1998 USISL A-League

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USISL A-League
-1998 Season-
Season1998
ChampionsRochester Rhinos
(1st title)
PremiersRochester Rhinos
(1st title)
Top goalscorerMark Baena
(24 goals)
← 1997

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:[citation needed]

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:[citation needed]

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:[citation needed]

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:[citation needed]

Conference Quarterfinals[]

Eastern Conference[]

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–0Charleston Battery (SC)
Yari Allnutt Goal 22:00' (Tanner, Tilley)
Jimmy Glenn Goal 35:10' (McKay)
Mike Kirmse Goal 81:20'		 Report Yellow card 44' Robert Rosario
Yellow card 66' Todd Miller
Attendance: 9,673
Hershey Wildcats (PA)1–1Hampton Roads Mariners (VA)
Kyle Swords Goal 49' Goal 18' Greg Richards
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 2,089
Montreal Impact (QC)3–1Staten Island Vipers (NY)
Giuliano Oliviero Goal 3'
Kevin Lamey Goal 66'
Kevin Wilson Goal 90'		 Goal 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 Goal 22', 74'
Jamie Munro Red card 41'
Carlos Farias Goal 51'
Jerome Watson Goal 90'		 Report Goal 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 Goal 41'
Goal 78' (pen.)		 Goal 23' Ricardo Blanchard
Goal 53' (pen.) Gabe Gentile
Penalties
2–4
Attendance: 650
Seattle Sounders (WA)2–1Orange County Zodiac (CA)
Peter Hattrup Goal 63'
Brandon Prideaux Yellow card 73'
Dick McCormick Goal 76' (pen.)		 Report Goal 22' Eddie Soto
Yellow card 60' Steve Patterson
Yellow card 67' Ken Hesse
Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
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 Goal 82'
Tony Williams Goal 84'		 Goal 15' Lee Tschantret
Goal 45' Don D'Ambra
Goal 81' Jamel Mitchell
Goal 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 Goal 42:29'
Patrick Diotte Goal 54:41'
Nick De Santis Yellow card 90'		 Report Goal 15:24' Darren Tilley
Goal 20:09', Yellow card 46' Tommy Tanner
Yellow card 72' Nate Daligcon
Yellow card 86' Tim Hardy
Penalties
Giuliano Oliviero Penalty scored
Nevio Pizzolitto Penalty scored
Patrick Diotte Penalty missed
Elvis Thomas Penalty missed
Onandi Lowe Penalty missed		 2–3 Penalty scored Carlos Zavala
Penalty missed Doug Miller
Penalty missed Patrick Diotte
Penalty scored Scott Schweitzer
Penalty scored Darren Tilley
Attendance: 4,360
Rochester Rhinos (NY)4–1Montreal Impact (QC)
Tim Hardy Yellow card 36'
Lenin Steenkamp Goal 44:02', 47:20'
Scott Schweitzer Goal 60:45'
Yari Allnutt Goal 67:50'
Mike Kirmse Yellow card 84'		 Report Goal 22:25' Elvis Thomas
Yellow card 24' John Limniatis
Yellow card 56' Nevio Pizzolitto
Yellow card 59' Nick De Santis
Attendance: 7,529

Western Conference semifinal 1[]

Minnesota Thunder (MN)2–1Seattle Sounders (WA)
Stoian Mladenov Goal 49'
Amos Magee Goal 73'		 Report Yellow card 2' Dick McCormick
Yellow card 28' Scott Jenkins
Goal 61' Peter Hattrup
Attendance: 2,084
Seattle Sounders (WA)1–2Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Dick McCormick Yellow card 13', Goal 84'
Jason Annicchero Yellow card 27'
Scott Jenkins Yellow card 30'
David Hoggan Yellow card 66'
Neil Megson Yellow card 84'		 Report Goal 19' Gerard Lagos
Yellow card 25' Don Gramenz
Yellow card 62' Morgan Zeba
Goal 73' (pen.) Kevin Anderson
Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
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 Goal 18'
Carlos Farias Goal 73'		 Goal 60' Glenn Benjamin
Attendance: 4,043
New Orleans Storm (LA)3–3San Diego Flash (CA)
Gabe Gentile Goal 46'
Chris Veselka Goal 61', 89'
Colin Rocke Red card 63'
Andrew Restrepo Red card 69'		 Goal 7' Jerome Watson
Goal 53' Mauricio Alegre
Goal 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 Goal 2:30', Yellow card 27'
Darren Tilley Goal 60:20', 88:25'
Yari Allnutt Yellow card 41'		 Report Yellow card 18' Mike Williams
Goal 83:01' Lee Tschantret
Attendance: 8,212
Hershey Wildcats (PA)0–1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Report Goal 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 Goal 22'
Gabe Garcia Goal 87'		 Report Goal 55' Daniel Sinouhi
Attendance: 2,743
San Diego Flash (CA)1–2Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Jerome Watson Goal 68' Report Goal 18' Constantin Stănici
Goal 42' Morgan Zeba
Attendance: 3,183

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final[]

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Darren Tilley Goal 19:02', 22:55', 59:07'
Scott Schweitzer Yellow card 51'
Tim Hardy Yellow card 77'		 Report Yellow card 1' Morgan Zeba
Goal 33:09' (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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