1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer

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North American Soccer League
1983 Grand Prix of Indoor
NASL Indoor Grand Prix
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 21, 1983 –
February 20, 1983
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsTampa Bay Rowdies (3rd title)
Runners-upMontreal Manic
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored199 (12.44 per match)
Attendance37,111 (2,319 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Laurie Abrahams
Canada Dale Mitchell
(12 goals)
Best player(s)England Laurie Abrahams
Algeria Mehdi Cerbah

The 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer was an indoor soccer tournament staged by four franchises of the North American Soccer League.

Overview[]

The NASL franchises from Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, Montreal, and Tulsa opted to play the Grand Prix in early 1983 as a makeshift indoor season, because for various reasons, the eight other NASL clubs had chosen to forego playing a full 1982–83 NASL indoor season.[1] Three of those eight teams (Chicago, Golden Bay and San Diego) had joined the Major Indoor Soccer League for 1982-83 season, while the remaining five squads chose to sit out winter indoor play completely.

The tournament consisted of three weeks of double round-robin play for the purpose of seeding, followed by a Championship weekend at the Forum in Montreal.[2][3] Fort Lauderdale did not host a round because there was no suitable venue in the area that also met the minimum seating requirements. Instead, Tulsa hosted Rounds 1 and 3. The tournament would mark the third time NASL teams played in such an event, with the first two coming in 1975 and 1976. Additionally the teams participated in a season-long Shootout Challenge competition, the champions of which would split a $5,000 purse.[4]

Montreal and Tampa Bay finished tied on both points and record after the preliminary rounds, but Montreal held the head-to-head tie-breaker, and with it the top seed.[2] Tampa Bay won the championship final 5–4 on a golden goal by Mark Karpun at 1:58 of the second, seven and a half minute, overtime period.[5] This victory marked the Rowdies' third indoor trophy and fourth title overall in the NASL. Laurie Abrahams of Tulsa led all scorers (12 goals, 6 assists) and was named the offensive MVP, while Montreal goalie Mehdi Cerbah who posted a 4.36 goals-against-average was the defensive MVP of the tournament. Tampa Bay also won the $5,000 Shootout Challenge purse by defeating Ft. Lauderdale, 2–0, with Rowdies goalie Jürgen Stars stopping all three Strikers shots in the final round.[6][7][8]

Preliminary rounds[]

Round 1[]

played at Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma[9][10]

January 21 Montreal Manic 6–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Attendance: 3,522
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8–4 Tulsa Roughnecks
January 22 Montreal Manic 8–6 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Attendance: 4,341
Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–2 Tulsa Roughnecks

Round 2[]

played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida[11][12]

February 4 Montreal Manic 6–3 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Attendance: 4,450
Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–6 Tulsa Roughnecks
February 5 Tulsa Roughnecks 7–4 Montreal Manic Attendance: 5,545
Tampa Bay Rowdies 10–6 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers

Round 3[]

played at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma

February 11 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–5 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Attendance: 2,064
Tulsa Roughnecks 8–7 Montreal Manic
February 12 Montreal Manic 5–4 Tampa Bay Rowdies Attendance: 3,245
Tulsa Roughnecks 5–4 (OT) Ft. Lauderdale Strikers

Seeding[]

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential, PTS= point system

6 points awarded for a win. Beginning with the fourth goal, 1 bonus point awarded for each goal scored. Maximum of 5 bonus points per game.

Pos Team G W L GF GA GD PTS
1* Montreal Manic 6 4 2 36 31 +5 42
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6 4 2 38 31 +7 42
3 Tulsa Roughnecks 6 3 3 33 37 –4 33
4 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6 1 5 32 40 –8 20

*Montreal wins top seed based on 2–0 head-to-head edge over Tampa Bay

Grand Prix Championship rounds[]

Bracket[]

  Semifinals     Championship Final
                 
  1 Montreal Manic 11  
  4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4    
      1 Montreal Manic 4
      2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5(2OT)
  3 Tulsa Roughnecks 6    
  2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8   Third place
 
3 Tulsa Roughnecks 9
  4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4

Semi-finals[]

played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec

February 18 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–6 Tulsa Roughnecks Attendance: 6,049[13]
Montreal Manic 11–4 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers

Third place match[]

played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec (1:30 PM EST)

February 20 Tulsa Roughnecks 9–4 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers

Championship Final[]

Montreal Manic4–5 (2OT)Tampa Bay Rowdies
Mitchell Goal 16:17'
Mitchell Goal 19:51' (McGrane)
Mitchell Goal 24:53' (Uremovich)
Lodeweges Goal 44:01'		 Report (p. 2C) Tatu Goal 7:06' (McLeod, Perez)
Perez Goal 11:12'
Nogly Goal 31:46'
Zequinha Goal 58:05' (Gruber, Tatu)
Karpun Golden goal 69:28'  (Nogly)
Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 7,895
Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Canada)

1983 Indoor Grand Prix Champions: Tampa Bay Rowdies

Tournament awards[]

  • Most Valuable Players:
    - Offensive: England Laurie Abrahams (Tulsa) - Goals: 12 Assists: 6 Total Pts: 30
    - Defensive: Algeria Mehdi Cerbah (Montreal) Goals-against-average: 4.36
  • $5,000 Shootout Challenge:
    - Semi-finals: Tampa Bay 3 – 1 Tulsa • Ft. Lauderdale 3 – 1 Montreal
    - Finals: Tampa Bay 2 – 0 Ft. Lauderdale

Final rankings[]

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential

Pos Team G W L GF GA GD
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8 6 2 51 41 +10
2 Montreal Manic 8 5 3 51 40 +11
3 Tulsa Roughnecks 8 4 4 48 49 -1
4 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8 1 7 40 60 -20

Statistics[]

Leading Scorers Goals Assists Points
Laurie Abrahams (Tulsa) 12 6 30
Dale Mitchell (Montreal) 12 4 28
Branko Šegota (Ft. Lauderdale) 10 8 28
Dragan Vujović (Montreal) 9 7 25
Teófilo Cubillas (Ft. Lauderdale) 8 9 25
Hugo Pérez (Tampa Bay) 10 4 24
Tatu (Tampa Bay) 9 5 23
Keith Weller (Tulsa) 8 7 23
Wes McLeod (Tampa Bay) 5 12 22
Njego Pesa (Tulsa) 9 4 22
Alan Willey (Montreal) 8 6 22
Steve Wegerle (Ft. Lauderdale) 7 6 20
Leading Goalkeepers Minutes GA GAA
Mehdi Cerbah (Montreal) 330 24 4.36
Jürgen Stars (Tampa Bay) 377 32 5.09
Craig Scarpelli (Ft. Lauderdale) 330 33 5.99
Winston DuBose (Tulsa) 486 49 6.05

Non-grand prix matches[]

In addition to the Grand Prix tournament, the four teams took part in other indoor matches as tune-ups for both the outdoor season and the Grand Prix itself.

Match reports[]

January 14, 1983 1 Tea Men All-Stars 3–4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Jacksonville, Florida
Zec Goal Report Whelan Goal, Goal 59:22'
Bolitho Goal
Šegota Goal		 Stadium: Jacksonville Coliseum
Attendance: 5,000
January 15, 1983 2 Tulsa Roughnecks 3–6 Tampa Bay Rowdies Dallas, Texas
Belfiore Goal 8:42' (Krupa, DuBose)
Danaeifard Goal 36:17'
Pesa Goal 55:57' (Abrahams)		 Report p. 2-C McLeod Goal 6:59' (Nogly, Perez)
Karpun Goal 37:23'
Zequinha Goal 39:53' (Molina, Nogly)
Van der Beck Goal 42:30' (Roe)
McLeod Goal 51:45'
Pérez Goal 56:33' (Zequinha)		 Stadium: Reunion Arena
Attendance: 5,451
January 18, 1983 3 Tulsa Roughnecks 3–5 Tampa Bay Rowdies Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Saldana Goal 21:07'
Saldana Goal 21:29' (Danaiford)
Saldana Goal 52:00' (Riordan)		 Report 1 (p. 5-C)
Report 2		 Nogly Goal 18:08' (Oliveira)
Van der Beck Goal 19:14'
McLeod Goal (Myernick)
Karpun Goal (Myernick)
Roe Goal (Karpun, Nogly)		 Stadium: Myriad Arena
Attendance: 2,500
January 29, 1983 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7–5 Montreal Manic St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM (EST) Karpun Goal 7:38' (Myernick)
Tatu Goal 34:32' (Molina, Kozic)
Goal 35:46' (Molina, Myernick)
Tatu Goal 39:05' (Molina)
Pérez Goal 40:28' (McLeod)
Nogly Goal 48:47' (Pérez)
Van der Beck Goal 58:37'		 Report p. 2-C Mitchell Goal 18:46'
Willey Goal 24:27' (Falzon, Knight)
Usiyan Goal 37:56' (Marcantonio, Lodeweges)
Usiyan Goal 39:40'
Mitchell Goal 40:40' (O'Brien)		 Stadium: Bayfront Center
Attendance: 5,525
February 25, 1983 5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lakeland, Florida
8:00 PM (EST) Tatu Goal 6:15' (Gruber, Easton)
Karpun Goal 13:04'
Goal 22:55' (Pérez, Kozic)
Karpun Goal 31:35' (Fall)
Gruber Goal 44:42' (Fall)
Molina Goal 46:43' (Thompson)
Bates Goal 53:38' (Molina, McLeod)
Goal 57:51' (Pérez, Molina)		 Report p. 2-C Kidd Goal 13:26' (Segota)
Cubillas Goal 23:55' (Kidd)
Kidd Goal 36:14' (Whelan)
Meschbach Goal 39:31' (Kadupski, Cubillas)
Kidd Goal 54:16' (Kadupski)		 Stadium: Lakeland Civic Center
Attendance: 3,506

References[]

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