2002 USL A-League

2002 USL A-League
Season	2002
Champions	Milwaukee Rampage
Matches played	504
Goals scored	751 (1.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	McKinley Tennyson, Fadi Afash Goals: 18
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The 2002 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2002.

League standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	17	3	8	38	25	+7	1	72
2	Montreal Impact	28	16	3	9	39	29	+10	5	72
3	Toronto Lynx	28	10	5	13	37	35	+2	3	48
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	8	5	15	39	44	-5	4	41

Southeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Charleston Battery	28	19	3	6	46	16	+30	7	89
2	Richmond Kickers	28	13	9	6	44	37	+7	7	65
3	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	13	13	2	47	44	+3	8	62
4	Charlotte Eagles	28	10	14	4	46	46	0	6	50
5	Hampton Roads Mariners	28	6	19	3	25	57	-32	2	29

Western Conference

Central Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Milwaukee Rampage	28	16	7	5	48	29	+17	6	75
2	Minnesota Thunder	28	14	9	5	55	35	+20	6	70
3	Cincinnati Riverhawks	28	8	20	0	35	68	-33	6	35*
4	Indiana Blast	28	6	18	4	29	67	-38	1	29

Cincinnati lost three point for using an ineligible player

Pacific Division

Place	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Points
1	Seattle Sounders	28	23	1	4	71	27	+44	14	107
2	Portland Timbers	28	13	3	13	47	39	+8	8	63
3	El Paso Patriots	28	10	7	11	38	48	-10	7	54
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	11	5	12	41	39	+2	5	54
5	Calgary Storm	28	4	3	21	26	66	-40	3	22

The 2002 USL A-League points system was 4 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss + 1 bonus point when scoring three or more goals in a game.^[1]

Playoff bracket

First Round				Conference Semifinals				Conference Finals				Final

Portland Timbers	0	0	0
Vancouver Whitecaps	1	1	2
Vancouver Whitecaps	1	1	2	Seattle Sounders	0	2	2
				Seattle Sounders	0	2	2
				Vancouver Whitecaps	2	6	8
				Vancouver Whitecaps	2	6	8


								Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	0	2	2
Western Conference								Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	0	2	2
Western Conference								Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1
Minnesota Thunder	2	1	3					Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1
Minnesota Thunder	2	1	3
El Paso Patriots	1	1	2
El Paso Patriots	1	1	2	Milwaukee Rampage	0	2	2
				Milwaukee Rampage	0	2	2
				Minnesota Thunder	0	1	1
				Minnesota Thunder	0	1	1


												Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	2
												Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	2
												Richmond Kickers	1
Richmond Kickers	1	2	3									Richmond Kickers	1
Richmond Kickers	1	2	3
Atlanta Silverbacks	1	1	2
Atlanta Silverbacks	1	1	2	Charleston Battery	2	1	3
				Charleston Battery	2	1	3
				Richmond Kickers	1	3	4
				Richmond Kickers	1	3	4


								Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1 (8)
Eastern Conference								Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1 (8)
Eastern Conference								Richmond Kickers (aet) (p)	1	0	1 (9)
Montreal Impact (aet) (p)	0	1	1 (6)					Richmond Kickers (aet) (p)	1	0	1 (9)
Montreal Impact (aet) (p)	0	1	1 (6)
Charlotte Eagles	1	0	1 (5)
Charlotte Eagles	1	0	1 (5)	Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	1	1
				Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	1	1
				Montreal Impact	0	0	0
				Montreal Impact	0	0	0

Playoff first round

Charlotte vs Montreal

September 4, 2002
7:00 PM EST

Charlotte Eagles (NC)	1-0	Montreal Impact (QC)
Dwyane Demmin 17'	(Report)	30' Adam Braz 67' Nevio Pizzolitto

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 546

September 8, 2002
4:00 PM EST

Montreal Impact (QC)	1-0 (O.T.)	Charlotte Eagles (NC)
Eduardo Sebrango 36'
	Penalties
Patrick Leduc Giuliano Oliviero Darko Kolic Eduardo Sebrango Gabriel Gervais Mark Rowland	6 – 5	Andy McDermott Leo Gajardo Dustin Swinehart Jamie Wellington Carlos Calderson Nathan Watkins

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Attendance: 6,883

Montreal advances on penalties after series tied 1-1 on aggregate.

Richmond vs Atlanta

September 5, 2002

Richmond Kickers (VA)	1-1	Atlanta Silverbacks (GA)
Peter Luzak 23' Josh Henderson 86' Peter Luzak 90'	(Report)	36' James Wall 42' Alan Woods 56' Jason Annicchero 86' Jeff Cassar 88' James Wall

Sports Backers Stadium, Richmond, Virginia
Attendance: 1,258
Referee: Todd Perry

September 8, 2002
6:00 PM EST

Atlanta Silverbacks (GA)	1-2	Richmond Kickers (VA)
Philippe Godoy 10' Ryan Leib 20' Jason Annicchero 39' John Barry Nusum 55' Gilbert Jean-Baptiste 66' Byron Mitchell 78' Byron Mitchell 84' John Barry Nusum 88'	(Report)	8' Josh Henderson 13' Bryan Namoff 39' Kevin Knight 45' Kevin Jeffrey 80' Khary Stockton

DeKalb Memorial Stadium, Clarkston, Georgia
Attendance: 351
Referee: Kermit Quisenberry

Richmond advances 3-2 on aggregate.

Minnesota vs El Paso

September 5, 2002

El Paso Patriots (TX)	1-2	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Johnny Frias 7'		25' Johnny Torres 29' Johnny Menyongar

Attendance: 1,270

September 7, 2002
8:00 PM EST

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	1-1	El Paso Patriots (TX)
Zafer Kılıçkan 70'		32' (PK) Jose Abarca

Attendance: 1,567

Minnesota advances 3-2 on aggregate.

Vancouver vs Portland

September 5, 2002
7:05 PM PST

Portland Timbers (OR)	0-1	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Keith Costigan 10' Fadi Afash 68' Brent Sancho 69'	(Report)	32' Paul Dailly 43' Chris Franks 45' Ollie Heald 68' Nick Dasovic

PGE Park, Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 4,071

September 7, 2002

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	1-0	Portland Timbers (OR)
Steve Kindel 52'	(Report)

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia
Attendance: 4,060

Vancouver Whitecaps advance 2-0 on aggregate.

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference Semifinal 1

September 12, 2002

Montreal Impact (QC)	0-0	Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Eduardo Sebrango 53' Gabriel Gervais 81'	(Report)	22' Kalin Bankov 30' Bill Sedgwick

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 6,354

September 14, 2002
8:00 PM (EST)

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	1-0	Montreal Impact (QC)
Yuri Lavrinenko 26' Bill Sedgwick 62'	(Report)	43' Patrice Bernier

Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 10,367

The Rochester Rhinos advanced 1-0 on aggregate.

Eastern Conference Semifinal 2

September 13, 2002

Charleston Battery (SC)	2-1	Richmond Kickers (VA)
Justin Evans 63' Paul Conway 87' (pen.)	(Report)	75' Mike Burke 86' Marco Ferruzzi

Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 2,379
Referee: Daniel Baruk (USA)

September 15, 2002
6:00 PM (EST)

Richmond Kickers (VA)	3-1	Charleston Battery (SC)
Josh Henderson 8' Kevin Jeffrey 22' Chris Fox 24' David Hayes 36'	(Report)	4' Mac Cozier 15' Mark Watson 45' Mac Cozier

UR Stadium, Richmond, Virginia
Attendance: 2,043
Referee: Mike Stutt (USA)

The Richmond Kickers advanced 4-3 on aggregate.

Western Conference Semifinal 1

September 12, 2002
8:30 (EST)

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	0-0	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Mike Gores 42' Don Gramenz 64' Steve Shak 82' Mike Gentile 87'	(Report)

National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,321

September 14, 2002
8:00 (EST)

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-1	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Miguel Saavedra 20' John Wolyniec 77'		65' Steve Shak

Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,579

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced 2-1 on aggregate.

Western Conference Semifinal 2

September 13, 2002
7:30 P.M. (PST)

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	2-0	Seattle Sounders (WA)
Chris Franks 3' Jason Jordan 44' Jeff Clarke 47' Jason Jordan 90'	(Report)	14' Dick McCormick 78' Viet Nguyen 79' Leighton O'Brien

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia
Attendance: 5,686
Referee: Steve DePiero (USA)

September 15, 2002
5:00 P.M. (PST)

Seattle Sounders (WA)	2-6	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Andrew Gregor 38' Leighton O'Brien 43' Kyle Smith 52' Jason Farrell 60' Scott Jenkins 61'	(Report)	19' Ollie Heald 22' Jeff Clarke 26' Ollie Heald 67' Dave Morris 70' Ollie Heald 75' Kevan Cameron 90' Niall Thompson

Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 3,917
Referee: Sandra Hunt (USA)

The Vancouver Whitecaps advanced 8-2 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

September 19, 2002

Richmond Kickers (VA)	1-1	Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Josh Henderson 49'		28' Lenin Steenkamp

UR Stadium, Richmond, Virginia
Attendance: 3,387

September 21, 2002

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	0-0 (O.T.)	Richmond Kickers (VA)

	Penalties
Stoian Mladenov Carlos Zavala Yuri Lavrinenko Temoc Suarez Tommy Tanner Bill Sedgewick Craig Demmin Lenin Steenkamp Greg Simmonds	8 – 9	Rob Ukrop Paul Lekics Ihor Dotsenko Ray Goodlett David Hayes Mike Burke Tony Williams Kevin Knight Ronnie Pascale

Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 10,148

The Richmond Kickers advanced.

Western Conference

September 19, 2002
7:30 PM PST

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)	0-0	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Ollie Heald 45'	(Report)

Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 6,056

September 21, 2002
8:00 PM EST

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-1 (OT)	Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Destin Makumbu 43' Matt Bobo 56' Matt Behncke 60' Bobby Brennan 90' Matt Bobo 101'	(Report)	59' Niall Thompson

Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,223

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced.

Final

September 28, 2002
8:00 PM EST

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-1 OT	Richmond Kickers (VA)
John Wolyniec 45' Steve Bernal 58' John Wolyniec 62' David Lara 68' Siniša Angelovski 106'	(Report)	22' Tony Williams 56' Khary Stockton 59' (pen.) Marco Ferruzzi 62' Kevin Knight 93' Khary Stockton 96' Josh Henderson

Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin
Attendance: 6,189

MPV: John Wolyniec

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	McKinley Tennyson	Portland Timbers	24	18	6	42
1	Brian Ching	Seattle Sounders	25	16	8	42
3	Leighton O'Brien	Seattle Sounders	27	13	11	37
4	Fadi Afash	Portland Timbers	22	18	0	36
4	Eduardo Sebrango	Montreal Impact	28	18	0	36
6	Paul Conway	Charleston Battery	25	13	6	32
7	Johnny Menyongar	Minnesota Thunder	25	10	11	31
8	Johnny Torres	Minnesota Thunder	23	12	5	29
9	Darren Sawatzky	Seattle Sounders	28	9	10	28
10	Dustin Swinehart	Charlotte Eagles	27	10	6	26
10	Digital Takawira	Milwaukee Rampage	22	9	8	26
12	Niki Budalic	Toronto Lynx	28	12	1	25
12	John Wolyniec	Milwaukee Rampage	26	10	5	25
14	Josh Henderson	Richmond Kickers	23	11	2	24
14	Brian Piesner	Atlanta Silverbacks	25	7	10	24

Honors

MVP: Leighton O'Brien
Leading goal scorer: Niall Thompson
Leading goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock
Defender of the Year: Mark Watson
Rookie of the Year: Niki Budalic
Coach of the Year: Brian Schmetzer
First Team All A-League
- Goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock
- Defenders: Gabriel Gervais, Destin Makumbu, Mark Watson
- Midfielders: Andrew Gregor, Leighton O'Brien, Brian Piesner, Lenin Steenkamp
- Forwards: Brian Ching, Eduardo Sebrango, McKinley Tennyson
Second Team All A-League^[2]
- Goalkeeper: Preston Burpo
- Defenders: Craig Demmin, Linval Dixon, Mark Schulte
- Midfielders: Mauro Biello, Luis da Gama, Jose Gomez, Steve Kindel
- Forwards: Fadi Afash, Josh Henderson, Johnny Menyongar

References

↑ Litterer, David (February 14, 2010). "United Soccer Leagues Statistical History, Part 4 (2000-2003)". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
↑ A-League Awards: 2002

External links

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