North American Soccer League · United States · level 1

1983

Honors
champion Tulsa Roughnecks
mvp Roberto Cabañas
golden boot Roberto Cabañas

195 games 3.63 goals / game 13,398 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
New York Cosmos 30 22 8 194 87 49 6.47 1.78
Vancouver Whitecaps 30 24 6 187 63 34 6.23 1.85
Golden Bay Earthquakes 30 20 10 169 71 54 5.63 1.31
Chicago Sting 30 15 15 147 66 73 4.90 0.90
Tulsa Roughnecks 30 17 13 145 56 49 4.83 1.14
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 30 14 16 136 60 63 4.53 0.95
Toronto Blizzard 30 16 14 135 51 48 4.50 1.06
Montreal Manic 30 12 18 124 58 61 4.13 0.95
Seattle Sounders 30 12 18 119 62 61 3.97 1.02
San Diego Sockers 30 11 19 106 53 65 3.53 0.82
Tampa Bay Rowdies 30 7 23 83 48 87 2.77 0.55
Team America 30 10 20 79 33 54 2.63 0.61

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Roberto Cabañas 25
  2. David Cross 19
  3. Brian Kidd 18
  4. Giorgio Chinaglia 18
  5. Ricardo Alonso 16
  6. Slavisa Zungul 16
  7. Godfrey Ingram 15
  8. Karl-Heinz Granitza 15
  9. Kazimierz Deyna 15
  10. Ron Futcher 15

Assists

  1. Vladislav Bogicevic 29
  2. Ray Hudson 22
  3. Julio César Romero 21
  4. David Byrne 18
  5. Karl-Heinz Granitza 18
  6. Kazimierz Deyna 16
  7. Manny Rojas 16
  8. Roberto Cabañas 16
  9. Ricardo Alonso 15
  10. Slavisa Zungul 15

Appearances

  1. Alan Willey 30
  2. Benny Dargle 30
  3. Branko Segota 30
  4. Brian Schmetzer 30
  5. Bruce Savage 30
  6. Chris Dangerfield 30
  7. Conny Karlsson 30
  8. Dan Canter 30
  9. Gregg Thompson 30
  10. Jan van Beveren 30

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 28, 1983 1983 Montreal Manic 0 - 3 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 18090 1
Sept. 26, 1983 1983 Montreal Manic 1 - 0 Tulsa Roughnecks Montreal Olympic Stadium 16185 1
Sept. 22, 1983 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes 0 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 15556 1
Sept. 18, 1983 1983 Montreal Manic 1 - 1 (SO) Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 10625 1
Sept. 17, 1983 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes 0 - 0 (SO) Toronto Blizzard Spartan Stadium 19027 1
Sept. 15, 1983 1983 Toronto Blizzard 1 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 24545 1
Sept. 14, 1983 1983 Chicago Sting 2 - 5 Golden Bay Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 17361 1
Sept. 12, 1983 1983 Montreal Manic (SO) 0 - 0 New York Cosmos Montreal Olympic Stadium 20726 1
Sept. 12, 1983 1983 Chicago Sting 1 - 0 Golden Bay Earthquakes Soldier Field 5852 1
Sept. 12, 1983 1983 Toronto Blizzard 4 - 3 Vancouver Whitecaps Varsity Stadium 7958 1
Sept. 10, 1983 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 4 Tulsa Roughnecks Lockhart Stadium 8873 1
Sept. 8, 1983 1983 Toronto Blizzard 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 22015 1
Sept. 7, 1983 1983 Chicago Sting 1 - 6 Golden Bay Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 16572 1
Sept. 6, 1983 1983 Montreal Manic 4 - 2 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 17202 1
Sept. 6, 1983 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 3 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 7826 1
Sept. 3, 1983 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 0 Team America RFK Stadium 6718 1
Sept. 3, 1983 1983 San Diego Sockers 4 - 4 (SO) Vancouver Whitecaps Qualcomm Stadium 4545 1
Sept. 3, 1983 1983 Chicago Sting 0 - 4 Montreal Manic Montreal Olympic Stadium 10318 1
Sept. 3, 1983 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 3 Tulsa Roughnecks Tampa Stadium 6525 1
Sept. 3, 1983 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes 2 - 1 Seattle Sounders Spartan Stadium 14271 1
Sept. 2, 1983 1983 New York Cosmos 6 - 3 Toronto Blizzard Giants Stadium 20865 1
Aug. 31, 1983 1983 Chicago Sting 0 - 1 Toronto Blizzard Soldier Field 8161 1
Aug. 31, 1983 1983 San Diego Sockers 4 - 1 Seattle Sounders Qualcomm Stadium 4611 1
Aug. 31, 1983 1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Lockhart Stadium 7024 1
Aug. 31, 1983 1983 Golden Bay Earthquakes 3 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Spartan Stadium 16731 1

Awards

award winner
All-Star Team Andranik Eskandarian
All-Star Team Frans Thijssen
All-Star Team David Watson
All-Star Team Barry Wallace
All-Star Team Vladislav Bogicevic
All-Star Team Stan Terlecki
All-Star Team Slavisa Zungul
All-Star Team Roberto Cabañas
All-Star Team Pato Margetic
All-Star Team Jan van Beveren
All-Star Team Franz Beckenbauer
Champion Tulsa Roughnecks
Coach of the Year Dragan Popović
MVP Roberto Cabañas
Rookie of the Year Gregg Thompson

Where the appearances came from

United States: 698 games, 15.5%United States: 698 games, 15.5%United States: 698 games, 15.5%England: 948 games, 21.1%Canada: 490 games, 10.9%Germany: 313 games, 7.0%Scotland: 173 games, 3.8%Northern Ireland: 128 games, 2.8%South Africa: 130 games, 2.9%South Africa: 130 games, 2.9%Italy: 140 games, 3.1%Italy: 140 games, 3.1%Italy: 140 games, 3.1%Italy: 140 games, 3.1%Brazil: 112 games, 2.5%Argentina: 105 games, 2.3%Uruguay: 21 games, 0.5%Trinidad and Tobago: 16 games, 0.4%Trinidad and Tobago: 16 games, 0.4%Sweden: 55 games, 1.2%South Korea: 27 games, 0.6%South Korea: 27 games, 0.6%South Korea: 27 games, 0.6%Serbia: 74 games, 1.6%Serbia: 74 games, 1.6%Romania: 19 games, 0.4%Poland: 69 games, 1.5%Peru: 49 games, 1.1%Paraguay: 53 games, 1.2%Nigeria: 31 games, 0.7%Netherlands: 59 games, 1.3%Montenegro: 26 games, 0.6%Mexico: 52 games, 1.2%Jamaica: 19 games, 0.4%Ireland: 46 games, 1.0%Iraq: 11 games, 0.2%Iran: 50 games, 1.1%Haiti: 27 games, 0.6%Greece: 28 games, 0.6%El Salvador: 25 games, 0.6%Ecuador: 17 games, 0.4%Ecuador: 17 games, 0.4%Denmark: 24 games, 0.5%Denmark: 24 games, 0.5%Croatia: 88 games, 2.0%Costa Rica: 13 games, 0.3%Chile: 47 games, 1.0%Chile: 47 games, 1.0%Chile: 47 games, 1.0%Angola: 24 games, 0.5%
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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 948 21.1%
United States 698 15.5%
Canada 490 10.9%
Germany 313 7.0%
not recorded 272 6.0%
Scotland 173 3.8%
Italy 140 3.1%
South Africa 130 2.9%
Northern Ireland 128 2.8%
Brazil 112 2.5%
Argentina 105 2.3%
Croatia 88 2.0%
Serbia 74 1.6%
Poland 69 1.5%
Netherlands 59 1.3%
Sweden 55 1.2%
Paraguay 53 1.2%
Mexico 52 1.2%
Iran 50 1.1%
Peru 49 1.1%
Chile 47 1.0%
Ireland 46 1.0%
Nigeria 31 0.7%
Greece 28 0.6%
Haiti 27 0.6%
South Korea 27 0.6%
Montenegro 26 0.6%
El Salvador 25 0.6%
Angola 24 0.5%
Denmark 24 0.5%
Uruguay 21 0.5%
Yugoslavia 20 0.4%
Jamaica 19 0.4%
Romania 19 0.4%
Ecuador 17 0.4%
Trinidad and Tobago 16 0.4%
Costa Rica 13 0.3%
Iraq 11 0.2%

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