Soccer Bowl Series '84, also known as Soccer Bowl '84, was the championship series of the 1984 NASL season, and the last championship of the original NASL. In a departure from previous years, it was a best-of-three series between the Chicago Sting and the Toronto Blizzard as opposed to a single-game championship. The first game of the series was held on Monday, October 1 at Comiskey Park, in Chicago, Illinois; the Sting won it, 2–1. The second game was played at Varsity Stadium, in Toronto, Ontario on October 3. Chicago won again, this time by a score of 3–2, to sweep the series and claim its second North American championship.[1][2]
Comiskey Park was one of the sites for Soccer Bowl '84
Chicago Stingedit
The Chicago Sting finished the regular season with a 13–11 record, while the Blizzard went 14–10. However, due to the NASL's point system, the Sting were crowned the Eastern Division champions, and also won the league's regular season title with 120 points. This ensured that they would retain home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Since all series were best-of-three ties, that meant a Game 3 if necessary, would be in Chicago. The Sting defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps in their semi-finals series, two games to one.
Toronto Blizzardedit
The Toronto Blizzard qualified for the playoffs as runners-up in the Eastern Division and faced the San Diego Sockers in the other semi-final series. The Blizzard earned a return trip to the finals with a two–game sweep of the Western Division champion Sockers. Games 1 and 3 of the Soccer Bowl Series were scheduled to be played at Comiskey Park, while game 2 was set for Toronto's Varsity Stadium.
Sportsvision televised the series in the Chicago area; this coverage was simulcast on the then-new TSN (which had started up a month earlier) cable channel in Canada.
Earlier in the year Sting ownership had requested a one-year leave of absence from the NASL, and were denied. With only a few games remaining in the season, Sting chairman Lee Stern, believing that indoor soccer represented the future of the sport, announced that 1984 would be the Chicago Sting's last in the NASL. They, along with three other teams had been granted full admittance to the MISL.[15] The Blizzard, who were run by former Sting president Clive Toye, were one of the franchises fighting to keep the NASL going.
In the immediate aftermath of Chicago's title clinching victory, Toye's actions and subsequent words were unsporting in nature. He refused to honor the long-standing tradition of entering the winning side's locker room to congratulate the victors. He then followed that up by taking verbal jabs at both Willy Roy and Karl-Heinz Granitza to reporters, by referring to them as "cheats" and the Sting as "unworthy champions"[16] among other things. While in the midst of Chicago's post match celebration, not surprisingly, Granitza responded in kind. In the end the pettiness and lack of sportsmanship by both men mattered little, as Chicago left with the league's final trophy. The following spring, with Toye as the NASL's interim president, the league would cease operations.[8][17][18][19]
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Soccer Bowl Series 84 also known as Soccer Bowl 84 was the championship series of the 1984 NASL season and the last championship of the original NASL In a departure from previous years it was a best of three series between the Chicago Sting and the Toronto Blizzard as opposed to a single game championship The first game of the series was held on Monday October 1 at Comiskey Park in Chicago Illinois the Sting won it 2 1 The second game was played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto Ontario on October 3 Chicago won again this time by a score of 3 2 to sweep the series and claim its second North American championship 1 2 Soccer Bowl 84Soccer Bowl Series 84EventSoccer BowlChicago Sting Toronto Blizzard2 0 on best of three series Game 1Chicago Sting Toronto Blizzard2 1DateOctober 1 1984 1984 10 01 VenueComiskey Park Chicago IllinoisMan of the MatchManuel RojasRefereeDavid Socha United States Attendance8 352Game 2Toronto Blizzard Chicago Sting2 3DateOctober 3 1984 1984 10 03 VenueVarsity Stadium Toronto OntarioMan of the MatchPato MargeticRefereeBill Maxwell United States Attendance16 842 1983 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Chicago Sting 1 2 Toronto Blizzard 2 Series summary 3 Match details 3 1 Game 1 3 2 Game 2 4 Championship Statistics 5 Post match controversy 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBackground edit nbsp Comiskey Park was one of the sites for Soccer Bowl 84 Chicago Sting edit The Chicago Sting finished the regular season with a 13 11 record while the Blizzard went 14 10 However due to the NASL s point system the Sting were crowned the Eastern Division champions and also won the league s regular season title with 120 points This ensured that they would retain home field advantage throughout the playoffs Since all series were best of three ties that meant a Game 3 if necessary would be in Chicago The Sting defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps in their semi finals series two games to one Toronto Blizzard edit The Toronto Blizzard qualified for the playoffs as runners up in the Eastern Division and faced the San Diego Sockers in the other semi final series The Blizzard earned a return trip to the finals with a two game sweep of the Western Division champion Sockers Games 1 and 3 of the Soccer Bowl Series were scheduled to be played at Comiskey Park while game 2 was set for Toronto s Varsity Stadium Sportsvision televised the series in the Chicago area this coverage was simulcast on the then new TSN which had started up a month earlier cable channel in Canada Series summary editChampion Runner up Game 1 Venue Game 2 Venue Res Chicago Sting Toronto Blizzard 2 1 Comiskey Park 3 2 Varsity Stadium 2 0 note 1 Notes Result on games won as a best of three seriesMatch details editGame 1 edit October 1Chicago Sting2 1Toronto BlizzardMargetic nbsp 50 Rojas nbsp 85 Report Wilson nbsp 15 Comiskey Park Chicago 3 Attendance 8 352Referee David Socha 4 5 United States nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Chicago Sting nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Toronto Blizzard GK 1 nbsp Victor Nogueira DF 5 nbsp Hayden Knight nbsp 77 40 DF 7 nbsp Victor Kodelja nbsp 53 05 DF 6 nbsp Dave Huson MF 9 nbsp Manny Rojas MF 4 nbsp Gerry Gray MF 8 nbsp Rudy Glenn nbsp 33 18 MF 11 nbsp Mark Simanton nbsp 86 33 FW 12 nbsp Karl Heinz Granitza c nbsp 40 52 FW 10 nbsp Pato Margetic FW 3 nbsp Seninho nbsp 88 39 Substitutes 6 FW 16 nbsp Robert Meschbach FW 20 nbsp Elvis Comrie DF 28 nbsp Frantz Mathieu Manager nbsp Willy Roy nbsp 40 52 GK 1 nbsp Paul Hammond DF 24 nbsp Colin Miller DF 2 nbsp Bruce Wilson c DF 17 nbsp Derek Spalding nbsp 76 43 DF 4 nbsp Conny Karlsson nbsp 75 19 MF 10 nbsp Cliff Calvert nbsp 33 05 MF 16 nbsp Randy Ragan nbsp 35 11 MF 12 nbsp Pasquale de Luca MF 8 nbsp Ace Ntsoelengoe FW 19 nbsp David Byrne nbsp 88 14 FW 11 nbsp Roberto Bettega nbsp 81 Substitutes 6 MF 9 nbsp John Paskin MF 20 nbsp Charlie Falzon nbsp 81 Manager nbsp Bob Houghton Assistant referees 7 Ulrich Strom John Pozadzides Game 2 edit October 3 1984Toronto Blizzard2 3Chicago StingPaskin nbsp 71 Bettega nbsp 73 Report 1Report 2 Simanton nbsp 17 Margetic nbsp 68 82 Varsity Stadium Toronto 8 Attendance 16 842 9 Referee Bill Maxwell 10 11 United States nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Toronto Blizzard nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Chicago Sting GK 1 nbsp Paul Hammond DF 2 nbsp Bruce Wilson c DF 17 nbsp Derek Spalding DF 4 nbsp Conny Karlsson DF 10 nbsp Cliff Calvert MF 16 nbsp Randy Ragan MF 5 nbsp Jimmy Nicholl nbsp 45 MF 12 nbsp Pasquale de Luca nbsp 71 MF 8 nbsp Ace Ntsoelengoe nbsp 12 27 FW 19 nbsp David Byrne FW 11 nbsp Roberto Bettega Substitutes 6 MF 9 nbsp John Paskin nbsp 71 MF 20 nbsp Charlie Falzon nbsp 45 Manager nbsp Bob Houghton GK 1 nbsp Victor Nogueira DF 5 nbsp Hayden Knight DF 7 nbsp Victor Kodelja DF 6 nbsp Dave Huson nbsp 73 MF 9 nbsp Manny Rojas MF 4 nbsp Gerry Gray MF 8 nbsp Rudy Glenn nbsp 80 MF 11 nbsp Mark Simanton FW 12 nbsp Karl Heinz Granitza c FW 10 nbsp Pato Margetic FW 3 nbsp Seninho Substitutes 6 FW 16 nbsp Robert Meschbach nbsp 80 FW 20 nbsp Elvis Comrie DF 28 nbsp Frantz Mathieu nbsp 73 Manager nbsp Willy Roy 1984 NASL Champions Chicago Sting Series MVP Pato Margetic Chicago Assistant referees 12 Dilvo DiPlacido Michael SaundersChampionship Statistics editGame 1 13 Statistic Chicago Toronto Goals scored 2 1 Total shots 16 12 Shots on target 6 9 Saves 8 4 Corner kicks 6 5 Fouls 21 26 Offsides 8 3 Yellow cards 7 5 Red cards 0 0Game 2 14 Statistic Chicago Toronto Goals scored 3 2 Total shots 12 20 Shots on target 7 9 Saves 7 4 Corner kicks 5 9 Fouls 12 20 Offsides 6 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0Post match controversy editEarlier in the year Sting ownership had requested a one year leave of absence from the NASL and were denied With only a few games remaining in the season Sting chairman Lee Stern believing that indoor soccer represented the future of the sport announced that 1984 would be the Chicago Sting s last in the NASL They along with three other teams had been granted full admittance to the MISL 15 The Blizzard who were run by former Sting president Clive Toye were one of the franchises fighting to keep the NASL going In the immediate aftermath of Chicago s title clinching victory Toye s actions and subsequent words were unsporting in nature He refused to honor the long standing tradition of entering the winning side s locker room to congratulate the victors He then followed that up by taking verbal jabs at both Willy Roy and Karl Heinz Granitza to reporters by referring to them as cheats and the Sting as unworthy champions 16 among other things While in the midst of Chicago s post match celebration not surprisingly Granitza responded in kind In the end the pettiness and lack of sportsmanship by both men mattered little as Chicago left with the league s final trophy The following spring with Toye as the NASL s interim president the league would cease operations 8 17 18 19 See also edit1984 North American Soccer League seasonReferences edit NASL NASLSoccerBowl History Past Winner North American Soccer League NASL NASL 1968 1984 Yearly Result North American Soccer League Record Journal Google News Archive Search NASL Soccer Bowl 84 Game 1 Sting vs Blizzard First Half YouTube YouTube Archived from the original on January 6 2014 Retrieved June 29 2013 NASL Soccer Bowl 84 Game 1 Sting vs Blizzard Second Half YouTube YouTube a b c d Jose Colin 1989 NASL A Complete Record of the North American Soccer League Derby England Breedon Books pp 311 312 2 Oct 1984 48 Chicago Tribune at Newspapers com October 2 1984 Retrieved June 5 2022 a b The Day Google News Archive Search Ottawa Citizen Google News Archive Search NASL Soccer Bowl 84 Game 2 Sting at Blizzard First Half YouTube YouTube NASL Soccer Bowl 84 Game 2 Sting at Blizzard Second Half YouTube YouTube 4 Oct 1984 80 Chicago Tribune at Newspapers com October 4 1984 Retrieved June 5 2022 Scoreboard Chicago Tribune October 2 1984 p sec 4 p 8 Retrieved September 2 2018 Scoreboard Chicago Tribune October 4 1984 p sec 4 p 8 Retrieved September 2 2018 The Albany Herald Google News Archive Search Ottawa Citizen Google News Archive Search The Milwaukee Journal Google News Archive Search news google com Archived from the original on October 18 2015 The Bryan Times Google News Archive Search The Sun Google News Archive Search External links editVideo of the games pt 1a 1b 2a 2b 2c Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soccer Bowl Series 2784 amp oldid 1209634462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
