1981–82 NASL indoor season

North American Soccer League -1981–82 Indoor Season-
Season	1981–82
Champions	San Diego Sockers ; (2nd Title)
Premiers	Edmonton Drillers
Matches played	117
Goals scored	1,392 (11.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juli Veee ; (51 goals)
Highest attendance	19,398; (Tampa Bay @ Chicago)
Average attendance	6,202
	← 1980–81 1983 →

1981–82 North American Soccer League's third indoor soccer season.

Overview

A total of 13 of a possible 14 NASL teams participated. Fort Lauderdale was the only non-participant in the 18 game regular season. The Los Angeles Aztecs and the Minnesota Kicks had been schedule to participated but were unable, do to mounting financial issues. By early December both teams had folded. Other changes in the indoor structure included the separating of the teams into two conferences, each with two divisions. The Atlantic Conference contained the East and Central Divisions, while the Pacific Conference held the West and Northwest Divisions. During the regular season teams played eighteen matches within their conference only. Four teams from each conference advanced to the playoffs. They included the two division winners, along with the two non-division winners with the best won-loss record.[1] [2] [3] The San Diego Sockers won the championship with a two game finals-sweep of the Tampa Bay Rowdies. This was the Sockers' first ever NASL title.

Regular Season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind 1st Place, % = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Atlantic Conference

East Division	W	L	GB	%	GF	GA
Montreal Manic	9	9	--	.500	93	97
Toronto Blizzard	8	10	1	.444	86	96
Jacksonville Tea Men	7	11	2	.389	86	106
New York Cosmos	6	12	3	.333	102	123

Central Division	W	L	GB	%	GF	GA
Chicago Sting	12	6	--	.667	139	117
Tampa Bay Rowdies	11	7	1	.611	121	113
Tulsa Roughnecks	10	8	2	.556	128	103

Pacific Conference

West Division	W	L	GB	%	GF	GA
San Diego Sockers	10	8	--	.556	147	110
Portland Timbers	7	11	3	.389	86	103
San Jose Earthquakes	5	13	5	.278	83	141

Northwest Division	W	L	GB	%	GF	GA
Edmonton Drillers	13	5	--	.722	133	91
Vancouver Whitecaps	10	8	3	.556	93	94
Seattle Sounders	9	9	4	.500	95	97

NASL All-Stars

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Pacific Conference	Position	Atlantic Conference
Volkmar Gross, San Diego	G	Jürgen Stars, Tampa Bay
Alan Hudson, Seattle	D	Barry Wallace, Tulsa
Martin Donnelly, San Diego	D	Mike Connell, Tampa Bay
Jan Goossens, Edmonton	F	Tatu, Tampa Bay
Kai Haaskivi, Edmonton	F	Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago
Juli Veee, San Diego	F	Gordon Hill, Montreal

Playoffs

Bracket

First Round					Conference Finals					Championship Series

P1	Edmonton Drillers	8	12	-

P4	Seattle Sounders	6	4	-
					P1	Edmonton Drillers	2	3	-

					P2	San Diego Sockers	8	12	-
P2	San Diego Sockers	4	8	-

P3	Vancouver Whitecaps	3	4	-
										P2	San Diego Sockers	9	10	-

										A3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	6	5	-
A1	Chicago Sting	4	7(OT)	1

A4	Tulsa Roughnecks	5	6	3
					A4	Tulsa Roughnecks	4	4	0

					A3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5	3	1
A2	Montreal Manic	7	3(OT)	1

A3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	8(OT)	2	2(3OT)

1st Round

If a playoff series is tied after two games, a 15 minute, tie breaker mini-game is played.

			Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game	Attendance
Edmonton Drillers	-	Seattle Sounders	8 - 6	12 - 4	x	February 17 -4,112 • February 20 -6,027
San Diego Sockers	-	Vancouver Whitecaps	4 - 3	8 - 4	x	February 19 -5,128 • February 21 -9,728
Montreal Manic	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	7 - 8 (OT)	3 - 2 (OT)	1 - 2 (3OT)	February 18 -5,043 • February 21 -15,855
Chicago Sting	-	Tulsa Roughnecks	4 - 5	7 - 6 (OT)	1 - 3	February 16 -5,482 • February 18 -16,077

Semi-Finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game	Attendance
Tampa Bay Rowdies	-	Tulsa Roughnecks	5 - 4	3 - 4	1 - 0^[3]	February 25 -7,021 • March 1 -5,545
Edmonton Drillers	-	San Diego Sockers	2 - 8	3 - 12^[4]	x	February 25 -8,435 • March 1 -12,840

Championship Finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game	Attendance
Tampa Bay Rowdies	-	San Diego Sockers	6 - 9	5 - 10	x	March 3 -12,840 • March 8 -6,325

Post season awards

Most Valuable Player: Juli Veee, San Diego
Playoff MVP: Juli Veee, San Diego^[5]

References

[1] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dxEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6460,1506784&dq=san+jose+indoor+soccer&hl=en

[2] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19820331&id=fYBXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tjsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6819,8303699

[3] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19820302&id=GE9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U3sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6470,869813

[4] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19820303&id=dREuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6722,879569

[5] ttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8eJW4aQrW3Y/UGMnXE8HXDI/AAAAAAAAQnI/XW6IOSWL2vc/s1600/1982-3-08+Rowdies+vs+Sockers+id+Final+Report.jpg

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