1995 USISL Professional League

The 1995 USISL Professional League was the higher of the two outdoor men's leagues run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1995. Raleigh Surge

Overview

From its beginnings in 1986 as a semi-professional indoor league in the American Southwest, the USISL had grown over the last decade. In 1986, the league added a summer, outdoor competition which had grown in popularity as the indoor league slowly shrank. By 1994, the outdoor season included sixty-nine teams with various levels of professionalism. In 1996, the USISL decided to split the summer schedule into two different leagues, the Professional and the Premier Leagues. The Professional League was fully professional while the Premier League continued to allow amateur and semi-professional teams to compete.

Regular season

• Regulation win = 6 points
• Shootout win (SW) = 4 points
• Shootout loss (SL) = 2 points
• Regulation loss = 0 points
• Bonus points (BP): An additional one point per goal up to a maximum of three points per game.

Northeast Division

Coastal Conference

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Long Island Rough Riders	20	18	1	1	0	69	20	+49	45	157
2	Delaware Wizards	20	16	4	0	0	47	22	+25	41	137
3	Jersey Dragons	20	11	7	1	1	48	32	+16	39	111
4	Cape Cod Crusaders	20	11	7	0	2	49	33	+16	35	105
5	Rhode Island Stingrays	20	4	13	1	2	30	56	-26	28	60
6	Baltimore Bays	20	3	16	1	0	29	64	-35	28	50

Capital Conference

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	New York Fever	20	13	5	2	0	43	22	+21	38	124
2	North Jersey Imperials	20	13	6	0	1	63	35	+28	47	123
3	Pennsylvania Freedom	20	11	7	1	1	55	44	+11	44	116
4	Albany Alleycats	20	9	10	0	1	48	51	-3	41	97
5	New Hampshire Ramblers	20	9	9	1	1	42	32	+10	35	95
6	Connecticut Wolves	20	8	11	0	1	35	53	-18	29	79
7	Boston Storm	20	3	17	0	0	25	62	-37	24	42

Atlantic Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Charleston Battery	20	16	2	1	1	58	16	+42	44	146
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	13	6	1	0	59	35	+24	45	129
3	Raleigh Flyers	20	13	5	1	1	49	32	+17	42	126
4	Myrtle Beach Boyz	20	13	6	0	1	51	36	+15	39	119
5	Hampton Roads Mariners	20	12	6	1	1	51	31	+20	41	119
6	Greensboro Dynamo	20	11	9	0	0	55	33	+22	43	111

Midwest Division

East Conference

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Minnesota Thunder	20	19	1	0	0	72	15	+57	49	163
2	Chicago Stingers	20	11	9	0	0	49	46	-3	39	105
3	St. Louis Knights	20	9	9	2	0	43	42	+1	34	96
4	Cincinnati Cheetahs	20	5	13	0	2	36	50	-14	33	67
5	Detroit Wheels	20	2	17	0	1	25	66	-41	24	29

West Conference

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Milwaukee Rampage	20	17	3	0	0	63	24	+59	45	147
2	Columbus Xoggz	20	16	3	1	0	62	19	+43	46	146
3	Louisville Thoroughbreds	20	10	8	1	1	50	44	+6	41	107
4	Lexington Bluegrass Bandits	20	7	11	2	0	42	52	-9	39	89
5	Rockford Raptors	20	8	11	0	1	36	36	0	28	78

Southeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Tampa Bay Cyclones	20	16	3	1	0	70	25	+50	47	147
2	Mobile Revelers	20	13	5	0	2	39	21	+18	34	116
3	Chattanooga Railroaders	20	9	10	1	0	50	51	-1	40	98
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	20	7	12	1	0	36	56	-20	32	78
5	Florida Stars	20	8	11	0	1	36	56	-20	26	76

South Central Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	El Paso Patriots	20	15	5	0	0	67	38	+29	51	141
2	DFW Toros	20	13	5	0	2	62	40	+22	44	126
3	New Mexico Chiles	20	13	7	0	0	54	31	+23	42	120
4	San Antonio Pumas	20	12	7	1	0	69	46	+23	44	120
5	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	20	11	6	1	2	41	33	+8	39	113
6	Texas Lightning	20	7	13	0	0	37	65	-28	33	75
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	20	5	13	1	1	32	45	-13	31	67

Western Division

North Conference

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Monterey Bay Jaguars	20	14	4	2	0	60	24	+36	46	138
2	Chico Rooks	20	14	5	0	1	58	34	+24	45	131
3	Reno Rattlers	20	12	6	1	1	44	23	+21	37	115
4	CCV Hydra	20	9	10	0	1	42	36	+6	34	90
5	San Francisco Bay Diablos	20	6	11	0	3	43	49	-6	34	72

South Conference

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Los Angeles Salsa U-23's	20	15	5	0	0	63	34	+29	47	137
2	San Diego Top Guns	20	11	7	2	0	47	32	+15	41	115
3	Valley Golden Eagles	20	11	7	0	2	41	31	+10	34	104
4	Las Vegas Quicksilver	20	3	17	0	0	22	55	-33	22	40

Northwest Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	SW	SL	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Hawaii Tsunami	20	17	2	1	0	69	15	+54	48	154
2	Salem Surge	20	14	6	0	0	61	37	+24	47	131
3	Everett Bigfoot	20	11	8	1	0	38	36	+2	32	102
4	Portland Firebirds	20	9	8	0	3	36	30	+6	31	91
5	Yakima Reds	20	4	16	0	0	29	60	-31	27	51

Playoffs

Northeast Division

First round

Second round

• According to the available records, the Delaware Wizards defeated the Cape Cod Crusaders 5-4 (SO).

Final

The New York Fever advanced.

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Atlantic Division

Final

• The teams played a mini-game to decide who advanced after finishing the series tied at one game apiece.

The Myrtle Beach Boyz advanced.

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Midwest Division

First round

• The game was suspended late in the match due to darkness. On August 10th, the league announced the Xoggz and Thoroughbreds would finish their game on August 11th. The team which won would then immediately play the Milwaukee Rampage in the first game of the second round series. The Thoroughbreds, facing the requirement to make short-notice travel plans in order to play the last few minutes of the suspended game, then play their "home game" in Columbus in the event they won, chose to forfeit instead.

Second round

• The Midwest Division second round matchups featured two-game series. All other divisions had single elimination matchups.

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the Midwest Division final.

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced.

Final

The Minnesota Thunder advanced.

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Southeast Division

Final

The Tampa Bay Cyclones advanced.

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South Central Division

Final

The New Mexico Chiles advanced to the Sizzlin' Nine Tournament.

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Western Division

First round

Second round

Final

The Monterey Bay Jaguars advanced.

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Northwest Division

Final

The Hawaii Tsunami advanced.

Sizzlin' Nine Championship

The Sizzlin' Nine Championship was a three-group round robin tournament featuring nine teams. The Long Island Rough Riders received a bye into the Sizzlin' Nine Championship. The other eight teams were the seven divisional champions and the divisional finals runner-up with the highest total points during the regular season. Each of the three groups played at a single location. The top four teams then advanced to the playoff semifinals.

Group 1

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Long Island Rough Riders	2	0	6	2	+4
2	Monterey Bay Jaguars	1	1	9	3	+6
3	New Mexico Chiles	0	2	2	12	-10

Group 2

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Minnesota Thunder	2	0	4	1	+3
2	New York Fever	1	1	2	2	0
3	Hawaii Tsunami	0	2	0	3	-3

• When the game ended in a tie, the referee chose to go directly to penalty kicks because the field had no lights and it was difficult to see.

Group 3

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Tampa Bay Cyclones	1	1	7	6	+1
2	Myrtle Beach Boyz	1	1	7	7	0
3	Milwaukee Rampage	1	1	5	6	-1

Semi-finals

Final

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Flavio Ferri	San Antonio Pumas	19	29	8	66
2	Rito Delgado	El Paso Patriots	18	26	11	61
3	Paul Young	Charleston Battery	19	23	9	55
4	Giovanni Savarese	Long Island Rough Riders	20	23	8	54
5	Darren Eales	Hampton Roads Mariners	19	24	4	52
6	Ivailo Ilarionov	Chattanooga Railroaders	15	18	14	50
7	Billy Thompson	Hawaii Tsunami	14	21	7	49
8	Duane Robinson	New Jersey Imperials	17	21	5	47
9	Manny Lagos	Minnesota Thunder	17	19	7	45
10	John van Buskirk	Louisville Thoroughbreds	19	21	3	44

Honors

• MVP: Giovanni Savarese
• Points leader: Flavio Ferri
• Goals leader: Flavio Ferri
• Assists leader: Wane Lobring
• Defender of the Year: Troy Edwards
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Jim Adams
• Rookie of the Year: Wellijohn Dominiciano Jr.,
• Coach of the Year: Buzz Lagos
• Organization of the Year: Tampa Bay Cyclones

External links

• United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)
• The Year in American Soccer – 1995
• 1995 USISL Awards

References