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The 'United Soccer Leagues First Division' (often referred to as simply, 'USL-1') is a professional men's soccer league in North America. It is the second division of soccer in the United States and Canada league pyramid behind Major League Soccer. It is managed by the United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was known as the 'A-League' until 2004, having formed from teams from the original A-League.
Unlike most other nations, there is currently no system of promotion and relegation in American soccer.
In 1996, the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues established the new 'Select League' consisting of its strongest teams from its professional FIFA Division 3 sanctioned Pro League and its amateur Premier League in hopes of gaining FIFA Division 2 sanctioning. The next season, the Select League and the independent Division 2 A-League merged to form a new A-League under the USISL umbrella. In 1999 the umbrella USISL changed its name to the United Soccer Leagues and in 2005 the league took its current name as the ''USL First Division''.
As announced on February 22, 2007, the USL-1 will now be doing live Videocasts through a partnership with Turner Broadcasting. The matches, which cannot be found on traditional broadcast or cable television distribution, will be available on the new broadband channel USL Live at www.USLLive.com, launching early April 2007.
League Tables for Division 1 & Division 2, and PDL for the 2007 season can be viewed at the 'League Table page. ' Standings from the 2006 season are also available.
In 1998, the A-League consisted of 28 teams. By 2006, only 12 remained in the USL First Division. For the most part, the teams that left dropped down to lower classifications, such as the USL Second Division and Premier Development League, to rid themselves of the high costs of travel and player payrolls.
There is some speculation that several First Division clubs are waiting for the top-tier Major League Soccer to expand, in hopes that they will move up. The First Division does not have the promotion/relegation system common in most countries' football pyramids, although teams theoretically could move up if they meet MLS' criteria for expansion franchises. The costs of moving to a higher division are usually not recouped with higher attendance at the First Division level. The Rochester Rhinos have often been regarded as being closest to gaining promotion because of their purpose-built stadium, but the team has not indicated any interest in going much further. Speculation has also recently surfaced that the Vancouver Whitecaps might be considered for promotion when their new soccer-specific stadium is completed, especially given the success of MLS' first Canadian franchise, Toronto FC.
On January 26, 2006, the USL announced that it was expanding USL First Division in 2007 to include a new team in Cary, North Carolina. The Cary franchise, since named the Carolina RailHawks, hosted an exhibition schedule in 2006 in advance of its first full league schedule in 2007. On May 16, 2006, it was also announced that the USL would place a team in Northern California under the ownership of Dmitry Piterman, chairman of Spanish team Deportivo Alavés. Other possible cities mentioned for future campaigns include Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Syracuse, New York. Syracuse had had a highly-attended team from 2002–2004, but it folded due to stadium issues, having ground-shared with the local baseball team. Ft. Lauderdale also has a history of teams from the NASL, ASL, and USL First Division. There is also discussion that Argentinian team River Plate is interested in putting a second USL team in Puerto Rico.
On March 30, 2007 the Virginia Beach Mariners team folded just prior to the start of the 2007 season due to an ownership dispute which left the team without financing. USL may place a team in the area in 2008, if local ownership can be found.
Eight teams qualify for the playoffs, 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, etc. The first two rounds consist of two-game, total goals series. The highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed in the semifinal round. The Championship is a single match played at the home stadium of the higher seed. In previous years, six teams qualified for the playoffs - the top two seeds receiving byes to the second round.
''
Stars indicate derby titles won''
'Cascadia Cup'
★ Vancouver Whitecaps
★ Seattle Sounders
★ Portland Timbers
'Southern Derby'
★ Atlanta Silverbacks
★ Charleston Battery
★ Carolina Railhawks
'Voyageurs Cup'
★ Vancouver Whitecaps
★ Montreal Impact
{|
|valign="top"|
★ Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, Seattle
★ Byron Alvarez, Charleston
★ Raúl Díaz Arce, Puerto Rico and Charleston
★ Mauro Biello, Montreal
★ Alex Pineda Chacón, Atlanta
★ Fabian Dawkins, Montreal
★ Joey Gjertsen, Vancouver
★ Andrew Gregor, Portland
★ Ben Hollingsworth, Charleston
★ Jason Jordan, Vancouver
★ Roger Levesque, Seattle
★ Mario "Loco" Rodriguez, Miami
★ Marlon Rojas, Atlanta
★ Romario, Miami
★ Melvin Tarley, Puerto Rico
★ Scot Thompson, Portland
★ Cam Weaver, Seattle
★ Zinho, Miami
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 80%; margin: 2 auto;"
|- style="background: #efefef;"
!width="10%"|Season
!width="15%"|Winner
!width="10%"|Record (W-L-T)
!width="5%"|Points
!width="15%"|Playoff
!width="10%"|Results (W-L-T)
!width="15%"|Runners-Up
|-
|2006 USL D-1 || 'Montreal Impact' || 14-5-9 || 51
| Lost in semifinal series || 0-1-1 || Rochester Raging Rhinos
|-
|2005 USL D-1 || 'Montreal Impact' || 18-3-7 || 61
| Lost in semifinal series || 0-1-1 || Rochester Raging Rhinos
|-
|2004 A-League || 'Portland Timbers ' || 18-7-3 || 57
| Lost in conference semifinal series overtime || 1-1 || Montreal Impact
|-
|2003 A-League || 'Milwaukee Wave United' || 18-10-0 || 54
| Lost in division final series overtime || 1-1 || Montreal Impact
|-
|2002 A-League || 'Seattle Sounders' || 23-4-1 || 107
| Lost in conference semifinal series || 0-2 || Charleston Battery
|-
|2001 A-League || 'Richmond Kickers' || 16-7-3 || 76
| Lost in quarterfinal series || 0-2 || Hershey Wildcats
|-
|2000 A-League || 'Minnesota Thunder' || 20-4-4 || 99
| Lost in final || 4-2 || Milwaukee Rampage
|-
|1999 A-League || 'Rochester Raging Rhinos' || 22-6 || 92
| Lost in final || 5-3 || San Diego Flash
|-
|1998 A-League || 'Rochester Raging Rhinos' || 24-4 || 70
| Won Championship || 6-0 || San Diego Flash
|-
|1997 A-League || 'Montreal Impact' || 21-7 || 61
| Lost in conference final series || 3-2-0 || Hershey Wildcats
|-
|1996 APSL || 'Montreal Impact' || 21-6 || 55
| Lost in semifinal || 0-1 || Colorado Foxes
|-
|1995 APSL || 'Montreal Impact' || 17-7 || 51
| Lost in semifinal series || 1-2 || Seattle Sounders
|-
|1994 APSL || 'Seattle Sounders' || 14-6 || 121
| Lost in semifinal series || 1-2 || Los Angeles Salsa
|-
|1993 APSL || 'Vancouver 86ers' || 15-9 || 126
| Lost in semifinals in shootout || 0-1-0 || Colorado Foxes
|-
|1992 APSL || 'Colorado Foxes' || 11-5 || 89
| Won Championship || 2-0-0 || Tampa Bay Rowdies
|-
|1991 APSL || 'Maryland Bays' || 19-2 || 158
| Lost in semifinal series || 1-2 || Fort Lauderdale Strikers
|-
|1990 APSL
|'Different point systems used in each conference' || || || || ||
|-
|1985 - 1989 :
|'Two independent leagues' || || || || ||
|-
|}
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 80%; margin: 2 auto;"
|- style="background: #efefef;"
!width="12%"|Season
!width="23%"|Winner
!width="5%"|Score
!width="20%"|Runner-up
!width="20%"|Top Goalscorer
!width="80%"|Team
!Goals
|-
|2006 USL D-1
|'Vancouver Whitecaps'
|3-0
|Rochester Raging Rhinos
|Romário De Souza-Faria and William "Cam" Weaver
|Miami FC and Seattle Sounders
|18
|-
|2005 USL D-1
|'Seattle Sounders'
|1-1 (PK)
|Richmond Kickers
|Jason Jordan
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|17
|-
|2004 A-League
|'Montreal Impact'
|2-0
|Seattle Sounders
|Alan Gordon and Dante Washington
|Portland Timbers and Virginia Beach Mariners
|17
|-
|2003 A-League
|'Charleston Battery'
|3-0
|Minnesota Thunder
|Thiago Martins
|Pittsburgh Riverhounds
|22
|-
|2002 A-League
|'Milwaukee Rampage'
|2-1 (2OT)
|Richmond Kickers
|Fadi Afash, Eduardo Sebrango, and McKinley Tennyson
|Portland Timbers, Montreal Impact, and Portland Timbers
|18
|-
|2001 A-League
|'Rochester Raging Rhinos'
|2-0
|Hershey Wildcats
|Paul Conway
|Charleston Battery
|22
|-
|2000 A-League
|'Rochester Raging Rhinos'
|3-1
|Minnesota Thunder
|Paul Conway, Greg Howes, and Johnny Menyongar
|Charleston Battery, Seattle Sounders, and Minnesota Thunder
|17
|-
|1999 A-League
|'Minnesota Thunder'
|2-1
|Rochester Raging Rhinos
|Mark Baena and Niall Thompson
|Seattle Sounders and Vancouver 86ers
|20
|-
|1998 A-League
|'Rochester Raging Rhinos'
|3-1
|Minnesota Thunder
|Mark Baena
|Seattle Sounders
|24
|-
|1997 A-League
|'Milwaukee Rampage'
|1-1 (SO)
|Carolina Dynamo
|Doug Miller
|Rochester Raging Rhinos
|23
|-
|}
★ Rochester Raging Rhinos (5 app, 3-2);
★ Minnesota Thunder (4 app, 1-3);
★ Milwaukee Rampage (2 app, 2-0);
★ Seattle Sounders (2 app, 1-1);
★ Richmond Kickers (2 app, 0-2);
★ Charleston Battery (1 app, 1-0);
★ Montreal Impact (1 app, 1-0);
★ Vancouver Whitecaps (1 app, 1-0);
★ Carolina Dynamo (1 app, 0-1);
★ Hershey Wildcats (1 app, 0-1)
★ 1996: 'California Jaguars' 2-1 (SO) Richmond Kickers
★ Regular season / playoffs
★ 2006: 4,667 /
★ 2005: 4,527 / 12,498
★ 2004: 3,879 / 9,402
★ 2003: 3,335 / 9,672
★ 2002: 3,034 / 8,902
★ 2001: 2,954 / 9,193
★ 2000: 2,684 / 7,562
★ 1999: 2,374 / 5,309
★ 1998: 2,531 / 6,091
★ 1997: 2,690 / 5,092
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:left"
|+'All-Time Goal Leaders'
!Rank!!Player!!Goals
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"| Mark Baena||86
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"| Paul Conway ||79
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"| Doug Miller||77
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Mauro Biello'||76
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Jason Jordan'||70
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"| Eduardo Sebrango||70
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"| Chance Fry||68
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"| Domenic Mobilio||65
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"| Jamel Mitchell||64
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Kevin Jeffrey'||61
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right"
|+'All-time appearances in the USL'
!Rank!!Player!!Appearances
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Mauro Biello'||320
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"| Nick DeSantis ||245
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"| Lloyd Barker||242
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Nevio Pizzolito'||228
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"| Scott Jenkins||220
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"| Lenin Steenkamp||219
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"| Bill Sedgewick||218
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"| David Diplacido||217
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Steve Klein'||211
|-
|}
★ Sports attendances
★ Official league web site
★ Unofficial site created for the Fans, by the Fans
The 'United Soccer Leagues First Division' (often referred to as simply, 'USL-1') is a professional men's soccer league in North America. It is the second division of soccer in the United States and Canada league pyramid behind Major League Soccer. It is managed by the United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was known as the 'A-League' until 2004, having formed from teams from the original A-League.
Unlike most other nations, there is currently no system of promotion and relegation in American soccer.
History
In 1996, the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues established the new 'Select League' consisting of its strongest teams from its professional FIFA Division 3 sanctioned Pro League and its amateur Premier League in hopes of gaining FIFA Division 2 sanctioning. The next season, the Select League and the independent Division 2 A-League merged to form a new A-League under the USISL umbrella. In 1999 the umbrella USISL changed its name to the United Soccer Leagues and in 2005 the league took its current name as the ''USL First Division''.
As announced on February 22, 2007, the USL-1 will now be doing live Videocasts through a partnership with Turner Broadcasting. The matches, which cannot be found on traditional broadcast or cable television distribution, will be available on the new broadband channel USL Live at www.USLLive.com, launching early April 2007.
League Tables for Division 1 & Division 2, and PDL for the 2007 season can be viewed at the 'League Table page. ' Standings from the 2006 season are also available.
Expansion and contraction
In 1998, the A-League consisted of 28 teams. By 2006, only 12 remained in the USL First Division. For the most part, the teams that left dropped down to lower classifications, such as the USL Second Division and Premier Development League, to rid themselves of the high costs of travel and player payrolls.
There is some speculation that several First Division clubs are waiting for the top-tier Major League Soccer to expand, in hopes that they will move up. The First Division does not have the promotion/relegation system common in most countries' football pyramids, although teams theoretically could move up if they meet MLS' criteria for expansion franchises. The costs of moving to a higher division are usually not recouped with higher attendance at the First Division level. The Rochester Rhinos have often been regarded as being closest to gaining promotion because of their purpose-built stadium, but the team has not indicated any interest in going much further. Speculation has also recently surfaced that the Vancouver Whitecaps might be considered for promotion when their new soccer-specific stadium is completed, especially given the success of MLS' first Canadian franchise, Toronto FC.
On January 26, 2006, the USL announced that it was expanding USL First Division in 2007 to include a new team in Cary, North Carolina. The Cary franchise, since named the Carolina RailHawks, hosted an exhibition schedule in 2006 in advance of its first full league schedule in 2007. On May 16, 2006, it was also announced that the USL would place a team in Northern California under the ownership of Dmitry Piterman, chairman of Spanish team Deportivo Alavés. Other possible cities mentioned for future campaigns include Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Syracuse, New York. Syracuse had had a highly-attended team from 2002–2004, but it folded due to stadium issues, having ground-shared with the local baseball team. Ft. Lauderdale also has a history of teams from the NASL, ASL, and USL First Division. There is also discussion that Argentinian team River Plate is interested in putting a second USL team in Puerto Rico.
On March 30, 2007 the Virginia Beach Mariners team folded just prior to the start of the 2007 season due to an ownership dispute which left the team without financing. USL may place a team in the area in 2008, if local ownership can be found.
2007 teams
Playoff format
Eight teams qualify for the playoffs, 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, etc. The first two rounds consist of two-game, total goals series. The highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed in the semifinal round. The Championship is a single match played at the home stadium of the higher seed. In previous years, six teams qualified for the playoffs - the top two seeds receiving byes to the second round.
League Derbies
''
'Cascadia Cup'
★ Vancouver Whitecaps
★ Seattle Sounders
★ Portland Timbers
'Southern Derby'
★ Atlanta Silverbacks
★ Charleston Battery
★ Carolina Railhawks
'Voyageurs Cup'
★ Vancouver Whitecaps
★ Montreal Impact
Complete team list
★ Atlanta Silverbacks (1997-current, as ''Atlanta Ruckus'' in 1997-98) ★ Boston Bulldogs (1997-2000, as ''Worcester Wildfire'' in 1997-98) ★ Calgary Mustangs (2002-04, as ''Calgary Storm'' in 2002-03) ★ California Jaguars (1997-98) ★ California Victory (2007) ★ Carolina Dynamo (1997) ★ Carolina RailHawks (2007-current) ★ Charleston Battery (1997-current) ★ Charlotte Eagles (2001-03) ★ Cincinnati Riverhawks (1998-2003) ★ Colorado Foxes (1997) ★ Connecticut Wolves (1997-2001) ★ Edmonton Aviators (2004, as ''Edmonton F.C.'' at the end of the season) ★ El Paso Patriots (1997-2003) ★ Hershey Wildcats (1997-2001) ★ Indiana Blast (1999-2003) ★ Jacksonville Cyclones (1997-99) ★ Lehigh Valley Steam (1999) ★ Long Island Rough Riders (1997-2001) ★ Maryland Mania (1999) ★ Miami FC (2006-current) ★ Milwaukee Rampage (1997-2002) ★ Milwaukee Wave United (2003-04) | ★ Minnesota Thunder (1997-current) ★ MLS Project 40 (1998-2000) ★ Montreal Impact (1997-1998, 2000-current) ★ Nashville Metros (1997-2001, as ''Tennessee Rhythm'' in 1999-2000) ★ New Orleans Storm (1997-99, as ''New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers'' in 1997) ★ Orange County Waves (1997-2000, as ''Orange County Zodiac'' in 1997-99) ★ Orlando Sundogs (1997) ★ Pittsburgh Riverhounds (1999-2003) ★ Portland Timbers (2001-current) ★ Puerto Rico Islanders (2004-current) ★ Raleigh Express (1997-2000, as ''Raleigh Flyers'' in 1997-98) ★ Richmond Kickers (1997-2005) ★ Rochester Raging Rhinos (1997-current) ★ Sacramento Geckos (1998-99, as ''Albuquerque Geckos'' in 1998) ★ San Diego Flash (1998-2001) ★ San Francisco Bay Seals (1998-2000, as ''Bay Area Seals'' in 2000) ★ Seattle Sounders (1997-current) ★ Staten Island Vipers (1998-99) ★ Syracuse Salty Dogs (2003-04) ★ Toronto Lynx (1997-2006) ★ Vancouver Whitecaps (1997-current, as ''Vancouver 86ers'' in 1997-2000) ★ Virginia Beach Mariners (1998-2000, 2002-2006, as ''Hampton Roads Mariners'' 1998-2000, 2002) |
1996 USISL Select League
Notable players
{|
|valign="top"|
★ Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, Seattle
★ Byron Alvarez, Charleston
★ Raúl Díaz Arce, Puerto Rico and Charleston
★ Mauro Biello, Montreal
★ Alex Pineda Chacón, Atlanta
★ Fabian Dawkins, Montreal
★ Joey Gjertsen, Vancouver
★ Andrew Gregor, Portland
★ Ben Hollingsworth, Charleston
★ Jason Jordan, Vancouver
★ Roger Levesque, Seattle
★ Mario "Loco" Rodriguez, Miami
★ Marlon Rojas, Atlanta
★ Romario, Miami
★ Melvin Tarley, Puerto Rico
★ Scot Thompson, Portland
★ Cam Weaver, Seattle
★ Zinho, Miami
Past Regular Season Champions (Commissioner’s Cup Winners)
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 80%; margin: 2 auto;"
|- style="background: #efefef;"
!width="10%"|Season
!width="15%"|Winner
!width="10%"|Record (W-L-T)
!width="5%"|Points
!width="15%"|Playoff
!width="10%"|Results (W-L-T)
!width="15%"|Runners-Up
|-
|2006 USL D-1 || 'Montreal Impact' || 14-5-9 || 51
| Lost in semifinal series || 0-1-1 || Rochester Raging Rhinos
|-
|2005 USL D-1 || 'Montreal Impact' || 18-3-7 || 61
| Lost in semifinal series || 0-1-1 || Rochester Raging Rhinos
|-
|2004 A-League || 'Portland Timbers ' || 18-7-3 || 57
| Lost in conference semifinal series overtime || 1-1 || Montreal Impact
|-
|2003 A-League || 'Milwaukee Wave United' || 18-10-0 || 54
| Lost in division final series overtime || 1-1 || Montreal Impact
|-
|2002 A-League || 'Seattle Sounders' || 23-4-1 || 107
| Lost in conference semifinal series || 0-2 || Charleston Battery
|-
|2001 A-League || 'Richmond Kickers' || 16-7-3 || 76
| Lost in quarterfinal series || 0-2 || Hershey Wildcats
|-
|2000 A-League || 'Minnesota Thunder' || 20-4-4 || 99
| Lost in final || 4-2 || Milwaukee Rampage
|-
|1999 A-League || 'Rochester Raging Rhinos' || 22-6 || 92
| Lost in final || 5-3 || San Diego Flash
|-
|1998 A-League || 'Rochester Raging Rhinos' || 24-4 || 70
| Won Championship || 6-0 || San Diego Flash
|-
|1997 A-League || 'Montreal Impact' || 21-7 || 61
| Lost in conference final series || 3-2-0 || Hershey Wildcats
|-
|1996 APSL || 'Montreal Impact' || 21-6 || 55
| Lost in semifinal || 0-1 || Colorado Foxes
|-
|1995 APSL || 'Montreal Impact' || 17-7 || 51
| Lost in semifinal series || 1-2 || Seattle Sounders
|-
|1994 APSL || 'Seattle Sounders' || 14-6 || 121
| Lost in semifinal series || 1-2 || Los Angeles Salsa
|-
|1993 APSL || 'Vancouver 86ers' || 15-9 || 126
| Lost in semifinals in shootout || 0-1-0 || Colorado Foxes
|-
|1992 APSL || 'Colorado Foxes' || 11-5 || 89
| Won Championship || 2-0-0 || Tampa Bay Rowdies
|-
|1991 APSL || 'Maryland Bays' || 19-2 || 158
| Lost in semifinal series || 1-2 || Fort Lauderdale Strikers
|-
|1990 APSL
|'Different point systems used in each conference' || || || || ||
|-
|1985 - 1989 :
|'Two independent leagues' || || || || ||
|-
|}
Past Playoff Champions / Top Goal Scorer
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 80%; margin: 2 auto;"
|- style="background: #efefef;"
!width="12%"|Season
!width="23%"|Winner
!width="5%"|Score
!width="20%"|Runner-up
!width="20%"|Top Goalscorer
!width="80%"|Team
!Goals
|-
|2006 USL D-1
|'Vancouver Whitecaps'
|3-0
|Rochester Raging Rhinos
|Romário De Souza-Faria and William "Cam" Weaver
|Miami FC and Seattle Sounders
|18
|-
|2005 USL D-1
|'Seattle Sounders'
|1-1 (PK)
|Richmond Kickers
|Jason Jordan
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|17
|-
|2004 A-League
|'Montreal Impact'
|2-0
|Seattle Sounders
|Alan Gordon and Dante Washington
|Portland Timbers and Virginia Beach Mariners
|17
|-
|2003 A-League
|'Charleston Battery'
|3-0
|Minnesota Thunder
|Thiago Martins
|Pittsburgh Riverhounds
|22
|-
|2002 A-League
|'Milwaukee Rampage'
|2-1 (2OT)
|Richmond Kickers
|Fadi Afash, Eduardo Sebrango, and McKinley Tennyson
|Portland Timbers, Montreal Impact, and Portland Timbers
|18
|-
|2001 A-League
|'Rochester Raging Rhinos'
|2-0
|Hershey Wildcats
|Paul Conway
|Charleston Battery
|22
|-
|2000 A-League
|'Rochester Raging Rhinos'
|3-1
|Minnesota Thunder
|Paul Conway, Greg Howes, and Johnny Menyongar
|Charleston Battery, Seattle Sounders, and Minnesota Thunder
|17
|-
|1999 A-League
|'Minnesota Thunder'
|2-1
|Rochester Raging Rhinos
|Mark Baena and Niall Thompson
|Seattle Sounders and Vancouver 86ers
|20
|-
|1998 A-League
|'Rochester Raging Rhinos'
|3-1
|Minnesota Thunder
|Mark Baena
|Seattle Sounders
|24
|-
|1997 A-League
|'Milwaukee Rampage'
|1-1 (SO)
|Carolina Dynamo
|Doug Miller
|Rochester Raging Rhinos
|23
|-
|}
★ Rochester Raging Rhinos (5 app, 3-2);
★ Minnesota Thunder (4 app, 1-3);
★ Milwaukee Rampage (2 app, 2-0);
★ Seattle Sounders (2 app, 1-1);
★ Richmond Kickers (2 app, 0-2);
★ Charleston Battery (1 app, 1-0);
★ Montreal Impact (1 app, 1-0);
★ Vancouver Whitecaps (1 app, 1-0);
★ Carolina Dynamo (1 app, 0-1);
★ Hershey Wildcats (1 app, 0-1)
1996 USISL Select League
★ 1996: 'California Jaguars' 2-1 (SO) Richmond Kickers
League average attendance
★ Regular season / playoffs
★ 2006: 4,667 /
★ 2005: 4,527 / 12,498
★ 2004: 3,879 / 9,402
★ 2003: 3,335 / 9,672
★ 2002: 3,034 / 8,902
★ 2001: 2,954 / 9,193
★ 2000: 2,684 / 7,562
★ 1999: 2,374 / 5,309
★ 1998: 2,531 / 6,091
★ 1997: 2,690 / 5,092
All-Time USL Leaders
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:left"
|+'All-Time Goal Leaders'
!Rank!!Player!!Goals
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"| Mark Baena||86
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"| Paul Conway ||79
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"| Doug Miller||77
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Mauro Biello'||76
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Jason Jordan'||70
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"| Eduardo Sebrango||70
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"| Chance Fry||68
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"| Domenic Mobilio||65
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"| Jamel Mitchell||64
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Kevin Jeffrey'||61
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right"
|+'All-time appearances in the USL'
!Rank!!Player!!Appearances
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Mauro Biello'||320
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"| Nick DeSantis ||245
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"| Lloyd Barker||242
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Nevio Pizzolito'||228
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"| Scott Jenkins||220
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"| Lenin Steenkamp||219
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"| Bill Sedgewick||218
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"| David Diplacido||217
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"| 'Steve Klein'||211
|-
|}
See also
★ Sports attendances
External links
★ Official league web site
★ Unofficial site created for the Fans, by the Fans
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