1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season

Tulsa Roughnecks
1983 season
General manager	Alex Skotarek
Head coach	Terry Hennessey
Stadium	Skelly Stadium
NASL	Southern Division: 1st; Overall: 5th
NASL playoffs	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ron Futcher (15 goals); All: ; Ron Futcher (21 goals)
Highest home attendance	19,160; (May 21 vs. New York)
Lowest home attendance	7,499; (June 8 vs. Ft. Lauderdale)
Average home league attendance	12,417
Home colors	Away colors
	← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season was the club's sixth season of existence, and their fifth in the North American Soccer League, the top flight of American soccer at that time. The 1983 season was Terry Hennessey's second full NASL season as head coach of the Roughnecks.^[4]

On October 1, 1983, Tulsa defeated Toronto 2–0 in Soccer Bowl '83 in Vancouver, becoming first and only professional franchise to win a sports championship title in the state of Oklahoma.^[1]

Club

Roster

No.	Position	Player^[5]	Nation
0	GK	Winston DuBose	United States
1	GK	Željko Bilecki	Canada
2	DF	Terry Moore	Canada
3	DF	Barry Wallace	England
4	MF	Pasquale Fuccillo	England
5	DF	Val Fernandes	United States
6	FW	Njego Pesa	United States
7	FW	Zequinha	Brazil
8	FW	Ron Futcher	England
9	MF	Iraj Danaeifard	Iran
10	MF	Gerry Reardon	Ireland
11	FW	Thompson Usiyan	Nigeria
12	MF	Billy Caskey	Northern Ireland
13	MF	Todd Saldana	United States
14	FW	Laurie Abrahams	England
15	MF	Carmelo D'Anzi	United States
17	MF	Adam Krupa	Poland
18	DF	Victor Moreland	Northern Ireland
20	DF	Ivan Belfiore	Canada
22	GK	Paul Coffee	United States

Management and technical staff

Carl Moore – Co-Owner
Mike Kimbrel – Co-Owner
Rick Lowenherz – Co-Owner
Fred Williams – Co-Owner
Alex Skotarek – General Manager
Jim Boeh – Communications Director
Terry Hennessey – Head Coach
Steve Earle – Assistant Coach
Larry Egge – Trainer

Honors

The Roughnecks received two individual honors following the 1983 NASL season.

Soccer Bowl Man of the Match: Njego Pesa
NASL All-Star, First Team: Barry Wallace

Review

Competitions

Friendlies

13 April 1983 (1983-04-13) friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	Lake Worth
20:00 EDT	Kidd 48:48' (Hudson) Kidd 66' Kidd 88'	Report	Saldana 36'	Stadium: John Leonard High School Stadium Attendance: 1,200

friendly	Jacksonville Tea Men (ASL)	0–3	Tulsa Roughnecks	Jacksonville
		Report	, ,	Stadium: Gator Bowl

3 May 1983 (1983-05-03) friendly	Oklahoma City Slickers (ASL)	3–3	Tulsa Roughnecks	Ponca City
	Kramer Millinder (pen.) Hudson	Report	D'Anzi D'Anzi 57' Abrahams 67'	Stadium: Ponca City High School Stadium Attendance: 1,500

27 May 1983 (1983-05-27) friendly	United States U20s	2–2	Tulsa Roughnecks	Anaheim
19:30 PDT	Sanderson ,	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Glover Stadium

NASL regular season

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
1983 Season	26 April 1983	1 October 1983	Matchday 1	Winners	30	17	0	13	56	49	+7	056.67
Total					30	17	0	13	56	49	+7	056.67

Source: Competitions

Division standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal differential, PTS= point system

6 points for a win in regulation and overtime, 4 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 bonus point for each regulation goal scored, up to three per game.^[6]
- Qualified for NASL playoffs.

Southern Division	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Tulsa Roughnecks	17	13	56	49	+7	145
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	14	16	60	63	-3	136
Tampa Bay Rowdies	7	23	48	87	-39	83
Team America	10	20	33	54	-21	79

Overall league playoff seeding

Division champions automatically receive top three seeds
- Division champions

Pos	Club	G	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Cosmos	30	22	8	87	49	+38	194
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	24	6	63	34	+29	187
3	Tulsa Roughnecks	30	17	13	56	49	+7	145
4	Golden Bay Earthquakes	30	20	10	71	54	+17	169
5	Chicago Sting	30	15	15	66	73	-7	147
6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	30	14	16	60	63	-3	136
7	Toronto Blizzard	30	16	14	51	48	+3	135
8	Montreal Manic	30	12	18	58	71	-13	124

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Stadium	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	1	4	4	2	3	1	1	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	4–3	Tulsa Roughnecks	Tampa
20:00 EDT	Nogly 21:56' (pen.) Rojas 24:15' (Connell, Tatu) Kozić 56:41' Roe 68:20' Connell 68:54' (Rojas) Tatu 80:30' (Rojas, Gerber)	Report	Belfiore 9:17' Futcher 31:01' (Usiyan) Usiyan 27:16' 55:06' Caskey 23:21' 55:45' Abrahams 62:07' Belfiore 63:46' (Futcher, Saldana)	Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 10,925 Referee: Bob Evans

30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) 2	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Futcher 33:38' Moore 64:59' Abrahams 73:08' (Danaeifard)	Report	Roe 27:30' Connell 79:56'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 18,953 Referee: Manuel Ortiz

8 May 1983 (1983-05-08) 3	Team America	1–0	Tulsa Roughnecks	Washington, D.C.
17:00 EDT	Green 73'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 14,211

11 May 1983 (1983-05-11) 4	Montreal Manic	4–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	Montreal
20:00 EDT	Willey 43:38' (Mitchel) Comrie 71:56' (Vujović) Comrie 82:05' (McGrane, Marcantonio) Vujović 89:54' (Willey, Decaire)	Report 1 Report 2	Zequinha 53:44'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,280

15 May 1983 (1983-05-15) 5	New York Cosmos	5–2	Tulsa Roughnecks	East Rutherford
14:30 EDT	Chinaglia 9:43' (pen.) Chinaglia 34:52' Chinaglia 58:10' (Cabañas, Romero) Moyers 72:50' Cabañas 76:31' (Romero, Gee)	Report 1 Report 2	Futcher 63:34' (Abrahams) Futcher 85:25' (Abrahams, Zequinha)	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 22,621

21 May 1983 (1983-05-21) 6	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–2	New York Cosmos	Tulsa
19:50 CDT	Futcher 57:02' (Danaeifard)	Report 1 Report 2	Moyers 32:51' (Davis) Cabañas 37' Chinaglia 52:48' (Moyers, Bogicevic)	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 19,160 Referee: Robert Morgan

25 May 1983 (1983-05-25) 7	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–1	Montreal Manic	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Abrahams 48:42' (pen.) Moore 55:31' Zequinha 61:17' (Futcher, Danaeifard) Futcher 71:51' (Abrahams) DuBose 76:05'	Report	Mitchell 25:18' Vujović 88:32'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 9,364 Referee: Ed Bellion

30 May 1983 (1983-05-30) 8	Golden Bay Earthquakes	3–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	San Jose
14:30 PDT	Žungul 8:23' (Cuéllar, Goossens) Žungul 37:53' (Katakalidis) Žungul 86:45' (Goossens)	Report	Futcher 30:36' Billy Caskey	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 9,897

1 June 1983 (1983-06-01) 9	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–2 (2OT)	Tulsa Roughnecks	Vancouver
19:30 PDT	Thijssen 28:01' (O'Brien)	Report	Futcher 58:24' Watson 101:11'	Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 18,277 Referee: Majid Abotalebi

4 June 1983 (1983-06-04) 10	Tulsa Roughnecks	0–1 (2OT)	Team America	Tulsa
19:30 CDT		Report	Dan Canter 102:24' (pen.)	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,742

8 June 1983 (1983-06-08) 11	Tulsa Roughnecks	2–1 (OT)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Futcher 57:44' Futcher 81:35' (Usiyan, D'Anzi) Futcher 93:36' (D'Anzi, Danaeifard)	Report 1 Report 2	Cubillas 44:48' (Hudson, Miller)	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 7,499

12 June 1983 (1983-06-12) 12	San Diego Sockers	1–2	Tulsa Roughnecks	San Diego
19:30 PDT	Wieczorkowski 77:38' (Hilkes)	Report 1 Report 2	Futcher 10:35' (Usiyan) Reardon 69:20' (Futcher)	Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 3,383

18 June 1983 (1983-06-18) 13	Tulsa Roughnecks	4–0	Chicago Sting	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	D'Anzi 16:50' (Danaeifard) Pesa 75:32' (Danaeifard) Pesa 84:34' (Reardon, Krupa) Futcher 89:59' (Moreland, Caskey) Futcher Caskey D'Anzi	Report	Gruber Granitza Gallagher	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Bob Evans

25 June 1983 (1983-06-25) 14	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1 (SO) (2–3 p)	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fort Lauderdale
20:00 EDT	Šegota 9:54' (Cubillas) Villa 61:38'	Report 1 Report 2	Moreland 14:58' Futcher 19:20' (Danaeifard) Moore 91:29'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 8,499
	Penalties
	Šegota Kidd Wegerle Miller Hudson		Pesa Wallace Reardon Futcher Moreland

29 June 1983 (1983-06-29) 15	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–1 (SO) (2–3 p)	San Diego Sockers	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Caskey 62:53'	Report 1 Report 2	Deyna 75:58'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 9,157
	Penalties
	Wallace Moreland Caskey		Willrich Deyna Wieczorkowski Coker Hirmez

3 July 1983 (1983-07-03) 16	Tulsa Roughnecks	2–1 (OT)	Seattle Sounders	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Abrahams 85:47' Evans 92:35' (o.g.)	Report	Peterson 0:55'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 13,191

6 July 1983 (1983-07-06) 17	Toronto Blizzard	2–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	Toronto
20:00 EDT	Nicholl 76:38' (Deluca) Nicholl 87:29'	Report	Wallace 86:45'	Stadium: Exhibition Stadium Attendance: 8,099

9 July 1983 (1983-07-09) 18	Chicago Sting	1–1 (SO) (1–3 p)	Tulsa Roughnecks	Chicago
19:30 CDT	Droege Gallagher Margetic , Alonso Roy Granitza 89:57' (Alonso)	Report 1 Report 2	Futcher 30:02' (Abrahams, Fernandes) Moore , Moreland	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 10,276 Referee: Manuel Ortiz
	Penalties
	Huson M. Twellman Granitza Tyma		Abrahams Pesa Futcher Wallace

13 July 1983 (1983-07-13) 19	Tulsa Roughnecks	4–0	Chicago Sting	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Pesa 0:42' Pesa 8:08' (Abrahams, Wallace) Pesa 66:14' (Krupa, Usiyan) Usiyan 73:41' (Reardon) Pesa 87:42' (Moreland)	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 14,124 Referee: Ed Bellion

17 July 1983 (1983-07-17) 20	New York Cosmos	3–0	Tulsa Roughnecks	East Rutherford
19:00 EDT	Moyers 13:56' (Bogićević, Cabañas) Cabañas 47:29' (Romero, DiBernardo) Romero 80:47' (Eskandarian, Cabañas) Cabañas	Report		Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 24,296 Referee: Howard Krollfeifer

23 July 1983 (1983-07-23) 21	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Pesa 5:47' (Moreland, Abrahams) Caskey 56:00' Wallace 67:11' (pen.) Danaeifard 69:53' (Abrahams) D'Anzi 81:59'	Report	Šegota 4:39' (Hudson) Walsh 20:38' Šegota 32:38' (Cubillas, Villa) Villa 56:00' Davies 67:31'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,134

27 July 1983 (1983-07-27) 22	Seattle Sounders	3–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	Seattle
19:30 PDT	Ward 8:08' Evans 61:03' (pen.) Kemp 85:35'	Report	Abrahams 39:59'	Stadium: Kingdome Attendance: 4,270

30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) 23	Tulsa Roughnecks	2–1 (2OT)	Vancouver Whitecaps	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Pesa 39:18' (Danaeifard) Krupa 99:24' (Abrahams, Fuccillo)	Report 1 Report 2	Lorimer 57:59' (pen.) Lettieri 90:00', 99:24'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 10,809 Referee: Bob Evans

6 August 1983 (1983-08-06) 24	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–2	Golden Bay Earthquakes	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Pesa 34:45' (Danaeifard)	Report	Ingram 37:08' (Žungul) Ingram 73:45' (Žungul)	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,290

13 August 1983 (1983-08-13) 25	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–0	Toronto Blizzard	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Danaeifard 57:17' (Wallace, Fuccillo)	Report	Ragan 67', 67'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,663

17 August 1983 (1983-08-17) 26	Tulsa Roughnecks	4–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Krupa 3:46' (Futcher, Wallace) Wallace 25:07' (pen.) Wallace 30:24' (Krupa, Futcher) Pesa 52:25' (Krupa, Futcher)	Report	Gerber 4:09' van der Veen 23:56' (Tatu) van der Veen 53:25'	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 9,752 Referee: Bill Schofield

21 August 1983 (1983-08-21) 27	Team America	2–3	Tulsa Roughnecks	Washington, D.C.
14:30 EDT	Parkinson Parkinson 63:00'	Report 1 Report 2	Abrahams Futcher 70:45' (Abrahams) Abrahams 88:51' (Pesa)	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 4,423

27 August 1983 (1983-08-27) 28	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–4	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fort Lauderdale
20:00 EDT	Šegota 32:57' (Hudson) Kidd 86:59' (Rongen, Davies)	Report	Abrahams 34:55' (Wallace, Futcher) Pesa 41:00' Futcher 50:51' (Fuccillo, Abrahams) Moreland 64:30' Pesa 73:24' (Fernandes, Wallace) Wallace 77:50'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 12,814 Referee: Davis Socha

31 August 1983 (1983-08-31) 29	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–0	Team America	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Wallace 34:09' (Abrahams, Futcher)	Report		Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 12,322

3 September 1983 (1983-09-03) 30	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–3	Tulsa Roughnecks	Tampa
20:00 EDT	McLeod 26:11' (van der Veen, Rojas) van der Veen 57:48' Longwell 70:14'	Report	Abrahams 4:05' (Moreland) Futcher 13:21' Danaeifard 27:28' Caskey 32:08' Krupa 42:59' Pesa 57:47' (Caskey, Futcher) Abrahams 85:20'	Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 6,525 Referee: Angelo Bratsis

NASL Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)					Semifinals (Best-of-3)					Soccer Bowl '83 (Single match)

1	New York Cosmos	2	0(2)	–

8	Montreal Manic	4	1(3)	–
					8	Montreal Manic	1(8)	1	0

					3	Tulsa Roughnecks	2(9)	0	3
3	Tulsa Roughnecks	3	4	–

6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2	2	–
										3	Tulsa Roughnecks	2

										7	Toronto Blizzard	0
4	Golden Bay Earthquakes	6	0	5

5	Chicago Sting	1	1	2
					3	Golden Bay Earthquakes	0(3)	0	–

					7	Toronto Blizzard	1(5)	2	–
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	3	0

7	Toronto Blizzard	0	4	1

Quarter-finals

6 September 1983 Game 1	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–2 (2OT)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Pesa 8:11' (Caskey) Danaeifard 46:17' (Krupa) Futcher 93:49' Fuccillo 101:24' (Abrahams, Krupa)	Report	Hudson 12:22' (Cubillas, Bolitho) Šegota 37:54' Davies 87:22' (Villa, Šegota)	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 7,826 Referee: Bill Maxwell

10 September 1983 Game 2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–4	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fort Lauderdale
20:00 EDT	Davies 7:50' (Hudson) Bolitho 9:55' Davies 22:05' (Whelan, Kidd) Hudson 32:54' Kidd 34:19'	Report	Pesa 32:33' Moreland 34:19' Fuccillo 79:40' Abrahams 80:58' (Moreland) Futcher 83:20' (Abrahams) Futcher 86:57' (DuBose, Abrahams) Rongen 89:32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 8,873 Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Canada)

Semi-finals

18 September 1983 Game 1	Tulsa Roughnecks	1–1 (SO) (9–8 p)	Montreal Manic	Tulsa
19:30 CDT	Futcher 71:00' Futcher 83:30' (Abrahams,Usiyan)	Report 1 Report 2	Mitchell 78:57' (Vujović)	Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Gino D'Ippolito (USA)
	Penalties
	Pesa		Quinn

26 September 1983 Game 2	Montreal Manic	1–0	Tulsa Roughnecks	Montreal
20:00 EDT	Quin 49:52' Gray 56:52' Lodeweges 85:24' Lodeweges 88:05' (Towers)	Report	Belfiore 42:31' Moreland 44:39' Pesa 75:33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,185 Referee: Peter Johnson (USA)

28 September 1983 Game 3	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–0	Montreal Manic	Tulsa
20:30 CDT	Futcher 26:05' Futcher 29:44' (Fernandes, Krupa) Futcher 35:35' (Pesa, Fernandes) Wallace 53:42' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 18,090 Referee: Toros Kibritjan (USA)

Final

1 October 1983 (1983-10-01) Soccer Bowl '83	Tulsa Roughnecks	2–0	Toronto Blizzard	Vancouver
16:00 (PDT)^[7]	Pesa 55:36' (Wallace, Danaeifard) Futcher 61:37' (Wallace, Moore)	^[8]	Spalding 2' Wilson 52'	Stadium: BC Place Stadium Attendance: 53,326 Referee: Ed Bellion^[9]

Statistics

Season scoring

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points^[5]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Ron Futcher	26	15	10	40
Laurie Abrahams	22	11	11	33
Njego Pesa	24	11	2	24
Barry Wallace	26	5	5	15
Iraj Danaeifard	22	2	10	14
Adam Krupa	24	4	6	10
Zequinha	16	2	4	8
Thompson Usiyan	11	1	4	6
Billy Caskey	22	1	3	5
Gerry Reardon	24	1	2	4
Carmelo D'Anzi	7	1	2	4
Victor Moreland	26	0	4	4
Pasquale Fuccillo	19	0	4	4
Val Fernandes	19	0	3	3
Terry Moore	28	0	1	2
Ivan Belfiore	20	0	1	2
Todd Saldana	10	0	1	1
Winston DuBose	30	0	1	1
own goals	na	1	na	na

Season goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; Svs = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shut outs

Player	GP	Min	Svs	GA	GAA	W	L	SO
Winston DuBose	30	2783	136	48	1.55	17	13	5

Playoff scoring

G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

Player	G	A	Pts
Ron Futcher	6	0	12
Laurie Abrahams	1	4	6
Njego Pesa	2	1	5
Barry Wallace	1	2	4
Iraj Danaeifard	1	1	3
Adam Krupa	0	3	3
Pasquale Fuccillo	1	0	2
Val Fernandes	0	2	2
Billy Caskey	0	1	1
Terry Moore	0	1	1
Victor Moreland	0	1	1
Thompson Usiyan	0	1	1
Winston DuBose	0	1	1
own goals	1	na	na

Playoff goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; Svs = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shut outs

Player	GP	Min	Svs	GA	GAA	W	L	SO
Winston DuBose	6	587	23	6	0.952	5	1	2

Player movement

References

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Conferences	1968 East West 1976–1977 Atlantic Pacific 1978–1980 American National
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Clubs	Atlanta Apollos Atlanta Chiefs Baltimore Bays Baltimore Comets Boston Beacons Boston Minutemen Boston Shamrock Rovers† Calgary Boomers California Surf Chicago Mustangs Chicago Spurs² Chicago Sting Cleveland Stokers Caribous of Colorado Connecticut Bicentennials Dallas Tornado Denver Dynamos Detroit Cougars Detroit Express Edmonton Drillers Fort Lauderdale Strikers Golden Bay Earthquakes Hartford Bicentennials Houston Hurricane Houston Stars Jacksonville Tea Men Kansas City Spurs Las Vegas Quicksilvers Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles Wolves Memphis Rogues Miami Gatos Miami Toros Minnesota Kicks Minnesota Strikers Montreal Manic Montreal Olympique New England Tea Men New York Cosmos New York Generals New York Skyliners¹ Oakland Clippers Oakland Stompers Philadelphia Spartans² Philadelphia Atoms Philadelphia Fury Pittsburgh Phantoms² Portland Timbers Rochester Lancers San Antonio Thunder San Diego Jaws San Diego Sockers San Diego Toros San Francisco Golden Gate Gales¹ San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders St. Louis Stars Tampa Bay Rowdies Team America Team Hawaii Toronto Blizzard Toronto City¹ Toronto Metros Toronto Metros-Croatia Tulsa Roughnecks Vancouver Royals Vancouver Whitecaps Washington Darts Washington Diplomats Washington Whips
¹ United Soccer Association team that did not join NASL upon merger with NPSL. ² National Professional Soccer League team that did not join NASL upon merger with USA.