2003 USL A-League
Season | 2003 |
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Champions | Charleston Battery (1st title) |
Premiers | Milwaukee Wave United (1st title) |
Top goalscorer | Thiago Martins (22 goals) |
← 2002 2004 → |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
Notes:
- ^ 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 |
Notes:
- ^ 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 |
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) | 2–1 | Montreal Impact (SC) |
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Ian Fuller ![]() Stoian Mladenov ![]() Doug Miller ![]() Kirk Wilson ![]() |
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Montreal Impact (SC) | 0–0 | Rochester Rhinos (NY) |
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Zé Roberto ![]() Martin Nash ![]() ![]() Abraham Francois ![]() |
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The Rochester Rhinos advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.
Southeast Division
Virginia Beach Mariners (VA) | 1–0 | Charleston Battery (SC) |
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Roy Lassiter ![]() Stephen Danbusky ![]() |
Report |
Charleston Battery (SC) | 4–1 | Virginia Beach Mariners (VA) |
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Chris Goos ![]() Josh Henderson ![]() Russell Hutchison ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Charleston Battery advance 4 – 2 on aggregate.
Central Division
Milwaukee Wave United (WI) | 1–0 | Minnesota Thunder (MN) |
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Greg Howes ![]() Chris Morman ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Minnesota Thunder (MN) | 2–0 (OT) | Milwaukee Wave United (WI) |
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Johnny Torres ![]() |
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The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.
Pacific Division
Seattle Sounders (WA) | 0–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) |
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Marco Vélez ![]() Scott Jenkins ![]() Ryan Edwards ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Seattle Sounders (WA) |
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Jean Piette ![]() Dave Morris ![]() Steve Kindel ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Ollie Heald ![]() Tiarnan King ![]() Chris Franks ![]() Carlo Corazzin ![]() Dave Morris ![]() Jeff Clarke ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Seattle Sounders advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.
Conference finals
Eastern Conference final
Charleston Battery (SC) | 1–0 | Rochester Rhinos (NY) |
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Josh Henderson ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
The Charleston Battery advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.
Western Conference final
Seattle Sounders (WA) | 0–1 | Minnesota Thunder (MN) |
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Andrew Gregor ![]() Zach Scott ![]() Scott Jenkins ![]() Chad Brown ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Minnesota Thunder (MN) | 1–0 | Seattle Sounders (WA) |
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Johnny Torres ![]() Duncan Tarley ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 0 on aggregate.
Final
Charleston Battery (SC) | 3–0 | Minnesota Thunder (MN) |
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Ted Chronopoulos ![]() Terry Phelan ![]() Paul Conway ![]() John Wilson ![]() Steve Klein ![]() |
Report |
Points leaders
Rank | Scorer | Club | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
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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[1]
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
- ^ 2003 A-League Awards Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine