| 1983 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General manager | |||
| Head coach | |||
| Stadium | Skelly Stadium[3] | ||
| NASL | Southern Division: 1st Overall: 5th | ||
| NASL playoffs | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: | ||
| 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 | ||
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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 | |
| 1 | GK | Željko Bilecki | |
| 2 | DF | Terry Moore | |
| 3 | DF | Barry Wallace | |
| 4 | MF | Pasquale Fuccillo | |
| 5 | DF | Val Fernandes | |
| 6 | FW | Njego Pesa | |
| 7 | FW | Zequinha | |
| 8 | FW | Ron Futcher | |
| 9 | MF | Iraj Danaeifard | |
| 10 | MF | Gerry Reardon | |
| 11 | FW | Thompson Usiyan | |
| 12 | MF | Billy Caskey | |
| 13 | MF | Todd Saldana | |
| 14 | FW | Laurie Abrahams | |
| 15 | MF | Carmelo D'Anzi | |
| 17 | MF | Adam Krupa | |
| 18 | DF | Victor Moreland | |
| 20 | DF | Ivan Belfiore | |
| 22 | GK | Paul Coffee |
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 friendly | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Lake Worth |
| 20:00 EDT | Kidd Kidd Kidd |
Report | Saldana |
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 friendly | Oklahoma City Slickers (ASL) | 3–3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Ponca City |
| Kramer Millinder Hudson |
Report | D'Anzi D'Anzi Abrahams |
Stadium: Ponca City High School Stadium Attendance: 1,500 |
| 27 May 1983 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 56.67 |
| Total | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 56.67 | ||||
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match reports
| 22 April 1983 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4–3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Tampa |
| 20:00 EDT | Nogly Rojas Kozić Roe Connell Tatu |
Report | Belfiore Futcher Usiyan Caskey Abrahams Belfiore |
Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 10,925 Referee: Bob Evans |
| 30 April 1983 2 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Futcher Moore Abrahams |
Report | Roe Connell |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 18,953 Referee: Manuel Ortiz |
| 8 May 1983 3 | Team America | 1–0 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Washington, D.C. |
| 17:00 EDT | Green |
Report | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 14,211 |
| 11 May 1983 4 | Montreal Manic | 4–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Montreal |
| 20:00 EDT | Willey Comrie Comrie Vujović |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Zequinha |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,280 |
| 15 May 1983 5 | New York Cosmos | 5–2 | Tulsa Roughnecks | East Rutherford |
| 14:30 EDT | Chinaglia Chinaglia Chinaglia Moyers Cabañas |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Futcher Futcher |
Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 22,621 |
| 21 May 1983 6 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–2 | New York Cosmos | Tulsa |
| 19:50 CDT | Futcher |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Moyers Cabañas Chinaglia |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 19,160 Referee: Robert Morgan |
| 25 May 1983 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–1 | Montreal Manic | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Abrahams Moore Zequinha Futcher DuBose |
Report | Mitchell Vujović |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 9,364 Referee: Ed Bellion |
| 30 May 1983 8 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 3–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | San Jose |
| 14:30 PDT | Žungul Žungul Žungul |
Report | Futcher Billy Caskey |
Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 9,897 |
| 1 June 1983 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1–2 (2OT) | Tulsa Roughnecks | Vancouver |
| 19:30 PDT | Thijssen |
Report | Futcher Watson |
Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 18,277 Referee: Majid Abotalebi |
| 4 June 1983 10 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 0–1 (2OT) | Team America | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Report | Dan Canter |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,742 |
| 8 June 1983 11 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–1 (OT) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Futcher Futcher Futcher |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Cubillas |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 7,499 |
| 12 June 1983 12 | San Diego Sockers | 1–2 | Tulsa Roughnecks | San Diego |
| 19:30 PDT | Wieczorkowski |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Futcher Reardon |
Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 3,383 |
| 18 June 1983 13 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 4–0 | Chicago Sting | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | D'Anzi Pesa Pesa Futcher Futcher Caskey D'Anzi |
Report | Gruber Granitza Gallagher |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Bob Evans |
| 25 June 1983 14 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–1 (SO) (2–3 p) | Tulsa Roughnecks | Fort Lauderdale |
| 20:00 EDT | Šegota Villa |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Moreland Futcher Moore |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 8,499 |
| Penalties | ||||
| Šegota Kidd Wegerle Miller Hudson |
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| 29 June 1983 15 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–1 (SO) (2–3 p) | San Diego Sockers | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Caskey |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Deyna |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 9,157 |
| Penalties | ||||
| Wallace Moreland Caskey |
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| 3 July 1983 16 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–1 (OT) | Seattle Sounders | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Abrahams Evans |
Report | Peterson |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 13,191 |
| 6 July 1983 17 | Toronto Blizzard | 2–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Toronto |
| 20:00 EDT | Nicholl Nicholl |
Report | Wallace |
Stadium: Exhibition Stadium Attendance: 8,099 |
| 9 July 1983 18 | Chicago Sting | 1–1 (SO) (1–3 p) | Tulsa Roughnecks | Chicago |
| 19:30 CDT | Droege Gallagher Margetic Alonso Roy Granitza |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Futcher Moore Moreland |
Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 10,276 Referee: Manuel Ortiz |
| Penalties | ||||
| Huson M. Twellman Granitza Tyma |
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| 13 July 1983 19 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 4–0 | Chicago Sting | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Pesa Pesa Pesa Usiyan Pesa |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 14,124 Referee: Ed Bellion |
| 17 July 1983 20 | New York Cosmos | 3–0 | Tulsa Roughnecks | East Rutherford |
| 19:00 EDT | Moyers Cabañas Romero Cabañas |
Report | Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 24,296 Referee: Howard Krollfeifer |
| 23 July 1983 21 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Pesa Caskey Wallace Danaeifard D'Anzi |
Report | Šegota Walsh Šegota Villa Davies |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,134 |
| 27 July 1983 22 | Seattle Sounders | 3–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Seattle |
| 19:30 PDT | Ward Evans Kemp |
Report | Abrahams |
Stadium: Kingdome Attendance: 4,270 |
| 30 July 1983 23 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–1 (2OT) | Vancouver Whitecaps | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Pesa Krupa |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Lorimer Lettieri |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 10,809 Referee: Bob Evans |
| 6 August 1983 24 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–2 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Pesa |
Report | Ingram Ingram |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,290 |
| 13 August 1983 25 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0 | Toronto Blizzard | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Danaeifard |
Report | Ragan |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 11,663 |
| 17 August 1983 26 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 4–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Krupa Wallace Wallace Pesa |
Report | Gerber van der Veen van der Veen |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 9,752 Referee: Bill Schofield |
| 21 August 1983 27 | Team America | 2–3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Washington, D.C. |
| 14:30 EDT | Parkinson Parkinson |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Abrahams Futcher Abrahams |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 4,423 |
| 27 August 1983 28 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–4 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Fort Lauderdale |
| 20:00 EDT | Šegota Kidd |
Report | Abrahams Pesa Futcher Moreland Pesa Wallace |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 12,814 Referee: Davis Socha |
| 31 August 1983 29 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0 | Team America | Tulsa |
| 19:30 CDT | Wallace |
Report | Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 12,322 |
| 3 September 1983 30 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Tampa |
| 20:00 EDT | McLeod van der Veen Longwell |
Report | Abrahams Futcher Danaeifard Caskey Krupa Pesa Abrahams |
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 |
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Report | 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 | Report | 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 Futcher |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Mitchell |
Stadium: Skelly Stadium Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Gino D'Ippolito (USA) |
| Penalties | ||||
Pesa |
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Final
| 1 October 1983 Soccer Bowl '83 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–0 | Toronto Blizzard | Vancouver |
| 16:00 (PDT)[7] | Pesa Futcher |
[8] | Spalding Wilson |
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
- 1 2 "The Tulsa Roughnecks, a 'down-to-earth, honest and hard working'..." UPI. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ↑ "1983 Tulsa Roughnecks Roster and Results on JustSportsStats.com". www.justsportsstats.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium and Case Athletic Complex". University of Tulsa Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ↑ Tramel, Jimmie. "Tulsa's '83 soccer trophy turns 25". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- 1 2 "Tulsa Roughnecks 1983". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ↑ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ "Goaltenders in spotlight in NASL Championship". Red Deer Advocate. October 1, 1983. p. 9B. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Oct. 1, 1983 Toronto Blizzard 0 - 2 Tulsa Roughnecks | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us.
- ↑ "Past Winners | North American Soccer League". November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.