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1998 USISL A-League

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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)3-0Charleston Battery (SC)
Yari Allnutt   23'
Jimmy Glenn   36'
Mike Kirmse   82'
Attendance: 9,673


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


Montreal Impact (QC)3-1Staten Island Vipers (NY)
Giuliano Oliviero   3'
Kevin Lamey   66'
Kevin Wilson   90'		   2' Marvin Oliver
Attendance: 9,673


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

Western Conference

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


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


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

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinal 1

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


Richmond Kickers (VA)2-4Hershey 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

Montreal Impact (QC)2-2Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Elvis Thomas   43'
Patrick Diotte   56'		   16' Darren Tilley
  21' Tommy Tanner
Penalties
2 – 3
Attendance: 4,360


Rochester Rhinos (NY)4-1Montreal Impact (QC)
Lenin Steenkamp   45', 48'
Scott Schweitzer   61'
Yari Allnutt   68'		   23' Elvis Thomas
Attendance: 7,529

Western Conference semifinal 1

Minnesota Thunder (MN)2-1Seattle Sounders (WA)
Stoian Mladenov   49'
Amos Magee   73'		 (Report)   2' Dick McCormick
  28' Scott Jenkins
  61' Peter Hattrup
Attendance: 2,084


Seattle Sounders (WA)1-2Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Dick McCormick   13'
Jason Annicchero   27'
Scott Jenkins   30'
David Hoggan   66'
Dick McCormick  84'
Neil Megson   84'		 (Report)   19' Gerard Lagos
  25' Don Gramenz
  62' Morgan Zeba
  73' (pen.) Kevin Anderson
Attendance: 3,579

The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4-2 on aggregate.

Western Conference semifinal 2

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


New Orleans Storm (LA)3-3San Diego Flash (CA)
Gabe Gentile   46'
Chris Veselka   61', 89'
Colin Rocke   63'
Andrew Restrepo   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)3-1Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Jimmy Glenn   3'
Darren Tilley   61', 89'		   84' Lee Tschantret
Attendance: 8,212


Hershey Wildcats (PA)0-1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
  75' Darren Tilley
Attendance: 1,847

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the finals.

Western Conference

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


San Diego Flash (CA)1-2Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Jerome Watson   68' (Report)   18' Constantin Stănici
  42' Morgan Zeba
  Kevin Anderson
Attendance: 3,183

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3-1Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Darren Tilley   20', 22', 60'   34' (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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