1998 USISL A-League

USISL A-League
-1998 Season-
Season 1998
Champions Rochester Rhinos
(1st title)
Premiers Rochester Rhinos
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Mark Baena
(24 goals)
← 1997

The 1998 USISL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1998.

Regular season

Northeast Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Rochester Rhinos 28 23 1 1 3 72 15 +57 70
2 Montreal Impact 28 13 8 2 5 47 33 +14 47
3 Staten Island Vipers 28 15 1 1 11 46 37 +9 46
4 Long Island Rough Riders 28 14 3 1 10 46 35 +11 45
5 Worcester Wildfire 28 10 2 2 14 37 50 -13 32
6 Toronto Lynx 28 8 1 2 17 27 42 -15 25
7 Connecticut Wolves 28 2 5 3 18 32 57 -25 11

Atlantic Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Richmond Kickers 28 18 3 2 5 48 22 +26 57
2 Hershey Wildcats 28 17 2 1 8 51 31 +20 53
3 Hampton Roads Mariners 28 15 1 3 9 44 39 +5 46
4 Charleston Battery 28 11 1 1 15 37 40 -3 34
5 Jacksonville Cyclones 28 10 0 2 16 36 53 -17 30
6 Atlanta Ruckus 28 7 0 1 20 31 67 -36 21
7 Raleigh Flyers 28 5 0 2 21 31 66 -35 15

Central Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Nashville Metros 28 18 2 1 7 70 31 +39 56
2 Minnesota Thunder 28 16 3 1 8 52 33 +19 51
3 Milwaukee Rampage 28 16 1 3 8 61 39 +22 49
4 New Orleans Storm 28 14 1 1 12 53 50 +3 43
5 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 11 0 0 17 48 65 -17 33
6 El Paso Patriots 28 9 3 1 15 51 54 -3 30
7 Albuquerque Geckos 28 5 0 1 22 39 100 -61 15

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 San Diego Flash 28 20 1 1 6 58 23 +35 61
2 Seattle Sounders 28 17 1 0 10 63 28 +35 52
3 Orange County Zodiac 28 15 1 3 9 49 43 +6 46
4 Vancouver 86ers 28 13 2 1 12 55 42 +13 41
5 MLS Project 40 28 10 1 2 15 45 55 -10 31
6 San Francisco Bay Seals 28 9 1 5 13 31 47 -16 28
7 California Jaguars 28 6 0 1 21 32 95 -53 18

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

Rochester Rhinos (NY) 3–0 Charleston Battery (SC)
Yari Allnutt  22:00' (Tanner, Tilley)
Jimmy Glenn  35:10' (McKay)
Mike Kirmse  81:20'		 Report Yellow card 44' Robert Rosario
Yellow card 66' Todd Miller
Attendance: 9,673


Hershey Wildcats (PA) 1–1 Hampton Roads Mariners (VA)
Kyle Swords  49'  18' Greg Richards
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 2,089



Richmond Kickers (VA) 0–0 Long Island Rough Riders (NY)
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 1,798

Western Conference

San Diego Flash (CA) 3–1 Vancouver 86ers (BC)
Nate Hetherington  22', 74'
Jamie Munro Red card 41'
Carlos Farias  51'
Jerome Watson  90'		 (Report)  19' Jason Jordan
Devore Stadium, Chula Vista, California
Attendance: 4,178


Nashville Metros (TN) 2–2 New Orleans Storm (LA)
Vince Martinez Red card 35'
Martin Reynders  41'
 78' (pen.)		  23' Ricardo Blanchard
 53' (pen.) Gabe Gentile
Penalties
2–4
Attendance: 650


Seattle Sounders (WA) 2–1 Orange County Zodiac (CA)
Peter Hattrup  63'
Brandon Prideaux Yellow card 73'
Dick McCormick  76' (pen.)		 (Report)  22' Eddie Soto
Yellow card 60' Steve Patterson
Yellow card 67' Ken Hesse
Attendance: 4,371
Referee: Mohammed Sagakhaneh

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinal 1

Hershey Wildcats (PA) 0–0 Richmond Kickers (VA)
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 2,296


Richmond Kickers (VA) 2–4 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Rob Johnson  82'
Tony Williams  84'		  15' Lee Tschantret
 45' Don D'Ambra
 81' Jamel Mitchell
 90' Jakob Fenger
Attendance: 9,147

The Hershey Wildcats advance to the Eastern Conference final.

Eastern Conference semifinal 2


Rochester Rhinos (NY) 4–1 Montreal Impact (QC)
Tim Hardy Yellow card 36'
Lenin Steenkamp  44:02', 47:20'
Scott Schweitzer  60:45'
Yari Allnutt  67:50'
Mike Kirmse Yellow card 84'		 Report  22:25' Elvis Thomas
Yellow card 24' John Limniatis
Yellow card 56' Nevio Pizzolitto
Yellow card 59' Nick De Santis
Attendance: 7,529

Western Conference semifinal 1


The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4-2 on aggregate.

Western Conference semifinal 2

San Diego Flash (CA) 2–1 New Orleans Storm (LA)
Antonio Robles  18'
Carlos Farias  73'		  60' Glenn Benjamin
Attendance: 4,043


New Orleans Storm (LA) 3–3 San Diego Flash (CA)
Gabe Gentile  46'
Chris Veselka  61', 89'
Colin Rocke Red card 63'
Andrew Restrepo Red card 69'		  7' Jerome Watson
 53' Mauricio Alegre
 75' Carlos Farias
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 3,183

The San Diego Flash advance to the Western Conference championship.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

Rochester Rhinos (NY) 3–1 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Jimmy Glenn  2:30'
Darren Tilley  60:20', 88:25'
Jimmy Glenn Yellow card 27'
Yari Allnutt Yellow card 41'		 Report Yellow card 18' Mike Williams
 83:01' Lee Tschantret
Attendance: 8,212


Hershey Wildcats (PA) 0–1 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Report  74:16' Darren Tilley
Attendance: 1,847

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the finals.

Western Conference

Minnesota Thunder (MN) 2–1 San Diego Flash (CA)
John Coughlin  22'
Gabe Garcia  87'		 (Report)  55' Daniel Sinouhi
Attendance: 2,743


The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final

Rochester Rhinos (NY) 3–1 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Darren Tilley  19:02', 22:55', 59:07'
Scott Schweitzer Yellow card 51'
Tim Hardy Yellow card 77'		 Report Yellow card 1' Morgan Zeba
 33:09' (o.g.) Tim Hardy
Attendance: 13,772

MVP: Darren Tilley

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Mark Baena Seattle Sounders 24 5 53
2 Darren Tilley Rochester Rhinos 21 6 48
3 Amos Magee Minnesota Thunder 15 10 40
4 Kirk Wilson El Paso Patriots 15 7 37
5 Mauro Biello Montreal Impact 11 13 35
6 Mike Burke Charleston Battery 16 2 34
Gary Glasgow New Orleans Storm 15 4 34
Antonio Robles San Diego Flash 15 4 34
9 Yari Allnutt Rochester Rhinos 14 5 33
10 Jon Szczepanski Milwaukee Rampage 8 14 30
Jason Cairns Cincinnati Riverhawks 8 14 30
12 Luis Labastida Albuquerque Geckos 9 11 29
John Smith Nashville Metros 9 11 29
14 Patrick Beech Seattle Sounders 12 4 28
Steve Patterson Orange County Zodiac 11 6 28
Martin Reynders Nashville Metros 11 6 28
17 Giuliano Oliviero Montreal Impact 8 11 27
18 Gino DiFlorio Cincinnati Riverhawks 12 2 26
Jimmy Glenn Rochester Rhinos 10 6 26

Honors

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