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{| class="wikitable"
|+
|[[1980-81 North American Soccer League season|1980-81]]
|'''1981-82'''
|''[[1982-83 North American Soccer League season|1982-83]] (not played)''
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="7" |Atlantic Conference
| rowspan="3" |Central Division
|Chicago Sting
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago
|-
|Tampa Bay Rowdies
|Bayfront Center
|St. Petersburg, Florida
|-
|Tulsa Roughnecks
|Expo Square Pavilion
|Tulsa, Oklahoma
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|Jacksonville Tea Men
|Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Jacksonville, Florida
|-
|Manic de Montréal
|Forum de Montréal
|Montréal
|-
|New York Cosmos
|Meadowlands Arena
|East Rutherford, New Jersey
|-
|Toronto Blizzard
|Maple Leaf Gardens
|Old Toronto, Toronto
|-
| rowspan="6" |Pacific Conference
| rowspan="3" |Northwest Division
|Edmonton Drillers
|Northlands Coliseum
|Edmonton, Alberta
|-
|Seattle Sounders
|The Kingdome
|Seattle
|-
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|PNE Agrodome
|Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
| rowspan="3" |Western Division
|San Diego Sockers
|Pechanga Arena San Diego
|San Diego
|-
|Portland Timbers
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland, Oregon
|-
|San Jose Earthquakes
|Oakland Arena
|Oakland, California
|}

=== Changes ===

* League realigned into Atlantic Conference, divided into Central Division and Eastern Division, and Pacific Conference, divided into Northwest Division and Western Division.
* Atlanta Chiefs fold.
* Calgary Boomers fold.
* California Surf fold.
* Chicago Sting realigned from Central Division to Atlantic Conference Central Division.
* Dallas Tornado fold.
* Detroit Express fold.
* Edmonton Drillers realigned from Northern Division to Pacific Conference Northwest Division.
* Ft. Lauderdale Strikers suspend indoor operations before Ft. Lauderdale Strikers resume indoor operations, relocate from Hollywood Sportatorium in Pembroke Pines, Florida to Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, renamed Minnesota Strikers, and transfer to Major Indoor Soccer League in 1984-85.
* Jacksonville Tea Men realigned from Eastern Division to Atlantic Conference Eastern Division.
* Los Angeles Aztecs fold.
* Manic de Montréal enter indoor competition in Atlantic Conference Eastern Division, playing at Forum de Montréal in Montréal.
* Minnesota Kicks fold.
* New York Cosmos enter indoor competition in Atlantic Conference Eastern Division, playing at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
* Portland Timbers realigned from Western Division to Pacific Conference Western Division.
* San Diego Sockers realigned from Southern Division to Pacific Conference Western Division.
* San Jose Earthquakes realigned from Western Division to Pacific Conference Western Division.
* Seattle Sounders relocate from Western Division to Pacific Conference Northwest Division.
* Tampa Bay Rowdies realigned from Eastern Division to Atlantic Conference Central Division.
* Toronto Blizzard realigned from Northern Division to Atlantic Conference Eastern Division.
* Tulsa Roughnecks realigned from Southern Division to Atlantic Conference Central Division.
* Vancouver Whitecaps relocate from Pacific Coliseum to PNE Agrodome and realigned from Northern Division to Pacific Conference Northwest Division.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="7" |Atlantic Conference
| rowspan="3" |Central Division
|'''Chicago Sting'''
|'''12'''
|'''6'''
|
|-
|'''Tampa Bay Rowdies'''
|'''11'''
|'''7'''
|'''1'''
|-
|'''Tulsa Roughnecks'''
|'''10'''
|'''8'''
|'''2'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |Eastern Division
|'''Manic de Montréal'''
|'''9'''
|'''9'''
|
|-
|Toronto Blizzard
|8
|10
|1
|-
|Jacksonville Tea Men
|7
|11
|2
|-
|New York Cosmos
|6
|12
|3
|-
| rowspan="6" |Pacific Conference
| rowspan="3" |Northwest Division
|'''Edmonton Drillers'''
|'''13'''
|'''5'''
|
|-
|'''Vancouver Whitecaps'''
|'''10'''
|'''8'''
|'''3'''
|-
|'''Seattle Sounders'''
|'''9'''
|'''9'''
|'''4'''
|-
| rowspan="3" |Western Division
|'''San Diego Sockers'''
|'''10'''
|'''8'''
|
|-
|Portland Timbers
|7
|11
|3
|-
|San Jose Earthquakes
|5
|13
|5
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Two-Plus-Minigame)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Two-Plus-Minigame)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Two-Plus-Minigame)
!Champions
|-
|'''Edmonton Drillers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Edmonton Drillers
| rowspan="2" |0
| rowspan="4" |'''San Diego Sockers'''
| rowspan="4" |'''2'''
| rowspan="8" |'''San Diego Sockers'''
|-
|Seattle Sounders
|0
|-
|'''San Diego Sockers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''San Diego Sockers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|-
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|0
|-
|Chicago Sting
|1
| rowspan="2" |Tulsa Roughnecks
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="4" |Tampa Bay Rowdies
| rowspan="4" |0
|-
|'''Tulsa Roughnecks'''
|'''2'''
|-
|Manic de Montréal
|1
| rowspan="2" |'''Tampa Bay Rowdies'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|-
|'''Tampa Bay Rowdies'''
|'''2'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
|Cook County, Illinois
|Chicago
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago Sting
|Nine
|Two
|11
|-
| colspan="4" |Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area
|Edmonton, Alberta
|Northlands Coliseum
|Edmonton Drillers
|Nine
|One
|10
|-
|Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Duval County, Florida
|Jacksonville, Florida
|Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Jacksonville Tea Men
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
| colspan="4" |Montréal Census Metropolitan Area
|Montréal
|Forum de Montréal
|Manic de Montréal
|Nine
|Two
|11
|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
|Bergen County, New Jersey
|East Rutherford, New Jersey
|Meadowlands Arena
|New York Cosmos
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
|Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Multnomah County, Oregon
|Portland, Oregon
|Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Portland Timbers
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
| colspan="3" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Diego County, California
|San Diego
|Pechanga Arena San Diego
|San Diego Sockers
|Nine
|Four
|13
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
|San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Division
|Alameda County, Calfiornia
|Oakland, California
|Oakland Arena
|San Jose Earthquakes
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
|Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area
|Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division
|King County, Washington
|Seattle
|The Kingdome
|Seattle Sounders
|Nine
|One
|10
|-
| colspan="2" |Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
|St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo, FL Metropolitan Division
|Pinellas County, Florida
|St. Petersburg, Florida
|Bayfront Center
|Tampa Bay Rowdies
|Nine
|Four
|13
|-
| colspan="4" |Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
|Old Toronto, Toronto
|Maple Leaf Gardens
|Toronto Blizzard
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
|Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Tulsa County, Oklahoma
|Tulsa, Oklahoma
|Expo Square Pavilion
|Tulsa Roughnecks
|Nine
|Two
|11
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area
| rowspan="2" |Vancouver, British Columbia
|Pacific Coliseum
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|
|One
|One
|-
|PNE Agrodome
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|Nine
|
|Nine
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''117'''
|'''17'''
|'''134'''
|}
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[[Category:North American Soccer League seasons]]

1981-82 North American Soccer League season - Revision history

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