1983-84 North American Soccer League season

1982-83 (not played)

1983-84

Final season

Teams and Alignment

Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Chicago Sting	Chicago Stadium	Chicago
Golden Bay Earthquakes	Oakland Arena	Oakland, California
New York Cosmos	Madison Square Garden Meadowlands Arena	Manhattan, New York East Rutherford, New Jersey
San Diego Sockers	Pechanga Arena San Diego	San Diego
Tampa Bay Rowdies	Expo Hall	East Lake-Orient Park, Florida
Tulsa Roughnecks	Expo Square Pavilion	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vancouver Whitecaps	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver, British Columbia

Changes

• League resumes indoor operations and realigned into single table.
• Chicago Sting transfer from Major Indoor Soccer League, playing at Chicago Stadium in Chicago.
• Golden Bay Earthquakes transfer from Major Indoor Soccer League, playing at Oakland Arena in Oakland, California.
• Manic de Montréal fold.
• New York Cosmos relocate primary venue from Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey to Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York and Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey and realigned from Atlantic Conference Eastern Division to single table.
• San Diego Sockers transfer from Major Indoor Soccer League, playing at Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego.
• Seattle Sounders fold.
• Tampa Bay Rowdies relocate primary venue from Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg Florida to Expo Hall in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida and realigned from Atlantic Conference Central Division to single table.
• Toronto Blizzard fold indoor operations.
• Tulsa Roughnecks realigned from Atlantic Conference Central Division to single table.
• Vancouver Whitecaps relocate from PNE Agrodome to Pacific Coliseum and realigned from Pacific Conference Northwest Division to single table.

Regular Season Results

Team	W	L	GB
San Diego Sockers	21	11
New York Cosmos	20	12	1
Chicago Sting	20	12	1
Golden Bay Earthquakes	19	13	2
Vancouver Whitecaps	12	20	9
Tulsa Roughnecks	11	21	10
Tampa Bay Rowdies	9	23	12

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Best-of-Five)		Champions
San Diego Sockers	2	San Diego Sockers	3	San Diego Sockers
Golden Bay Earthquakes	0
New York Cosmos	2	New York Cosmos	0
Chicago Sting	1

Special Event Results

Event	Home	Score	Away
NASL All-Star Match	Chicago Sting	8-9	North American Soccer League

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	Chicago Stadium	Chicago Sting	16	One	17
						NASL All-Star Match			One
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	Eight	Three	11
			New York County, New York	Manhattan, New York	Madison Square Garden	New York Cosmos	Eight		Eight
Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona, FL Combined Statistical Area	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Polk County, Florida	Lakeland, Florida	Jenkins Arena at RP Funding Center	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Three		Three
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area			San Diego County, California	San Diego	Pechanga Arena San Diego	San Diego Sockers	16	Three	19
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	Golden Bay Earthquakes	16		16
		San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division	San Mateo County, California	Daly City, California	Cow Palace	Golden Bay Earthquakes		One	One
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	Five		Five
		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	East Lake-Orient Park, Florida	Expo Hall	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Eight		Eight
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK Combined Statistical Area	Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tulsa County, Oklahoma	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Expo Square Pavilion	Tulsa Roughnecks	16		16
Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area				Vancouver, British Columbia	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver Whitecaps	16		16
Total							112	Eight	121