2003 USL A-League

USL A-League
-2003 Season-
Season2003
ChampionsCharleston Battery
(1st title)
PremiersMilwaukee Wave United
(1st title)
Top goalscorerThiago Martins
(22 goals)
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The 2003 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2003.

League standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Impact 28 16 6 6 40 21 +19 54
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 15 6 7 55 36 +19 51
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 15 4 9 50 41 +9 49
4 Syracuse Salty Dogs 28 11 5 12 42 38 +4 38
5 Toronto Lynx 28 11 4 13 29 38 −9 37
Source: [citation needed]

Southeast Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Charleston Battery 28 15 7 6 41 27 +14 52
2 Virginia Beach Mariners 28 14 5 9 51 34 +17 47
3 Richmond Kickers 30 12 9 9 41 32 +9 43[a]
4 Charlotte Eagles 28 6 7 15 29 59 −30 25
5 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 7 17 27 48 −21 19
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted?

Western Conference

Central Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Milwaukee Wave United 28 18 0 10 61 32 +29 54
2 Minnesota Thunder 28 17 2 9 44 28 +16 53
3 El Paso Patriots 28 9 3 16 33 48 −15 30
4 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 9 0 19 38 62 −24 24[a]
5 Indiana Blast 28 3 2 23 28 67 −39 11
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted?

Pacific Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Seattle Sounders 28 16 5 7 45 24 +21 53
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 15 7 6 45 24 +21 52
3 Portland Timbers 28 15 2 11 39 33 +6 47
4 Calgary Storm 28 4 3 21 16 62 −46 15
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

Bracket

Division finals Conference finals Final
             
S1 Charleston Battery 0 4 4
S2 Virginia Beach Mariners 1 1 2
Charleston Battery 0 1 1
Eastern Conference
Rochester Rhinos 0 0 0
N1 Montreal Impact 1 0 1
N2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 2 0 2
Charleston Battery 3
Minnesota Thunder 0
C2 Minnesota Thunder (a.e.t.) 0 2 3
C1 Milwaukee Wave United 1 0 1
Minnesota Thunder 1 1 2
Western Conference
Seattle Sounders 0 0 0
P2 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1 1 (5)
P1 Seattle Sounders (p) 0 1 1 (6)

Division finals

Northeast Division

Rochester Rhinos (NY)2–1Montreal Impact (SC)
Ian Fuller Red card 6'
Stoian Mladenov 8' (pen.)
Doug Miller 50'
Kirk Wilson Yellow card 90'		 Report Red card 6' Nevio Pizzolitto
84' Zé Roberto
Attendance: 8,339
Referee: Ken Heller (USA)


Montreal Impact (SC)0–0Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Zé Roberto Yellow card 4'
Martin Nash Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 90'
Abraham Francois Yellow card 89'		 Report Yellow card 15' Scott Schweitzer
Yellow card 65' Yuri Lavrinenko
Yellow card 72' Kirk Wilson
Yellow card 81' David Hayes
Attendance: 8,445
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

The Rochester Rhinos advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Southeast Division

Virginia Beach Mariners (VA)1–0Charleston Battery (SC)
Roy Lassiter 18'
Stephen Danbusky Yellow card 75'		 Report
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Dan Stead (USA)


Charleston Battery (SC)4–1Virginia Beach Mariners (VA)
Chris Goos 3'
Josh Henderson 14', 71'
Russell Hutchison 17' (o.g.)		 Report 10' Hamisi Amani-Dove
Yellow card 37' Roland Vargas-Aguilera
Yellow card 58' Stephen Danbusky
Attendance: 2,031
Referee: Todd Perry (USA)

The Charleston Battery advance 4 – 2 on aggregate.

Central Division

Milwaukee Wave United (WI)1–0Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Greg Howes 14' (pen.)
Chris Morman Yellow card 78'		 Report Yellow card 54' Steve Shak
Attendance: 1,927
Referee: Cien Asoera (USA)


Minnesota Thunder (MN)2–0 (OT)Milwaukee Wave United (WI)
Johnny Torres 62', 92' Report Yellow card 84' Todd Dusosky
Attendance: 2,649
Referee: Brent Sorg (USA)

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Pacific Division

Seattle Sounders (WA)0–0Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Marco Vélez Yellow card 14'
Scott Jenkins Yellow card 15'
Ryan Edwards Yellow card 34'		 Report Yellow card 35' Carlo Corazzin
Yellow card 87' Ollie Heald
Yellow card 90' Paul Dailly
Attendance: 2,178
Referee: Cory Dean (Canada)


Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)1–1 (a.e.t.)Seattle Sounders (WA)
Jean Piette Yellow card 11'
Dave Morris 90'
Steve Kindel Yellow card 117'		 Report 2' Roger Levesque
Yellow card 4' Chad Brown
Yellow card 18' Andrew Gregor
Yellow card 77' Zach Scott
Yellow card 78' Darren Sawatzky
Penalties
Ollie Heald soccer ball with check mark
Tiarnan King soccer ball with check mark
Chris Franks soccer ball with check mark
Carlo Corazzin soccer ball with check mark
Dave Morris soccer ball with check mark
Jeff Clarke soccer ball with red X		 5–6 soccer ball with check mark Kyle Smith
soccer ball with check mark Chad Brown
soccer ball with check mark Darren Sawatzky
soccer ball with check mark Herculez Gomez
soccer ball with check mark Andrew Gregor
soccer ball with check mark Viet Nguyen
Attendance: 5,175
Referee: Hu Lui (USA)

The Seattle Sounders advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference final

Rochester Rhinos (NY)0–0Charleston Battery (SC)
Report
Attendance: 10,017
Referee: Andrew Chapin (USA)


Charleston Battery (SC)1–0Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Josh Henderson 41' Report Yellow card 41' Ian Fuller
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Brian D'Amato (USA)

The Charleston Battery advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.

Western Conference final

Seattle Sounders (WA)0–1Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Andrew Gregor Yellow card 9'
Zach Scott Yellow card 53'
Scott Jenkins Yellow card 57'
Chad Brown Yellow card 59'		 Report 79' Steve Shak
Attendance: 3,190
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)


Minnesota Thunder (MN)1–0Seattle Sounders (WA)
Johnny Torres 59'
Duncan Tarley Yellow card 90'		 Report Yellow card 8' Viet Nguyen
Yellow card 23' Ryan Edwards
Yellow card 85' Craig Tomlinson
Attendance: 2,612
Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA)

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Final

Charleston Battery (SC)3–0Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Ted Chronopoulos 13'
Terry Phelan Yellow card 15'
Paul Conway 21'
John Wilson Yellow card 32'
Steve Klein 37'		 [1]
Attendance: 5,711
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club GP Goals Assists Points
1 Thiago Martins Pittsburgh Riverhounds 25 22 7 51
2 Doug Miller Rochester Rhinos 28 17 4 38
3 Dante Washington Virginia Beach Mariners 26 18 1 37
4 Greg Howes Milwaukee Wave United 28 11 12 34
5 Todd Dusosky Milwaukee Wave United 26 11 7 29
Roland Vargas-Aguilera Virginia Beach Mariners 26 10 9 29
Kevin Jeffrey Richmond Kickers 27 10 9 29
8 Josh Henderson Charleston Battery 20 10 5 25
Byron Alvarez Portland Timbers 21 12 1 25
McKinley Tennyson Portland Timbers 27 11 3 25
11 Lourenço Andrade El Paso Patriots 20 9 4 22
Dino Delevski Milwaukee Wave United 23 8 6 22

Awards and All A-League Teams

All A-League First Team[2]
F: Thiago Martins (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Doug Miller (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Dante Washington (Virginia Beach Mariners)
M: Roland Aguilera (Virginia Beach Mariners); Marco Ferruzzi (Minnesota Thunder); Andrew Gregor (Seattle Sounders); Ricardo Villar (Pittsburgh Riverhounds)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); Danny Jackson (Seattle Sounders); John Wilson (Charleston Battery)
G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Bob Lilley Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year)

All A-League Second Team
F: Byron Alvarez (Portland Timbers); Greg Howes (Milwaukee Wave United); Kevin Jeffrey (Richmond Kickers)
M: Ted Chronopoulos (Charleston Battery); Ollie Heald (Vancouver Whitecaps); Zé Roberto (Montreal Impact); David Testo (Richmond Kickers)
D: Scott Schweitzer (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Steve Shak (Minnesota Thunder); Alan Woods (Atlanta Silverbacks)
G: Rich Cullen (Seattle Sounders)

References

  1. ^ "Charleston claims A-League title". September 20, 2003. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  2. ^ 2003 A-League Awards Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine