1983 American Soccer League

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American Soccer League
1983 season
Season1983
Champions Jacksonville Tea Men
Premiers Jacksonville Tea Men
1984 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Jacksonville Tea Men
Top goalscorer Jeff Bourne (17)
1982
Final season
1988 (3rd ASL)

Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1983 season.

Contents

League standings

Eastern Division
PosTeamPldWLGFGABPPts
1 Jacksonville Tea Men 25187623654144
2 Pennsylvania Stoners 251213464846106
3 Carolina Lightnin' 251213433743103
Source: rsssf.com
Western Division
PosTeamPldWLGFGABPPts
1 Dallas Americans 251312484047112
2 Detroit Express 25121336443898
3 Oklahoma City Slickers 2581727572666
Source: rsssf.com

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3
ASL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Jacksonville Tea Men 0(1)22
4 Carolina Lightnin' 0(3)0 0
1 Jacksonville Tea Men 0 41
3 Pennsylvania Stoners 31 0
2 Dallas Americans 0 30
3 Pennsylvania Stoners 51 1

Semi-finals

Higher seedSeriesLower seedGame 1Game 2Mini-gameAttendance
Dallas Americans 1–2 Pennsylvania Stoners 0–53–10–1August 10 • BSD Stadium • 1,807 [1]
August 13 • John Clark Stadium • 5,437 [2]
Jacksonville Tea Men 2–1 Carolina Lightnin' 0–0 (1–3) [3] 2–02–0August 10 • Memorial Stadium • 5,464 [4]
August 13 • Gator Bowl • 8,002 [5]

ASL Championship

Higher seedSeriesLower seedGame 1Game 2Game 3Attendance
Jacksonville Tea Men 2–1 Pennsylvania Stoners 0–34–11–0August 17 • BSD Stadium • 3,028 [6]
August 19 • Gator Bowl • 7,130 [7]
August 21 • Gator Bowl • 7,326 [8]

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