2000 USL A-League
Premiers | Minnesota Thunder (1st title) |
---|---|
Top goalscorer | Paul Conway, Greg Howes, Johnny Menyongar (17 goals) |
← 1999 → |
The 2000 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the
United Soccer League
during the summer of 2000.
League standings
Eastern Conference
Northeast Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Long Island Rough Riders | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 9 | 76 |
2 | Rochester Raging Rhinos
|
28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 5 | 75 |
3 | Toronto Lynx | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 3 | 59 |
4 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 3 | 54 |
5 | Boston Bulldogs | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 3 | 42 |
6 | Connecticut Wolves | 28 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 1 | 13 |
Source: [citation needed]
Atlantic Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charleston Battery | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 13 | 87 |
2 | Richmond Kickers | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 3 | 84 |
3 | Hershey Wildcats | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 7 | 70 |
4 | Hampton Roads Mariners
|
28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 4 | 62 |
5 | Raleigh Capital Express
|
28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 6 | 58 |
6 | Atlanta Silverbacks
|
28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 8 | 55 |
7 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds
|
28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 5 | 49 |
Source: [citation needed]
Western Conference
Central Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Minnesota Thunder | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 30 | +44 | 15 | 99 |
2 | Milwaukee Rampage | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 16 | 89 |
3 | Indiana Blast | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 5 | 45 |
4 | MLS Project 40
|
28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 3 | 36 |
5 | Tennessee Rhythm
|
28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 103 | −67 | 1 | 25 |
6 | Cincinnati Riverhawks | 28 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 80 | −55 | 2 | 13 |
Source: [citation needed]
Pacific Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 10 | 85 |
2 | San Diego Flash | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 8 | 75 |
3 | Vancouver 86ers
|
28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 11 | 70 |
4 | El Paso Patriots | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 7 | 57 |
5 | Bay Area Seals
|
28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 5 | 56 |
6 | Orange County Waves | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 6 | 55 |
Source: [citation needed]
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Long Island Rough Riders (NY) | 1–2 | Toronto Lynx (ON) |
---|---|---|
Dahir Mohammed 78' | Report | 5' Brian Ashton 43' Juan Pablo Arango |
Attendance: 758
Raleigh Capital Express (NC ) | ||
---|---|---|
Paul Conway 24' Gilbert Jean-Baptiste |
Report | Ihor Dotsenko |
Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 3,091
Rochester Rhinos (NY) | 4–2 | Hershey Wildcats (PA) |
---|---|---|
90' | Report | 40:52' Ze Roberto 90' Timothy Leonard |
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 10,456
Hampton Roads Mariners (VA ) | ||
---|---|---|
Rob Ukrop 113' |
41' Jakob Fenger |
Attendance: 3,927
Western Conference
Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 3–2 | El Paso Patriots (TX) |
---|---|---|
Digital Takawira 5', 94'Igor Soso 85' |
41' Mark Rowland 63' Kirk Wilson |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,122
Minnesota Thunder (MI) | 7–0 | Indiana Blast (IN) |
---|---|---|
80' | Report |
Bay Area Seals (CA ) | ||
---|---|---|
Craig Waibel 26', 57' Viet Nguyen 45' Scott Jenkins 48' Tim Steidten 79' |
Report | 5' Marquis White 44' Jeremy Sweet 55' Kevin Jeffrey |
Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 3,239
Referee: Cory Dean (USA
)
Vancouver 86ers (BC ) | ||
---|---|---|
Anthony Farace 21' Carlos Farias 53' Leighton O'Brien 77' Raul Calderon 103' |
Report | 2' Chris Franks 38' Carmen D'Onofrio 43' Paul Dailly |
Penalties | ||
Carlos Farias Carlos Calderson Emmanuel Ayim Jerome Watson Brian O'Connor |
3–4 | Darren Tilley Domenic Mobilio Steve Kindel Chris Franks Rick Titus |
Douglas Stadium,
San Diego, California
Attendance: 3,877
Referee: Nathan Lacy (USA
)Conference semifinals
Eastern semifinal 1
Rochester Rhinos (NY) | 2–0 | Charleston Battery (SC) |
---|---|---|
Onandi Lowe 8', 42' Yari Allnutt 10' |
Report | 2' Darren Warham 56' 76' Brent Sancho |
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 7,531
Rochester Rhinos (NY ) | ||
---|---|---|
Report | 28' Dan Stebbins 82' Scott Vallow |
Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 2,806
The Rochester Rhinos advanced 3–0 on aggregate.
Eastern semifinal 2
Toronto Lynx (ON) | 1–0 | Richmond Kickers (VA) |
---|---|---|
Milan Kojić 32' Nikola Vignjević 36' (pen.) |
Report |
Richmond Kickers (VA) | 0–1 | Toronto Lynx (ON) |
---|---|---|
Report | 39' Milan Kojić |
Attendance: 4,027
Toronto Lynx advanced 2–0 on aggregate.
Western semifinal 1
Vancouver 86ers (BC) | 3–0 | Minnesota Thunder (MN) |
---|---|---|
John Sulentic 69', 90' |
Report | 69' John Sylvester 72' John Coughlin |
Vancouver 86ers (BC ) | ||
---|---|---|
94' | Report | 13' Darren Tilley 90' Joe Scigliano 90' Domenic Mobilio |
The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4–3 on aggregate.
Western semifinal 2
Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 2–1 | Seattle Sounders (WA) |
---|---|---|
60' | Report | 20', 90' Andrew Gregor 75' Ali John Utush 90' Craig Tomlinson |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 2,558
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA
)
Seattle Sounders (WA) | 1–2 | Milwaukee Rampage (WI) |
---|---|---|
Greg Howes 10' Ali John Utush 39' Craig Waibel 57' |
Report | 34' |
Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 1,952
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA
)Milwaukee Rampage advanced 4–2 on aggregate.
Conference finals
Eastern Conference
Rochester Rhinos (NY ) | ||
---|---|---|
Francisco Dos Santos 63', 66' |
Report | 41' Onandi Lowe 75' Dan Stebbins |
Rochester Rhinos (NY) | 1–0 | Toronto Lynx (ON) |
---|---|---|
Tim Hardy 33' Craig Demmin 80' |
Report | 11' Brian Ashton |
Frontier Field Rochester, New York
Attendance: 8,058
Western Conference
Milwaukee Rampage (WI) | 3–4 | Minnesota Thunder (MI) |
---|---|---|
90' Jon Cantwell 90' |
9', 41' Morgan Zeba 57' Johnny Menyongar 64' John Coughlin |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,187
Minnesota Thunder (MI) | 5–0 | Milwaukee Rampage (WI) |
---|---|---|
74' | Report | 18' Brian Loftin 51' Nate Houser |
Final
Rochester Rhinos (NY) | 3–1 | Minnesota Thunder (MI) |
---|---|---|
77:10' | Report | 63' |
Frontier Field Rochester, New York
Attendance: 14,276
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA
)Points leaders
Rank | Scorer | Club | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Digital Takawira
|
Milwaukee Rampage | 21 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
Paul Conway | Charleston Battery | 26 | 17 | 8 | 42 | |
3 | Greg Howes | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 17 | 7 | 41 |
Darren Sawatzky | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 16 | 9 | 41 | |
5 | Johnny Menyongar | Minnesota Thunder | 28 | 17 | 3 | 39 |
6 | Saul Martínez
|
Hampton Road Mariners
|
26 | 16 | 5 | 37 |
Gregory Simmonds
|
Hershey Wildcats | 25 | 16 | 5 | 37 | |
8 | Dwayne DeRosario
|
Richmond Kickers | 23 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
9 | Paul Schneider | Minnesota Thunder | 23 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
10 | Patrick Beech | Atlanta Silverbacks
|
22 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
Ignace Moleka | Atlanta Silverbacks
|
28 | 14 | 5 | 33 | |
12 | Ihor Dotsenko | Raleigh Capital Express
|
28 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
Darren Tilley | Vancouver 86ers
|
13 | 12 | 6 | 30 | |
14 | Seamus Donnelly | Hampton Roads Mariners
|
28 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
Jason Boyce | Orange County Zodiac
|
24 | 11 | 7 | 29 | |
15 | Jamel Mitchell | Hershey Wildcats | 28 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
16 | Kevin Jeffrey | Bay Area Seals
|
24 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
Mac Cozier | Charleston Battery | 24 | 11 | 5 | 27 | |
18 | Edson Buddle | Long Island Rough Riders | 26 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
David Flavius | Pittsburgh Riverhounds
|
25 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
Honors
- MVP: Digital Takawira
- Goals Leaders (tied): Paul Conway, Greg Howes, Johnny Menyongar
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Scott Vallow
- Defender of the Year: Scott Cannon
- Rookie of the Year: Greg Howes
- Coach of the Year: Neil Megson
- First Team All A-League
- Goalkeeper: Scott Vallow
- Defenders:
- Midfielders: Brian Loftin, Yari Allnutt, Stoian Mladenov
- Forwards: Digital Takawira
- Second Team All A-League
- Goalkeeper: Theo Zagar
- Defenders: Gilbert Jean-Baptiste, Adrian Serioux, David Banks, Rick Titus
- Midfielders: Martin Nash
- Forwards: Dwayne DeRosario, Johnny Menyongar, Greg Howes