1998 USISL A-League

USISL A-League
Season1998
ChampionsRochester Raging Rhinos
(1st Title)
PremiersRochester Raging Rhinos
(1st Title)
Matches392
Goals1,292 (3.3 per match)
Best playerUnited States Mark Baena, Seattle Sounders
Top goalscorerUnited States Mark Baena, Seattle Sounders
(24 goals)
Best goalkeeperCanada Pat Onstad, Rochester Raging Rhinos
← 1997
1999 →

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

Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:

Atlantic Division

Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:

Central Division

Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:

Pacific Division

Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts
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 −63 18
Source:

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

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

Western Conference

San Diego Flash (CA)3–1Vancouver 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)2–2New Orleans Storm (LA)
Vince Martinez Red card 35'
Martin Reynders 41'
78' (pen.)		 23' Ricardo Blanchard
53' (pen.) Gabe Gentile
Penalties
2–4
Columbia/HCA Complex, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 650
Seattle Sounders (WA)2–1Orange 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)0–0Richmond Kickers (VA)
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 2,296

The Hershey Wildcats advance to the Eastern Conference final.

Eastern Conference semifinal 2

Western Conference semifinal 1

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
Devore Stadium, Chula Vista, California
Attendance: 4,043

The San Diego Flash advance to the Western Conference championship.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Jimmy Glenn (2:30), Yellow card 27'
Darren Tilley (60:20)
Yari Allnutt Yellow card 41'		 Report Yellow card 18' Mike Williams
(83:01) Lee Tschantret
Attendance: 8,212
Hershey Wildcats (PA)0–1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Report (74:16) 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

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final

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

MVP: Darren Tilley

Points leaders

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

Honors

References

  1. ↑ "Blast Named Organization of the Year". Indiana Blast. November 13, 1998. Archived from the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved May 19, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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