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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
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!Champions
!Champions
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |'''New York Cosmos'''
|'''New York Cosmos'''
|'''2'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="3" |'''New York Cosmos'''
| rowspan="2" |'''New York Cosmos'''
| rowspan="3" |'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="7" |New York Cosmos
| rowspan="4" |'''New York Cosmos'''
| rowspan="7" |0
| rowspan="4" |'''1'''
| rowspan="15" |'''Chicago Sting'''
| rowspan="8" |'''New York Cosmos'''
|-
|-
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|Tulsa Roughnecks
| rowspan="2" |Tampa Bay Rowdies
|1
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|-
|'''Tampa Bay Rowdies'''
|'''San Diego Sockers'''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Minnesota Kicks'''
| rowspan="2" |San Diego Sockers
| rowspan="2" |Minnesota Kicks
| rowspan="2" |0
| rowspan="2" |0
| rowspan="4" |Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
| rowspan="4" |0
|-
|-
|Tulsa Roughnecks
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|-
|1
|Calgary Boomers
| rowspan="2" |'''Ft. Lauderdale Strikers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|-
|-
|'''Ft. Lauderdale Strikers'''
|'''Ft. Lauderdale Strikers'''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Chicago Sting'''
| rowspan="2" |Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
| rowspan="2" |'''Chicago Sting'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="4" |'''Chicago Sting'''
| rowspan="4" |'''2'''
| rowspan="8" |'''Chicago Sting'''
| rowspan="8" |'''1'''
|-
|Seattle Sounders
|-
|Los Angeles Aztecs
| rowspan="2" |Manic de Montréal
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="4" |Seattle Sounders
| rowspan="4" |0
|-
|-
|'''Manic de Montréal'''
|Manic de Montréal
|1
|-
|-
|'''San Diego Sockers'''
|'''Seattle Sounders'''
| rowspan="2" |'''San Diego Sockers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Seattle Sounders'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="4" |San Diego Sockers
| rowspan="4" |1
|-
|-
|Portland Timbers
|Toronto Blizzard
|-
|1
|Atlanta Chiefs
| rowspan="2" |Jacksoville Tea Men
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|'''Jacksonville Tea Men'''
|}
|}


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!Postseason
!Postseason
!Total
!Total
|-
|Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division
|Fulton County, Massachusetts
|Atlanta
|Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
|Atlanta Chiefs
|16
|One
|17
|-
| colspan="4" |Calgary Census Metropolitan Area
|Calgary, Alberta
|McMahon Stadium
|Calgary Boomers
|16
|
|16
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
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|Chicago Sting
|Chicago Sting
|10
|10
|Four
|
|14
|10
|-
|-
|Wrigley Field
|Wrigley Field
|Chicago Sting
|Chicago Sting
|Six
|Six
|Two
|Eight
|-
|Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area
|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
|Dallas County, Texas
|Irving, Texas
|Texas Stadium
|Dallas Tornado
|16
|
|
|16
|Six
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area
| colspan="4" |Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area
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|Gator Bowl Stadium
|Gator Bowl Stadium
|Jacksonville Tea Men
|Jacksonville Tea Men
|16
|Two
|18
|-
| rowspan="2" |Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
|Orange County, California
|Anaheim, California
|Angel Stadium
|California Surf
|16
|16
|
|
|16
|16
|-
|Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
|Los Angeles County, California
|Los Angeles
|United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
|Los Angeles Aztecs
|16
|Two
|18
|-
|-
|Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area
|Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area
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|Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
|Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
|16
|16
|Four
|Three
|20
|19
|-
| rowspan="2" |Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Hennepin County, Minnesota
|Bloomington, Minnesota
|Metropolitan Stadium
|Minnesota Kicks
|16
|One
|17
|-
|Minneapolis
|Memorial Stadium
|Minnesota Kicks
|
|One
|One
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |Montréal Census Metropolitan Area
| colspan="4" |Montréal Census Metropolitan Area
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|Manic de Montréal
|Manic de Montréal
|16
|16
|Two
|One
|18
|17
|-
|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
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|Portland Timbers
|Portland Timbers
|16
|16
|One
|
|17
|16
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Diego County, California
| rowspan="2" |San Diego County, California
|San Diego
| rowspan="2" |San Diego
|San Diego Stadium
| rowspan="2" |San Diego Stadium
|San Diego Sockers
|San Diego Sockers
|16
|16
|Five
|Three
|21
|19
|-
|New York Cosmos
|
|One
|One
|-
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
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|Seattle Sounders
|Seattle Sounders
|16
|16
|One
|Four
|17
|20
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
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|Tampa Bay Rowdies
|Tampa Bay Rowdies
|16
|16
|Two
|
|18
|16
|-
|-
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
| colspan="4" |Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
| rowspan="2" |Old Toronto, Toronto
|Old Toronto, Toronto
| rowspan="2" |Canadian National Exhibition Stadium
|Canadian National Exhibition Stadium
|Toronto Blizzard
|Toronto Blizzard
|16
|16
|
|16
|-
|New York Cosmos
|
|One
|One
|One
|17
|-
|-
|Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK Combined Statistical Area
|Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK Combined Statistical Area
|Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
|Tulsa County, Oklahoma
|Tulsa County, Oklahoma
|Tulsa, Oklahoma
|Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|One
|One
|17
|17
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| colspan="2" |District of Columbia
|Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
|Washington Diplomats
|16
|
|16
|-
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''336'''
|'''224'''
|'''34'''
|'''18'''
|'''370'''
|'''242'''
|}
|}
[[Category:1982]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League seasons]]

Latest revision as of 04:15, 18 July 2026

1981 1982 1983

Teams and Alignment

Division Team Primary Venue Municipality
Eastern Division Chicago Sting Comiskey Park Chicago
Manic de Montréal Stade olympique Montréal
New York Cosmos Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey
Toronto Blizzard Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Old Toronto, Toronto
Southern Division Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jacksonville Tea Men Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida
Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium Tampa, Florida
Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field @ H.A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma
Western Division Edmonton Drillers Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton, Alberta
Portland Timbers Providence Park Portland, Oregon
San Diego Sockers San Diego Stadium San Diego
San Jose Earthquakes CEFCU Stadium San José, California
Seattle Sounders The Kingdome Seattle
Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium Vancouver, British Columbia

Changes

  • League realigned into Eastern Division, Southern Division, and Western Division.
  • Atlanta Chiefs fold.
  • Calgary Boomers fold.
  • California Surf fold.
  • Chicago Sting realigned from Central Division to Eastern Division.
  • Dallas Tornado fold.
  • Edmonton Drillers realigned from Northwest Division to Western Division.
  • Los Angeles Aztecs fold.
  • Minnesota Kicks fold.
  • Portland Timbers realigned from Northwest Division to Western Division.
  • Seattle Sounders realigned from Northwest Division to Western Division.
  • Tulsa Roughnecks realigned from Central Division to Southern Division.
  • Vancouver Whitecaps realigned from Northwest Division to Western Division.
  • Washington Diplomats fold.

Regular Season Results

Division Team W L Pts
Eastern Division New York Cosmos 23 9 203
Manic de Montréal 19 13 159
Toronto Blizzard 17 15 151
Chicago Sting 13 19 129
Southern Division Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 18 14 163
Tulsa Roughnecks 16 16 151
Tampa Bay Rowdies 12 20 112
Jacksonville Tea Men 11 21 105
Western Division Seattle Sounders 18 14 166
San Diego Sockers 19 13 162
Vancouver Whitecaps 20 12 160
Portland Timbers 14 18 122
San Jose Earthquakes 13 19 114
Edmonton Drillers 11 21 93

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three) Team (Best-of-Three) Team (Single-Game) Champions
New York Cosmos 2 New York Cosmos 2 New York Cosmos 1 New York Cosmos
Tulsa Roughnecks 1
San Diego Sockers 2 San Diego Sockers 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 1
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 2 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1 Seattle Sounders 0
Manic de Montréal 1
Seattle Sounders 2 Seattle Sounders 2
Toronto Blizzard 1

Markets and Venues

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 Comiskey Park Chicago Sting 10 10
Wrigley Field Chicago Sting Six Six
Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area Edmonton, Alberta Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton Drillers 16 16
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Duval County, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville Tea Men 16 16
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL Combined Statistical Area Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL Metropolitan Division Broward County, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lockhart Stadium Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 16 Three 19
Montréal Census Metropolitan Area Montréal Stade olympique Manic de Montréal 16 One 17
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 Giants Stadium New York Cosmos 16 Three 19
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Multnomah County, Oregon Portland, Oregon Providence Park Portland Timbers 16 16
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area San Diego County, California San Diego San Diego Stadium San Diego Sockers 16 Three 19
New York Cosmos One One
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Santa Clara County, California San José, California CEFCU Stadium San Jose Earthquakes 16 16
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 16 Four 20
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division Hillsborough County, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa Stadium Tampa Bay Rowdies 16 16
Toronto Census Metropolitan Area Old Toronto, Toronto Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Blizzard 16 One 17
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK Combined Statistical Area Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area Tulsa County, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Skelly Field @ H.A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa Roughnecks 16 One 17
Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area Vancouver, British Columbia Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 16 One 17
Total 224 18 242
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