1983 North American Soccer League season

1982

1983

1984

Teams and Alignment

Division	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Division	Chicago Sting	Soldier Field (1924)	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
	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa Stadium	Tampa, Florida
	Team America	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington
	Tulsa Roughnecks	Skelly Field @ H.A. Chapman Stadium	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Western Division	Golden Bay Earthquakes	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California
	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Stadium	San Diego
	Seattle Sounders	The Kingdome	Seattle
	Vancouver Whitecaps	BC Place Stadium	Vancouver, British Columbia

Changes

• Chicago Sting relocate from Comiskey Park to Soldier Field (1924).
• Edmonton Drillers fold.
• Jacksonville Tea Men fold.
• Portland Timbers fold.
• San Jose Earthquakes renamed Golden Bay Earthquakes.
• Team America enfranchised in Southern Division, playing at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington.
• Vancouver Whitecaps relocate during season from Empire Stadium to BC Place Stadium.

Regular Season Results

Division	Team	W	L	Pts
Eastern Division	New York Cosmos	22	8	194
	Chicago Sting	15	15	147
	Toronto Blizzard	16	14	135
	Manic de Montréal	12	18	124
Southern Division	Tulsa Roughnecks	17	13	145
	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	14	16	136
	Tampa Bay Rowdies	7	23	83
	Team America	10	20	79
Western Division	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	6	187
	Golden Bay Earthquakes	20	10	169
	Seattle Sounders	12	18	119
	San Diego Sockers	11	19	106

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
New York Cosmos	0	Manic de Montréal	1	Tulsa Roughnecks	2	Tulsa Roughnecks
Manic de Montréal	2
Tulsa Roughnecks	2	Tulsa Roughnecks	2
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	0
Golden Bay Earthquakes	2	Golden Bay Earthquakes	0	Toronto Blizzard	0
Chicago Sting	1
Vancouver Whitecaps	1	Toronto Blizzard	2
Toronto Blizzard	2

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	Soldier Field (1924)	Chicago Sting	15	One	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	15	One	16
Montréal Census Metropolitan Area				Montréal	Stade olympique	Manic de Montréal	15	Two	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	15	One	16
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area			San Diego County, California	San Diego	San Diego Stadium	San Diego Sockers	15		15
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	Golden Bay Earthquakes	15	Three	18
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	15		15
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Stadium	Tampa Bay Rowdies	15		15
Toronto Census Metropolitan Area				Old Toronto, Toronto	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Toronto Blizzard	15	Two	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	15	Three	18
Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area				Vancouver, British Columbia	BC Place Stadium	Vancouver Whitecaps	11	Two	13
						Tulsa Roughnecks		One	One
					Empire Stadium	Vancouver Whitecaps	Four		Four
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	District of Columbia		Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Team America	15		15
Total							180	16	196