Season | 1997 |
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Champions | Milwaukee Rampage (1st title) |
Premiers | Montreal Impact (3rd title) |
Top goalscorer | Doug Miller (23 goals) |
1998 → |
The 1997 USISL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1997.
Overview
[edit]At the end of the 1996 A-League season, the U.S. second division A-League collapsed. Six of the seven teams in the A-League then joined the USISL which had three leagues in 1996, beginning with the third division USISL Select League.[1] With the collapse of the U.S. second division and the transfer of most of its teams to the USISL, the USISL reorganized its divisions to include the new teams. It moved most of the old second division USISL Select League, plus a few new teams, up to a second division level and merged the old A-League teams into this new U.S. second division which was renamed the USISL A-League.
Regular season
[edit]Northeast Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | SW | SL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 61 |
2 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 28 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 42 |
3 | Long Island Rough Riders | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 42 |
4 | Toronto Lynx | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 38 |
5 | Connecticut Wolves | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 28 |
6 | Worcester Wildfire | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 61 | −35 | 19 |
Atlantic Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | SW | SL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Hershey Wildcats | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 55 |
2 | Carolina Dynamo | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 50 |
3 | Richmond Kickers | 28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 45 |
4 | Charleston Battery | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 32 |
5 | Raleigh Flyers | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 28 |
6 | Jacksonville Cyclones | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 73 | −45 | 13 |
Central Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | SW | SL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 42 |
2 | Nashville Metros | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 37 |
3 | Orlando Sundogs | 28 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 36 |
4 | Milwaukee Rampage | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 36 |
5 | Minnesota Thunder | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 35 |
6 | Atlanta Ruckus | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 30 |
Pacific Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | SW | SL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | California Jaguars | 28 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 52 |
2 | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 50 |
3 | Vancouver 86ers | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 46 |
4 | Colorado Foxes | 28 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 46 |
5 | Orange County Zodiac | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 31 |
6 | El Paso Patriots | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 18 |
Division Semi-finals
[edit]Northeast Semifinal 1
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Long Island advances to the Division final
Northeast Semifinal 2
[edit]Toronto Lynx (ON) | 1–2 | Montreal Impact (QC) |
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Terry St. Louis ![]() Peyvand Mossavat ![]() Martin Dugas ![]() Franco Spadafina ![]() Paul Stalteri ![]() |
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Montreal Impact (QC) | 4–0 | Toronto Lynx (ON) |
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Darren Tilley ![]() Bill Sedgewick ![]() |
Montreal advances to the Division final
Atlantic Semifinal 1
[edit]Richmond Kickers (VA) | 1–2 | Carolina Dynamo (NC) |
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Rob Ukrop ![]() |
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Carolina Dynamo (NC) | 1–4 | Richmond Kickers (VA) |
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Keiran Breslin ![]() |
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Carolina Dynamo (NC) | 0–0 | Richmond Kickers (VA) |
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Penalties | ||
3–1 |
Carolina advances to the Division final
Atlantic Semifinal 2
[edit]Charleston Battery (CA) | 1–1 | Hershey Wildcats (PA) |
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Juan Castillo ![]() Michael Anhaeuser ![]() Patrick Olalere ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
1–3 |
Hershey Wildcats (PA) | 1–1 | Charleston Battery (CA) |
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Lee Tschantret ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Penalties | ||
0–1 |
Hershey Wildcats (PA) | 0–0 | Charleston Battery (CA) |
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Penalties | ||
4–2 |
Hershey advances to the Division final
Central Semifinal 1
[edit]Orlando Sundogs (FL) | 1–2 | New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA) |
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Dylan Lewis ![]() ![]() Greg Brick ![]() |
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New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA) | 6–2 | Orlando Sundogs (FL) |
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Gabe Gentile ![]() Stern John ![]() Louie Smothermon ![]() Mickey Trotman ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
New Orleans advances to the Division final
Central Semifinal 2
[edit]Nashville Metros (TN) | 1–2 | Milwaukee Rampage (WI) |
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Tim Geltz ![]() |
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Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 3–0 | Nashville Metros (TN) |
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Travis Roy ![]() Dan Stebbins ![]() |
Milwaukee advances to the Division final
Pacific Semifinal 1
[edit]Colorado Foxes (CO) | 0–3 | Seattle Sounders (WA) |
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Rivers Guthrie ![]() |
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Seattle Sounders (WA) | 2–0 | Colorado Foxes (CO) |
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Henry Gutierrez ![]() Vicente Figueroa ![]() Vicente Figueroa ![]() Esmundo Rodriguez ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Seattle advances to the Division final
Pacific Semifinal 2
[edit]Vancouver 86ers (BC) | 4–1 | California Jaguars (CA) |
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Domenic Mobilio ![]() ![]() Steve Kindel ![]() |
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California Jaguars (CA) | 2–2 | Vancouver 86ers (BC) |
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Mark Baena ![]() Rick Iversen ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
1–2 |
Vancouver advances to the Division final
Division Finals
[edit]Northeast Division final
[edit]Long Island Rough Riders (NY) | 2–1 | Montreal Impact (QC) |
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Hector Wright ![]() Flavio Ferri ![]() |
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Montreal Impact (QC) | 2–0 | Long Island Rough Riders (NY) |
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Mauro Biello ![]() Lyndon Hooper ![]() |
Montreal Impact (QC) | 0–0 | Long Island Rough Riders (NY) |
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Penalties | ||
1–4 |
Atlantic Division final
[edit]Charleston Battery (SC) | 3–3 | Carolina Dynamo (NC) |
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Todd Miller ![]() Juan Castillo ![]() Alvin Boisson ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
4–3 |
Carolina Dynamo (NC) | 2–1 | Charleston Battery (SC) |
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Maher Atta ![]() Yari Allnutt ![]() |
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Carolina Dynamo (NC) | 1–0 | Charleston Battery (SC) |
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Ed Radwanski ![]() |
Central Division final
[edit]Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 2–1 (OT) | New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA) |
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Nick Igel ![]() ![]() |
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New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA) | 3–4 | Milwaukee Rampage (WI) |
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Stern John ![]() Gabe Jones ![]() Mickey Trotman ![]() |
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Pacific Division final
[edit]Vancouver 86ers (BC) | 3–0 | Seattle Sounders (WA) |
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Craig Dalrymple ![]() Domenic Mobilio ![]() Nico Berg ![]() Chris Clarke ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Conference finals
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit]Long Island Rough Riders (NY) | 1–2 | Carolina Dynamo (NC) |
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Laurence Piturro ![]() |
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Carolina Dynamo (NC) | 2–0 | Long Island Rough Riders (NY) |
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Brian Loftin ![]() Laurence Piturro ![]() |
The Carolina Dynamo advance.
Western Conference
[edit]Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 3–1 | Vancouver 86ers (BC) |
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Dan Stebbins ![]() |
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Vancouver 86ers (BC) | 1–0 | Milwaukee Rampage (WI) |
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Domenic Mobilio ![]() |
The Milwaukee Rampage advance, winning two out of three games.
Final
[edit]Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Carolina Dynamo (NC) |
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Dan Stebbins ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Jon Szczepanski ![]() Dan Stebbins ![]() Nick Igel ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MVP: Carmine Isacco, Milwaukee Rampage
Points leaders
[edit]Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | Assists | Points |
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1 | Doug Miller | Rochester Rhinos | 23 | 5 | 51 |
2 | Mark Baena | California Jaguars | 20 | 4 | 44 |
3 | Stern John | New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers | 16 | 5 | 37 |
4 | Steve Patterson | Colorado Foxes | 16 | 3 | 35 |
5 | Jamel Mitchell | Nashville Metros | 17 | 0 | 34 |
Jimmy Glenn | Rochester Rhinos | 13 | 8 | 34 | |
7 | Yari Allnutt | Carolina Dynamo | 12 | 9 | 33 |
Domenic Mobilio | Vancouver 86ers | 14 | 5 | 33 | |
Darren Tilley | Montreal Impact | 13 | 7 | 33 | |
Gustavo Leal | Orange County Zodiac | 16 | 1 | 33 | |
11 | Sebastian Barnes | Orlando Sundogs | 14 | 3 | 31 |
12 | Garret Kusch | Vancouver 86ers | 10 | 10 | 30 |
13 | Mike Gailey | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 7 | 27 |
Rob Ukrop | Richmond Kickers | 12 | 3 | 27 |
Honors
[edit]- MVP: Doug Miller
- Leading goal scorer: Doug Miller
- Leading goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock
- Rookie of the Year: Stern John
- Coach of the Year: Bob Lilley
- First Team All League
- Goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock
- Defenders: John Limniatis, Scott Schweitzer, Mark Watson, Travis Rinker
- Midfielders: Yari Allnutt, Mauro Biello, Garret Kusch
- Forwards: Mark Baena, Doug Miller, Stern John
- Second Team All League
- Goalkeeper: Paolo Ceccarelli
- Defenders: Don Gramenz, Robert Rosario, Bill Sedgewick, Dian Anguelov
- Midfielders: John Smith, Nick DeSantis, Domenic Mobilio
- Forwards: Steve Patterson, Darren Tilley, Mike Gailey
- Organization of the Year: Rochester Raging Rhinos
- Executive of the Year: Todd Smith, Hershey Wildcats
- Fair Play Award: Colorado Foxes
References
[edit]- ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1996". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2011.