With only a few games remaining in the season, Sting chairman Lee Stern announced that 1984 would be the Chicago Sting's last in the NASL.
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Mirandinha scored the lone Rowdies goal in the 3–1 Soccer Bowl '78 loss.
Two days later in the conference semifinals they played the Northern Division champion Chicago Sting to a 2–2 draw, and advanced on penalties 3–1.
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The Minnesota Kicks qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Western Division with 138 points.
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The event was contested in a single-game match between the Toronto Metros-Croatia and the Minnesota Kicks.
In the Pacific Conference finals series, the Sounders went up against the Los Angeles Aztecs, who themselves had just upset Dallas, the number one seed in the conference.
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In the Atlantic Conference finals series the Cosmos went up against the upset-minded Rochester Lancers, who had already dispatched two higher seeded opponents.
Their opponent, the Los Angeles Aztecs featured Brazilian stand-out Luis Fernando, who had netted 28 goals in his first 28 NASL regular season contests.
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The event was contested in a single-game match between the New York Cosmos and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.