Soccer Bowl '83 was the penultimate championship game played by the original . The NASL was??formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it was the top-level league for outdoor soccer in the U.S. and Canada. Soccer Bowl '83 was held October 1, 1983 in Vancouver's BC Place stadium. The defeated the 2-0. Following the??1984 season, the league folded leaving the U.S. and Canada without a top-level, pro soccer league for the next 12 years.