2002 USL A-League

USL A-League
-2002 Season-
Season 2002
Champions Milwaukee Rampage
(2nd title)
Premiers Seattle Sounders
(2nd title)
Matches played 504
Goals scored 751 (1.49 per match)
Top goalscorer McKinley Tennyson, Fadi Afash
(18 goals)
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2002.

League standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD BP Points
1 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 17 3 8 38 25 +7 1 72
2 Montreal Impact 28 16 3 9 39 29 +10 5 72
3 Toronto Lynx 28 10 5 13 37 35 +2 3 48
4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 8 5 15 39 44 -5 4 41

Southeast Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD BP Points
1 Charleston Battery 28 19 3 6 46 16 +30 7 89
2 Richmond Kickers 28 13 9 6 44 37 +7 7 65
3 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 13 13 2 47 44 +3 8 62
4 Charlotte Eagles 28 10 14 4 46 46 0 6 50
5 Hampton Roads Mariners 28 6 19 3 25 57 -32 2 29

Western Conference

Central Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD BP Points
1 Milwaukee Rampage 28 16 7 5 48 29 +17 6 75
2 Minnesota Thunder 28 14 9 5 55 35 +20 6 70
3 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 8 20 0 35 68 -33 6 35*
4 Indiana Blast 28 6 18 4 29 67 -38 1 29
  • Cincinnati lost three point for using an ineligible player

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD BP Points
1 Seattle Sounders 28 23 1 4 71 27 +44 14 107
2 Portland Timbers 28 13 3 13 47 39 +8 8 63
3 El Paso Patriots 28 10 7 11 38 48 -10 7 54
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 11 5 12 41 39 +2 5 54
5 Calgary Storm 28 4 3 21 26 66 -40 3 22

The 2002 USL A-League points system was 4 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss + 1 bonus point when scoring three or more goals in a game.[1]

Playoff bracket

  First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Final
                                         
Portland Timbers 0 0 0  
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 2  
  Seattle Sounders 0 2 2  
  Vancouver Whitecaps 2 6 8  
  Milwaukee Rampage (aet) 0 2 2  
Western Conference
  Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1 1  
Minnesota Thunder 2 1 3  
El Paso Patriots 1 1 2  
  Milwaukee Rampage 0 2 2
  Minnesota Thunder 0 1 1  
 
  Milwaukee Rampage (aet) 2
  Richmond Kickers 1
Richmond Kickers 1 2 3  
Atlanta Silverbacks 1 1 2  
  Charleston Battery 2 1 3
  Richmond Kickers 1 3 4  
 
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 1 0 1 (8)
Eastern Conference
  Richmond Kickers (aet) (p) 1 0 1 (9)  
Montreal Impact (aet) (p) 0 1 1 (6)  
Charlotte Eagles 1 0 1 (5)  
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 0 1 1
  Montreal Impact 0 0 0  
 

Playoff first round

Charlotte vs Montreal


Montreal advances on penalties after series tied 1–1 on aggregate.

Richmond vs Atlanta

Richmond Kickers (VA) 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks (GA)
Peter Luzak Yellow card 23'
Josh Henderson Yellow card 86'
Peter Luzak  90'		 (Report)  36' James Wall
Yellow card 42' Alan Woods
Yellow card 56' Jason Annicchero
Yellow card 86' Jeff Cassar
Red card 88' James Wall
Attendance: 1,258
Referee: Todd Perry


Atlanta Silverbacks (GA) 1–2 Richmond Kickers (VA)
Philippe Godoy Yellow card 10'
Ryan Leib Yellow card 20'
Jason Annicchero Yellow card 39'
John Barry Nusum Yellow card 55'
Gilbert Jean-Baptiste Yellow card 66'
Byron Mitchell Yellow card 78'
Byron Mitchell Yellow cardRed card 84'
John Barry Nusum  88'		 (Report)  8' Josh Henderson
Yellow card 13' Bryan Namoff
Yellow card 39' Kevin Knight
 45' Kevin Jeffrey
Yellow card 80' Khary Stockton
Attendance: 351
Referee: Kermit Quisenberry

Richmond advances 3–2 on aggregate.

Minnesota vs El Paso

El Paso Patriots (TX) 1–2 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Johnny Frias  7'  25' Johnny Torres
 29' Johnny Menyongar
Attendance: 1,270


Minnesota Thunder (MN) 1–1 El Paso Patriots (TX)
Zafer Kılıçkan  70'  32' (pen.) Jose Abarca
Attendance: 1,567

Minnesota advances 3–2 on aggregate.

Vancouver vs Portland

Portland Timbers (OR) 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Keith Costigan Yellow card 10'
Fadi Afash Yellow card 68'
Brent Sancho Yellow card 69'		 (Report)  32' Paul Dailly
Yellow card 43' Chris Franks
Yellow card 45' Ollie Heald
Yellow card 68' Nick Dasovic
Attendance: 4,071


Vancouver Whitecaps advance 2–0 on aggregate.

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference Semifinal 1


Rochester Rhinos (NY) 1–0 Montreal Impact (QC)
Yuri Lavrinenko Yellow card 26'
Bill Sedgwick  62'		 (Report) Yellow card 43' Patrice Bernier
Attendance: 10,367

The Rochester Rhinos advanced 1–0 on aggregate.

Eastern Conference Semifinal 2

Charleston Battery (SC) 2–1 Richmond Kickers (VA)
Justin Evans  63'
Paul Conway  87' (pen.)		 (Report)  75' Mike Burke
Yellow card 86' Marco Ferruzzi
Attendance: 2,379
Referee: Daniel Baruk (USA)


Richmond Kickers (VA) 3–1 Charleston Battery (SC)
Josh Henderson  8'
Kevin Jeffrey  22'
Chris Fox Yellow card 24'
David Hayes  36'		 (Report)  4' Mac Cozier
Yellow card 15' Mark Watson
Yellow card 45' Mac Cozier
Attendance: 2,043
Referee: Mike Stutt (USA)

The Richmond Kickers advanced 4–3 on aggregate.

Western Conference Semifinal 1

Minnesota Thunder (MN) 0–0 Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Mike Gores Yellow card 42'
Don Gramenz Yellow card 64'
Steve Shak Yellow card 82'
Mike Gentile Yellow card 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,321


Milwaukee Rampage (WI) 2–1 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Miguel Saavedra  20'
John Wolyniec  77'		  65' Steve Shak
Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,579

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced 2–1 on aggregate.

Western Conference Semifinal 2

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) 2–0 Seattle Sounders (WA)
Chris Franks Yellow card 3'
Jason Jordan  44', 90'
Jeff Clarke Yellow card 47'		 (Report) Yellow card 14' Dick McCormick
Red card 78' Viet Nguyen
Yellow card 79' Leighton O'Brien
Attendance: 5,686
Referee: Steve DePiero (USA)


Seattle Sounders (WA) 2–6 Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Andrew Gregor Yellow card 38'
Leighton O'Brien Yellow card 43'
Kyle Smith  52'
Jason Farrell  60'
Scott Jenkins Yellow card 61'		 (Report) Yellow card 19' Ollie Heald
 22' Jeff Clarke
 26', 70' (pen.) Ollie Heald
 39' Steve Kindel
 67' Dave Morris
Yellow card 75' Kevan Cameron
 90' Niall Thompson
Attendance: 3,917
Referee: Sandra Hunt (USA)

The Vancouver Whitecaps advanced 8–2 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

Richmond Kickers (VA) 1–1 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Josh Henderson  49'  28' Lenin Steenkamp
Sports Backers Stadium (Richmond), Richmond, Virginia
Attendance: 3,387


The Richmond Kickers advanced.

Western Conference

Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) 0–0 Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Ollie Heald Yellow card 45' (Report)
Attendance: 6,056


Milwaukee Rampage (WI) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Vancouver Whitecaps (BC)
Destin Makumbu Yellow card 43'
Matt Bobo  56'
Matt Behncke Yellow card 60'
Bobby Brennan Yellow card 90'
Matt Bobo  101' 		(Report)  59' Niall Thompson
Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,223

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced.

Final

Milwaukee Rampage (WI) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Richmond Kickers (VA)
John Wolyniec  45'
Steve Bernal Yellow card 58'
John Wolyniec Yellow card 62'
David Lara Yellow card 68'
Siniša Angelovski  106' 		(Report) Yellow card 22' Tony Williams
Yellow card 56' Khary Stockton
 59' (pen.) Marco Ferruzzi
Yellow card 62' Kevin Knight
Yellow cardRed card 93' Khary Stockton
Yellow card 96' Josh Henderson
Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin
Attendance: 6,189

MPV: John Wolyniec

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club GP Goals Assists Points
1 McKinley Tennyson Portland Timbers 24 18 6 42
Brian Ching Seattle Sounders 25 16 8 42
3 Leighton O'Brien Seattle Sounders 27 13 11 37
4 Fadi Afash Portland Timbers 22 18 0 36
Eduardo Sebrango Montreal Impact 28 18 0 36
6 Paul Conway Charleston Battery 25 13 6 32
7 Johnny Menyongar Minnesota Thunder 25 10 11 31
8 Johnny Torres Minnesota Thunder 23 12 5 29
9 Darren Sawatzky Seattle Sounders 28 9 10 28
10 Dustin Swinehart Charlotte Eagles 27 10 6 26
Digital Takawira Milwaukee Rampage 22 9 8 26
12 Niki Budalic Toronto Lynx 28 12 1 25
John Wolyniec Milwaukee Rampage 26 10 5 25
14 Josh Henderson Richmond Kickers 23 11 2 24
Brian Piesner Atlanta Silverbacks 25 7 10 24

Honors

References

  1. ↑ Litterer, David (February 14, 2010). "United Soccer Leagues Statistical History, Part 4 (2000-2003)". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ A-League Awards: 2002 Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.
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