2007 United Soccer Leagues

The 2007 Season is the 21st edition of the

season.

The season kicked off on Friday, April 13 when the 2006 league runners-up

.

General

• Two new teams join the
  Cary, NC
  ).
• The Virginia Beach Mariners franchise was terminated by the league.
• The
  Premier Development League
  (PDL).
• Three new teams join the
  Bermuda Hogges (Hamilton, Bermuda), the Cleveland City Stars, and Crystal Palace Baltimore
  .
• The Long Island Rough Riders depart the Second Division for the PDL.
• The
  Pittsburgh Riverhounds
  will be on hiatus during 2007 to reorganize.
• Many new teams join the PDL, for a complete list see
  here
  .

Honors

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Seattle Sounders	Atlanta Silverbacks	Seattle Sounders
USL Second Division	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond Kickers	Richmond Kickers
USL PDL	Laredo Heat	Michigan Bucks	Hampton Roads Piranhas
U.S. Open Cup	New England Revolution (MLS)	FC Dallas (MLS)	Carolina Railhawks/Seattle Sounders
Voyageurs Cup	Montreal Impact	Vancouver Whitecaps	n/a

Standings

First Division

The schedule was not a balanced home and away affair; to make up the four extra games to total 28, each team played their four geographically closest competitors. The playoff format was changed to qualify eight instead of six teams; therefore the first and second league champions obtained seeding to determine home field advantage instead of a first round bye as in previous seasons. The previous bidding to host between the two playoff finalists for the one game cup final was discontinued for this season.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Sounders (C, X)	28	16	6	6	37	23	+14	54	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
2	Portland Timbers	28	14	5	9	32	18	+14	51
3	Montreal Impact	28	14	6	8	32	21	+11	50	Quarterfinal round of playoffs and CONCACAF Champions League[a]
4	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	12	9	7	40	30	+10	43	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	12	10	6	39	36	+3	42
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	10	8	10	35	34	+1	40
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	9	7	12	27	24	+3	39
8	Carolina RailHawks	28	8	12	8	24	34	−10	32
9	Miami FC	28	9	15	4	31	41	−10	31
10	Charleston Battery	28	8	14	6	32	39	−7	30
11	Minnesota Thunder	28	5	12	11	32	35	−3	26
12	California Victory	28	4	17	7	17	43	−26	19

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals September 14/16							Semifinals September 21/23							Final September 29
	1	Seattle Sounders	2	1	3
	8	Carolina RailHawks	0	0	0
								1	Seattle Sounders (p)	2	1	3 (4)
								6	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	2	3 (2)
	3	Montreal Impact	3	0	3
	6	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	3	5
															1	Seattle Sounders	4
															4	Atlanta Silverbacks	0
	4	Atlanta Silverbacks	2	1	3
	5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	1	2
								4	Atlanta Silverbacks (p )	1	0	1 (3)
								2	Portland Timbers	1	0	1 (1)
	2	Portland Timbers	0	3	3
	7	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	0	1

Quarterfinals

Puerto Rico Islanders won 5–3 on Aggregate.

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September 16, 2007

9:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Carolina Railhawks
Gardner  17' O'Brien  27' 90' (pen.) Treschuk  52' Alcaraz-Cuellar  77'	Report	Worthen  45'  90' Steele  85' Stokes  85'

Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 3,640

Referee: Hidejet Tica

Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

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September 14, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Rochester Raging Rhinos
Ukah 8' Rios  52' Wolfe 87'	Report	Ambersley 17'  52' Palguta  57' Menyongar  66' Aloisi  83'

Atlanta, Georgia

Attendance: 1,482

Referee: Roni Canales

Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–2 on Aggregate.

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September 14, 2007

10:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Portland Timbers
Clarke  58' Jordan 76' Valente  77'	Report	Jordan  22' Gregor  37'

Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 4,761

Referee: Dave Gantar

Portland Timbers won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

Seattle Sounders won 4–2 on penalties after tying 3–3 on Aggregate.

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September 21, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Portland Timbers
Poltl  16' Ukah 43' Lancaster  90'	Report	Jordan 49' Gregor  90'

Atlanta, Georgia

Attendance: 2,792

Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–1 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.

Final

Awards and All-League Teams

First Team
F:

) (MVP & Co-Leading Goalscorer)
M:

Miami FC

)
D:

Portland Timbers

)
G:

Portland Timbers

) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach:

Portland Timbers

) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team
F: Charles Gbeke (Montreal Impact) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Roger Levesque (Seattle Sounders)
M:

)
D: )
G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact)

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond Kickers	20	12	3	5	37	15	+22	41	Regular season champion
2	Cleveland City Stars	20	10	1	9	31	14	+17	39	Playoff berth clinched
3	Harrisburg City Islanders (C)	20	11	4	5	26	15	+11	38
4	Charlotte Eagles	20	11	7	2	40	29	+11	35
5	Crystal Palace Baltimore	20	9	6	5	27	20	+7	32
6	Western Mass Pioneers	20	7	7	6	25	26	−1	27
7	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	4	9	7	22	30	−8	19
8	Cincinnati Kings	20	4	11	5	29	41	−12	17
9	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	3	12	5	16	34	−18	13[a]
10	Bermuda Hogges	20	3	14	3	16	45	−29	12

Playoffs

	Semifinals August 18, 7:00 EDT					Final August 25, 8:00 EDT
	1	a.e.t. )	2
	4	Charlotte Eagles	1
						1	Richmond Kickers	1 (7)
						3	Harrisburg City Islanders (p)	1 (8)
	2	Cleveland City Stars	0
	3	a.e.t. )	1

Semifinals

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Final

Premier Development League

• See
  2007 PDL Season

See also

• United Soccer Leagues

References

External links

• Official USL Site