Soccer Bowl '82
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Event | Soccer Bowl | ||||||
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Date | September 18, 1982 | ||||||
Venue | San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California | ||||||
Man of the Match | Giorgio Chinaglia | ||||||
Referee | David Socha (USA) | ||||||
Attendance | 22,634 | ||||||
Soccer Bowl '82 was the championship final of the 1982 NASL season. The New York Cosmos advanced to the Soccer Bowl for the third consecutive year and took on the Seattle Sounders in a rematch of Soccer Bowl '77. The match was played on September 18, 1982, at San Diego Stadium, in San Diego, California. The Cosmos won 1–0 and were crowned the 1980 NASL champions. This was New York's fifth North American championship and fourth in six years.[1][2]
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New York Cosmos
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The New York Cosmos won the Eastern Division with a 23-9 record and a total of 203 points. They defeated the Tulsa Roughnecks in the quarterfinals by two game to one. By virtue of their two-game sweep in the semifinals against the San Diego Sockers, the Cosmos advanced to the Soccer Bowl for the sixth time in franchise history.
Seattle Sounders
The Seattle Sounders qualified for the playoffs as the Western Division champions with an 18-14 record and a total of 166 points. In the quarterfinals they needed all three games to get past the Toronto Blizzard. Likewise their semifinal match took three games to decide a winner. Seattle's two games to one defeat of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers earned the Sounders their second ever trip to the Soccer Bowl.
Game summary
Championship results
1982 NASL Champions: New York Cosmos