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 two more games than any other club, 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

Team America

Teams folding

Edmonton Drillers
Jacksonville Tea Men
Portland Timbers

Teams moving

None

Name changes

San Jose to Golden Bay

Map of clubs

Sting

Manic

Cosmos

Blizzard

Strikers

Rowdies

Team America

Rough
necks

Earth
quakes

Sockers

Sounders

Whitecaps

Eastern Division

Southern Division

Western Division

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 Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
New York Cosmos ⁽¹⁾	22	8	87	49	194
Chicago Sting ⁽⁵⁾	15	15	66	73	147
Toronto Blizzard ⁽⁷⁾	16	14	51	48	135
Montreal Manic ⁽⁸⁾	12	18	58	71	124

Southern Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Tulsa Roughnecks ⁽³⁾	17	13	56	49	145
Fort Lauderdale Strikers ⁽⁶⁾	14	16	60	63	136
Tampa Bay Rowdies	7	23	48	87	83
Team America	10	20	33	54	79

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Vancouver Whitecaps ⁽²⁾	24	6	63	34	187
Golden Bay Earthquakes ⁽⁴⁾	20	10	71	54	169
Seattle Sounders	12	18	62	61	119
San Diego Sockers	11	19	53	65	106

NASL All-Stars

First Team^[2]^[3]	Position	Second Team	Honorable Mention^[4]^[5]
Jan van Beveren, Fort Lauderdale	G	Tino Lettieri, Vancouver	Hubert Birkenmeier, New York
David Watson, Vancouver	D	Ray Evans, Seattle	Gregg Thompson, Tampa Bay
Franz Beckenbauer, New York	D	Bruce Wilson, Toronto	Dave Huson, Chicago
Andranik Eskandarian, New York	D	Frantz Mathieu, Montreal	Mihalj Keri, Golden Bay
Barry Wallace, Tulsa	D	Cho Young-Jeung, Chicago	Bruce Miller, Fort Lauderdale
Vladislav Bogićević, New York	M	Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago	Fran O'Brien, Vancouver
Stan Terlecki, Golden Bay	M	Steve Daley, Seattle	Rick Davis, New York
Frans Thijssen, Vancouver	M	Kaz Deyna, San Diego	Ray Hudson, Fort Lauderdale
Roberto Cabañas, New York	F	Giorgio Chinaglia, New York	David Cross, Vancouver
Steve Zungul, Golden Bay	F	Ricardo Alonso, Chicago	Peter Ward, Seattle
Pato Margetic, Chicago	F	David Byrne, Toronto	Peter Beardsley, Vancouver

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)					Semifinals (Best-of-3)					Soccer Bowl '83 (Single match)

1	New York Cosmos	2	0(2)	–

8	Montreal Manic	4	1(3)	–
					8	Montreal Manic	1(8)	1	0

					3	Tulsa Roughnecks	2(9)	0	3
3	Tulsa Roughnecks	3	4	–

6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2	2	–
										3	Tulsa Roughnecks	2

										7	Toronto Blizzard	0
4	Golden Bay Earthquakes	6	0	5

5	Chicago Sting	1	1	2
					4	Golden Bay Earthquakes	0(3)	0	–

					7	Toronto Blizzard	1(5)	2	–
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	3	0

7	Toronto Blizzard	0	4	1

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^[6] September 26 • Olympic Stadium • 16,185 September 28 • Skelly Stadium • 18,090^[7]
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^[8]

16:00 (PDT)^[9]

Tulsa Roughnecks	2–0	Toronto Blizzard
Pesa 55:36' (Wallace, Danaeifard) Futcher 61:37' (Wallace, Moore)	Report

BC Place Stadium, Vancouver

Attendance: 53,326^[10]

Referee: Ed Bellion (USA)^[11]

1983 NASL Champions: Tulsa Roughnecks

Post season awards

Most Valuable Player: Roberto Cabanas, New York
Coach of the year: Don Popovic, Golden Bay
Rookie of the year: Gregg Thompson, Tampa Bay
North American Player of the Year: Tino Lettieri, Vancouver^[12]
Soccer Bowl MVP: Njego Pesa, Tulsa ^[13]

References

^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search".
^ "Archived copy". home.att.net. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page". www.oocities.org.
^ "1983 All-Stars". United Press International. September 18, 1983. Retrieved January 13, 2017 – via UPI Archives.
^ Mudry, Richard (September 18, 1983). "Rookie Thompson captures NASL honors". Tampa Tribune. p. 15-D. Retrieved December 15, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ Krehbiel, Randy (September 19, 1983). "Roughnecks Outshoot Manic, 2-1". Tulsa World. p. B1.
^ "Roughnecks Out To Keep Futcher In". Daily Oklahoman. September 30, 1983. p. 30. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ Phillips, Randy (October 3, 1983). "Tulsa captures Soccer Bowl with dull victory over Blizzard". Montreal Gazette. p. D-5, D-8. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
^ "Goaltenders in spotlight in NASL Championship". Red Deer Advocate. October 1, 1983. p. 9B. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
^ "Tulsa won Soccer Bowl '83 with a little assist from the - 10.10.83 - SI Vault". Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
^ "NASL Soccer Bowl Index". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
^ Google Newspapers ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search".

External links

[1] "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search".

[2] "Archived copy". home.att.net. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page". www.oocities.org.

[4] "1983 All-Stars". United Press International. September 18, 1983. Retrieved January 13, 2017 – via UPI Archives.

[5] Mudry, Richard (September 18, 1983). "Rookie Thompson captures NASL honors". Tampa Tribune. p. 15-D. Retrieved December 15, 2017 – via newspapers.com.

[6] Krehbiel, Randy (September 19, 1983). "Roughnecks Outshoot Manic, 2-1". Tulsa World. p. B1.

[7] "Roughnecks Out To Keep Futcher In". Daily Oklahoman. September 30, 1983. p. 30. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[8] Phillips, Randy (October 3, 1983). "Tulsa captures Soccer Bowl with dull victory over Blizzard". Montreal Gazette. p. D-5, D-8. Retrieved March 17, 2015.

[9] "Goaltenders in spotlight in NASL Championship". Red Deer Advocate. October 1, 1983. p. 9B. Retrieved November 29, 2019.

[10] "Tulsa won Soccer Bowl '83 with a little assist from the - 10.10.83 - SI Vault". Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.

[11] "NASL Soccer Bowl Index". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

[12] Google Newspapers ^{[dead link‍]}

[13] "Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search".

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