1983 North American Soccer League season

North American Soccer League -1983 Season-
Season 1983
Champions Tulsa Roughnecks
Premiers New York Cosmos
(7th title) most total points
*Vancouver
best Won/Loss record
Matches played 180
Goals scored 708 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorer Roberto Cabañas
(25 goals)
Highest attendance 60,342
Seattle at Vancouver
(June 20)
Lowest attendance 3,079
Toronto at San Diego
(May 25)
Average attendance 13,258
1982
1984

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1983. This was the 16th and penultimate season of the NASL.

Overview

There were 12 teams in the league. The Tulsa Roughnecks won the championship. Though Vancouver won 2 more games than anyone else, for the fourth time in league history the team with the most wins did not win the regular season due to the NASL's system of awarding points.

Changes from the Previous Season

New Teams

Teams Folding

Teams Moving

Name Changes

San Jose to Golden Bay

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

6 points for a win in regulation and overtime, 4 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 bonus point for each regulation goal scored, up to three per game.[1]

    -Premiers (most points).     -Best record.     -Other playoff teams.
Eastern DivisionWLGFGAPT
New York Cosmos22 88749194
Chicago Sting15156673147
Toronto Blizzard16145148135
Montreal Manic12185871124
Southern DivisionWLGFGAPT
Tulsa Roughnecks17135649145
Fort Lauderdale Strikers14166063136
Tampa Bay Rowdies 7234887 83
Team America10203354 79
Western DivisionWLGFGAPT
Vancouver Whitecaps24 66334187
Golden Bay Earthquakes20107154169
Seattle Sounders12186261119
San Diego Sockers11195365106

NASL All-Stars

First Team[2][3]   Position   Second Team Honorable Mention[4]
Jan van Beveren, Fort Lauderdale G Tino Lettieri, Vancouver Hubert Birkenmeier, New York
David Watson, Vancouver D Ray Evans, Seattle Dave Huson, Chicago
Franz Beckenbauer, New York D Bruce Wilson, Toronto Bruce Miller, Fort Lauderdale
Andranik Eskandarian, New York D Frantz Mathieu, Montreal Gregg Thompson, Tampa Bay
Barry Wallace, Tulsa D Cho Young-Jeung, Chicago missing
Vladislav Bogićević, New York M Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago Ray Hudson, Fort Lauderdale
Stan Terlecki, Golden Bay M Steve Daley, Seattle Rick Davis, New York
Frans Thijssen, Vancouver M Kaz Deyna, San Diego Fran O’Brien, Vancouver
Roberto Cabañas, New York F Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Peter Beardsley, Vancouver
Steve Zungul, Golden Bay F Ricardo Alonso, Chicago David Cross, Vancouver
Pato Margetic, Chicago F David Byrne, Toronto missing

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Higher seed Lower seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 *(higher seed hosts Games 1 and 3)
New York Cosmos - Montreal Manic 2–4 0–1 (SO, 2–3) x September 6 • Giants Stadium • 17,202
September 12 • Olympic Stadium • 20,726
Tulsa Roughnecks - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3–2 (OT) 4–2 x September 6 • Skelly Stadium • 7,826
September 10 • Lockhart Stadium • 8,873
Golden Bay Earthquakes - Chicago Sting 6–1 0–1 5–2 September 7 • Spartan Stadium • 16,572
September 12 • Soldier Field • 5,852
September 14 • Spartan Stadium • 17,361
Vancouver Whitecaps - Toronto Blizzard 1–0 3–4 0–1 September 8 • BC Place Stadium • 22,015
September 12 • Exhibition Stadium • 7,958
September 15 • BC Place Stadium • 24,545

Semifinals

Higher seed Lower seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 *(higher seed hosts Games 1 and 3)
Tulsa Roughnecks - Montreal Manic 2–1 (SO, 9–8) 0–1 3–0 September 18 • Skelly Stadium • 10,625[5]
September 26 • Olympic Stadium • 16,185
September 28 • Skelly Stadium • 8,090
Golden Bay Earthquakes - Toronto Blizzard 0–1 (SO, 3–5) 0–2 x September 17 • Spartan Stadium • 19,027
September 22 • Exhibition Stadium • 15,556

Soccer Bowl '83

October 1[6]
Tulsa Roughnecks 2–0 Toronto Blizzard
Pesa (Wallace)  55:36'
Futcher (Moore)  61:37'
BC Place Stadium, Vancouver
Attendance: 53,326[7]
Referee: Ed Bellion (USA)[8]

1983 NASL Champions: Tulsa Roughnecks

Post season awards

References

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