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2007 United Soccer Leagues

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The 2007 Season is the 21st edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

The season kicked off on Friday, April 13 when the 2006 league runners-up Rochester Raging Rhinos traveled to the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón to take on the Puerto Rico Islanders.

General

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Honors

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Competition Champion Runner-Up Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division Seattle Sounders Atlanta Silverbacks Seattle Sounders
USL Second Division Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers
USL PDL Laredo Heat Michigan Bucks Hampton Roads Piranhas
U.S. Open Cup New England Revolution (MLS) FC Dallas (MLS) Carolina Railhawks/Seattle Sounders
Voyageurs Cup Montreal Impact Vancouver Whitecaps n/a

Standings

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First Division

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The schedule was not a balanced home and away affair; to make up the four extra games to total 28, each team played their four geographically closest competitors. The playoff format was changed to qualify eight instead of six teams; therefore the first and second league champions obtained seeding to determine home field advantage instead of a first round bye as in previous seasons. The previous bidding to host between the two playoff finalists for the one game cup final was discontinued for this season.[1]

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Sounders (C, X) 28 16 6 6 37 23 +14 54 Quarterfinal round of playoffs
2 Portland Timbers 28 14 5 9 32 18 +14 51
3 Montreal Impact 28 14 6 8 32 21 +11 50 Quarterfinal round of playoffs and CONCACAF Champions League[a]
4 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 12 9 7 40 30 +10 43 Quarterfinal round of playoffs
5 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 12 10 6 39 36 +3 42
6 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 10 8 10 35 34 +1 40
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 9 7 12 27 24 +3 39
8 Carolina RailHawks 28 8 12 8 24 34 −10 32
9 Miami FC 28 9 15 4 31 41 −10 31
10 Charleston Battery 28 8 14 6 32 39 −7 30
11 Minnesota Thunder 28 5 12 11 32 35 −3 26
12 California Victory 28 4 17 7 17 43 −26 19
Source: [2]
(C) Champion; (X) Commissioner's Cup
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2008 Canadian Championship winner

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals
September 14/16 		Semifinals
September 21/23 		Final
September 29
             
1 Seattle Sounders 2 1 3
8 Carolina RailHawks 0 0 0
1 Seattle Sounders (p) 2 1 3 (4)
6 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 2 3 (2)
3 Montreal Impact 3 0 3
6 Puerto Rico Islanders 2 3 5
1 Seattle Sounders 4
4 Atlanta Silverbacks 0
4 Atlanta Silverbacks 2 1 3
5 Rochester Raging Rhinos 1 1 2
4 Atlanta Silverbacks (p) 1 0 1 (3)
2 Portland Timbers 1 0 1 (1)
2 Portland Timbers 0 3 3
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 1

Quarterfinals

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First Leg
Montreal Impact3–2Puerto Rico Islanders
  • Brown 8'
  • Vincello 26', 36' Yellow card 56'
 Report
Attendance: 10,217
Referee: Silvio Petrescu
Second Leg
Puerto Rico Islanders3–0Montreal Impact
 Report
Attendance: 6,112
Referee: Reggie Rutty

Puerto Rico Islanders won 5–3 on Aggregate.

First Leg
Carolina Railhawks0–2Seattle Sounders
 Report
Attendance: 923
Referee: NA
Second Leg
Seattle Sounders1–0Carolina Railhawks
 Report
Attendance: 3,640
Referee: Hidejet Tica

Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

First Leg
Atlanta Silverbacks2–1Rochester Raging Rhinos
 Report
Attendance: 1,482
Referee: Roni Canales
Second Leg
Rochester Raging Rhinos1–1Atlanta Silverbacks
 Report
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Richard Sanchez

Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–2 on Aggregate.

First Leg
Vancouver Whitecaps1–0Portland Timbers

Jordan 76'

Report
Attendance: 4,761
Referee: Dave Gantar
Second Leg
Portland Timbers3–0Vancouver Whitecaps
 Report
Attendance: 8,522
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Portland Timbers won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

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First Leg
Puerto Rico Islanders1–2Seattle Sounders
 Report
Attendance: 12,098
Referee: Joe Carroccio
Second Leg
Seattle Sounders1–2 (a.e.t.)Puerto Rico Islanders
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Richard Sanchez

Seattle Sounders won 4–2 on penalties after tying 3–3 on Aggregate.

First Leg
Atlanta Silverbacks1–1Portland Timbers
 Report
Attendance: 2,792
Second Leg
Portland Timbers0–0 (a.e.t.)Atlanta Silverbacks
Report
Penalties
 1–3 soccer ball with red X Ríos
soccer ball with check mark Rivillo
soccer ball with check mark Kandji
soccer ball with check mark Ukah
Attendance: 11,789
Referee: Terry Vaughn

Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–1 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.

Final

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Seattle Sounders4–0Atlanta Silverbacks
 Report
Attendance: 4,893
Referee: Mike Geiger

Awards and All-League Teams

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First Team
F: Dan Antoniuk (Atlanta Silverbacks); Hamed Diallo (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders) (MVP & Co-Leading Goalscorer)
M: Stephen Armstrong (Charleston Battery); Andrew Gregor (Portland Timbers); Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Zinho (Miami FC)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); David Hayes (Atlanta Silverbacks) (Defender of the Year); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers)
G: Josh Wicks (Portland Timbers) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Gavin Wilkinson (Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team
F: Charles Gbeke (Montreal Impact) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Roger Levesque (Seattle Sounders)
M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Brian Farber (Minnesota Thunder); Kupono Low (Carolina RailHawks); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Raging Rhinos)
D: Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers); Marco Velez (Puerto Rico Islanders)
G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact)

Second Division

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Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Richmond Kickers 20 12 3 5 37 15 +22 41 Regular season champion
2 Cleveland City Stars 20 10 1 9 31 14 +17 39 Playoff berth clinched
3 Harrisburg City Islanders (C) 20 11 4 5 26 15 +11 38
4 Charlotte Eagles 20 11 7 2 40 29 +11 35
5 Crystal Palace Baltimore 20 9 6 5 27 20 +7 32
6 Western Mass Pioneers 20 7 7 6 25 26 −1 27
7 Wilmington Hammerheads 20 4 9 7 22 30 −8 19
8 Cincinnati Kings 20 4 11 5 29 41 −12 17
9 New Hampshire Phantoms 20 3 12 5 16 34 −18 13[a]
10 Bermuda Hogges 20 3 14 3 16 45 −29 12
Source: [3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for circumstances not released by the USL.

Playoffs

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Semifinals
August 18, 7:00 EDT 		Final
August 25, 8:00 EDT
      
1 Richmond Kickers (a.e.t.) 2
4 Charlotte Eagles 1
1 Richmond Kickers 1 (7)
3 Harrisburg City Islanders (p) 1 (8)
2 Cleveland City Stars 0
3 Harrisburg City Islanders (a.e.t.) 1

Semifinals

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Cleveland City Stars0–1 (a.e.t.)Harrisburg City Islanders
 Report
Attendance: 1,478
Referee: Rizal Milliken
Richmond Kickers2–1 (a.e.t.)Charlotte Eagles
 Report
Attendance: 3,015
Referee: Daniel Stead

Final

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Richmond Kickers1–1 (a.e.t.)Harrisburg City Islanders
 Report
Penalties
 7–8
Attendance: 3,488
Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Premier Development League

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Playoff format overhauled". The Vancouver Sun Newspaper. April 20, 2007. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "USL First Division 2007". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "USL Second Division 2007". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
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