North American Soccer League · United States · level 1

1982

Honors
champion New York Cosmos
mvp Peter Ward
golden boot Ricardo Alonso

241 games 3.36 goals / game 13,383 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
New York Cosmos 32 23 9 203 73 52 6.34 1.40
Seattle Sounders 32 18 14 166 72 48 5.19 1.50
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32 18 14 163 64 74 5.09 0.86
San Diego Sockers 32 19 13 162 71 54 5.06 1.31
Vancouver Whitecaps 32 20 12 160 58 48 5.00 1.21
Montreal Manic 32 19 13 159 60 43 4.97 1.40
Toronto Blizzard 32 17 15 151 64 47 4.72 1.36
Tulsa Roughnecks 32 16 16 151 69 57 4.72 1.21
Chicago Sting 32 13 19 129 56 67 4.03 0.84
Portland Timbers 32 14 18 122 49 44 3.81 1.11
San Jose Earthquakes 32 13 19 114 47 62 3.56 0.76
Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 12 20 112 47 77 3.50 0.61
Jacksonville Tea Men 32 11 21 105 41 71 3.28 0.58
Edmonton Drillers 32 11 21 93 38 65 2.91 0.58

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Ricardo Alonso 21
  2. Giorgio Chinaglia 20
  3. Karl-Heinz Granitza 20
  4. Peter Ward 18
  5. Godfrey Ingram 17
  6. Laurie Abrahams 17
  7. Mark Peterson 17
  8. Neill Roberts 17
  9. Luís Fernando 16
  10. Alan Willey 15

Assists

  1. Vladislav Bogicevic 24
  2. David Byrne 23
  3. Steve Daley 18
  4. Julie Veee 16
  5. Giorgio Chinaglia 15
  6. Steve Hunt 15
  7. Fran O'Brien 14
  8. Branko Segota 13
  9. Gordon Hill 13
  10. Kai Haaskivi 13

Appearances

  1. Ace Ntsoelengoe 32
  2. Archie Gemmill 32
  3. Carl Valentine 32
  4. David Byrne 32
  5. Gert Wieczorkowski 32
  6. Giorgio Chinaglia 32
  7. Jan van Beveren 32
  8. John Bain 32
  9. Karl-Heinz Granitza 32
  10. Martin Donnelly 32

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 13, 1982 1982 New York Cosmos 2 - 1 San Diego Sockers Qualcomm Stadium 13074 1
Sept. 10, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders Kingdome 28986 1
Sept. 8, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 - 4 Seattle Sounders Lockhart Stadium 15196 1
Sept. 5, 1982 1982 New York Cosmos 2 - 1 San Diego Sockers Giants Stadium 34653 1
Sept. 4, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 0 Seattle Sounders Kingdome 17338 1
Sept. 2, 1982 1982 San Diego Sockers 2 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Qualcomm Stadium 8857 1
Sept. 1, 1982 1982 New York Cosmos 1 - 0 Tulsa Roughnecks Giants Stadium 24209 1
Sept. 1, 1982 1982 Seattle Sounders 4 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Kingdome 17332 1
Sept. 1, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4 - 1 Montreal Manic Lockhart Stadium 11897 1
Aug. 29, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 0 Montreal Manic Lockhart Stadium 10696 1
Aug. 29, 1982 1982 San Diego Sockers 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 18253 1
Aug. 28, 1982 1982 New York Cosmos 0 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 15817 1
Aug. 27, 1982 1982 Seattle Sounders 1 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 5099 1
Aug. 25, 1982 1982 New York Cosmos 5 - 0 Tulsa Roughnecks Giants Stadium 23917 1
Aug. 25, 1982 1982 San Diego Sockers 5 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Qualcomm Stadium 7267 1
Aug. 25, 1982 1982 Seattle Sounders 4 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Kingdome 13005 1
Aug. 25, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 3 Montreal Manic Montreal Olympic Stadium 15232 1
Aug. 22, 1982 1982 Chicago Sting 2 - 1 Montreal Manic Wrigley Field 8601 1
Aug. 22, 1982 1982 Portland Timbers 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders Providence Park 9517 1
Aug. 22, 1982 1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 - 9 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 9731 1
Aug. 21, 1982 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 1 Jacksonville Tea Men Gator Bowl 6694 1
Aug. 21, 1982 1982 San Diego Sockers (SO) 1 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 27103 1
Aug. 21, 1982 1982 San Jose Earthquakes 0 - 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 16256 1
Aug. 20, 1982 1982 Montreal Manic 3 - 1 New York Cosmos Montreal Olympic Stadium 34251 1
Aug. 18, 1982 1982 New York Cosmos 3 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks Giants Stadium 28638 1

Awards

award winner
All-Star Team Ace Ntsoelengoe
All-Star Team Andranik Eskandarian
All-Star Team Arno Steffenhagen
All-Star Team Cho Young-Jeung
All-Star Team Frantz Mathieu
All-Star Team Giorgio Chinaglia
All-Star Team Hubert Birkenmeier
All-Star Team Peter Nogly
All-Star Team Peter Ward
All-Star Team Ricardo Alonso
All-Star Team Vladislav Bogicevic
Champion New York Cosmos
Coach of the Year John Giles
MVP Peter Ward
Rookie of the Year Pedro DeBrito

Where the appearances came from

England: 1,526 games, 27.3%United States: 723 games, 12.9%United States: 723 games, 12.9%United States: 723 games, 12.9%Canada: 574 games, 10.3%Scotland: 303 games, 5.4%Germany: 446 games, 8.0%Northern Ireland: 172 games, 3.1%South Africa: 160 games, 2.9%South Africa: 160 games, 2.9%Serbia: 116 games, 2.1%Serbia: 116 games, 2.1%Italy: 151 games, 2.7%Italy: 151 games, 2.7%Italy: 151 games, 2.7%Italy: 151 games, 2.7%Brazil: 113 games, 2.0%Uruguay: 10 games, 0.2%Bermuda: 3 games, 0.1%Wales: 28 games, 0.5%Turkey: 1 game, 0.0%Trinidad and Tobago: 17 games, 0.3%Trinidad and Tobago: 17 games, 0.3%Sweden: 30 games, 0.5%South Korea: 25 games, 0.4%South Korea: 25 games, 0.4%South Korea: 25 games, 0.4%Romania: 30 games, 0.5%Portugal: 9 games, 0.2%Portugal: 9 games, 0.2%Portugal: 9 games, 0.2%Poland: 31 games, 0.6%Peru: 13 games, 0.2%Paraguay: 27 games, 0.5%Norway: 8 games, 0.1%Norway: 8 games, 0.1%Nigeria: 48 games, 0.9%Netherlands: 60 games, 1.1%Montenegro: 24 games, 0.4%Mexico: 48 games, 0.9%Jamaica: 12 games, 0.2%Ireland: 54 games, 1.0%Iran: 24 games, 0.4%Indonesia: 17 games, 0.3%Hungary: 27 games, 0.5%Haiti: 27 games, 0.5%Greece: 5 games, 0.1%Finland: 28 games, 0.5%El Salvador: 9 games, 0.2%Ecuador: 23 games, 0.4%Ecuador: 23 games, 0.4%Croatia: 90 games, 1.6%Costa Rica: 29 games, 0.5%Argentina: 106 games, 1.9%Angola: 1 game, 0.0%
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Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
England 1,526 27.3%
United States 723 12.9%
Canada 574 10.3%
Germany 446 8.0%
not recorded 412 7.4%
Scotland 303 5.4%
Northern Ireland 172 3.1%
South Africa 160 2.9%
Italy 151 2.7%
Serbia 116 2.1%
Brazil 113 2.0%
Argentina 106 1.9%
Croatia 90 1.6%
Netherlands 60 1.1%
Ireland 54 1.0%
Mexico 48 0.9%
Nigeria 48 0.9%
Poland 31 0.6%
Romania 30 0.5%
Sweden 30 0.5%
Costa Rica 29 0.5%
Finland 28 0.5%
Wales 28 0.5%
Haiti 27 0.5%
Hungary 27 0.5%
Paraguay 27 0.5%
South Korea 25 0.4%
Yugoslavia 25 0.4%
Iran 24 0.4%
Montenegro 24 0.4%
Ecuador 23 0.4%
Indonesia 17 0.3%
Trinidad and Tobago 17 0.3%
Peru 13 0.2%
Jamaica 12 0.2%
Uruguay 10 0.2%
El Salvador 9 0.2%
Portugal 9 0.2%
Norway 8 0.1%
Greece 5 0.1%
Bermuda 3 0.1%
Angola 1 0.0%
Turkey 1 0.0%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.