2003 USL A-League

The 2003 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2003.

League standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
1 Montreal Impact 28 16 6 6 40 21 +19 54
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 15 6 7 55 36 +19 51
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 15 4 9 50 41 +9 49
4 Syracuse Salty Dogs 28 11 5 12 42 38 +4 38
5 Toronto Lynx 28 11 4 13 29 38 -9 37

Southeast Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
1 Charleston Battery 28 15 7 6 41 27 +14 52
2 Virginia Beach Mariners 28 14 5 9 51 34 +17 47
3 Richmond Kickers 28 12 9 9 41 32 +9 43
4 Charlotte Eagles 28 6 7 15 29 59 -30 25
5 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 7 17 27 48 -27 19

Western Conference

Central Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
1 Milwaukee Wave United 28 18 0 10 61 32 +29 54
2 Minnesota Thunder 28 17 2 9 44 28 +16 53
3 El Paso Patriots 28 9 3 16 33 48 -15 30
4 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 9 0 19 38 62 -24 24
5 Indiana Blast 28 3 2 23 28 67 -39 11

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
1 Seattle Sounders 28 16 5 7 45 24 +21 53
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 15 7 6 45 24 +21 52
3 Portland Timbers 28 15 2 11 39 33 +6 47
4 Calgary Storm 28 4 3 21 16 62 -46 15

Division finals

Northeast Division

September 5, 2003
7:35 PM (EDT)
Rochester Rhinos (NY) 2-1 Montreal Impact (SC)
Ian Fuller Red card 6'
Stoian Mladenov  8' (pen.)
Doug Miller  50'
Kirk Wilson  90' 		(Report) Red card 6' Nevio Pizzolitto
 84' Zé Roberto
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 8,339
Referee: Ken Heller (USA)


September 7, 2003
4:00 PM (EDT)
Montreal Impact (SC) 0-0 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Zé Roberto  4'
Martin Nash  63'
Abraham Francois  89'
Martin Nash Yellow cardRed card 90' 		(Report)  15' Scott Schweitzer
 65' Yuri Lavrinenko
 72' Kirk Wilson
 81' David Hayes
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 8,445
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

The Rochester Rhinos advance 2-1 on aggregate.

Southeast Division

September 5, 2003
Virginia Beach Mariners (VA) 1-0 Charleston Battery (SC)
Roy Lassiter  18'
Stephen Danbusky  75' 		(Report)

Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Dan Stead (USA)


The Charleston Battery advance 4-2 on aggregate.

Central Division

September 5, 2003
Milwaukee Wave United (WI) 1-0 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Greg Howes  14' (pen.)
Chris Morman  78' 		(Report)  54' Steve Shak
Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,927
Referee: Cien Asoera (USA)


September 7, 2003
5:30 PM (CDT)
Minnesota Thunder (MN) 2-0 OT Milwaukee Wave United (WI)
Johnny Torres  62'  92' (Report)  84' Todd Dusosky
National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota
Attendance: 2,649
Referee: Brent Sorg (USA)

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2-1 on aggregate.

Pacific Division

September 5, 2003
7:00 (PDT)
Seattle Sounders (WA) 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Marco Vélez  14'
Scott Jenkins  15'
Ryan Edwards  34' 		(Report)  35' Carlo Corazzin
 87' Ollie Heald
 90' Paul Dailly
Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 2,178
Referee: Cory Dean (Canada)


September 7, 2001
3:00 PM (PDT)
Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) 1-1 OT Seattle Sounders (WA)
Jean Piette  11'
Dave Morris  90'
Steve Kindel  117' 		(Report)  2' Roger Levesque
 4' Chad Brown
 18' Andrew Gregor
 77' Zach Scott
 78' Darren Sawatzky
  Penalties  
Ollie Heald
Tiarnan King
Chris Franks
Carlo Corazzin
Dave Morris
Jeff Clarke 		5 – 6 Kyle Smith
Chad Brown
Darren Sawatzky
Herculez Gomez
Andrew Gregor
Viet Nguyen
Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 5,175
Referee: Hu Lui (USA)

The Seattle Sounders advance 1-0 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference final

September 12, 2003
8:00 PM (EDT)
Rochester Rhinos (NY) 0-0 Charleston Battery (SC)
(Report)
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 10,017
Referee: Andrew Chapin (USA)


September 14, 2003
6:00 PM (EDT)
Charleston Battery (SC) 1-0 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Josh Henderson  41' (Report)  41' Ian Fuller
Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Brian D'Amato (USA)

The Charleston Battery advance 1-0 on aggregate.

Western Conference final

September 12, 2003
7:00 PM (PDT)
Seattle Sounders (WA) 0 - 1 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Andrew Gregor  9'
Zach Scott  53'
Scott Jenkins  57'
Chad Brown  59' 		Report  79' Steve Shak
Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 3,190
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)


September 14, 2003
6:00 PM (CDT)
Minnesota Thunder (MN) 1 - 0 Seattle Sounders (WA)
Johnny Torres  59'
Duncan Tarley  90' 		Report  8' Viet Nguyen
 23' Ryan Edwards
 85' Craig Tomlinson

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2-0 on aggregate.

Final

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club GP Goals Assists Points
1 Thiago Martins Pittsburgh Riverhounds 25 22 7 51
2 Doug Miller Rochester Rhinos 28 17 4 38
3 Dante Washington Virginia Beach Mariners 26 18 1 37
4 Greg Howes Milwaukee Wave United 28 11 12 34
5 Todd Dusosky Milwaukee Wave United 26 11 7 29
Roland Vargas-Aguilera Virginia Beach Mariners 26 10 9 29
Kevin Jeffrey Richmond Kickers 27 10 9 29
8 Josh Henderson Charleston Battery 20 10 5 25
Byron Alvarez Portland Timbers 21 12 1 25
McKinley Tennyson Portland Timbers 27 11 3 25
11 Lourenço Andrade El Paso Patriots 20 9 4 22
Dino Delevski Milwaukee Wave United 23 8 6 22

Honors

External links

References

  1. ↑ 2003 A-League Awards