1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season

Tulsa Roughnecks

1983 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
← 1982 1984 →

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

Club

Roster

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

• 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

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

Friendlies

NASL regular season

Overview

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

Division standings

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

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

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	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

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Season scoring

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A =

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

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

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

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

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References