Season | 1982 |
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Champions | Detroit Express |
Premiers | Detroit Express |
1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Detroit Express |
Top goalscorer | Andy Chapman (23) |
← 1981 1983 → |
Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1982 season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | BP | Pts |
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1 | Detroit Express | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 37 | 41 | 144 |
2 | Oklahoma City Slickers | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 42 | 37 | 138 |
3 | Georgia Generals | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 47 | 115 |
4 | Carolina Lightnin' | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 36 | 99 |
5 | Rochester Flash | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 48 | 53 | 30 | 84 |
6 | Pennsylvania Stoners | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 44 | 31 | 81 |
7 | Nashville Diamonds | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 67 | 18 | 41 |
Note: Numerous errors in the table above.
First round (aggregate) | Semi-finals (Best-of-3) | ASL Championship (Best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Detroit Express | 2 | 2(4) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Georgia Generals | - | - | X | 3 | Georgia Generals | 1 | 2(5) | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | Pennsylvania Stoners* | - | - | forfeit | 1 | Detroit Express | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Oklahoma City Slickers | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Oklahoma City Slickers | 1(4) | 3 | x | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Carolina Lightnin' | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Carolina Lightnin' | 1(3) | 0 | x | |||||||||||
5 | Rochester Flash | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Higher Seed | Aggregate | Lower Seed | First leg | Second leg | Attendance |
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Carolina Lightnin' | 6–2 | Rochester Flash | 3–1 | 3–1 | September 3 • Memorial Stadium • 3,703 [1] September 8 • Holleder Memorial Stadium • 2,654 [2] |
Georgia Generals | forfeit | Pennsylvania Stoners | x | x | *(Pennsylvania forfeits series) |
Higher seed | Series | Lower seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma City Slickers | 2–0 | Carolina Lightnin' | 1–1 (4–3) | 3–0 | x | September 10 • Memorial Stadium • 3,855 [3] September 12 • Taft Stadium • 3,500 [4] |
Detroit Express | 2–1 | Georgia Generals | 2–1 | 2–2 (4–5) | 1–0 | September 7 • DeKalb Memorial Stadium • 500 [5] September 8 • Pontiac Silverdome • 400 [6] September 9 • Pontiac Silverdome • 800 [7] |
Higher seed | Series | Lower seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detroit Express | 2–1 | Oklahoma City Slickers | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | September 18 • Pontiac Silverdome • 10,638 [8] September 19 • Taft Stadium • 7,500 [9] September 22 • Pontiac Silverdome • 23,726 [10] |
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