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Statistics of American Soccer League II in season 1981.

League standings

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First Team^[1]	Position	Second Team
George Taratsides, NY United	G	Scott Manning, Carolina
Chris Tyson, NY United	D	Curtis Leeper, Carolina
Jeff Tipping, Pennsylvania	D	Mack Garrigan, Cleveland
Billy Boljevic, Pennsylvania	D	Fernando Clavijo, NY United
Dennis Mepham, Rochester	D	Redmond Lane, NY United
Don Tobin, Carolina	M	Mike Barry, Cleveland
John Dolinsky, Rochester	M	Rich Reice, Pennsylvania
Steve Westbrook, Detroit	M	Mike Powers, Detroit
Tony Suarez, Carolina	F	Ricky Kren, NY Eagles
Andy Chapman, Detroit	F	Mike Laschev, Rochester
Billy Boljevic, NY Eagles	F	Mal Roche, Carolina

First round (single match)		Division finals (2-match aggregate)				ASL Championship Final (single match)

		New York United	1	1(4)	2
Detroit Express	4	Detroit Express	1	1(2)	2
New York Eagles	1					New York United	1
						Carolina Lightnin'	2
		Pennsylvania Stoners	1	2	3
Carolina Lightnin'	2	Carolina Lightnin'	3	1	4
Rochester Flash	0

September 3	Carolina Lightnin'	2–0	Rochester Flash	Memorial Stadium • Att. 5,312

September 4	Detroit Express	4–1	New York Eagles	Pontiac Silverdome • Att. 7,318

Higher Seed	Aggregate	Lower Seed	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
Carolina Lightnin'	4–3	Pennsylvania Stoners	3–1	1–2	September 5 • Memorial Stadium • 6,021^[2] September 9 • ASD Stadium • 2,207^[3]
New York United	2–2 (4–2)	Detroit Express	1–1	1–1 PK (4–2)	September 8 • Pontiac Silverdome • 3,414^[4] September 10 • Hofstra Stadium • 1,274^[5]

September 18, 1981

8:05 EDT

Carolina Lightnin' (NC)	2–1(OT)	New York United (NY)
Don Tobin 69' Hugh O'Neill 115'	Report	Soloman Hilton 64'

Attendance: 20,163

Referee: (USA)

^ Upchurch, Gene (September 29, 1981). "Suarez, Tobin top five Lightnin' all-stars". Charlotte News. p. 2B. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
^ Scott, David (September 6, 1981). "Lightnin' Gets Leg Up, Turns Back Stoners 3-1". Charlotte Observer. p. 1D. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^ Shope, Dan (September 10, 1981). "Stoners win 2-1 but fall short on total goals". The Morning Call (Allentown, PA). p. C1. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
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^ "Soccer ASL". Arizona Republic. September 30, 1981. p. F6. Retrieved August 5, 2021.