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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.

USL A-League
-2000 Season-
Season2000
ChampionsRochester Rhinos
(2nd title)
PremiersMinnesota Thunder
(1st title)
Top goalscorerPaul Conway, Greg Howes, Johnny Menyongar
(17 goals)
← 1999
2001 →

League standings edit

Eastern Conference edit

Northeast Division edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Long Island Rough Riders 28 16 9 3 54 36 +18 9 76
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 17 9 2 42 25 +17 5 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 42
6 Connecticut Wolves 28 1 19 8 22 57 −35 1 13
Source: [citation needed]

Atlantic Division edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD BP Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Western Conference edit

Central Division edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD BP Pts
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 36
5 Tennessee Rhythm 28 6 22 0 36 103 −67 1 25
6 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 2 23 3 25 80 −55 2 13
Source: [citation needed]

Pacific Division edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD BP Pts
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 −2 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
Source: [citation needed]

Conference Quarterfinals edit

Eastern Conference edit

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)1–2Toronto Lynx (ON)
Dahir Mohammed   78' Report   5' Brian Ashton
  43' Juan Pablo Arango
Attendance: 758


Charleston Battery (SC)1–0Raleigh Capital Express (NC)
Paul Conway   24'
Gilbert Jean-Baptiste  		 Report   Ihor Dotsenko
Attendance: 3,091


Rochester Rhinos (NY)4–2Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Mali Walton   47:38',   59'
Yari Allnutt   51:28'
Dan Stebbins   57',   85'
Martin Nash   62'
Onandi Lowe   71',   78'
Scott Schweitzer   90'		 Report   40:52' Greg Simmonds
  32' Mike Williams
  36' Mike Henning
  59' Ze Roberto
  90' Timothy Leonard
Attendance: 10,456


Richmond Kickers (VA)2–1 (OT)Hampton Roads Mariners (VA)
Paul Lekics   90'
Rob Ukrop   113' 		  41' Jakob Fenger
Attendance: 3,927

Western Conference edit

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)3–2El Paso Patriots (TX)
Digital Takawira   5', 94'
Igor Soso   85'		   41' Mark Rowland
  63' Kirk Wilson
Attendance: 3,122


Minnesota Thunder (MI)7–0Indiana Blast (IN)
Brian Winters   2', 61'
Chugger Adair   27'
Morgan Zeba   47', 63'
Johnny Menyongar   53'
Paul Schneider   80'		 Report
Attendance: 2,957
Referee: Kelly Ross (USA)


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


San Diego Flash (CA)1–1 (a.e.t.)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 edit

Eastern semifinal 1 edit

Rochester Rhinos (NY)2–0Charleston Battery (SC)
Onandi Lowe   8',   42'
Yari Allnutt   10'		 Report   2' Darren Warham
  56'   76' Brent Sancho
Attendance: 7,531


Charleston Battery (SC)0–1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Report   28' Dan Stebbins
  82' Scott Vallow
Attendance: 2,806

The Rochester Rhinos advanced 3–0 on aggregate.

Eastern semifinal 2 edit

Toronto Lynx (ON)1–0Richmond Kickers (VA)
Milan Kojić   32'
Nikola Vignjević   36' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 1,989
Referee: Manuel Orellano (Canada)


Richmond Kickers (VA)0–1Toronto Lynx (ON)
Report   39' Milan Kojić
Attendance: 4,027

Toronto Lynx advanced 2–0 on aggregate.

Western semifinal 1 edit

Vancouver 86ers (BC)3–0Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Alfredo Valente   30'
John Sulentic   69', 90'		 Report   69' John Sylvester
  72' John Coughlin
Attendance: 5,127
Referee: Rene Parra (Canada)


Minnesota Thunder (MN)4–0 (OT)Vancouver 86ers (BC)
Don Gramenz   30'
Mike Gentile   35'
Chugger Adair   45'
Brian Winters   86'
Morgan Zeba   94' 		Report   13' Darren Tilley
  90' Joe Scigliano
  90' Domenic Mobilio
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Michael Kennedy (USA)

The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4–3 on aggregate.

Western semifinal 2 edit

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)2–1Seattle Sounders (WA)
Digital Takawira   1'
Jason Willan   33'
Steve Bernal   60'		 Report   20',   90' Andrew Gregor
  75' Ali John Utush
  90' Craig Tomlinson
Attendance: 2,558
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)


Seattle Sounders (WA)1–2Milwaukee 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
Attendance: 1,952
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

Milwaukee Rampage advanced 4–2 on aggregate.

Conference finals edit

Eastern Conference edit

Toronto Lynx (ON)1–1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Brian Ashton   20'
Francisco Dos Santos   63',   66'		 Report   41' Onandi Lowe
  75' Dan Stebbins
Attendance: 2,811
Referee: Jerry Proctor (Canada)


Rochester Rhinos (NY)1–0Toronto Lynx (ON)
Tim Hardy   33'
Craig Demmin   80'		 Report   11' Brian Ashton
Attendance: 8,058

Western Conference edit

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)3–4Minnesota Thunder (MI)
Todd Dusosky   23',   90'
Yuri Lavrinenko   51'
David Marshall   90'
Jason Willan   90'
Jon Cantwell   90'		   9', 41' Morgan Zeba
  57' Johnny Menyongar
  64' John Coughlin
Attendance: 1,187


Minnesota Thunder (MI)5–0Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Johnny Menyongar   15', 89',   67'
Chugger Adair   45', 62'
Stoian Mladenov   74'		 Report   18' Brian Loftin
  51' Nate Houser
Attendance: 3,414
Referee: Terry Vaughan (USA)

Final edit

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1Minnesota Thunder (MI)
Dan Stebbins   13:55'
Carlos Zavala   15'
Yari Allnutt   38:00'
Martin Nash   77'
Onandi Lowe   77:10'		 Report   63' John Coughlin
  76' Morgan Zeba
  78:12' Chugger Adair
  81' Don Gramenz
Attendance: 14,276
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

Points leaders edit

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 edit

External links edit

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