1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season

Tulsa Roughnecks 1983 soccer season

Tulsa Roughnecks1983 season

General manager|  Alex Skotarek[1]
Head coach|  Terry Hennessey[2]
Stadium| Skelly Stadium[3]
NASL| Southern Division: 1st
Overall: 5th
NASL playoffs| Winners
Top goalscorer| League:
Ron Futcher (15 goals)
All:
Ron Futcher (21 goals)
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

Home colors

Away colors

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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 the first professional franchise to win a sports championship title in the state of Oklahoma.[1]

## Club

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### Roster

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No.  | Position  | Nation  | Player[5]

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0  | GK |  USA | Winston DuBose
1  | GK |  CAN | Željko Bilecki
2  | DF |  CAN | Terry Moore
3  | DF |  ENG | Barry Wallace
4  | MF |  ENG | Pasquale Fuccillo
5  | DF |  USA | Val Fernandes
6  | FW |  USA | Njego Pesa
7  | FW |  BRA |  Zequinha
8  | FW |  ENG | Ron Futcher
9  | MF |  IRN | Iraj Danaeifard
10  | MF |  EIR | Gerry Reardon
11  | FW |  NGA | Thompson Usiyan
12  | MF |  NIR | Billy Caskey
13  | MF |  USA | Todd Saldana
14  | FW |  ENG | Laurie Abrahams
15  | MF |  USA | Carmelo D'Anzi
17  | MF |  POL | Adam Krupa
18  | DF |  NIR | Victor Moreland
20  | DF |  CAN | Ivan Belfiore
22  | GK |  USA | Paul Coffee

### Management and technical staff

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* 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

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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

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## Competitions

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### Friendlies

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tulsa Roughnecks 13 April 1983 (1983-04-13) friendly|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Lake Worth

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20:00 EDT | Kidd 48:48' (Hudson)
Kidd 66'
Kidd 88' | Report | Saldana 36' | Stadium: John Leonard High School Stadium
Attendance: 1,200

Jacksonville Tea Men (ASL) v Tulsa Roughnecks friendly|  Jacksonville Tea Men (ASL) | 0–3|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Jacksonville

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Oklahoma City Slickers (ASL) v Tulsa Roughnecks 3 May 1983 (1983-05-03) friendly|  Oklahoma City Slickers (ASL) | 3–3|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Ponca City

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Hudson | Report | D'Anzi
D'Anzi 57'
Abrahams 67' | Stadium: Ponca City High School Stadium
Attendance: 1,500

United States U20s v Tulsa Roughnecks 27 May 1983 (1983-05-27) friendly|  United States U20s | 2–2|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Anaheim

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19:30 PDT | Sanderson ,  | Report 1
Report 2 |  | Stadium: Glover Stadium

### NASL regular season

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Main article: 1983 North American Soccer League season

#### Overview

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Competition  | First match  | Last match  | Starting round  | Final position  | Record

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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

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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

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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

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Division champions automatically receive top three seeds
\- Division champions

Pos | Club | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

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Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 28| 29| 30

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Stadium| A| H| A| A| A| H| H| A| A| H| H| A| H| A| H| H| A| A| H| A| H| A| H| H| H| H| A| A| H| A
Result| L| W| L| L| L| L| W| L| L| L| W| W| W| W| L| W| L| W| W| L| W| L| W| L| W| W| W| W| W| W
Position| 2| 1| 4| 4| 2| 3| 1| 1| 2| 4| 3| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1

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

#### Match reports

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Tampa Bay Rowdies v Tulsa Roughnecks 22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) 1|  Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4–3|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Tampa

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v Tampa Bay Rowdies 30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) 2|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0|  Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tulsa

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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

Team America v Tulsa Roughnecks 8 May 1983 (1983-05-08) 3|  Team America | 1–0|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Washington, D.C.

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17:00 EDT | Green 73' | Report |  | Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 14,211

Montreal Manic v Tulsa Roughnecks 11 May 1983 (1983-05-11) 4|  Montreal Manic | 4–1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Montreal

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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

New York Cosmos v Tulsa Roughnecks 15 May 1983 (1983-05-15) 5|  New York Cosmos | 5–2|  Tulsa Roughnecks | East Rutherford

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v New York Cosmos 21 May 1983 (1983-05-21) 6|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–2|  New York Cosmos | Tulsa

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v Montreal Manic 25 May 1983 (1983-05-25) 7|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–1|  Montreal Manic | Tulsa

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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

Golden Bay Earthquakes v Tulsa Roughnecks 30 May 1983 (1983-05-30) 8|  Golden Bay Earthquakes | 3–1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | San Jose

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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

Vancouver Whitecaps v Tulsa Roughnecks 1 June 1983 (1983-06-01) 9|  Vancouver Whitecaps | 1–2 (2OT)|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Vancouver

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19:30 PDT | Thijssen 28:01' (O'Brien) | Report | Futcher 58:24'
Watson 101:11' | Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 18,277
Referee: Majid Abotalebi

Tulsa Roughnecks v Team America 4 June 1983 (1983-06-04) 10|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 0–1 (2OT)|  Team America | Tulsa

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19:30 CDT |  | Report | Dan Canter 102:24' (pen.) | Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,742

Tulsa Roughnecks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8 June 1983 (1983-06-08) 11|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–1 (OT)|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Tulsa

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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

San Diego Sockers v Tulsa Roughnecks 12 June 1983 (1983-06-12) 12|  San Diego Sockers | 1–2|  Tulsa Roughnecks | San Diego

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v Chicago Sting 18 June 1983 (1983-06-18) 13|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 4–0|  Chicago Sting | Tulsa

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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

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tulsa Roughnecks 25 June 1983 (1983-06-25) 14|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–1 (SO)
(2–3 p)|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Fort Lauderdale

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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
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Šegota
Kidd
Wegerle
Miller
Hudson |  |  Pesa
Wallace
Reardon
Futcher
Moreland

Tulsa Roughnecks v San Diego Sockers 29 June 1983 (1983-06-29) 15|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–1 (SO)
(2–3 p)|  San Diego Sockers | Tulsa

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19:30 CDT | Caskey 62:53' | Report 1
Report 2 | Deyna 75:58' | Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 9,157
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Wallace
Moreland

Caskey |  |  Willrich
Deyna
Wieczorkowski
Coker

Hirmez

Tulsa Roughnecks v Seattle Sounders 3 July 1983 (1983-07-03) 16|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–1 (OT)|  Seattle Sounders | Tulsa

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19:30 CDT | Abrahams 85:47'
Evans 92:35' (o.g.) | Report | Peterson 0:55' | Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 13,191

Toronto Blizzard v Tulsa Roughnecks 6 July 1983 (1983-07-06) 17|  Toronto Blizzard | 2–1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Toronto

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20:00 EDT | Nicholl 76:38' (Deluca)
Nicholl 87:29' | Report | Wallace 86:45' | Stadium: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 8,099

Chicago Sting v Tulsa Roughnecks 9 July 1983 (1983-07-09) 18|  Chicago Sting | 1–1 (SO)
(1–3 p)|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Chicago

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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
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Huson
M. Twellman
Granitza
Tyma |  |  Abrahams
Pesa
Futcher
Wallace

Tulsa Roughnecks v Chicago Sting 13 July 1983 (1983-07-13) 19|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 4–0|  Chicago Sting | Tulsa

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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

New York Cosmos v Tulsa Roughnecks 17 July 1983 (1983-07-17) 20|  New York Cosmos | 3–0|  Tulsa Roughnecks | East Rutherford

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers 23 July 1983 (1983-07-23) 21|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–2|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Tulsa

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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

Seattle Sounders v Tulsa Roughnecks 27 July 1983 (1983-07-27) 22|  Seattle Sounders | 3–1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Seattle

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19:30 PDT | Ward 8:08'
Evans 61:03' (pen.)
Kemp 85:35' | Report | Abrahams 39:59' | Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 4,270

Tulsa Roughnecks v Vancouver Whitecaps 30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) 23|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–1 (2OT)|  Vancouver Whitecaps | Tulsa

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v Golden Bay Earthquakes 6 August 1983 (1983-08-06) 24|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–2|  Golden Bay Earthquakes | Tulsa

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19:30 CDT | Pesa 34:45' (Danaeifard) | Report | Ingram 37:08' (Žungul)
Ingram 73:45' (Žungul) | Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,290

Tulsa Roughnecks v Toronto Blizzard 13 August 1983 (1983-08-13) 25|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0|  Toronto Blizzard | Tulsa

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19:30 CDT | Danaeifard 57:17' (Wallace, Fuccillo) | Report | Ragan 67',  67' | Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 11,663

Tulsa Roughnecks v Tampa Bay Rowdies 17 August 1983 (1983-08-17) 26|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 4–1|  Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tulsa

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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

Team America v Tulsa Roughnecks 21 August 1983 (1983-08-21) 27|  Team America | 2–3|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Washington, D.C.

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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

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tulsa Roughnecks 27 August 1983 (1983-08-27) 28|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–4|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Fort Lauderdale

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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

Tulsa Roughnecks v Team America 31 August 1983 (1983-08-31) 29|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–0|  Team America | Tulsa

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19:30 CDT | Wallace 34:09' (Abrahams, Futcher) | Report |  | Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 12,322

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Tulsa Roughnecks 3 September 1983 (1983-09-03) 30|  Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–3|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Tampa

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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

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#### Playoff bracket

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| Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) | | | Semifinals
(Best-of-3) | | | Soccer Bowl '83
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| 8 | Montreal Manic | 4 | 1(3) | – |
| | 8 | Montreal Manic | 1(8) | 1 | 0 |
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| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 3 | 4 | – |

| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | 2 | – |
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| 4 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 6 | 0 | 5 | |

| 5 | Chicago Sting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 3 | 0 |

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#### Quarter-finals

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Tulsa Roughnecks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6 September 1983 Game 1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–2 (2OT)|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Tulsa

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* Pesa 8:11' (Caskey)
* Danaeifard 46:17' (Krupa)
* Futcher 93:49'
* Fuccillo 101:24' (Abrahams, Krupa)

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* Hudson 12:22' (Cubillas, Bolitho)
* Šegota 37:54'
* Davies 87:22' (Villa, Šegota)

| Stadium: Skelly Stadium
Attendance: 7,826
Referee: Bill Maxwell

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tulsa Roughnecks 10 September 1983 Game 2|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–4|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Fort Lauderdale

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* Davies 7:50' (Hudson)
* Bolitho 9:55'
* Davies 22:05' (Whelan, Kidd)
* Hudson 32:54'
* Kidd 34:19'

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* Pesa 32:33'
* Moreland 34:19'
* Fuccillo 79:40'
* Abrahams 80:58' (Moreland)
* Futcher 83:20' (Abrahams)
* Futcher 86:57' (DuBose, Abrahams)
* Rongen 89:32' (o.g.)

| Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 8,873
Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Canada)

#### Semi-finals

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Tulsa Roughnecks v Montreal Manic 18 September 1983 Game 1|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 1–1 (SO)
(9–8 p)|  Montreal Manic | Tulsa

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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)
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Quinn

Montreal Manic v Tulsa Roughnecks 26 September 1983 Game 2|  Montreal Manic | 1–0|  Tulsa Roughnecks | Montreal

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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)

Tulsa Roughnecks v Montreal Manic 28 September 1983 Game 3|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 3–0|  Montreal Manic | Tulsa

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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

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Tulsa Roughnecks v Toronto Blizzard 1 October 1983 (1983-10-01) Soccer Bowl '83|  Tulsa Roughnecks | 2–0|  Toronto Blizzard | Vancouver

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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

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### Season scoring

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GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points[5]

Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts

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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

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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

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Winston DuBose | 30 | 2783 | 136 | 48 | 1.55 | 17 | 13 | 5

### Playoff scoring

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Player  | G  | A  | Pts

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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

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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

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Winston DuBose | 6 | 587 | 23 | 6 | 0.952 | 5 | 1 | 2

## Player movement

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## References

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1. ^ a b "The Tulsa Roughnecks, a 'down-to-earth, honest and hard working'..." UPI. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
2. ^ "1983 Tulsa Roughnecks Roster and Results on JustSportsStats.com". www.justsportsstats.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
3. ^ "Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium and Case Athletic Complex". University of Tulsa Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
4. ^ Tramel, Jimmie (October 5, 2008). "Tulsa's '83 soccer trophy turns 25". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
5. ^ a b "Tulsa Roughnecks 1983". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
6. ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
7. ^ "Goaltenders in spotlight in NASL Championship". Red Deer Advocate. October 1, 1983. p. 9B. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
8. ^ "Oct. 1, 1983 Toronto Blizzard 0 - 2 Tulsa Roughnecks | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us.
9. ^ "Past Winners | North American Soccer League". November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.

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