Champions Chicago Sting Start date 1981 Goals scored 1,234 | Average attendance 14,084 Champion Chicago Sting Matches played 336 | |
Premiers New York Cosmos
(5th title) Top goalscorer Giorgio Chinaglia
(29 goals) Highest attendance 50,755
Washington at Montreal
(August 18) Lowest attendance 1,861
Dallas at Chicago
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Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1981. This was the 14th season of the NASL.
Contents
Overview
There were a total of 21 teams participating. The Chicago Sting defeated the New York Cosmos in Soccer Bowl '81 on September 26 to win the championship.
New Teams
Teams Folding
Teams Moving
Regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= 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.
-Premiers (most points). -Other playoff teams.First round
#Due to a scheduling conflict between the Calgary Boomers and the Billy Graham Crusade, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers hosted both Games 1 and 2 (instead of Game 1 only), there-by gaining home field advantage even though they were the lower seed.
*Seattle Sounders hosted Game 2 (instead of Game 1) due to a scheduling conflict with the Mariners baseball club.
Soccer Bowl '81
1981 NASL Champions: Chicago Sting
*From 1977 through 1984 the NASL had a variation of the penalty shoot-out procedure for tied matches. The shoot-out started 35 yards from the goal and allowed the player 5 seconds to attempt a shot. The player could make as many moves as he wanted in a breakaway situation within the time frame. Even though this particular match was a scoreless tie after overtime, NASL procedure also called for the box score to show an additional "goal" given to the winning team.