2009 United Soccer Leagues

The 2009 Season is the 23rd edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

The First Division season kicks off on April 11 with the defending champions Vancouver Whitecaps hosting US Open Cup finalist Charleston Battery, and the Minnesota Thunder visiting the Carolina RailHawks. The season will end on September 20, and as a change for this season the Finals will follow the rest of the playoffs in being two legs. The Second Division season will start in late April and end in September.

General

• Changes in the First Division: the Cleveland City Stars were promoted from Second Division and the Austin Aztex were added as an expanson team. The Atlanta Silverbacks went on hiatus for the season, and the Seattle Sounders were replaced by an expansion MLS team.
• Changes in the Second Division: the Cleveland City Stars were promoted to the First Division.
• In the PDL, 9 teams withdrew for the 2009 season, while 10 expansion teams increase the league to 68 teams in 8 divisions across 4 conferences. Teams play a 16-game league schedule.

Honors

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division
USL Second Division
USL PDL
U.S. Open Cup

Standings

Purple indicates regular season championship
Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Yellow indicates team would clinch playoff spot in current position.
Red indicates team is eliminated from playoffs.

First Division

as of April 23, 2009

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Carolina RailHawks FC	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
2	Miami FC	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
3	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
4	Austin Aztex FC	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	2
5	Charleston Battery	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	0	1	2	2	3	-1	2
7	Montreal Impact	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
8	Minnesota Thunder	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
9	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Rochester Rhinos	1	0	1	0	0	1	-1	0
11	Cleveland City Stars	1	0	1	0	1	3	-2	0

Results table

Abbreviation and Color Key: Austin Aztex - AUS • Carolina RailHawks - CAR • Charleston Battery - CHA • Cleveland City Stars - CLE • Miami FC - MIA • Minnesota Thunder - MIN Montreal Impact - MTL • Portland Timbers - POR • Puerto Rico Islanders - PUE • Rochester Rhinos - ROC • Vancouver Whitecaps - VAN •- Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home
Club	Match
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Austin Aztex	MIN	VAN	CLE	PUE	MTL	CAR	PUE	CHA	CHA	PUE	MIA	CAR	ROC	CLE	CLE	ROC	POR	MIN	MTL	CHA	CAR	ROC	MIN	MTL	MIA	VAN	MIA	POR	POR	VAN
	1-1	1-1
Carolina RailHawks	MIN	ROC	MIN	POR	POR	CHA	MIA	CLE	AUS	CLE	POR	MIN	AUS	PUE	CHA	VAN	CHA	MIA	AUS	ROC	CLE	VAN	VAN	ROC	MIA	MTL	MTL	PUE	PUE	MTL
	2-1	1-0
Charleston Battery	VAN	MTL	MIN	MIA	CAR	MTL	MIA	ROC	CLE	AUS	AUS	POR	PUE	PUE	PUE	MTL	CAR	CLE	ROC	CAR	AUS	VAN	POR	CLE	VAN	POR	MIN	MIA	ROC	MIN
	0-0	0-0
Cleveland City Stars	MIA	AUS	ROC	POR	MIN	CAR	CAR	CHA	PUE	PUE	ROC	MIA	MIA	VAN	AUS	AUS	PUE	CHA	MTL	ROC	VAN	CAR	CHA	MTL	MIN	MIN	MTL	POR	POR	VAN
	1-3
Miami FC	CLE	MTL	ROC	CHA	CAR	CHA	MIN	VAN	AUS	CLE	CLE	MT	PUE	VAN	POR	POR	MIN	CAR	MTL	PUE	MIN	POR	VAN	CAR	AUS	AUS	ROC	CHA	ROC	PUE
	3-1
Minnesota Thunder	CAR	AUS	CHA	CAR	VAN	CLE	MIA	PUE	ROC	MIN	POR	ROC	POR	VAN	MTL	AUS	MIA	POR	MTL	MIA	AUS	ROC	CLE	CLE	PUE	VAN	CHA	PUE	MTL	CHA
	1-2	1-1
Montreal Impact	CHA	MIA	PUE	ROC	CHA	AUS	ROC	POR	VAN	VAN	MIA	POR	CHA	MIN	ROC	PUE	CLE	AUS	MIA	MIN	POR	PUE	CLE	AUS	CAR	CAR	CLE	VAN	MIN	CAR
	0-0
Portland Timbers	VAN	POR	CAR	CLE	ROC	PUE	PUE	VAN	MTL	CAR	CHA	MIN	MTL	MIN	AUS	MIA	MIA	POR	MIN	VAN	CHA	MTL	ROC	MIA	CHA	ROC	AUS	AUS	CLE	CLE
	*
Puerto Rico Islanders	VAN	ROC	MTL	AUS	VAN	POR	POR	AUS	MIN	CLE	CLE	AUS	CHA	CHA	CHA	CAR	MIA	ROC	CLE	MTL	POR	VAN	MIA	MTL	MIN	ROC	MIN	CAR	CAR	MIA
	2-1
Rochester Rhinos	CAR	PUE	MIA	CLE	MTL	POR	VAN	CHA	MTL	MIN	CLE	AUS	MIN	AUS	PUE	MTL	CHA	CLE	VAN	CAR	AUS	POR	MIN	CAR	VAN	POR	PUE	MIA	MIA	CHA
	0-1
Vancouver Whitecaps	CHA	PUE	AUS	POR	MIN	PUE	ROC	POR	MTL	MIA	MTL	CLE	MIN	MIA	CAR	PUE	ROC	CLE	POR	CHA	CAR	CAR	CHA	MIA	ROC	AUS	MIN	MTL	AUS	CLE
	0-0	1-2	1-1

Playoffs

Teams will be re-seeded for semifinal matchups Template:7Team2LeggedBracket

Awards and All-League team

First Team
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Second Team
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Second Division

as of April 23, 2009

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Harrisburg City Islanders	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1
2	Richmond Kickers	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1
3	Crystal Palace Baltimore	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
5	Bermuda Hogges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Charlotte Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Real Maryland Monarchs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Western Mass Pioneers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Wilmington Hammerheads	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1
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											2
						2
						3

Awards and All-League team

First Team
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Rookie of the Year:

Second Team
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Premier Development League

• See 2009 PDL Season

W-League

• See 2009 W-League Season

External links

• Official USL Site