Nils Nygren was an early twentieth-century Swedish-American soccer center forward who played one season in the American Soccer League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Center forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| New York Viking | |||
| Woburn Independent | |||
| 1928–1929 | Boston | 29 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nygren played for the amateur New York Viking in the New York State League and Woburn Independent. In 1928, he turned professional with the Boston Soccer Club. Despite finishing nineteenth on the league’s scoring list that season, he left professional soccer.[1]