1983 North American Soccer League season explained

Competition:North American Soccer League 1983 season
Season:1983
Num Teams:12
Premiers:New York Cosmos
(7th title) most total points
*Vancouver
best Won/Loss record
Matches:180
League Topscorer:Roberto Cabañas
(25 goals)
Total Goals:708
Highest Attendance:60,342
Seattle at Vancouver
(June 20)
Lowest Attendance:3,079
Toronto at San Diego
(May 25)
Average Attendance:13,258
Nextseason: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

Teams folding

Teams moving

Name changes

Map of clubs

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
align=left New York Cosmos (1)2288749194
align=left Chicago Sting (5)15156673147
align=left Toronto Blizzard (7)16145148135
align=left Montreal Manic (8)12185871124
Southern DivisionWLGFGAPT
align=left Tulsa Roughnecks (3)17135649145
align=left Fort Lauderdale Strikers (6)14166063136
align=left Tampa Bay Rowdies723488783
align=left Team America1020335479
Western DivisionWLGFGAPT
align=left Vancouver Whitecaps (2)2466334187
align=left Golden Bay Earthquakes (4)20107154169
align=left Seattle Sounders12186261119
align=left San Diego Sockers11195365106

NASL All-Stars

First Team[2] [3]   Position   Second Team Honorable Mention[4] [5]
Jan van Beveren, Fort Lauderdale align=center GTino Lettieri, VancouverHubert Birkenmeier, New York
David Watson, Vancouveralign=center DRay Evans, SeattleGregg Thompson, Tampa Bay
Franz Beckenbauer, New Yorkalign=center DBruce Wilson, TorontoDave Huson, Chicago
Andranik Eskandarian, New Yorkalign=center DFrantz Mathieu, MontrealMihalj Keri, Golden Bay
Barry Wallace, Tulsaalign=center DCho Young-Jeung, ChicagoBruce Miller, Fort Lauderdale
Vladislav Bogićević, New Yorkalign=center MKarl-Heinz Granitza, ChicagoFran O'Brien, Vancouver
Stan Terlecki, Golden Bayalign=center MSteve Daley, SeattleRick Davis, New York
Frans Thijssen, Vancouveralign=center MKaz Deyna, San DiegoRay Hudson, Fort Lauderdale
Roberto Cabañas, New Yorkalign=center FGiorgio Chinaglia, New YorkDavid Cross, Vancouver
Steve Zungul, Golden Bayalign=center FRicardo Alonso, ChicagoPeter Ward, Seattle
Pato Margetic, Chicagoalign=center FDavid Byrne, TorontoPeter Beardsley, Vancouver

Playoffs

See main article: 1983 North American Soccer League playoffs.

Quarterfinals

width=180Higher seedwidth=5width=180Lower seedwidth=80Game 1width=80Game 2width=80Game 3width=270
  • (higher seed hosts Games 1 and 3)
New York Cosmos- Montreal Manic2–4 0–1 (SO, 2–3) x September 6 • Giants Stadium • 17,202
September 12 • Olympic Stadium • 20,726
Tulsa Roughnecks- Fort Lauderdale Strikers3–2 (OT) 4–2 x September 6 • Skelly Stadium • 7,826
September 10 • Lockhart Stadium • 8,873
Golden Bay Earthquakes- Chicago Sting6–1 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 Blizzard1–0 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

width=180Higher seedwidth=5width=180Lower seedwidth=80Game 1width=80Game 2width=80Game 3width=270
  • (higher seed hosts Games 1 and 3)
Tulsa Roughnecks- Montreal Manic2–1 (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 Blizzard0–1 (SO, 3–5) 0–2 x September 17 • Spartan Stadium • 19,027
September 22 • Exhibition Stadium • 15,556

Soccer Bowl '83

See main article: Soccer Bowl '83.

1983 NASL Champions: Tulsa Roughnecks

Post season awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . home.att.net . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501104955/http://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htm . 1 May 2008 . dead.
  3. Web site: Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page. www.oocities.org.
  4. News: 1983 All-Stars . September 18, 1983. United Press International. January 13, 2017. UPI Archives.
  5. Web site: Mudry. Richard. Rookie Thompson captures NASL honors. Tampa Tribune. newspapers.com. September 18, 1983. 15-D. 15 December 2017.
  6. News: Krehbiel . Randy . Roughnecks Outshoot Manic, 2-1 . September 19, 1983. Tulsa World. B1 .
  7. News: Roughnecks Out To Keep Futcher In . September 30, 1983. Daily Oklahoman. 30 . 2020-06-29.
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PgItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CM8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6591,1210396&dq=nasl+honors+whitecap+goalie&hl=en Google Newspapers
  9. Web site: Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search.

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