese	11	5	2	4	24	30	12
Paterson Roma	11	3	4	4	27	25	10
New Brunswick Hungarians	12	1	0	11	19	55	2

New York Inter won the Premier Division and qualified for the 1967-68 Playoff Finals.

Official Leading Goalscorers

Players	Games	Goals
1. Juan Paletta (Philadelphia Nationals)	15	14

1967-68 Playoffs

May 30, 1968 Edison High Field, Philadelphia, Penn.
Attendance:
Referee:
Ukrainian Nationals 3 (Onofre Benitez, Serafin Marolla, Juan Paletta)
New York Inter 3 (Peter Millar 2, Slobodan Djordjevic)

June 9, 1968 Astoria, New York
Attendance:
Referee:
New York Inter 1
Ukrainian Nationals 5

Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals won the two-game, total-goal series, and won the 1967-68 ASL Championship.

ASL Most Valuable Player

Bobby Waugh (New York Inter)

Manager of the Year

Norman Sutherland (Washington Darts)

Tours

Dunfermline Athletic Itinerary

The tour was sponsored by the American Soccer League.

May 10-12 — at Bermuda

May 15 — at Fall River, Mass., vs. Fall River Astros

May 15, 1968 Fall River Stadium, Fall River
Attendance:
Referee:
Fall River Astros
Dunfermline Athletic

May 18 — at Toronto, vs. Manchester City (England)

May 19 — at New Britain, Conn., vs. Manchester City

May 22 — at New York vs. Greek Americans (United States champions)

May 24 — at Kearny, N.J., vs. New Jersey All-Stars

May 30 — at Kansas City, vs. Kansas City Spurs

June 2—at Seattle, vs. Manchester City

June 5 — at Los Angeles, vs. Manchester City

June 9 — at San Francisco, vs. St. Louis Stars

June 11 — at Rochester, N.Y., vs. Rochester Lancers