1984 North American Soccer League season

Seasons

1983

1984

Final season

Teams and Alignment

Division	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Division	Chicago Sting	Comiskey Park	Chicago
	New York Cosmos	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa Stadium	Tampa, Florida
	Toronto Blizzard	Varsity Stadium (1911)	Old Toronto, Toronto
Western Division	Golden Bay Earthquakes	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California
	Minnesota Strikers	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minneapolis
	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Stadium	San Diego
	Tulsa Roughnecks	Skelly Field @ H.A. Chapman Stadium	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Vancouver Whitecaps	BC Place Stadium	Vancouver, British Columbia

Changes

• League realigned into Eastern Division and Western Division.
• Chicago Sting relocate from Soldier Field (1924) to Comiskey Park.
• Ft. Lauderdale Strikers relocate from Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, renamed Minnesota Strikers, and realigned from Southern Division to Western Division.
• Manic de Montréal fold.
• Seattle Sounders fold.
• Tampa Bay Rowdies realigned from Southern Division to Eastern Division.
• Team America fold.
• Toronto Blizzard relocate from Canadian National Exhibition Stadium to Varsity Stadium (1911).
• Tulsa Roughnecks realigned from Southern Division to Western Division.

Regular Season Results

Division	Team	W	L	Pts
Eastern Division	Chicago Sting	13	11	120
	Toronto Blizzard	14	10	117
	New York Cosmos	13	11	115
	Tampa Bay Rowdies	9	15	87
Western Division	San Diego Sockers	14	10	118
	Vancouver Whitecaps	13	11	117
	Minnesota Strikers	14	10	115
	Tulsa Roughnecks	10	14	98
	Golden Bay Earthquakes	8	16	95

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Best-of-Three)		Champions
Chicago Sting	2	Chicago Sting	2	Chicago Sting
Vancouver Whitecaps	1
San Diego Sockers	0	Toronto Blizzard	0
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	Comiskey Park	Chicago Sting	Nine	Three	12
					Wrigley Field	Chicago Sting	Three		Three
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area		Hennepin County, Minnesota	Minneapolis	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minnesota Strikers	12		12
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	12		12
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area			San Diego County, California	San Diego	San Diego Stadium	San Diego Sockers	12	One	13
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	12		12
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Stadium	Tampa Bay Rowdies	12		12
Toronto Census Metropolitan Area				Old Toronto, Toronto	Varsity Stadium (1911)	Toronto Blizzard	12	Two	14
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	12		12
Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area				Vancouver, British Columbia	BC Place Stadium	Vancouver Whitecaps	12	One	13
Total							108	Seven	115