Soccer Bowl '83

Soccer Bowl '83
Event Soccer Bowl
Tulsa Roughnecks Toronto Blizzard
2 0
Date October 1, 1983 (1983-10-01)
Venue BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia
Man of the Match Njego Pesa
Referee Ed Bellion (USA)
Attendance 53,326

Soccer Bowl '83 was the championship final of the 1983 NASL season. The match was played on October 1, 1983 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, between the Tulsa Roughnecks and the Toronto Blizzard. The Roughnecks won the match, 2–0, to claim their first championship.[1][2]

Background

The Tulsa Roughnecks won the Southern Division with a 17-13 record and a total of 145 points. They dispatched the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the quarterfinals with a two-game sweep. By virtue of their two games to one victory In the semifinals against the Montreal Manic, the Roughnecks advanced to the Soccer Bowl for the first time in franchise history.

The Toronto Blizzard qualified for the playoffs as a wild card by finishing third in the Eastern Division with a 16-14 record and a total of 135 points. In the quarterfinals they were the upset-winner over the Western Division champion Vancouver Whitecaps by two games to one. Vancouver had only lost 6 matches all season. The Blizzard pulled off a second upset in their semifinal match-up by sweeping the Golden Bay Earthquakes in two games, and earning their second ever trip to the Soccer Bowl.

Game summary

Championship results

Tulsa Roughnecks2–0Toronto Blizzard
Pesa  55:36' (Wallace, Danaeifard)
Futcher  61:37' (Wallace, Moore)
Attendance: 53,326[4]
Referee: Ed Bellion (USA)
Tulsa
Toronto

1983 NASL Champions: Tulsa Roughnecks

Statistics

Statistic[5] Tulsa Toronto
Goals scored 2 0
Total shots 11 14
Shots on target 4 3
Saves 3 2
Corner kicks 2 5
Fouls 19 19
Offsides 4 9
Yellow cards 0 2
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
  2. ↑ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C7NOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2121,402889&dq=soccer+bowl&hl=en
  4. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121360/2/index.htm
  5. ↑ Phillips, Randy (August 28, 1978). "Tulsa captures Soccer Bowl with dull victory over Blizzard". Montreal Gazette. p. D-5, D-8. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
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