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1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season

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]

Tulsa Roughnecks
1983 season
General managerUnited States Alex Skotarek[1]
Head coachEngland Terry Hennessey[2]
StadiumSkelly Stadium[3]
NASLSouthern Division: 1st
Overall: 5th
NASL playoffsWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
England Ron Futcher (15 goals)
All:
England Ron Futcher (21 goals)
Highest home attendance19,160
(May 21 vs. New York)
Lowest home attendance7,499
(June 8 vs. Ft. Lauderdale)
Average home league attendance12,417
← 1982
1984 →

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 edit

Roster edit

No. Position Player[5] Nation
0 GK Winston DuBose   United States
1 GK Željko Bilecki   Canada
2 DF Terry Moore   Canada
3 DF Barry Wallace   England
4 MF Pasquale Fuccillo   England
5 DF Val Fernandes   United States
6 FW Njego Pesa   United States
7 FW Zequinha   Brazil
8 FW Ron Futcher   England
9 MF Iraj Danaeifard   Iran
10 MF Gerry Reardon   Ireland
11 FW Thompson Usiyan   Nigeria
12 MF Billy Caskey   Northern Ireland
13 MF Todd Saldana   United States
14 FW Laurie Abrahams   England
15 MF Carmelo D'Anzi   United States
17 MF Adam Krupa   Poland
18 DF Victor Moreland   Northern Ireland
20 DF Ivan Belfiore   Canada
22 GK Paul Coffee   United States

Management and technical staff edit

  •   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 edit

The Roughnecks received two individual honors following the 1983 NASL season.

Review edit

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

13 April 1983 (1983-04-13) friendly Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2–1 Tulsa Roughnecks Lake Worth
20:00 EDT Kidd   48:48' (Hudson)
Kidd   66'
Kidd   88'		 Report Saldana   36' 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 (1983-05-03) friendly Oklahoma City Slickers (ASL) 3–3 Tulsa Roughnecks Ponca City
Kramer  
Millinder   (pen.)
Hudson  		 Report D'Anzi  
D'Anzi   57'
Abrahams   67'		 Stadium: Ponca City High School Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
27 May 1983 (1983-05-27) friendly United States U20s 2–2 Tulsa Roughnecks Anaheim
19:30 PDT Sanderson  ,   Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Glover Stadium

NASL regular season edit

Main article: 1983 North American Soccer League season

Overview edit

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 +7 056.67
Total 30 17 0 13 56 49 +7 056.67

Source: Competitions

Division standings edit

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 edit

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 edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
StadiumAHAAAHHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHHHHAAHA
ResultLWLLLLWLLLWWWWLWLWWLWLWLWWWWWW
Position214423112432111111122222111111
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports edit

22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4–3 Tulsa Roughnecks Tampa
20:00 EDT Nogly   21:56' (pen.)
Rojas   24:15' (Connell, Tatu)
Kozić   56:41'
Roe   68:20'
Connell   68:54' (Rojas)
Tatu   80:30' (Rojas, Gerber)		 Report Belfiore   9:17'
Futcher   31:01' (Usiyan)
Usiyan   27:16'   55:06'
Caskey   23:21'   55:45'
Abrahams   62:07'
Belfiore   63:46' (Futcher, Saldana)		 Stadium: Tampa Stadium
Attendance: 10,925
Referee: Bob Evans
30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) 2 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tulsa
19:30 CDT Futcher   33:38'
Moore   64:59'
Abrahams   73:08' (Danaeifard)		 Report Roe   27:30'
Connell   79:56'		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 18,953
Referee: Manuel Ortiz
8 May 1983 (1983-05-08) 3 Team America 1–0 Tulsa Roughnecks Washington, D.C.
17:00 EDT Green   73' Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 14,211
11 May 1983 (1983-05-11) 4 Montreal Manic 4–1 Tulsa Roughnecks Montreal
20:00 EDT Willey   43:38' (Mitchel)
Comrie   71:56' (Vujović)
Comrie   82:05' (McGrane, Marcantonio)
Vujović   89:54' (Willey, Decaire)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Zequinha   53:44' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,280
15 May 1983 (1983-05-15) 5 New York Cosmos 5–2 Tulsa Roughnecks East Rutherford
14:30 EDT Chinaglia   9:43' (pen.)
Chinaglia   34:52'
Chinaglia   58:10' (Cabañas, Romero)
Moyers   72:50'
Cabañas   76:31' (Romero, Gee)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Futcher   63:34' (Abrahams)
Futcher   85:25' (Abrahams, Zequinha)		 Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 22,621
21 May 1983 (1983-05-21) 6 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–2 New York Cosmos Tulsa
19:50 CDT Futcher   57:02' (Danaeifard) Report 1
Report 2		 Moyers   32:51' (Davis)
Cabañas   37'
Chinaglia   52:48' (Moyers, Bogicevic)		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 19,160
Referee: Robert Morgan
25 May 1983 (1983-05-25) 7 Tulsa Roughnecks 3–1 Montreal Manic Tulsa
19:30 CDT Abrahams   48:42' (pen.)
Moore   55:31'
Zequinha   61:17' (Futcher, Danaeifard)
Futcher   71:51' (Abrahams)
DuBose   76:05'		 Report Mitchell   25:18'
Vujović   88:32'		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 9,364
Referee: Ed Bellion
30 May 1983 (1983-05-30) 8 Golden Bay Earthquakes 3–1 Tulsa Roughnecks San Jose
14:30 PDT Žungul   8:23' (Cuéllar, Goossens)
Žungul   37:53' (Katakalidis)
Žungul   86:45' (Goossens)		 Report Futcher   30:36'
Billy Caskey  		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 9,897
1 June 1983 (1983-06-01) 9 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 (2OT) Tulsa Roughnecks Vancouver
19:30 PDT Thijssen   28:01' (O'Brien) Report Futcher   58:24'
Watson   101:11' 		Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 18,277
Referee: Majid Abotalebi
4 June 1983 (1983-06-04) 10 Tulsa Roughnecks 0–1 (2OT) Team America Tulsa
19:30 CDT Report Dan Canter   102:24'  (pen.) Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,742
8 June 1983 (1983-06-08) 11 Tulsa Roughnecks 2–1 (OT) Fort Lauderdale Strikers Tulsa
19:30 CDT Futcher   57:44'
Futcher   81:35' (Usiyan, D'Anzi)
Futcher   93:36'  (D'Anzi, Danaeifard)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Cubillas   44:48' (Hudson, Miller) Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 7,499
12 June 1983 (1983-06-12) 12 San Diego Sockers 1–2 Tulsa Roughnecks San Diego
19:30 PDT Wieczorkowski   77:38' (Hilkes) Report 1
Report 2		 Futcher   10:35' (Usiyan)
Reardon   69:20' (Futcher)		 Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium
Attendance: 3,383
18 June 1983 (1983-06-18) 13 Tulsa Roughnecks 4–0 Chicago Sting Tulsa
19:30 CDT D'Anzi   16:50' (Danaeifard)
Pesa   75:32' (Danaeifard)
Pesa   84:34' (Reardon, Krupa)
Futcher   89:59' (Moreland, Caskey)
Futcher  
Caskey  
D'Anzi  		 Report Gruber  
Granitza  
Gallagher  		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 16,089
Referee: Bob Evans
25 June 1983 (1983-06-25) 14 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–1 (SO)
(2–3 p)		 Tulsa Roughnecks Fort Lauderdale
20:00 EDT Šegota   9:54' (Cubillas)
Villa   61:38'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Moreland   14:58'
Futcher   19:20' (Danaeifard)
Moore   91:29'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 8,499
Penalties
Šegota  
Kidd  
Wegerle  
Miller  
Hudson  		   Pesa
  Wallace
  Reardon
  Futcher
  Moreland
29 June 1983 (1983-06-29) 15 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–1 (SO)
(2–3 p)		 San Diego Sockers Tulsa
19:30 CDT Caskey   62:53' Report 1
Report 2		 Deyna   75:58' Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 9,157
Penalties
Wallace  
Moreland  
 
 
 
Caskey  		   Willrich
  Deyna
  Wieczorkowski
  Coker
 
  Hirmez
3 July 1983 (1983-07-03) 16 Tulsa Roughnecks 2–1 (OT) Seattle Sounders Tulsa
19:30 CDT Abrahams   85:47'
Evans   92:35'  (o.g.)		 Report Peterson   0:55' Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 13,191
6 July 1983 (1983-07-06) 17 Toronto Blizzard 2–1 Tulsa Roughnecks Toronto
20:00 EDT Nicholl   76:38' (Deluca)
Nicholl   87:29'		 Report Wallace   86:45' Stadium: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 8,099
9 July 1983 (1983-07-09) 18 Chicago Sting 1–1 (SO)
(1–3 p)		 Tulsa Roughnecks Chicago
19:30 CDT Droege  
Gallagher  
Margetic  ,  
Alonso  
Roy  
Granitza   89:57' (Alonso)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Futcher   30:02' (Abrahams, Fernandes)
Moore  ,  
Moreland  		 Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 10,276
Referee: Manuel Ortiz
Penalties
Huson  
M. Twellman  
Granitza  
Tyma  		   Abrahams
  Pesa
  Futcher
  Wallace
13 July 1983 (1983-07-13) 19 Tulsa Roughnecks 4–0 Chicago Sting Tulsa
19:30 CDT Pesa   0:42'
Pesa   8:08' (Abrahams, Wallace)
Pesa   66:14' (Krupa, Usiyan)
Usiyan   73:41' (Reardon)
Pesa   87:42' (Moreland)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Ed Bellion
17 July 1983 (1983-07-17) 20 New York Cosmos 3–0 Tulsa Roughnecks East Rutherford
19:00 EDT Moyers   13:56' (Bogićević, Cabañas)
Cabañas   47:29' (Romero, DiBernardo)
Romero   80:47' (Eskandarian, Cabañas)
Cabañas  		 Report Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 24,296
Referee: Howard Krollfeifer
23 July 1983 (1983-07-23) 21 Tulsa Roughnecks 3–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Tulsa
19:30 CDT Pesa   5:47' (Moreland, Abrahams)
Caskey   56:00'
Wallace   67:11' (pen.)
Danaeifard   69:53' (Abrahams)
D'Anzi   81:59'		 Report Šegota   4:39' (Hudson)
Walsh   20:38'
Šegota   32:38' (Cubillas, Villa)
Villa   56:00'
Davies   67:31'		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,134
27 July 1983 (1983-07-27) 22 Seattle Sounders 3–1 Tulsa Roughnecks Seattle
19:30 PDT Ward   8:08'
Evans   61:03' (pen.)
Kemp   85:35'		 Report Abrahams   39:59' Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 4,270
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) 23 Tulsa Roughnecks 2–1 (2OT) Vancouver Whitecaps Tulsa
19:30 CDT Pesa   39:18' (Danaeifard)
Krupa   99:24'  (Abrahams, Fuccillo)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Lorimer   57:59' (pen.)
Lettieri   90:00',   99:24'		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 10,809
Referee: Bob Evans
6 August 1983 (1983-08-06) 24 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–2 Golden Bay Earthquakes Tulsa
19:30 CDT Pesa   34:45' (Danaeifard) Report Ingram   37:08' (Žungul)
Ingram   73:45' (Žungul)		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,290
13 August 1983 (1983-08-13) 25 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–0 Toronto Blizzard Tulsa
19:30 CDT Danaeifard   57:17' (Wallace, Fuccillo) Report Ragan   67',   67' Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,663
17 August 1983 (1983-08-17) 26 Tulsa Roughnecks 4–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tulsa
19:30 CDT Krupa   3:46' (Futcher, Wallace)
Wallace   25:07' (pen.)
Wallace   30:24' (Krupa, Futcher)
Pesa   52:25' (Krupa, Futcher)		 Report Gerber   4:09'
van der Veen   23:56' (Tatu)
van der Veen   53:25'		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 9,752
Referee: Bill Schofield
21 August 1983 (1983-08-21) 27 Team America 2–3 Tulsa Roughnecks Washington, D.C.
14:30 EDT Parkinson  
Parkinson   63:00'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Abrahams  
Futcher   70:45' (Abrahams)
Abrahams   88:51' (Pesa)		 Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 4,423
27 August 1983 (1983-08-27) 28 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2–4 Tulsa Roughnecks Fort Lauderdale
20:00 EDT Šegota   32:57' (Hudson)
Kidd   86:59' (Rongen, Davies)		 Report Abrahams   34:55' (Wallace, Futcher)
Pesa   41:00'
Futcher   50:51' (Fuccillo, Abrahams)
Moreland   64:30'
Pesa   73:24' (Fernandes, Wallace)
Wallace   77:50'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 12,814
Referee: Davis Socha
31 August 1983 (1983-08-31) 29 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–0 Team America Tulsa
19:30 CDT Wallace   34:09' (Abrahams, Futcher) Report Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 12,322
3 September 1983 (1983-09-03) 30 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–3 Tulsa Roughnecks Tampa
20:00 EDT McLeod   26:11' (van der Veen, Rojas)
van der Veen   57:48'
Longwell   70:14'		 Report Abrahams   4:05' (Moreland)
Futcher   13:21'
Danaeifard   27:28'
Caskey   32:08'
Krupa   42:59'
Pesa   57:47' (Caskey, Futcher)
Abrahams   85:20'		 Stadium: Tampa Stadium
Attendance: 6,525
Referee: Angelo Bratsis

NASL Playoffs edit

Playoff bracket edit

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 edit

6 September 1983 Game 1 Tulsa Roughnecks 3–2 (2OT) Fort Lauderdale Strikers Tulsa
19:30 CDT
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 edit

18 September 1983 Game 1 Tulsa Roughnecks 1–1 (SO)
(9–8 p)		 Montreal Manic Tulsa
19:30 CDT Futcher   71:00'
Futcher   83:30' (Abrahams,Usiyan)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mitchell   78:57' (Vujović) Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 10,625
Referee: Gino D'Ippolito (USA)
Penalties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pesa  		  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Quinn
26 September 1983 Game 2 Montreal Manic 1–0 Tulsa Roughnecks Montreal
20:00 EDT Quin   49:52'
Gray   56:52'
Lodeweges   85:24'
Lodeweges   88:05' (Towers)		 Report Belfiore   42:31'
Moreland   44:39'
Pesa   75:33'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,185
Referee: Peter Johnson (USA)
28 September 1983 Game 3 Tulsa Roughnecks 3–0 Montreal Manic Tulsa
20:30 CDT Futcher   26:05'
Futcher   29:44' (Fernandes, Krupa)
Futcher  35:35' (Pesa, Fernandes)
Wallace   53:42' (pen.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 18,090
Referee: Toros Kibritjan (USA)

Final edit

1 October 1983 (1983-10-01) Soccer Bowl '83 Tulsa Roughnecks 2–0 Toronto Blizzard Vancouver
16:00 (PDT)[7] Pesa   55:36' (Wallace, Danaeifard)
Futcher   61:37' (Wallace, Moore)		 [8] Spalding   2'
Wilson   52'		 Stadium: BC Place Stadium
Attendance: 53,326
Referee: Ed Bellion[9]

Statistics edit

Season scoring edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

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  3. ^ "Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium and Case Athletic Complex". University of Tulsa Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Tramel, Jimmie. "Tulsa's '83 soccer trophy turns 25". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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  7. ^ "Goaltenders in spotlight in NASL Championship". Red Deer Advocate. October 1, 1983. p. 9B. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
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  9. ^ "Past Winners | North American Soccer League". November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.
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