1983 North American Soccer League season

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.

Changes from the Previous Season

New Teams

• Team America

Teams Folding

• Edmonton Drillers
• Jacksonville Tea Men
• Portland Timbers

Teams Moving

Name Changes

San Jose to Golden Bay

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game

Eastern Division

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

Southern Division

	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Tulsa Roughnecks	17	13	56	49	145
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	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	24	6	63	34	187
Golden Bay Earthquakes	20	10	71	54	169
Seattle Sounders	12	18	62	61	119
San Diego Sockers	11	19	53	65	106

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
New York Cosmos	-	Montreal Manic	2 - 4	0 - 1		September 6 , 9
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3 - 2	4 - 2		September 6 , 10
Golden Bay Earthquakes	-	Chicago Sting	6 - 1	0 - 1	5 - 2	September 7 , 12 , 14
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Toronto Blizzard	1 - 0	3 - 4	0 - 1	September 8 , 12 , 15

Semi-finals

			Game 45	Game 2	Game 3
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	Montreal Manic	2 - 1	0 - 1	3 - 0	September 18 , 26 , 28
Golden Bay Earthquakes	-	Toronto Blizzard	0 - 1	0 - 2		September 17 , 27

Soccer Bowl '83

October 1	Tulsa Roughnecks	1 – 0	Toronto Blizzard	Vancouver, BC Place Stadium

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

References