1982 American Soccer League

Football league season

American Soccer League
1982 season
Season	1982
Champions	Detroit Express
Premiers	Detroit Express
1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Detroit Express
Top goalscorer	Andy Chapman (23)
← 1981 1983 →

Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1982 season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts
1	Detroit Express	28	19	4	5	59	37	41	144
2	Oklahoma City Slickers	28	19	3	6	58	42	37	138
3	Georgia Generals	25	12	4	9	55	40	47	115
4	Carolina Lightnin'	28	11	4	13	37	45	36	99
5	Rochester Flash	27	10	2	15	48	53	30	84
6	Pennsylvania Stoners	26	8	5	13	34	44	31	81
7	Nashville Diamonds	28	3	4	21	25	67	18	41

Source: rsssf.com

Note: Numerous errors in the table above.

Playoffs

Bracket

First round (aggregate)					Semi-finals (Best-of-3)					ASL Championship (Best-of-3)

					1	Detroit Express	2	2(4)	1
3	Georgia Generals	-	-	X	3	Georgia Generals	1	2(5)	0
6	Pennsylvania Stoners*	-	-	forfeit						1	Detroit Express	1	2	4
										2	Oklahoma City Slickers	3	0	1
					2	Oklahoma City Slickers	1(4)	3	x
4	Carolina Lightnin'	3	3	6	4	Carolina Lightnin'	1(3)	0	x
5	Rochester Flash	1	1	2

1st Round

Higher Seed	Aggregate	Lower Seed	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
Carolina Lightnin'	6–2	Rochester Flash	3–1	3–1	September 3 • Memorial Stadium • 3,703 September 8 • Holleder Memorial Stadium • 2,654
Georgia Generals	forfeit	Pennsylvania Stoners	x	x	*(Pennsylvania forfeits series)

Semi-finals

Higher seed	Series	Lower seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Attendance
Oklahoma City Slickers	2–0	Carolina Lightnin'	1–1 (4–3)	3–0	x	September 10 • Memorial Stadium • 3,855 September 12 • Taft Stadium • 3,500
Detroit Express	2–1	Georgia Generals	2–1	2–2 (4–5)	1–0	September 7 • DeKalb Memorial Stadium • 500 September 8 • Pontiac Silverdome • 400 September 9 • Pontiac Silverdome • 800

ASL Championship

Higher seed	Series	Lower seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Attendance
Detroit Express	2–1	Oklahoma City Slickers	1–3	2–0	4–1	September 18 • Pontiac Silverdome • 10,638 September 19 • Taft Stadium • 7,500 September 22 • Pontiac Silverdome • 23,726

References

Lewis, Michael (September 4, 1982). "Lightnin' strikes down Flash in playoff opener, 3-1". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Lewis, Michael (September 9, 1982). "The Lightnin' Strikes; 2 goals in 4 minutes eliminate Flash, 3-1". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
"Slickers Use Tiebreaker for 2-1 Win". Daily Oklahoman. September 13, 1982. p. 31. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Perovich, Kathy (September 13, 1982). "Slickers Blank Lightnin'". Daily Oklahoman. p. 13. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Stimson, Thomas M. (September 9, 1982). "Generals roughed up in 2-0 loss to Express". Atlanta Constitution. p. 2-D. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Pepper, Jon (September 9, 1982). "Express' loss knots playoffs". Detroit Free Press. p. 2D. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Pepper, Jon (September 10, 1982). "Express roll into finals with last-second win, 1-0". Detroit Free Press. p. 1F. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
"Scoreboard". Daily Oklahoman. September 19, 1982. p. 12. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Perovich, Kathy (September 20, 1982). "Express Shakes 2–0 Win Out of Slickers". Daily Oklahoman. p. 13. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
Pepper, Jon (September 23, 1982). "Express bring Detroit a title". Detroit Free Press. p. 1D. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

American Soccer League II (RSSSF)

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