1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer

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The 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer was an indoor soccer tournament staged by four franchises of the North American Soccer League.

DatesJanuary 21, 1983 –
February 20, 1983

Teams4

ChampionsTampa Bay Rowdies (3rd title)

Runners-upMontreal Manic

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North American Soccer League
1983 Grand Prix of Indoor
NASL Indoor Grand Prix
Tournament details
Dates	January 21, 1983 – February 20, 1983
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Tampa Bay Rowdies (3rd title)
Runners-up	Montreal Manic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	199 (12.44 per match)
Attendance	37,111 (2,319 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laurie Abrahams Dale Mitchell (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Laurie Abrahams Mehdi Cerbah
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Overview

The NASL franchises from Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, Montreal, and Tulsa opted to play the Grand Prix in early 1983 as a makeshift indoor season, because for various reasons, the eight other NASL clubs had chosen to forego playing a full 1982–83 NASL indoor season.^[1] Three of those eight teams (Chicago, Golden Bay and San Diego) had joined the Major Indoor Soccer League for 1982-83 season, while the remaining five squads chose to sit out winter indoor play completely.

The tournament consisted of three weeks of double round-robin play for the purpose of seeding, followed by a Championship weekend at the Forum in Montreal.^[2]^[3] Fort Lauderdale did not host a round because there was no suitable venue in the area that also met the minimum seating requirements. Instead, Tulsa hosted Rounds 1 and 3. The tournament would mark the third time NASL teams played in such an event, with the first two coming in 1975 and 1976. Additionally the teams participated in a season-long Shootout Challenge competition, the champions of which would split a $5,000 purse.^[4]

Montreal and Tampa Bay finished tied on both points and record after the preliminary rounds, but Montreal held the head-to-head tie-breaker, and with it the top seed.^[2] Tampa Bay won the championship final 5–4 on a golden goal by Mark Karpun at 1:58 of the second, seven and a half minute, overtime period.^[5] This victory marked the Rowdies' third indoor trophy and fourth title overall in the NASL. Laurie Abrahams of Tulsa led all scorers (12 goals, 6 assists) and was named the offensive MVP, while Montreal goalie Mehdi Cerbah who posted a 4.36 goals-against-average was the defensive MVP of the tournament. Tampa Bay also won the $5,000 Shootout Challenge purse by defeating Ft. Lauderdale, 2–0, with Rowdies goalie Jürgen Stars stopping all three Strikers shots in the final round.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Map of clubs

Strikers

Manic

Rowdies

Rough
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1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer Clubs

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

played at Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma^[9]^[10]

January 21	Montreal Manic	6–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Attendance: 3,522

	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	8–4	Tulsa Roughnecks

January 22	Montreal Manic	8–6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Attendance: 4,341

	Tampa Bay Rowdies	7–2	Tulsa Roughnecks

Round 2

played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida^[11]^[12]

February 4	Montreal Manic	6–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Attendance: 4,450

	Tampa Bay Rowdies	7–6	Tulsa Roughnecks

February 5	Tulsa Roughnecks	7–4	Montreal Manic	Attendance: 5,545

	Tampa Bay Rowdies	10–6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Round 3

played at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma

February 11	Tampa Bay Rowdies	7–5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Attendance: 2,064

	Tulsa Roughnecks	8–7	Montreal Manic

February 12	Montreal Manic	5–4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Attendance: 3,245

	Tulsa Roughnecks	5–4 (OT)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Seeding

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential, PTS= point system

6 points awarded for a win. Beginning with the fourth goal, 1 bonus point awarded for each goal scored. Maximum of 5 bonus points per game.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1*	Montreal Manic	6	4	2	36	31	+5	42
2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	6	4	2	38	31	+7	42
3	Tulsa Roughnecks	6	3	3	33	37	–4	33
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	6	1	5	32	40	–8	20

*Montreal wins top seed based on 2–0 head-to-head edge over Tampa Bay

Grand Prix Championship rounds

Bracket

Semifinals			Championship Final

1	Montreal Manic	11

4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	4
			1	Montreal Manic	4

			2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5(2OT)
3	Tulsa Roughnecks	6

2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	8	Third place


			3	Tulsa Roughnecks	9

			4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	4

Semi-finals

played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec

February 18	Tampa Bay Rowdies	8–6	Tulsa Roughnecks	Attendance: 6,049^[13]

	Montreal Manic	11–4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Third-place match

played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec (1:30 PM EST)

February 20	Tulsa Roughnecks	9–4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Championship final

February 20, 1983

3:30 PM EST

More information Montreal Manic, 4–5 (2OT) ...

Montreal Manic	4–5 (2OT)	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Mitchell (16:17) Mitchell (19:51) Mitchell (24:53) Lodeweges (44:01)	Report (p. 2C)	Tatu Perez (11:12) Nogly (31:46) Zequinha Karpun 69:28' (Nogly)

Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 7,895

Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Canada)

1983 Indoor Grand Prix Champions: Tampa Bay Rowdies

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Players:
- Offensive: Laurie Abrahams (Tulsa) - Goals: 12 Assists: 6 Total Pts: 30
- Defensive: Mehdi Cerbah (Montreal) Goals-against-average: 4.36
$5,000 Shootout Challenge:
- Semi-finals: Tampa Bay 3 – 1 Tulsa • Fort Lauderdale 3 – 1 Montreal
- Finals: Tampa Bay 2 – 0 Fort Lauderdale

Final rankings

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	8	6	2	51	41	+10
2	Montreal Manic	8	5	3	51	40	+11
3	Tulsa Roughnecks	8	4	4	48	49	-1
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	8	1	7	40	60	-20

Statistics

More information Leading scorers, Goals ...

Leading scorers	Goals	Assists	Points
Laurie Abrahams (Tulsa)	12	6	30
Dale Mitchell (Montreal)	12	4	28
Branko Šegota (Fort Lauderdale)	10	8	28
Dragan Vujović (Montreal)	9	7	25
Teófilo Cubillas (Fort Lauderdale)	8	9	25
Hugo Pérez (Tampa Bay)	10	4	24
Tatu (Tampa Bay)	9	5	23
Keith Weller (Tulsa)	8	7	23
Wes McLeod (Tampa Bay)	5	12	22
Njego Pesa (Tulsa)	9	4	22
Alan Willey (Montreal)	8	6	22
Steve Wegerle (Fort Lauderdale)	7	6	20

More information Leading Goalkeepers, Minutes ...

Leading Goalkeepers	Minutes	GA	GAA
Mehdi Cerbah (Montreal)	330	24	4.36
Jürgen Stars (Tampa Bay)	377	32	5.09
Craig Scarpelli (Fort Lauderdale)	330	33	5.99
Winston DuBose (Tulsa)	486	49	6.05

Non-grand prix matches

In addition to the Grand Prix tournament, the four teams took part in other indoor matches as tune-ups for both the outdoor season and the Grand Prix itself.

Match reports

January 14, 1983 1	Tea Men All-Stars	3–4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Jacksonville, Florida
	Zec	Report	Whelan , (59:22) Bolitho Šegota	Stadium: Jacksonville Coliseum Attendance: 5,000

January 15, 1983 2	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–6	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Dallas, Texas
	Belfiore Danaeifard (36:17) Pesa (55:57)	Report p. 2-C	McLeod Karpun (37:23) Zequinha Van der Beck (42:30) McLeod (51:45) Pérez (56:33)	Stadium: Reunion Arena Attendance: 5,451

January 18, 1983 3	Tulsa Roughnecks	3–5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	Saldana (21:07) Saldana (21:29) Saldana (52:00)	Report 1 (p. 5-C) Report 2	Nogly (18:08) Van der Beck (19:14) McLeod (Myernick) Karpun (Myernick) Roe	Stadium: Myriad Arena Attendance: 2,500

January 29, 1983 4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	7–5	Montreal Manic	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM (EST)	Karpun (7:38) Tatu Oliveira Tatu (39:05) Pérez (40:28) Nogly (48:47) Van der Beck (58:37)	Report p. 2-C	Mitchell (18:46) Willey Usiyan Usiyan (39:40) Mitchell (40:40)	Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 5,525

February 25, 1983 5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	8–5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Lakeland, Florida
8:00 PM (EST)	Tatu Karpun (13:04) Miller Karpun (31:35) Gruber (44:42) Molina (46:43) Bates Oliveira	Report p. 2-C	Kidd (13:26) Cubillas (23:55) Kidd (36:14) Meschbach Kidd (54:16)	Stadium: Lakeland Civic Center Attendance: 3,506

References

[1]
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[2]
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[3]
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[4]
"Rowdies enter touney". Lakeland Ledger. December 12, 1982. p. 3D. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.
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Johnson, Mark (February 21, 1983). "Rowdies win Grand Prix on Karpun's goal in OT". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved October 4, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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Allen, Diane Lacy (February 23, 1983). "Rowdies meet Strikers at Civic Center". Lakeland Ledger. p. 3D. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.
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Beard, Randy (February 21, 1983). "Championship effort carried Rowdies to title". The Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.
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"Miller resigns as Rowdies coach". Lakeland Ledger. October 4, 1983. p. 1D. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.
[9]
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[10]
"Injury takes edge off Rowdies' victory". The Evening Independent. January 24, 1983. p. 8-C. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.
[11]
"Rowdies whip Strikers in Grand Prix Soccer". Lakeland Ledger. February 7, 1983. p. 6D. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.
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Beard, Randy (February 19, 1983). "Power play went short-handed Rowdies' way". The Evening Independent. p. 3-C. Retrieved January 23, 2014 – via Google News Archive Search.