2000 USL A-League

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

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
1 Long Island Rough Riders 28 16 9 4 54 36 +18 9 76
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 20 7 1 42 25 +17 3 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 39
6 Connecticut Wolves 28 1 19 8 22 57 -35 1 13

Atlantic Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
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

Western Conference

Central Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
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 33
5 Tennessee Rhythm 28 6 22 0 36 103 -67 1 25
6 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 2 23 3 25 80 -55 2 13

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
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 -18 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

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

September 8, 2000
7:30 PM (EST)
Long Island Rough Riders (NY) 1-2 Toronto Lynx (ON)
Dahir Mohammed  78' (Report)  5' Brian Ashton
 43' Juan Pablo Arango 43'



September 9, 2000
Rochester Rhinos (NY) 4-2 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Mali Walton  48'
Yari Allnutt  52'
Onandi Lowe  78'
Dan Stebbins  85'
Scott Schweitzer Red card 90' 		 41' Greg Simmonds
 90' Timothy Leonard


September 9, 2000
Richmond Kickers (VA) 2-1 (O.T.) Hampton Roads Mariners (VA)
Paul Lekics  90'
Rob Ukrop  113' 		 41' Jakob Fenger

Attendance: 3,927

Western Conference


September 9, 2000
7:35 PM (CDT)
Minnesota Thunder (MI) 7-0 Indiana Blast (IN)
Brian Winters ( 2'
Chugger Adair  27'
Morgan Zeba  47'
Johnny Menyongar  53'
Brian Winters  61'
Morgan Zeba  63'
Paul Schneider  80' 		(Report)
National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota
Attendance: 2,957
Referee: Kelly Ross (USA)


September 9, 2000
Seattle Sounders (WA) 2-1 Bay Area Seals (CA)
Craig Waibel  26'
Viet Nguyen  45'
Scott Jenkins  48'
Craig Waibel  57'
Tim Steidten  79' 		(Report)  5' Marquis White
 44' Jeremy Sweet
 55' Kevin Jeffrey
Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 3,239
Referee: Cory Dean (USA)


September 12, 1998
7:35 PM (PDT)
San Diego Flash (CA) 1-1 (OT) 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


The Rochester Rhinos advanced 3-0 on aggregate.

Eastern semifinal 2

September 15, 2000
7:30 PM (EDT)
Toronto Lynx (ON) 1-0 Richmond Kickers (VA)
Milan Kojić  32'
Nikola Vignjević  36' (pen.) 		(Report)
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 1,989
Referee: Manuel Orellano (Canada)


September 17, 2000
7:00 PM (EDT)
Richmond Kickers (VA) 0-1 Toronto Lynx (ON)
(Report)  39' Milan Kojić

Toronto Lynx advanced 2-0 on aggregate.

Western semifinal 1

September 13, 2000
7:30 PM (PDT)
Vancouver 86ers (BC) 3-0 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Alfredo Valente  30'
John Sulentic  69'  90' 		(Report) Red card 69' John Sylvester
 72' John Coughlin
Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 5,127
Referee: Rene Parra (Canada)


The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4-3 on aggregate.

Western semifinal 2


September 17, 2000
7:00 PM (PDT)
Seattle Sounders (WA) 1-2 Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Greg Howes  10'
Ali John Utush  39'
Craig Waibel  57' 		(Report)  34' Yuri Lavrinenko
 54' Todd Dusosky
 82' Jake Provan
 90' Brian Loftin
 90' Dan Popik

Milwaukee Rampage advanced 4-2 on aggregate.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

September 22, 2000
7:30 PM EST
Toronto Lynx (ON) 1-1 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Brian Ashton  20'
Francisco Dos Santos  63'
Francisco Dos Santos  66' 		(Report)  41' Onandi Lowe
 75' Dan Stebbins
Varsity Stadium Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 2,811
Referee: Jerry Proctor (Canada)


Western Conference

September 21, 2000
7:30 PM EST
Milwaukee Rampage (WI) 3-4 Minnesota Thunder (MI)
Todd Dusosky  23'
Yuri Lavrinenko  51'
David Marshall  90'
Jason Willan Red card 90'
Todd Dusosky Red card 90'
Jon Cantwell Red card 90' 		 9' Morgan Zeba
 41' Morgan Zeba
 57' Johnny Menyongar
 64' John Coughlin


Final

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

External links

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