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2003 USL A-League

The 2003 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2003.

USL A-League
-2003 Season-
Season2003
ChampionsCharleston Battery
(1st title)
PremiersMilwaukee Wave United
(1st title)
Top goalscorerThiago Martins
(22 goals)
← 2002
2004 →

League standings

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Eastern Conference

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Northeast Division

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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

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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

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Central Division

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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Northeast Division

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


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

The Rochester Rhinos advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Southeast Division

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Virginia Beach Mariners (VA)1–0Charleston Battery (SC)
Roy Lassiter   18'
Stephen Danbusky   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
  37' Roland Vargas-Aguilera
  58' Stephen Danbusky
Attendance: 2,031
Referee: Todd Perry (USA)

The Charleston Battery advance 4 – 2 on aggregate.

Central Division

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Milwaukee Wave United (WI)1–0Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Greg Howes   14' (pen.)
Chris Morman   78'		 Report   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   84' Todd Dusosky
Attendance: 2,649
Referee: Brent Sorg (USA)

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Pacific Division

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


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

The Seattle Sounders advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.

Conference finals

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Eastern Conference final

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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   41' Ian Fuller
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Brian D'Amato (USA)

The Charleston Battery advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.

Western Conference final

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


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

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Final

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

Points leaders

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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

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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

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  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
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