2000 USL A-League

USL A-League
-2000 Season-
Season 2000
Champions Rochester Rhinos
(2nd title)
Premiers Minnesota Thunder
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Paul Conway, Greg Howes, Johnny Menyongar
(17 goals)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2000.

League standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
1 Long Island Rough Riders 28 16 9 4 54 36 +18 9 76
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 20 7 1 42 25 +17 3 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 39
6 Connecticut Wolves 28 1 19 8 22 57 -35 1 13

Atlantic Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
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

Western Conference

Central Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
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 33
5 Tennessee Rhythm 28 6 22 0 36 103 -67 1 25
6 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 2 23 3 25 80 -55 2 13

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W L D GF GA GD BP Points
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 -18 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

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

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



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

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


Minnesota Thunder (MI) 7–0 Indiana 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) 2–1 Bay Area Seals (CA)
Craig Waibel  26'
Viet Nguyen  45'
Scott Jenkins Yellow card 48'
Craig Waibel Yellow card 57'
Tim Steidten Yellow card 79'		 Report  5' Marquis White
Yellow card 44' Jeremy Sweet
Yellow card 55' Kevin Jeffrey
Attendance: 3,239
Referee: Cory Dean (USA)


San Diego Flash (CA) 1–1 (a.e.t.) Vancouver 86ers (BC)
Anthony Farace Yellow card 21'
Carlos Farias  53'
Leighton O'Brien Yellow card 77'
Raul Calderon Yellow card 103'		 Report Yellow card 2' Chris Franks
Yellow card 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

Eastern semifinal 1

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


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

The Rochester Rhinos advanced 3–0 on aggregate.

Eastern semifinal 2

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


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

Toronto Lynx advanced 2–0 on aggregate.

Western semifinal 1

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


The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4–3 on aggregate.

Western semifinal 2


Seattle Sounders (WA) 1–2 Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Greg Howes  10'
Ali John Utush Yellow card 39'
Craig Waibel Yellow card 57'		 Report  34' Yuri Lavrinenko
Yellow card 54' Todd Dusosky
Yellow card 82' Jake Provan
 90' Brian Loftin
Yellow card 90' Dan Popik
Attendance: 1,952
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

Milwaukee Rampage advanced 4–2 on aggregate.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

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


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

Western Conference

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


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

Final

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

Points leaders

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

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