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| Event | Soccer Bowl | ||||||
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| Chicago won 2–1 in a shoot-out[1][2] | |||||||
| Date | September 26, 1981 | ||||||
| Venue | Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Frantz Mathieu | ||||||
| Referee | Dante Maglio (Canada) | ||||||
| Attendance | 36,971 | ||||||
Soccer Bowl '81 was the championship final of the 1981 NASL season, between the Chicago Sting and the New York Cosmos. The match was played on September 26, 1981, at Exhibition Stadium, in Toronto, Ontario. Following regulation and 15 minutes of golden goal overtime, the match remained tied, 0–0. With that, the game moved to a shoot-out. The Sting won the shoot-out, 2–1, and were crowned the 1981 NASL champions. This was Chicago's first NASL title.[3][4]
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- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1977". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
- ^ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League.