1997 USISL A-League

The 1997 USISL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1997.

Overview

At the end of the 1996 A-League season, the U.S. second division A-League collapsed. Six of the seven teams in the A-League then joined the USISL which had three leagues in 1996, beginning with the third division USISL Select League.[1] With the collapse of the U.S. second division and the transfer of most of its teams to the USISL, the USISL reorganized its divisions to include the new teams. It moved most of the old second division USISL Select League, plus a few new teams, up to a second division level and merged the old A-League teams into this new U.S. second division which was renamed the USISL A-League.

Regular season

Northeast Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Montreal Impact 28 20 1 1 6 58 19 +39 61
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 14 0 5 9 56 47 +9 42
3 Long Island Rough Riders 28 13 3 2 10 44 36 +8 42
4 Toronto Lynx 28 12 2 0 14 44 43 +1 38
5 Connecticut Wolves 28 8 4 1 15 31 45 -14 28
6 Worcester Wildfire 28 6 1 2 19 26 61 -35 19

Atlantic Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Hershey Wildcats 28 18 1 1 8 56 33 +23 55
2 Carolina Dynamo 28 16 2 2 8 63 33 +30 50
3 Richmond Kickers 28 15 0 2 11 41 35 +6 45
4 Charleston Battery 28 10 2 3 13 39 50 -11 32
5 Raleigh Flyers 28 8 4 3 13 34 52 -18 28
6 Jacksonville Cyclones 28 4 1 1 23 28 73 -45 13

Central Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 28 13 3 2 10 45 42 +3 42
2 Nashville Metros 28 10 7 2 9 42 34 +8 37
3 Orlando Sundogs 28 12 0 4 12 39 40 -1 36
4 Milwaukee Rampage 28 11 3 2 12 33 36 -3 36
5 Minnesota Thunder 28 11 2 5 10 22 30 -8 35
6 Atlanta Ruckus 28 9 3 1 15 39 48 -9 30

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 California Jaguars 28 17 1 0 10 48 34 +14 52
2 Seattle Sounders 28 16 2 3 7 42 19 +33 50
3 Vancouver 86ers 28 15 1 1 11 50 29 +21 46
4 Colorado Foxes 28 15 1 2 10 55 49 +6 46
5 Orange County Zodiac 28 10 1 0 17 35 62 -27 31
6 El Paso Patriots 28 5 3 3 17 30 50 -20 18

Playoffs

Division Semi-finals

Northeast Semifinal 1


Northeast Semifinal 2

September 5, 1997
8:00 PM (EST)
Toronto Lynx (ON) 1-2 Montreal Impact (QC)
Terry St. Louis  13'
Peyvand Mossavat  31'
Martin Dugas  42'
Franco Spadafina Red card 43'
Paul Stalteri  45' 		(Report)  8' Onandi Lowe
 13' John Limniatis
Red card 25' Onandi Lowe
 62' Mauro Biello
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Tony Camacho (Canada)


Montreal advances to the Division final

Atlantic Semifinal 1

September 5, 1997
Richmond Kickers (VA) 1-2 Carolina Dynamo (NC)
Rob Ukrop  63'  23' Robert Rosario
 31' Yari Allnutt

Attendance: 1,362


September 6, 1997
Carolina Dynamo (NC) 1-4 Richmond Kickers (VA)
Keiran Breslin  32'  14' Dian Anguelov
 72' Brian Kamler
 75' Mario Lone
 82' Mac Cozier

Attendance: 4,562


September 6, 1997
Carolina Dynamo (NC) 0-0 Richmond Kickers (VA)
  Penalties  
3 – 1

Attendance: 4,562

Atlantic Semifinal 2

September 5, 1997
7:30 PM (EST)
Charleston Battery (CA) 1-1 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Juan Castillo  38'
Michael Anhaeuser  50'
Patrick Olalere  85' 		(Report)  78' Mark Waite
  Penalties  
1 – 3
Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 2,024
Referee: Roger Sill


September 7, 1997
6:00 PM (EST)
Hershey Wildcats (PA) 1-1 Charleston Battery (CA)
Lee Tschantret  89' (Report) Juan Castillo
 75' Patrick Olalere
  Penalties  
0 – 1
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 2,104
Referee: Yanich Wejlak


September 7, 1997
8:55 PM (EST)
Hershey Wildcats (PA) 0-0 Charleston Battery (CA)
(Report)
  Penalties  
4 – 2
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 2,104
Referee: Yanich Wejlak

Central Semifinal 1

September 4, 1997
7:45 PM (EST)
Orlando Sundogs (FL) 1-2 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA)
Dylan Lewis Yellow cardRed card 34'
Greg Brick  54' 		(Report)  12'  23' Stern John
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
Referee: Robert Mann (USA)


Central Semifinal 2

September 4, 1997
Nashville Metros (TN) 1-2 Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Tim Geltz  2'  81' Nick Igel
 85' David Marshall

Attendance: 550


September 7, 1997
Milwaukee Rampage (WI) 3-0 Nashville Metros (TN)

Attendance: 1,229

Pacific Semifinal 1

September 4, 1997
Colorado Foxes (CO) 0-3 Seattle Sounders (WA)
Rivers Guthrie (Report) Vicente Figueroa
 20' Erik Storkson
 26' Mike Gailey
 84' (pen.) David Hoggan
Mile High Greyhound Park, Commerce City, Colorado
Attendance: 786
Referee: Rudy Bettmann (USA)


September 6, 1997
Seattle Sounders (WA) 2-0 Colorado Foxes (CO)
Henry Gutierrez
Vicente Figueroa
Vicente Figueroa  70'
Esmundo Rodriguez  89' 		(Report) Chad Ashton
 87' Ray Tomlin
Yellow cardRed card 88' Ray Tomlin
Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Mohammad Zarrabi-Kashani (USA)

Pacific Semifinal 2

September 5, 1997
Vancouver 86ers (BC) 4-1 California Jaguars (CA)
Domenic Mobilio  2' (pen.)
 54' (pen.)
Steve Kindel  35' 		 86' Paul Holocher

Attendance: 2,716


September 7, 1997
California Jaguars (CA) 2-2 Vancouver 86ers (BC)
Mark Baena  55'
Rick Iversen  89' 		 22' Steve Kindel
 73' Domenic Mobilio
  Penalties  
1 – 2

Attendance: 1,859

Division Finals

Northeast Division final



Atlantic Division final

September 12, 1997
Charleston Battery (SC) 3-3 Carolina Dynamo (NC)
Todd Miller  37'
Juan Castillo  52' (pen.)
Alvin Boisson  53' 		 43' Danny Care
 54' John Ball
 81' Mike Saunders
  Penalties  
4 – 3
Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 1,422


September 14, 1997
Carolina Dynamo (NC) 2-1 Charleston Battery (SC)
Maher Atta  29'
Yari Allnutt  89' 		 27' (pen.) Andy Schmetzer

Attendance: 1,506


September 14, 1997
Carolina Dynamo (NC) 1-0 Charleston Battery (SC)
Ed Radwanski  12'

Attendance: 1,506

Central Division final


September 14, 1997
New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA) 3-4 Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Stern John  64' (pen.)
Gabe Jones  67'
Mickey Trotman  78' 		 51' (pen.) Jon Szczepanski
 78' (pen.)
 60' Dan Stebbins
 74' David Marshall

Attendance: 898

Pacific Division final



Conference finals

Eastern Conference


The Carolina Dynamo advance.

Western Conference



The Milwaukee Rampage advance, winning two out of three games.

Final

MVP: Carmine Isacco, Milwaukee Rampage

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Doug Miller Rochester Rhinos 23 5 51
2 Mark Baena California Jaguars 20 4 44
3 Stern John New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 16 5 37
4 Steve Patterson Colorado Foxes 16 3 35
5 Jamel Mitchell Nashville Metros 17 0 34
Jimmy Glenn Rochester Rhinos 13 8 34
7 Yari Allnutt Carolina Dynamo 12 9 33
Domenic Mobilio Vancouver 86ers 14 5 33
Darren Tilley Montreal Impact 13 7 33
Gustavo Leal Orange County Zodiac 16 1 33
11 Sebastian Barnes Orlando Sundogs 14 3 31
12 Garret Kusch Vancouver 86ers 10 10 30
13 Mike Gailey Seattle Sounders 10 7 27
Rob Ukrop Richmond Kickers 12 3 27

Honors

References

  1. ↑ The Year in American Soccer - 1996

External links

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