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1 League standings  




2 Playoffs  


2.1  Bracket  




2.2  1st Round  




2.3  Semi-finals  




2.4  ASL Championship  






3 References  













1982 American Soccer League






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American Soccer League
1982 season
Season1982
ChampionsDetroit Express
PremiersDetroit Express
1983 CONCACAF Champions' CupDetroit Express
Top goalscorerAndy Chapman (23)

← 1981

1983 →

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

League standings[edit]

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[edit]

Bracket[edit]

First round
(aggregate) 		Semi-finals
(Best-of-3) 		ASL Championship
(Best-of-3)
1Detroit Express 2 2(4) 1
3Georgia Generals - - X 3Georgia Generals 12(5) 0
6Pennsylvania Stoners* - - forfeit 1Detroit Express 12 4
2Oklahoma City Slickers 3 0 1
2Oklahoma City Slickers 1(4) 3 x
4Carolina Lightnin' 336 4Carolina Lightnin' 1(3) 0 x
5Rochester Flash 112

1st Round[edit]

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[1]
September 8 • Holleder Memorial Stadium • 2,654[2]
Georgia Generals forfeit Pennsylvania Stoners x x *(Pennsylvania forfeits series)

Semi-finals[edit]

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[3]
September 12 • Taft Stadium • 3,500[4]
Detroit Express 2–1 Georgia Generals 2–1 2–2 (4–5) 1–0 September 7 • DeKalb Memorial Stadium • 500[5]
September 8 • Pontiac Silverdome • 400[6]
September 9 • Pontiac Silverdome • 800[7]

ASL Championship[edit]

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[8]
September 19 • Taft Stadium • 7,500[9]
September 22 • Pontiac Silverdome • 23,726[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.

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