United States
level 1
| champion | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| mvp | Steve David |
| golden boot | Steve David |
| 232 games |
| 3.2 goals / game |
| 7866.0 avg. attendance |
| GP | W | L | pts | gf | ga | ppg | gf/ga | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Timbers | 22 | 16 | 6 | 138 | 43 | 27 | 6.27 | 1.59 |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 16 | 6 | 135 | 46 | 27 | 6.14 | 1.70 |
| Seattle Sounders | 22 | 15 | 7 | 129 | 42 | 28 | 5.86 | 1.50 |
| Miami Toros | 22 | 14 | 8 | 123 | 47 | 30 | 5.59 | 1.57 |
| Boston Minutemen | 22 | 13 | 9 | 116 | 41 | 29 | 5.27 | 1.41 |
| St. Louis Stars | 22 | 13 | 9 | 115 | 38 | 34 | 5.23 | 1.12 |
| Toronto Blizzard | 22 | 13 | 9 | 114 | 39 | 28 | 5.18 | 1.39 |
| Washington Diplomats | 22 | 12 | 10 | 112 | 42 | 47 | 5.09 | 0.89 |
| Los Angeles Aztecs | 22 | 12 | 10 | 107 | 42 | 33 | 4.86 | 1.27 |
| Chicago Sting | 22 | 12 | 10 | 106 | 39 | 33 | 4.82 | 1.18 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 | 11 | 11 | 99 | 38 | 28 | 4.50 | 1.36 |
| New York Cosmos | 22 | 10 | 12 | 91 | 39 | 38 | 4.14 | 1.03 |
| Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | 10 | 12 | 90 | 33 | 42 | 4.09 | 0.79 |
| Baltimore Comets | 22 | 9 | 13 | 87 | 34 | 52 | 3.95 | 0.65 |
| Denver Dynamos | 22 | 9 | 13 | 85 | 37 | 42 | 3.86 | 0.88 |
| Dallas Tornado | 22 | 9 | 13 | 83 | 33 | 38 | 3.77 | 0.87 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 22 | 8 | 14 | 83 | 37 | 48 | 3.77 | 0.77 |
| Rochester Lancers | 22 | 6 | 16 | 64 | 29 | 49 | 2.91 | 0.59 |
| Connecticut Bicentennials | 22 | 6 | 16 | 61 | 27 | 51 | 2.77 | 0.53 |
| San Antonio Thunder | 22 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 24 | 46 | 2.68 | 0.52 |
| gp | g | a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McLaughlin | Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | 7 | 4 |
| Edward Jijon | Rochester Lancers | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| Ramon Moraldo | Los Angeles Aztecs | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Bahr | Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | 11 | 2 |
| Charlie Mitchell | Rochester Lancers | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Josef Janduda | Rochester Lancers | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Szefer | Chicago Sting | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| Bobby Sibbald | Los Angeles Aztecs | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| Benny Alon | Chicago Sting | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Leroy DeLeon | Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Barry Lynch | Portland Timbers | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Withe | Portland Timbers | 22 | 16 | 6 |
| Arnie Mausser | Connecticut Bicentennials | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Moffat | Dallas Tornado | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Simpkin | Baltimore Comets | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen Melledew | Boston Minutemen | 22 | 6 | 5 |
| Hugh Fischer | Denver Dynamos | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| Art Welch | San Jose Earthquakes | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| John Napier | Baltimore Comets | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Clive Griffiths | Chicago Sting | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Wooler | Boston Minutemen | 22 | 2 | 5 |
| Werner Roth | New York Cosmos | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Butler | Baltimore Comets | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| Derek Trevis | Philadelphia Atoms | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Frank | St. Louis Stars | 22 | 0 | 0 |