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.
On October 1, 1983, Tulsa defeated Toronto 2–0 in Soccer Bowl '83 in Vancouver, becoming the first professional franchise to win a sports championship title in the state of Oklahoma.
Club
Roster
No.PositionNationPlayer
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
NASL regular season
Overview
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. - Qualified for NASL playoffs.
Southern DivisionWLGFGAGDPTSTulsa Roughnecks17135649+7145Fort Lauderdale Strikers14166063-3136Tampa Bay Rowdies 7234887-39 83Team America10203354-21 79
Overall league playoff seeding Division champions automatically receive top three seeds - Division champions PosClubGWLGFGAGDPts1New York Cosmos302288749+381942Vancouver Whitecaps302466334+291873Tulsa Roughnecks3017135649+71454Golden Bay Earthquakes3020107154+171695Chicago Sting3015156673-71476Fort Lauderdale Strikers3014166063-31367Toronto Blizzard3016145148+31358Montreal Manic3012185871-13124
Results by round
Match reports
NASL Playoffs Playoff bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Season scoring GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points Player GP G A PtsRon Futcher26151040Laurie Abrahams22111133Njego Pesa2411224Barry Wallace265515Iraj Danaeifard2221014Adam Krupa244610Zequinha16248Thompson Usiyan11146Billy Caskey22135Gerry Reardon24124Carmelo D'Anzi7124Victor Moreland26044Pasquale Fuccillo19044Val Fernandes19033Terry Moore28012Ivan Belfiore20012Todd Saldana10011Winston DuBose30011own goalsna1nana
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 SOWinston 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 PtsRon Futcher6012Laurie Abrahams146Njego Pesa215Barry Wallace124Iraj Danaeifard113Adam Krupa033Pasquale Fuccillo102Val Fernandes022Billy Caskey011Terry Moore011Victor Moreland011Thompson Usiyan011Winston DuBose011own goals1nana
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 SOWinston DuBose 6 587 23 6 0.952 5 1 2
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