1982 North American Soccer League season

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