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. 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

Teams moving

  • None

Name changes

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.
Eastern DivisionWLGFGAPT
New York Cosmos 2288749194
Chicago Sting 15156673147
Toronto Blizzard 16145148135
Montreal Manic 12185871124

Southern DivisionWLGFGAPT
Tulsa Roughnecks 17135649145
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 14166063136
Tampa Bay Rowdies723488783
Team America1020335479

Western DivisionWLGFGAPT
Vancouver Whitecaps 2466334187
Golden Bay Earthquakes 20107154169
Seattle Sounders12186261119
San Diego Sockers11195365106

Playoffs

Soccer Bowl '83

1983 NASL Champions: Tulsa Roughnecks

Post season awards

Attendances

ClubGamesTotalAverage
Vancouver Whitecaps15437,45429,164
New York Cosmos15408,63527,242
Team America15195,03213,002
Tulsa Roughnecks15186,22912,415
Golden Bay Earthquakes15178,99911,933
Toronto Blizzard15174,45711,630
Tampa Bay Rowdies15167,57511,172
Chicago Sting15164,06110,937
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers15162,43010,829
Seattle Sounders15122,7218,181
Montreal Manic15118,6507,910
San Diego Sockers1570,2684,685

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