1967–68 Washington Britannica season

Washington Britannica
1967 season
Chairman	William Cousins Jr.
Manager	Norman Sutherland
ASL	Southern Division: Second place
Home colors	Away colors
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The 1967–68 season of the Washington Britannica was their first season in the American Soccer League, and the club's first season in professional soccer. The club was created in 1963 at the amateur level and fielded a team under the same name. During their initial professional year, the team earned second place in the Southern Division. The following year, the club folded the team and renamed themselves, fielding a new team for the 1968 season, the Washington Darts.

Background

Review

Competitions

ASL regular season

First Division
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ukrainian Nationals	15	10	3	2	36	12	23
Boston Tigers	15	8	0	7	34	26	16
Washington Britannica	15	7	2	6	28	26	16
Rochester Lancers	15	6	2	7	34	31	14
Baltimore Flyers	15	4	3	8	17	35	11
Newark Ukrainian Sitch	15	4	2	9	15	34	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Premier Division
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
New York Inter^[1]	11	7	4	0	36	12	18
Fall River Astros	11	6	3	2	23	13	15
Newark Portuguese	11	5	2	4	24	20	12
Patterson Roma SC	11	3	4	4	27	25	10
Hartford S.C^[a]	5	2	1	2	9	8	5
N.B. Hungarian Americans	12	1	0	11	19	55	2

Updated to match(es) played on April 20, 1968. Source: ^[3]
Notes:

^ Hartford S.C requested and were granted a leave of absence for the remainder of season due to financial problems.^[2]

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

References

^ Butz, George (May 29, 1968). "Title Playoffs Open Here". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 31. Retrieved November 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ Larson, Bertil (October 21, 1967). "Local Soccermen Cancel Schedule". Hartford Courant. p. 18. Retrieved November 9, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

[table_note_HAR0.12942268239773-3] Hartford S.C requested and were granted a leave of absence for the remainder of season due to financial problems.^[2]

[1] Butz, George (May 29, 1968). "Title Playoffs Open Here". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 31. Retrieved November 10, 2018 – via newspapers.com.

[2] Larson, Bertil (October 21, 1967). "Local Soccermen Cancel Schedule". Hartford Courant. p. 18. Retrieved November 9, 2018 – via newspapers.com.

[4] "The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

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