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USL First Division

2005 Season

Atlanta Silverbacks - Charleston Battery - Minnesota Thunder - Montreal Impact

Portland Timbers - Puerto Rico Islanders - Richmond Kickers - Rochester Raging Rhinos

Seattle Sounders - Toronto Lynx - Vancouver Whitecaps - Virginia Beach Mariners

 

2005 Home - 2005 Results - 2005 Stats

 

2005 FINAL STANDINGS

                            GP   W   T   L   GF  GA  Pts
Montreal Impact             28  17   7   3   37  15   61

Rochester Raging Rhinos     28  15   6   7   45  27   51

Vancouver Whitecaps         28  12   9   7   37  21   45

Seattle Sounders            28  11  11   6   33  25   44

Portland Timbers            28  10   9   9   40  42   39

Richmond Kickers            28  10   9   9   28  30   39

Puerto Rico Islanders       28  10   8  10   46  43   38

Atlanta Silverbacks         28  10   3  15   40  52   33

Charleston Battery          28   9   5  14   27  36   32

Minnesota Thunder           28   7  10  11   37  42   31

Virginia Beach Mariners     28   7   7  14   26  39   28

Toronto Lynx                28   3   8  17   26  50   17
 

After the season, Richmond moved to the USL Second Division

2005 PLAYOFFS

*-after extra time

First Round

Montreal and Rochester receive a bye

Sept. 16 Richmond   0-0  Vancouver

Sept. 18 Vancouver  0-0* Richmiond

Aggregate drawn 0-0

Richmond advance on PK's, 5-4

 

Sept. 16 Portland   0-1  Seattle

Sept. 18 Seattle    2-0  Portland

Seattle advance on 3-0 aggregate

 

Semifinals

Sept. 23 Richmond   3-1  Rochester

Sept. 25 Rochester  1-1  Richmond

Richmond advance on 4-2 aggregate

 

Sept. 23 Seattle    2-2  Montreal

Sept. 25 Montreal   2-1  Seattle

Seattle advance on 4-3 aggregate

 

USL First Division Championship

Oct. 1   Seattle    1-1* Richmond

Seattle win on PK's, 4-3

 

 

2005 Leading Goalscorers

Jason Jordan, Vancouver            17

Fabian Dawkins, Atlanta            15

Mauricio Salles, Puerto Rico       14

Dan Antoniuk, Portland             13

Kirk Wilson, Rochester              9

Byron Alvarez, Portland             9

Corey Woolfolk, Puerto Rico         9

Mauro Biello, Montreal              9

Matthew Delicate, Richmond          8

Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota         8

 

Goalkeeping Leaders                GAA

Greg Sutton, Montreal              0.46

Preston Burpo, Seattle             0.85

Michael Franks, Vancouver          0.88

Scott Vallow, Rochester            0.92

Ronnie Pascale, Richmond           1.02

Matthew Nelson, Virginia Beach     1.38

Christopher Doyle, Charleston      1.39

Josh Saunders, Portland            1.50

Dan Kennedy, Puerto Rico           1.54

Joe Warren, Minnesota              1.58

 

2005 USL First Division Award Winners

Most Valuable Player:  Jason Jordan, CVancouver Whitecaps
Goalkeeper of the Year:  Greg Sutton, Montreal Impact
Defender of the Year:  Taylor Graham, Seattle Sounders
Rookie of the Year:  Dan Kennedy, Puerto Rico Islanders
Coach of the Year: Nick DeSantis, Montreal Impact

 

2005 USL First Division First XI

GK – Greg Sutton, Montreal Impact
D – Gabe Gervais, Montreal Impact
D – Taylor Graham, Seattle Sounders
D – Scot Thompson, Portland Timbers
M – Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, Portland Timbers
M – Mauro Biello, Montreal Impact
M – Steve Klein, Vancouver Whitecaps
M – Kirk Wilson, Rochester Raging Rhinos
F – Fabian Dawkins, Atlanta Silverbacks
F – Jason Jordan, Vancouver Whitecaps
F – Mauricio Salles, Puerto Rico Islanders
 

Home Attendance     G    Total    Avg.

Montreal           14  156,458  11,176

Rochester          14  133,973   9,570

Portland           14   77,738   5,553

Puerto Rico        14   71,544   5,110

Vancouver          14   71,202   5,086

Charleston         14   51,080   3,649

Minnesota          14   43,886   3,135

Seattle            14   40,392   2,885

Richmond           14   37,155   2,654

Toronto            14   34,552   2,468

Atlanta            14   25,274   1,805

Virginia Beach     14   17,363   1,240

LEAGUE            168   760,617  4,527

Overview of the 2005 A-League Season - From the American Soccer History Archives

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