All-Time NASL Standings

(A work in progress.)

All-time standings and playoff results for the original North American Soccer League, which played from 1968 to 1984. Standings are presented in the “NASL Format” (which awarded various points for victories in regulation, overtime and shootout, plus bonus points for goals scored up to a maximum of three) and in the “Modern” format of 3-1-0, counting all overtime and shootout games as draws, simply to help make meaningful comparisons to the present. Each team’s overtime and shootout records are also broken out for each season.

Playoff Team
NASL FORMAT OT SO MODERN
1984
 G W L GF GA Pts W L W L W L T Pts
Eastern Division
Chicago Sting 24 13 11 49 48 120 1 1 1 1 11 9 4 37
Toronto Blizzard 24 14 10 45 31 117 1 0 1 2 12 8 4 40
New York Cosmos 24 13 11 42 41 115 0 1 1 1 12 9 3 39
Tampa Bay Rowdies 24 9 15 42 60 87 0 0 1 1 8 14 2 26
Western Division
San Diego Sockers 24 14 10 48 41 118 1 0 3 1 10 9 5 35
Vancouver Whitecaps 24 13 11 49 47 117 1 2 2 1 10 8 6 36
Minnesota Strikers 24 14 10 38 43 115 3 1 2 1 9 8 7 34
Tulsa Roughnecks 24 10 14 42 45 98 1 1 0 1 9 12 3 30
Golden Bay Earthquakes 24 8 16 60 59 95 0 2 1 3 7 11 6 27

Semifinals

1E Chicago d. 2W Vancouver 2-1
09/18/1984 – Vancouver 1, CHICAGO 0 (5,484)
09/23/1984 – Chicago 3, VANCOUVER 1 (14,753)
09/28/1984 – CHICAGO 4, Vancouver 3 (10,139)

2E Toronto d. 1W San Diego 2-0
09/18/1984 – Toronto 2, SAN DIEGO 1 (4,204)
09/21/1984 – TORONTO 1, San Diego 0 (12,460)

Soccer Bowl ’84

10/01/1984 – CHICAGO 2, Toronto 1 (8,352)
10/03/1984 – Chicago 3, TORONTO 2 (16,842)

NASL FORMAT OT SO MODERN
1983
 G W L GF GA Pts W L W L W L T Pts
Eastern Division
New York Cosmos 30 22 8 86 48 194 4 0 1 1 17 7 6 57
Chicago Sting 30 15 15 66 72 147 3 3 0 1 12 11 7 43
Toronto Blizzard 30 16 14 48 46 135 1 4 3 2 12 8 10 46
Montreal Manic 30 12 18 58 69 124 1 3 0 2 11 13 6 39
Southern Division
Tulsa Roughnecks 30 17 13 54 48 145 3 2 2 1 12 10 8 44
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 30 14 16 59 61 136 1 2 1 2 12 12 6 42
Tampa Bay Rowdies 30 7 23 48 87 83 2 3 0 0 5 20 5 20
Team America 30 10 20 30 51 79 2 1 3 3 5 16 9 24
Western Division
Vancouver Whitecaps 30 24 6 59 33 187 3 1 4 1 17 4 9 60
Golden Bay Earthquakes 30 20 10 68 53 169 4 1 3 1 13 8 9 48
Seattle Sounders 30 12 18 60 57 119 2 3 2 4 8 11 11 35
San Diego Sockers 30 11 19 52 63 106 1 4 1 2 9 13 8 35

Quarterfinals

8 Montreal d. 1 New York 2-0
09/06/1983 – Montreal 4, NEW YORK 2 (17,202)
09/12/1983 – MONTREAL 1, New York 0 (Shootout) (20,726)

3 Tulsa d. 6 Ft. Lauderdale 2-0
09/06/1983 – TULSA 3, Ft. Lauderdale 2 (7,826)
09/10/1983 – Tulsa 4, FT. LAUDERDALE 2 (8,873)

4 Golden Bay d. 5 Chicago 2-1
09/07/1983 – GOLDEN BAY 6, Chicago 1 (16,572)
09/12/1983 – CHICAGO 1, Golden Bay 0 (5,852)
09/14/1983 – GOLDEN BAY 5, Chicago 2 (17,361)

7 Toronto d. 2 Vancouver 2-1
09/08/1983 – VANCOUVER 1, Toronto 0 (22,013)
09/12/1983 – TORONTO 4, Vancouver 3 (7,958)
09/15/1983 – Toronto 1, VANCOUVER 0 (24,545)

Semifinals

7 Toronto d. 3 Golden Bay 2-0
09/17/1983 – Toronto 1, GOLDEN BAY 0 (OT) (19,027)
09/22/1983 – TORONTO 2, Golden Bay 0 (15,556)

5 Tulsa d. 8 Montreal 2-1
09/18/1983 – TULSA 2, Montreal 1 (Shootout) (10,625)
09/26/1983 – MONTREAL 1, Tulsa 0 (16,185)
09/28/1983 – TULSA 3, Montreal 0 (18,090)

Soccer Bowl ’83

10/01/1983 – Tulsa 2, Toronto 0 at Vancouver (60,051)

NASL FORMAT OT SO MODERN
1982
 G W L GF GA Pts W L W L W L T Pts
Eastern Division
New York Cosmos 32 23 9 72 52 203 2 1 1 0 20 8 4 64
Montreal Manic 32 19 13 58 41 159 2 2 2 2 15 9 8 53
Toronto Blizzard 32 17 15 64 46 151 3 3 0 1 14 11 7 49
Chicago Sting 32 13 19 55 65 129 1 1 1 2 11 16 5 38
Southern Division
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32 18 14 63 73 163 2 1 1 1 15 12 5 50
Tulsa Roughnecks 32 16 16 67 55 151 1 2 2 2 13 12 7 46
Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 12 20 46 75 112 2 1 1 2 9 17 6 33
Jacksonville Tea Men 32 11 21 41 70 105 1 0 0 1 10 20 2 32
Western Division
Seattle Sounders 32 18 14 71 43 166 1 3 1 5 16 6 10 58
San Diego Sockers 32 19 13 68 52 162 2 2 3 2 14 9 9 51
Vancouver Whitecaps 32 20 12 55 46 160 5 1 3 2 12 9 11 47
Portland Timbers 32 14 18 47 43 122 0 2 2 1 12 15 5 41
San Jose Earthquakes 32 13 19 46 62 114 1 3 1 0 11 16 5 38
Edmonton Drillers 32 11 21 35 65 93 2 3 3 0 6 18 8 26

Quarterfinals

1 New York d. 8 Tulsa 2-1
08/25/1982 – NEW YORK 5, Tulsa 0 (23,917)
08/28/1982 – TULSA 1, New York 0 (15,876)
09/01/1982 – NEW YORK 1, Tulsa 0 (24,209)

2 Seattle d. 7 Toronto 2-1
08/25/1982 – SEATTLE 4, Toronto 2 (13,005)
08/27/1982 – TORONTO 2, Seattle 1 (5,099)
09/01/1982 – SEATTLE 4, Toronto 2 (17,332)

3 Ft. Lauderdale d. 6 Montreal 2-1
08/25/1982 – MONTREAL 3, Ft. Lauderdale 2 (OT) (15,232)
08/29/1982 – FT. LAUDERDALE 1, Montreal 0 (OT) (10,696)
09/01/1982 – FT. LAUDERDALE 4, Montreal 1 (11,897)

4 San Diego d. 5 Vancouver 2-1
08/25/1982 – SAN DIEGO 5, Vancouver 1 (7,267)
08/29/1982 – VANCOUVER 1, San Diego 0 (18,253)
09/02/1982 – SAN DIEGO 2, Vancouver 1 (8,857)

Semifinals

1 New York d. 4 San Diego 2-0
09/05/1982 – NEW YORK 2, San Diego 1 (34,653)
09/08/1982 – New York 2, San Diego 1 (OT) (13,074)

2 Seattle d. 3 Ft. Lauderdale 2-1
09/04/1982 – Ft. Lauderdale 2, SEATTLE 0 (17,338)
09/08/1982 – Seatle 4, FT. LAUDERDALE 3 (OT) (15,196)
09/10/1982 – SEATTLE 1, Ft. Lauderdale 0 (28,986)

Soccer Bowl ’82

New York 1, Seattle 0 at San Diego (22,634)

NASL FORMAT OT SO MODERN
1981
 G W L GF GA Pts W L W L W L T Pts
Eastern Division
New York Cosmos 32 23 9 79 46 200 5 2 1 3 17 4 11 62
Montreal Manic 32 15 17 61 52 141 1 3 2 5 12 9 11 47
Washington Diplomats 32 15 17 56 54 135 1 4 3 4 11 9 12 45
Toronto Blizzard 32 7 25 38 81 77 1 1 1 1 5 23 4 19
Southern Division
Atlanta Chiefs 32 17 15 60 58 151 1 0 2 2 14 13 5 47
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32 18 14 50 43 144 2 3 4 3 12 8 12 48
Jacksonville Tea Men 32 18 14 47 42 141 3 1 4 4 11 9 12 45
Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 15 17 61 64 139 0 2 2 0 13 15 4 43
Central Division
Chicago Sting 32 23 9 81 50 195 3 0 3 0 17 9 6 57
Minnesota Kicks 32 19 13 60 56 163 3 0 3 1 13 12 7 46
Tulsa Roughnecks 32 17 15 59 43 154 3 4 1 6 13 5 14 53
Dallas Tornado 32 5 27 26 70 54 0 2 1 1 4 24 4 16
Western Division
San Diego Sockers 32 21 11 64 47 173 3 0 4 2 14 9 9 51
Los Angeles Aztecs 32 19 13 52 55 160 2 0 1 0 16 13 3 51
California Surf 32 11 21 60 77 117 1 1 0 0 10 20 2 32
San Jose Earthquakes 32 11 21 44 77 108 2 2 0 1 9 18 5 32
Northwest Division
Vancouver Whitecaps 32 21 11 73 41 186 3 2 1 2 17 7 8 59
Calgary Boomers 32 17 15 58 54 151 2 4 1 0 14 11 7 49
Portland Timbers 32 17 15 49 48 141 2 3 3 1 12 11 9 45
Seattle Sounders 32 15 17 58 59 137 1 4 2 3 12 10 10 46
Edmonton Drillers 32 12 20 60 79 123 1 2 0 0 11 18 3 36

First Round

A2 Chicago d. C5 Seattle 2-1
08/23/1981 – CHICAGO 3, Seattle 2 (14,643)
08/26/1981 – SEATTLE 2, Chicago 0 (15,176)
08/30/1981 – CHICAGO 3, Seattle 2 (24,080)

C4 Tampa Bay d. A3 Vancouver 2-0
08/23/1981 – TAMPA BAY 4, Vancouver 1 (21,192)
08/26/1981 – Tampa Bay 1, VANCOUVER 0 (28,896)

A4 San Diego d. C3 Portland 2-1
08/22/1981 – PORTLAND 2, San Diego 1 (16,003)
08/26/1981 – SAN DIEGO 5, Portland 1 (12,039)
08/30/1981 – SAN DIEGO 2, Portland 0 (15,244)

C2 Jacksonville d. A5 Atlanta 2-0
08/23/1981 – JACKSONVILLE 3, Atlanta 2 (9,287)
08/25/1981 – Jacksonville 2, ATLANTA 1 (6,572)

B1 Minnesota d. C1 Tulsa 2-0
08/22/1981 – Minnesota 3, TULSA 1 (16,205)
08/26/1981 – MINNESOTA 1, Tulsa 0 (10,722)

B5 Montreal d. B2 Los Angeles 2-1
08/24/1981 – MONTREAL 5, Los Angeles 3 (46,682)
08/27/1981 – LOS ANGELES 3, Montreal 2 ( 7,529)
08/30/1981 – Montreal 2, LOS ANGELES 1 (OT)

B4 Ft. Lauderdale d. B3 Calgary 2-0
08/23/1981 – Ft. Lauderdale 3, CALGARY 1 (12,196)
08/26/1981 – FT. LAUDERDALE 2, Calgary 0 (11,494)

Quarterfinals

1 New York d. 8 Tampa Bay 2-1
09/02/1981 – New York 6, TAMPA BAY 3 (29,224)
09/05/1981 – Tampa Bay 3, NEW YORK 2 (SO) (38,691)
09/09/1981 – NEW YORK 2, Tampa Bay 0 (33,754)

2 Chicago d. 7 Montreal 2-1
09/02/1981 – MONTREAL 3, Chicago 2 (58,542)
09/05/1981 – CHICAGO 4, Montreal 2 (24,648)
09/10/1981 – CHICAGO 4, Montreal 2 (27,489)

3 San Diego d. 6 Jacksonville 2-1
09/02/1981 – JACKSONVILLE 2, San Diego 1 (OT) (12,252)
09/06/1981 – SAN DIEGO 2, Jacksonville 1 (14,428)
09/09/1981 – SAN DIEGO 3, Jacksonville 1 (14,015)

5 Ft. Lauderdale d. 4 Minnesota 2-0
09/02/1981 – FT. LAUDERDALE 3, Minnesota 1 (11,918)
09/06/1981 – Ft. Lauderdale 3, MINNESOTA 0 (10,278)

Semifinals

1 New York d. 5 Ft. Lauderdale 2-0
09/12/1981 – New York 4, FT. LAUDERDALE 3 (18,814)
09/16/1981 – NEW YORK 4, Ft. Lauderdale 1 (31,112)

2 Chicago d. 3 San Diego 2-1
09/12/1981 – SAN DIEGO 2, Chicago 1 (18,192)
09/16/1981 – CHICAGO 2, San Diego 1 (21,760)
09/21/1981 – CHICAGO 1, San Diego 0 (39,623)

Soccer Bowl ’81

Chicago 1, New York 0 (SO) at Toronto (36,971)

NASL FORMAT OT SO MODERN
1980
 G W L GF GA Pts W L W L W L T Pts
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
New York Cosmos 32 24 8 84 38 213 1 1 3 3 20 4 8 68
Washington Diplomats 32 17 15 71 58 159 1 1 1 3 15 11 6 51
Toronto Blizzard 32 14 18 46 64 128 0 0 3 1 11 17 4 37
Rochester Lancers 32 12 20 40 66 109 1 0 2 1 9 19 4 31
Central Division
Dallas Tornado 32 18 14 55 56 157 2 0 2 2 14 12 6 48
Minnesota Kicks 32 16 16 64 53 147 1 4 2 3 13 9 10 49
Tulsa Roughnecks 32 15 17 54 58 139 0 0 2 4 13 13 6 45
Atlanta Chiefs 32 7 25 33 82 74 1 1 1 2 5 22 5 20
Western Division
Seattle Sounders 32 25 7 72 30 207 5 0 2 1 18 6 8 62
Los Angeles Aztecs 32 20 12 61 49 174 2 2 0 3 18 7 7 61
Vancouver Whitecaps 32 16 16 49 45 139 1 1 3 2 12 13 7 43
Portland Timbers 32 15 17 48 50 133 0 3 2 3 13 11 8 47
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 19 13 59 49 168 1 0 2 1 16 12 4 52
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32 18 14 61 54 163 2 2 0 1 16 11 5 53
New England Tea Men 32 18 14 52 55 154 4 0 2 1 12 13 7 43
Philadelphia Fury 32 10 22 42 68 98 0 2 0 0 10 20 2 32
Central Division
Chicago Sting 32 21 11 77 49 187 2 2 3 1 16 8 8 56
Houston Hurricane 32 14 18 52 67 130 2 3 4 2 8 13 11 35
Detroit Express 32 14 18 49 47 129 1 1 2 5 11 12 9 42
Memphis Rogues 32 14 18 46 56 126 0 2 3 1 11 15 6 39
Western Division
Edmonton Drillers 32 17 15 56 51 149 1 2 2 0 14 13 5 47
California Surf 32 15 17 61 66 144 2 0 0 1 13 16 3 42
San Diego Sockers 32 16 16 50 50 140 2 2 3 1 11 13 8 41
San Jose Earthquakes 32 9 23 44 65 95 0 3 1 3 8 17 7 31

First Round

A8 San Diego d. A1 Chicago 2-1
08/27/1980 – SAN DIEGO 2, Chicago 1 (12,125)
08/30/1980 – CHICAGO 3, San Diego 2 (12,267)
08/30/1980 – San Diego 2, CHICAGO 1 (SO) (MG) (12,267)

A2 Tampa Bay d. A7 New England 2-0
08/27/1980 – Tampa Bay 1, NEW ENGLAND 0 (17,121)
08/30/1980 – TAMPA BAY 4, New England 0 (26,368)

A3 Edmonton d. A6 Houston 2-1
08/27/1980 – Edmonton 2, HOUSTON 1 (3,902)
08/31/1980 – Houston 1, EDMONTON 0 (22,059)
08/31/1980 – Edmonton 1, HOUSTON 0 (MG) (22,059)

A4 Ft. Lauderdale d. A5 California 2-1
08/28/1980 – Ft. Lauderdale 2, CALIFORNIA 1 (2,929)
08/31/1980 – California 2, FT. LAUDERDALE 0 (15,282)
08/31/1980 – FT. LAUDERDALE 1, California 0 (MG) (15,282)

N1 New York d. N8 Tulsa 2-0
08/28/1980 – New York 3, TULSA 1 (22,890)
08/31/1980 – NEW YORK 8, Tulsa 1 (40,285)

N2 Seattle d. N7 Vancouver 2-0
09/27/1980 – Seattle 2, VANCOUVER 1 (27,231)
09/30/1980 – SEATTLE 3, Vancouver 1 (35,254)

N3 Dallas d. N6 Minnesota 2-0
08/27/1980 – Dallas 1, MINNESOTA 0 (17,461)
08/30/1980 – DALLAS 2, Minnesota 0 (8,674)

N4 Los Angeles d. N5 Washington 2-1
08/27/1980 – WASHINGTON 1, Los Angeles 0 (20,231)
08/30/1980 – LOS ANGELES 2, Washington 1 (SO) (14,163)
08/30/1980 – LOS ANGELES 2, Washington 0 (MG) (14,163)

Conference Semifinals

A4 Ft. Lauderdale d. A3 Edmonton 2-1
09/3/1980 – Ft. Lauderdale 1, EDMONTON 0 (18,029)
09/6/1980 – Edmonton 3, FT. LAUDERDALE 2 (SO) (17,830)
09/6/1980 – FT. LAUDERDALE 3, Edmonton 0 (MG) (17,830)

A8 San Diego d. A2 Tampa Bay 2-1
09/4/1980 – SAN DIEGO 6, Tampa Bay 3 (20,109)
09/7/1980 – TAMPA BAY 6, San Diego 0 (25,852)
09/7/1980 – San Diego 2, TAMPA BAY 1 (SO) (MG) (25,852)

N1 New York d. N3 Dallas 2-1
09/3/1980 – New York 3, DALLAS 2 (7,459)
09/7/1980 – Dallas 3, NEW YORK 0 (45,153)
09/7/1980 – NEW YORK 3, Dallas 0 (MG) (45,153)

N4 Los Angeles d. N2 Seattle 2-1
09/3/1980 – LOS ANGELES 3, Seattle 0 (13,466)
09/5/1980 – SEATTLE 4, Los Angeles 3 (32,564)
09/5/1980 – Los Angeles 2, SEATTLE 1 (SO) (MG) (32,564)

Conference Finals

A4 Ft. Lauderdale d. A8 San Diego 2-1
09/11/1980 – Ft. Lauderdale 2, SAN DIEGO 1 (27,635)
09/13/1980 – San Diego 4, FT. LAUDERDALE 2 (18,420)
09/13/1980 – FT. LAUDERDALE 3, San Diego 0 (MG) (18,420)

N1 New York d. N4 Los Angeles 2-0
09/11/1980 – New York 2, LOS ANGELES 1 (25,487)
09/13/1980 – NEW YORK 3, Los Angeles 1 (42,324)

Soccer Bowl ’80

09/21/1980 – New York 3, Ft. Lauderdale 0 at Washington, DC (50,768)