2003 USL A-League

USL A-League
-2003 Season-
Season 2003
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

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
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

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
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 28 12 9 9 41 32 +9 43
4 Charlotte Eagles 28 6 7 15 29 59 -30 25
5 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 7 17 27 48 -27 19

Western Conference

Central Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
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
5 Indiana Blast 28 3 2 23 28 67 -39 11

Pacific Division

Place Team GP W D L GF GA GD Points
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

Division finals

Northeast Division

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


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

The Rochester Rhinos advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Southeast Division

Virginia Beach Mariners (VA) 1–0 Charleston Battery (SC)
Roy Lassiter  18'
Stephen Danbusky Yellow card 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Dan Stead (USA)


The Charleston Battery advance 4 – 2 on aggregate.

Central Division

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

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Pacific Division

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


The Seattle Sounders advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference final

Rochester Rhinos (NY) 0–0 Charleston Battery (SC)
(Report)
Attendance: 10,017
Referee: Andrew Chapin (USA)


Charleston Battery (SC) 1–0 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Josh Henderson  41' (Report) Yellow card 41' Ian Fuller
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Brian D'Amato (USA)

The Charleston Battery advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.

Western Conference final

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


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

The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Final

Points leaders

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

Honors

References

  1. ↑ 2003 A-League Awards Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.
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