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{{short description|Soccer match}}
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{{Infobox football match
| title = Soccer Bowl '84
| other_titles = Soccer Bowl Series '84
| image = [[File:Soccer Bowl '84.png|x100px]]
| event = [[Soccer Bowl]]
| team1 = [[Chicago Sting]]
| team1association = 
| team1score = 2
| team2 = [[Toronto Blizzard (1971–84)|Toronto Blizzard]]
| team2association = 
| team2score = 0
| details = (on [[Best-of-three playoff|best-of-three series]])
| most_valuable_player = 
| referee = 
| firstleg = Game 1
| team1score1 = 2
| team2score1 = 1
| details1 = 
| date1 = {{Start date|1984|10|01}}
| stadium1 = [[Comiskey Park]]
| city1 = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Manuel Rojas (footballer)|Manuel Rojas]]
| man_of_the_match1atitle = 
| man_of_the_match1b = 
| man_of_the_match1btitle = 
| fair_player1 = 
| fair_player1title = 
| referee1 = [[David Socha]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
| attendance1 = 8,352
| weather1 = 
| team1score2 = 3
| team2score2 = 2
| secondleg = Game 2
| date2 = {{Start date|1984|10|03}}
| stadium2 = [[Varsity Stadium]]
| city2 = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| man_of_the_match2a = [[Pato Margetic]]
| man_of_the_match2atitle = 
| man_of_the_match2b = 
| man_of_the_match2btitle = 
| fair_player2 = 
| fair_player2title = 
| referee2 = Bill Maxwell ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
| attendance2 = 16,842
| weather2 = 
| previous = [[Soccer Bowl '83|1983]]
| next = 
}}

'''Soccer Bowl Series '84''', also known as '''Soccer Bowl '84''', was the [[Soccer Bowl|championship series]] of the [[1984 North American Soccer League season|1984 NASL season]], and the last championship of the original NASL. In a departure from previous years, it was a best-of-three series between the [[Chicago Sting]] and the [[Toronto Blizzard (1971–84)|Toronto Blizzard]] as opposed to a single-game championship. The first game of the series was held on Monday, October 1 at [[Comiskey Park]], in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]; the Sting won it, 2–1.  The second game was played at [[Varsity Stadium]], in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] on October 3. Chicago won again, this time by a score of 3–2, to sweep the series and claim its second North American championship.<ref>{{cite web|last=NASL|title=NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner|url=http://www.naslsoccerbowl.com/index.php?id=788|publisher=North American Soccer League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=NASL|title=NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result|url=http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=458|publisher=North American Soccer League}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Old comiskey park.jpg|thumb|left|[[Comiskey Park]] was one of the sites for Soccer Bowl '84]]

===Chicago Sting===
The Chicago Sting finished the regular season with a 13–11 record, while the Blizzard went 14–10. However, due to the NASL's point system, the Sting were crowned the Eastern Division champions, and also won the league's regular season title with 120 points. This ensured that they would retain home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Since all series were best-of-three ties, that meant a Game 3 if necessary, would be in Chicago. The Sting defeated the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–84)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] in their semi-finals series, two games to one.

===Toronto Blizzard===
The Toronto Blizzard qualified for the playoffs as runners-up in the Eastern Division and faced the [[San Diego Sockers (1978–96)|San Diego Sockers]] in the other semi-final series. The Blizzard earned a return trip to the finals with a two–game sweep of the Western Division champion Sockers. Games 1 and 3 of the Soccer Bowl Series were scheduled to be played at Comiskey Park, while game 2 was set for Toronto's Varsity Stadium.

[[Sportsvision]] televised the series in the [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago area]]; this coverage was simulcast on the then-new [[The Sports Network|TSN]] (which had started up a month earlier) cable channel in [[Canada]].

== Series summary ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Game 1
! Venue
! Game 2
! Venue
! Res.
|-
|  '''[[Chicago Sting]]''' || [[Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984)|Toronto Blizzard]] || {{center|2–1}} || [[Comiskey Park]] || {{center|3–2}} || [[Varsity Stadium]] || style="background:#d0f0c0;"| {{center|2–0 {{refn|Result on games won, as a [[Best-of-three playoff|best-of-three series]]|group=note|name=bestof}}}} 
|}
;Notes
{{reflist|group=note}}

== Match details ==
=== Game 1 ===
{{football box
|date= October 1
|time=
|team1= [[Chicago Sting]] 
|score= 2–1
|report= https://www.newspapers.com/image/388368664/?terms=Sting
|team2=  [[Toronto Blizzard (1971–84)|Toronto Blizzard]]
|goals1=[[Patricio Margetic|Margetic]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Manuel Rojas (footballer)|Rojas]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2=[[Bruce Wilson (soccer)|Wilson]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium=[[Comiskey Park]], [[Chicago]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aeJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9_8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3034,181174&dq=toye+sting+champions&hl=en | title=Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search }}</ref>
|attendance=8,352
|referee=[[David Socha]]<ref>{{cite web|title=NASL Soccer Bowl 84 - Game 1 (Sting vs. Blizzard) - First Half - YouTube <!-- BOT GENERATED TITLE -->|website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i85DTQa_m5s|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106211520/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i85DTQa_m5s|archivedate=2014-01-06|url-status=live|accessdate=2013-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te2aKJWEpLQ | title=NASL Soccer Bowl 84 - Game 1 (Sting vs. Blizzard) - Second Half - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) }}

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| GK ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|Portuguese Mozambique}} [[Victor Nogueira]]
|-
| DF ||'''5'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hayden Knight]]|| ||{{yel|77:40}}
|-
| DF ||'''7'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Victor Kodelja]]|| ||{{yel|53:05}}
|-
| DF ||'''6'''|| {{flagicon|JER}} [[Dave Huson]] 
|-
| MF ||'''9'''|| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Manny Rojas]]
|-
| MF ||'''4'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gerry Gray (soccer)|Gerry Gray]]
|-
| MF ||'''8'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rudy Glenn]]|| ||{{yel|33:18}}
|-
| MF ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Simanton]]|| ||{{yel|86:33}}
|-
| FW ||'''12 '''|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Karl-Heinz Granitza]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])|| ||{{yel|40:52}}
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| FW ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pato Margetic]]
|-
| FW ||'''3'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Seninho]]|| ||{{yel|88:39}}
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Substitutes:'''<ref name="autogenerated311">{{cite book|title=NASL: A Complete Record of the North American Soccer League |last=Jose |first=Colin |publisher=Breedon Books |year=1989 |location=Derby, England|pages=311, 312}}</ref>
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Meschbach]] 
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Elvis Comrie]]
|-
|DF ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Frantz Mathieu]] 
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willy Roy]]|| {{yel|40:52}}
|}
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| GK ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Hammond (footballer)|Paul Hammond]]
|-
| DF ||'''24'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Colin Miller (soccer, born 1964)|Colin Miller]]
|-
| DF ||'''2'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Bruce Wilson (soccer)|Bruce Wilson]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
| DF ||'''17'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Derek Spalding]]|| ||{{yel|76:43}}
|-
| DF ||'''4'''|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Conny Karlsson (footballer)|Conny Karlsson]]|| ||{{yel|75:19}}
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| MF ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cliff Calvert]]|| ||{{yel|33:05}}
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| MF ||'''16'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Randy Ragan]]|| ||{{yel|35:11}}
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| MF ||'''12'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Pasquale de Luca]] 
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| MF ||'''8'''|| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Ace Ntsoelengoe]]
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| FW ||'''19'''|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Byrne (footballer, born 1960)|David Byrne]]|| ||{{yel|88:14}}
|-
| FW ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Bettega]]|| || {{suboff|81}}
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Substitutes:'''<ref name="autogenerated311"/>
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|MF ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[John Paskin]] 
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Charlie Falzon]] || || {{subon|81}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Houghton]]
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|-
|  style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Assistant referees:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388368664/?terms=Sting&match=1 |title=2 Oct 1984, 48 - Chicago Tribune at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1984-10-02 |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref>
<br />Ulrich Strom
<br />John Pozadzides
|}

----

=== Game 2 ===
{{football box
|date= October 3, 1984
|time=
|team1= [[Toronto Blizzard (1971–84)|Toronto Blizzard]]  
|score= 2–3
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/57364/ Report 1]<br>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/388415718/ Report 2]
|team2= [[Chicago Sting]]
|goals1=[[John Paskin|Paskin]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Roberto Bettega|Bettega]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2=[[Mark Simanton|Simanton]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Patricio Margetic|Margetic]] {{goal|68||82}}
|stadium=[[Varsity Stadium]], [[Toronto]]<ref name="google1307">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E3UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DHIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1307,762232&dq=margetic+leads+sting&hl=en | title=The Day - Google News Archive Search }}</ref>
|attendance=16,842<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ViozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393,1734763&dq=sting+champs+again&hl=en | title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search }}</ref>
|referee=Bill Maxwell<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8acj_s5FciE | title=NASL Soccer Bowl 84 - Game 2 (Sting at Blizzard) - First Half - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U73iltcza7U | title=NASL Soccer Bowl 84 - Game 2 (Sting at Blizzard) - Second Half - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) }}

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| GK ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Hammond (footballer)|Paul Hammond]]
|-
| DF ||'''2'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Bruce Wilson (soccer)|Bruce Wilson]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
| DF ||'''17'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Derek Spalding]]
|-
| DF ||'''4'''|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Conny Karlsson (footballer)|Conny Karlsson]]
|-
| DF ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cliff Calvert]]
|-
| MF ||'''16'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Randy Ragan]]
|-
| MF ||'''5'''|| {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Jimmy Nicholl]]|| || {{suboff|45}}
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| MF ||'''12'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Pasquale de Luca]] || || {{suboff|71}}
|-
| MF ||'''8'''|| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Ace Ntsoelengoe]]|| ||{{yel|12:27}}
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| FW ||'''19'''|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Byrne (footballer, born 1960)|David Byrne]]
|-
| FW ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Bettega]]
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|MF ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[John Paskin]] || || {{subon|71}}
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Charlie Falzon]] || || {{subon|45}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
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|colspan=4| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Houghton]]
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|-
| GK ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|Portuguese Mozambique}} [[Victor Nogueira]]
|-
| DF ||'''5'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hayden Knight]]
|-
| DF ||'''7'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Victor Kodelja]]
|-
| DF ||'''6'''|| {{flagicon|JER}} [[Dave Huson]] || || {{suboff|73}}
|-
| MF ||'''9'''|| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Manny Rojas]]
|-
| MF ||'''4'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gerry Gray (soccer)|Gerry Gray]]
|-
| MF ||'''8'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rudy Glenn]]  || || {{suboff|80}}
|-
| MF ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Simanton]]
|-
| FW ||'''12 '''|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Karl-Heinz Granitza]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
| FW ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pato Margetic]]
|-
| FW ||'''3'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Seninho]]
|-
|colspan="4"|'''Substitutes:'''<ref name="autogenerated311"/>
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|FW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Meschbach]] || || {{subon|80}}
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Elvis Comrie]]
|-
|DF ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Frantz Mathieu]] || || {{subon|73}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willy Roy]]
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'''1984 NASL Champions:''' [[Chicago Sting]]
{|  style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|-
|  style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Series MVP:'''
<br/>[[Pato Margetic]] (Chicago)
<br />'''Assistant referees:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388415718/ |title=4 Oct 1984, 80 - Chicago Tribune at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1984-10-04 |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref>
<br />Dilvo DiPlacido
<br />Michael Saunders
|}

== Championship Statistics ==
<div style="float:left; width:30%;">
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Game 1<ref>{{cite news |title=Scoreboard |date=October 2, 1984|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388368664/?terms=Sting |page=sec:4 p.8 |accessdate=September 2, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Statistic
! scope="col" style="width:70px;"| Chicago
! scope="col" style="width:70px;"| Toronto
|-
!scope=row|Goals scored 
| 2
| 1
|-
!scope=row|Total shots 
| 16
| 12
|-
!scope=row|Shots on target 
| 6
| 9
|-
!scope=row|Saves 
| 8
| 4
|-
!scope=row|Corner kicks 
| 6
| 5
|-
!scope=row|Fouls
| 21
| 26
|-
!scope=row|Offsides 
| 8
| 3
|-
!scope=row|Yellow cards 
| 7
| 5
|-
!scope=row|Red cards 
| 0
| 0
|}
</div><div style="float:left; width:30%;">

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Game 2<ref>{{cite news |title=Scoreboard |date=October 4, 1984|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388415718 |page=sec:4 p.8 |accessdate=September 2, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Statistic
! scope="col" style="width:70px;"| Chicago
! scope="col" style="width:70px;"| Toronto
|-
!scope=row|Goals scored 
| 3
| 2
|-
!scope=row|Total shots 
| 12
| 20
|-
!scope=row|Shots on target 
| 7
| 9
|-
!scope=row|Saves
| 7
| 4
|-
!scope=row|Corner kicks 
| 5
| 9
|-
!scope=row|Fouls
| 12
| 20
|-
!scope=row|Offsides 
| 6
| 2
|-
!scope=row|Yellow cards 
| 0
| 1
|-
!scope=row|Red cards 
| 0
| 0
|}
</div>
{{Clear}}

==Post-match controversy==
Earlier in the year Sting ownership had requested a one-year leave of absence from the NASL, and were denied.  With only a few games remaining in the season, Sting chairman [[Lee Stern]], believing that [[indoor soccer]] represented the future of the sport, announced that 1984 would be the Chicago Sting's last in the NASL. They, along with three other teams had been granted full admittance to the [[Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92)|MISL]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CEpEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NrIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3904,320042&dq=sting+leave+nasl&hl=en | title=The Albany Herald - Google News Archive Search }}</ref> The Blizzard, who were run by former Sting president [[Clive Toye]], were one of the franchises fighting to keep the NASL going.

In the immediate aftermath of Chicago's title clinching victory, Toye's actions and subsequent words were unsporting in nature. He refused to honor the long-standing tradition of entering the winning side's locker room to congratulate the victors. He then followed that up by taking verbal jabs at both [[Willy Roy]] and [[Karl-Heinz Granitza]] to reporters, by referring to them as "cheats" and the Sting as "unworthy champions"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ViozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393,1734763&dq=toye+quits+chicago&hl=en | title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search }}</ref> among other things. While in the midst of Chicago's post match celebration, not surprisingly, Granitza responded in kind. In the end the pettiness and lack of sportsmanship by both men mattered little, as Chicago left with the league's final trophy. The following spring, with Toye as the NASL's interim president, the league would cease operations.<ref name="google1307"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=omsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7072,2646594&dq=sting+leave+nasl&hl=en |title=The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search |website=news.google.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018073849/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=omsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7072,2646594&dq=sting+leave+nasl&hl=en |archive-date=2015-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yLxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=91EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3896,791145&dq=sting+leave+nasl&hl=en | title=The Bryan Times - Google News Archive Search }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BqJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nowNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1334,1716110&dq=clive+toye&hl=en | title=The Sun - Google News Archive Search }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[1984 North American Soccer League season]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Video of the games (pt [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i85DTQa_m5s 1a], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te2aKJWEpLQ 1b], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8acj_s5FciE 2a], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U73iltcza7U 2b], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDEWkgvNtQ4 2c])

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