Soccer Bowl '82

Soccer Bowl '82
EventSoccer Bowl
DateSeptember 18, 1982 (1982-09-18)
VenueJack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California
Man of the MatchGiorgio Chinaglia
RefereeDavid Socha (United States)
Attendance22,634
1981
1983

Soccer Bowl '82 was the championship final of the 1982 NASL season. The New York Cosmos advanced to the Soccer Bowl for the third consecutive year and took on the Seattle Sounders in a rematch of Soccer Bowl '77. The match was played on September 18, 1982, at Jack Murphy Stadium, in San Diego, California. New York won, 1–0, and were crowned the 1982 NASL champions. This was the Cosmos' fifth North American championship and fourth in the past six years.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NASL Championships was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Results". nasl.com. North American Soccer League. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.