2002 A-League

Statistics of the 2002 USISL A-League season.

Contents 1 League standings 1.1 Eastern Conference 1.1.1 Northeast Division 1.1.2 Southeast Division 1.2 Western Conference 1.2.1 Central Division 1.2.2 Pacific Division 2 Playoff bracket 3 Playoff first round 4 Conference Semifinals 4.1 Eastern Conference Semifinal 1 4.2 Eastern Conference Semifinal 2 4.3 Western Conference Semifinal 1 4.4 Western Conference Semifinal 2 5 Conference Finals 5.1 Eastern Conference 5.2 Western Conference 6 Final 7 Points leaders 8 Honors 9 References 10 External links

League standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	17	3	8	38	25	+7	1	72
2	Montreal Impact	28	16	9	3	39	29	+10	5	72
3	Toronto Lynx	28	10	5	13	37	35	+2	3	48
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	8	15	5	39	44	-5	4	41

Southeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Charleston Battery	28	19	3	6	46	16	+30	7	89
2	Richmond Kickers	28	13	9	6	44	37	+7	7	65
3	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	13	13	2	47	44	+3	8	62
4	Charlotte Eagles	28	10	14	4	46	46	0	6	50
5	Hampton Roads Mariners	28	6	19	3	25	57	-32	2	29

Western Conference

Central Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Milwaukee Rampage	28	16	7	5	48	29	+17	6	75
2	Minnesota Thunder	28	14	9	5	55	35	+20	6	75
3	Cincinnati Riverhawks	28	8	20	0	35	68	-33	6	35*
4	Indiana Blast	28	6	18	4	29	67	-38	1	29

• Cincinnati lost three point for using an ineligible player

Pacific Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Seattle Sounders	28	23	1	4	71	27	+44	14	107
2	Portland Timbers	28	13	13	3	47	39	+8	8	63
3	El Paso Patriots	28	10	11	7	38	48	-10	7	54
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	11	12	5	41	39	+2	5	54
5	Calgary Storm	28	4	21	3	26	66	-40	3	22

Playoff bracket

	First Round						Conference Semifinals						Conference Finals						Final
	Portland Timbers	0	0	0
	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	1	2
							Seattle Sounders	0	2	2
							Vancouver Whitecaps	2	6	8
													Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	0	2	2
	Western Conference
													Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1
	Minnesota Thunder	2	1	3
	El Paso Patriots	1	1	2
							Milwaukee Rampage	0	2	2
							Minnesota Thunder	0	1	1
																			Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	2
																			Richmond Kickers	1
	Richmond Kickers	1	2	3
	Atlanta Silverbacks	1	1	2
							Charleston Battery	2	1	3
							Richmond Kickers	1	3	4
													Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1 (8)
	Eastern Conference
													Richmond Kickers (aet) (p)	1	0	1 (9)
	Montreal Impact (aet) (p)	0	1	1 (6)
	Charlotte Eagles	1	0	1 (5)
							Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	1	1
							Montreal Impact	0	0	0

Playoff first round

• Montreal defeated Charlotte 0-1, 1-0 (PK)
• Richmond defeated Atlanta 1-1, 2-1
• Minnesota defeated El Paso 2-1, 1-1
• Vancouver defeated Portland 1-0, 1-0

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference Semifinal 1

September 12, 2002	Montreal Impact (QC)	0-0	Rochester Rhinos (NY)	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 6,354
	Eduardo Sebrango 53' Gabriel Gervais 81'	(Report)	22' Kalin Bankov 30' Bill Sedgwick

September 14, 2002 8:00 PM (EST)	Rochester Rhinos (NY)	1-0	Montreal Impact (QC)	Frontier Field, Rochester, New York Attendance: 10,367
	Yuri Lavrinenko 26' Bill Sedgwick  62'	(Report)	43' Patrice Bernier

Eastern Conference Semifinal 2

September 13, 2002	Charleston Battery (SC)	2-1	Richmond Kickers (VA)	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 2,379 Referee: Daniel Baruk (USA)
	Justin Evans  63' Paul Conway  87' (pen.)	(Report)	75' Mike Burke 86' Marco Ferruzzi

September 15, 2002 6:00 PM (EST)	Richmond Kickers (VA)	3-1	Charleston Battery (SC)	UR Stadium, Richmond, Virginia Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Mike Stutt (USA)
	Josh Henderson  8' Kevin Jeffrey  22' Chris Fox 24' David Hayes  36'	(Report)	4' Mac Cozier 15' Mark Watson 45' Mac Cozier

Western Conference Semifinal 1

September 12, 2002 8:30 (EST)	Minnesota Thunder (MN)	0-0	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota Attendance: 1,321
	Mike Gores 42' Don Gramenz 64' Steve Shak 82' Mike Gentile 87'	(Report)

September 14, 2002 8:00 (EST)	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-1	Minnesota Thunder (MN)	Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin Attendance: 3,579
	Miguel Saaverda  20' John Wolyniec  77'		65' Steve Shak

Western Conference Semifinal 2

September 13, 2002	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	2-0	Seattle Sounders (WA)	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia Attendance: 5,686 Referee: Steve DePiero (USA)
	Chris Franks 3' Jason Jordan  44' Jeff Clarke 47' Jason Jordan  90'	(Report)	14' Dick McCormick  78' Viet Nguyen 79' Leighton O'Brien

September 15, 2002	Seattle Sounders (WA)	2-6	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Sandra Hunt (USA)
	Andrew Gregor 38' Leighton O'Brien 43' Kyle Smith  52' Jason Farrell  60' Scott Jenkins 61'	(Report)	19' Ollie Heald  22' Jeff Clarke  26' Ollie Heald  67' Dave Morris  70' Ollie Heald 75' Kevan Cameron  90' Niall Thompson

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

September 19, 2002	Richmond Kickers (VA)	1-1	Rochester Rhinos (NY)	UR Stadium, Richmond, Virginia Attendance: 3,387
	Josh Henderson  49'		28' Lenin Steenkamp

September 21, 2002	Rochester Rhinos (NY)	0-0 (O.T.)	Richmond Kickers (VA)	Frontier Field, Rochester, New York Attendance: 10,148
		Penalties
	Stoian Mladenov Carlos Zavala Yuri Lavrinenko Temoc Suarez Tommy Tanner Bill Sedgewick Craig Demmin Lenin Steenkamp Greg Simmonds	8 – 9	Rob Ukrop Paul Lekics Ihor Dotsenko Ray Godlett David Hayes Mike Burke Tony Williams Kevin Knight Ronnie Pascale

Western Conference

September 19, 2002 7:30 PM PST	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	0-0	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 6,056
	Ollie Heald 45'	(Report)

September 21, 2002 8:00 PM EST	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-1 (OT)	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin Attendance: 3,223
	Destin Makumbu 43' Matt Bobo  56' Matt Behncke 60' Bobby Brennan 90' Matt Bobo  101'	(Report)	59' Niall Thompson

Final

September 28, 2002 8:00 PM EST	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-1 OT	Richmond Kickers (VA)	Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin Attendance: 6,189
	John Wolyniec  45' Steve Bernal 58' John Wolyniec 62' David Lara 68' Siniša Angelovski  106'	(Report)	22' Tony Williams 56' Khary Stockton  59' (pen.) Marco Ferruzzi 62' Kevin Knight  93' Khary Stockton 96' Josh Henderson

MPV: John Wolyniec

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	McKinley Tennyson	Portland Timbers	24	18	6	42
	Brian Ching	Seattle Sounders	25	16	8	42
3	Leighton O'Brien	Seattle Sounders	27	13	11	37
4	Fadi Afash	Portland Timbers	22	18	0	36
	Eduardo Sebrango	Montreal Impact	28	18	0	36
6	Paul Conway	Charleston Battery	25	13	6	32
7	Johnny Menyongar	Minnesota Thunder	25	10	11	31
8	Johnny Torres	Minnesota Thunder	23	12	5	29
9	Darren Sawatzky	Seattle Sounders	28	9	10	28
10	Dustin Swinehart	Charlotte Eagles	27	10	6	26
	Digital Takawira	Milwaukee Rampage	22	9	8	26
12	Niki Budalic	Toronto Lynx	28	12	1	25
	John Wolyniec	Milwaukee Rampage	26	10	5	25
14	Josh Henderson	Richmond Kickers	23	11	2	24
	Brian Piesner	Atlanta Silverbacks	25	7	10	24

Honors

• MVP: Leighton O'Brien
• Leading goal scorer: Niall Thompson
• Leading goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock
• Defender of the Year: Mark Watson
• Rookie of the Year: Niki Budalic
• Coach of the Year: Brian Schmetzer

• First Team All A-League

• Goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock
• Defenders: Gabriel Gervais, Destin Makumbu, Mark Watson
• Midfielders: Andrew Gregor, Leighton O'Brien, Brian Piesner, Lenin Steenkamp
• Forwards: Brian Ching, Eduardo Sebrango, McKinley Tennyson

• Second Team All A-League^[1]

• Goalkeeper: Preston Burpo
• Defenders: Craig Demmin, Linval Dixon, Mark Schulte
• Midfielders: Mauro Biello, Luis DaGam, Jose Gomez, Steve Kindel
• Forwards: Fadi Afash, Josh Henderson, Johnny Menyongar

References

External links

• The Year in American Soccer - 2002
• 2002 A-League results

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