UPDATED - January 16, 2009
USL First Division
2007 Season
Atlanta Silverbacks - California Victory - Carolina RailHawks - Charleston Battery
Miami FC - Minnesota Thunder - Montreal Impact - Portland Timbers
Puerto Rico Islanders - Rochester Raging Rhinos - Seattle Sounders - Vancouver Whitecaps
2007 Home - 2007 Results - 2007 Stats
2007 FINAL STANDINGS
Before the season, California was added
Virginia Beach folded
GP W T L GF GA Pts
Seattle Sounders 28 16 6 6 37 23 54
Portland Timbers 28 14 9 5 32 18 51
Montreal Impact 28 14 8 6 32 21 50
Atlanta Silverbacks 28 12 7 9 40 30 43
Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 12 6 10 39 36 42
Puerto Rico Islanders 28 10 10 8 35 34 40
Vancouver Whitecaps 28 9 12 7 27 24 39
Carolina RailHawks 28 8 8 12 24 34 32
Miami FC 28 9 4 15 31 41 31
Charleston Battery 28 8 6 14 32 39 30
Minnesota Thunder 28 5 11 12 32 35 26
California Victory 28 4 7 17 17 43 19
After the season, California folded
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2007 PLAYOFFS *-after extra time Quarterfinals (Two-leg aggregate series) First Round Sept. 14 Carolina 0-2 Seattle Sept. 16 Seattle 1-0 Carolina Seattle advance on 3-0 aggregate
Sept. 14 Atlanta 2-1 Rochester Sept. 16 Rochester 1-1 Atlanta Atlanta advance on 3-2 aggregate
Sept. 14 Montreal 3-2 Puerto Rico Sept. 16 Puerto Rico 3-0 Montreal Puerto Rico advance on 5-3 aggregate
Sept. 14 Vancouver 1-0 Portland Sept. 16 Portland 3-0 Vancouver Portland advance on 3-1 aggregate
Semifinals Sept. 21 Puerto Rico 1-2 Seattle Sept. 23 Seattle 0-1* Puerto Rico aggregate drawn 1-1 after extra time Seattle advance on penalty kicks, 4-2
Sept. 21 Atlanta 1-1 Portland Sept. 23 Portland 0-0* Atlanta aggregate drawn 1-1 after extra time Atlanta advance on penalty kicks, 3-1
USL First Division Championship Sept. 29 Seattle 4-0 Atlanta
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2007 Leading Goalscorers Sebastien Le Toux, Seattle 10 Charles Gbeke, Montreal 10 Hamed Diallo, Rochester 9 Byron Alvarez, Charleston 8 Andrew Gregor, Portland 8 Roger Levesque, Sweattle 8 Eduardo Sebrango, Vancouver 7 Stephen Armstrong, Charleston 7 Daniel Antoniuk, Atlanta 7 Connelly Edozien, Carolina 7
Goalkeeping Leaders GAA Matthew Jordan, Montreal 0.57 Josh Wicks, Portland 0.63 Chris Eylander, Seattle 0.86 Ryan McIntosh, Atlanta 0.87 Chris McClellan, Carolina 1.04 Nicolas Platter, Minnesota 1.17 Josh Saunders, Puerto Rico 1.18 Chase Harrison, Rochester 1.28 Felipe Quintero, Atlanta 1.31 Eric Reed, California 1.36
2007 USL First Division Award Winners
Most Valuable Player: Sebastien Le Toux, Seattle
2007 USL First Division First XI GK - Josh Wicks, Portland D - Gabriel Gervais, Montreal D - David Hayes, Atlanta D - Cameron Knowles, Portland M - Stephen Armstrong, Charleston M - Andrew Gregor, Portland M - Martin Nash, Vancouver M - Zinho, Miami F - Daniel Antoniuk, Atlanta F - Hamed Diallo, Rochester
F - Sebastien Le Toux,
Seattle Home Attendance G Total Avg. Montreal 14 154,497 11,036 Rochester 14 130,700 9,336 Portland 14 95,592 6,828 Vancouver 14 72,264 5,162 Carolina 14 71,735 5,124 Puerto Rico 14 66,143 4,725 Charleston 14 55,550 3,968 Seattle 14 46,545 3,325 Minnesota 14 44,110 3,151 Atlanta 14 36,003 2,572 California 14 15,619 1,116 Miami 14 12,828 916 LEAGUE 168 801,586 4,771 |
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Overview of the 2007 A-League Season - From the American Soccer History Archives USL Division 1 added new clubs on the east and west coasts, with the launching of the Carolina Railhawks and California Victory. The Railhawks played in Cary, NC, home of the Carolina Courage of the old WUSA, and California playing at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The league had to scramble to reschedule games after the last-minute demose of Virginia Beach. The 2007 season of Division 1 looked quite a bit different from that of 2006 as many stronger teams found their footing and some stronger teams struggled. The Silverbacks added Bolivian international Luis Liendo in an effort to shore up their struggling defense. Miami FC replaced Brazilian star Romario with Zinho, another veteran of the 1994 World Cup, along with Douglas, Cristiano and Julio Cesar. Minnesota re-signed Liberian striker Ansu Toure and signed U-20 Rodrigo Hidalgo and announced plans for a new soccer stadium. Montreal, coming off an amazing season, made a number of changes including replacing Greg Sutton in goal with Matt Jordan, a MLS veteran.The league season evolved into a three-way battle between last year's leading Montreal Impact, the Seattle Sounders, who had finished in the middle of the pack and the Portland Timbers who had struggled to avoid last place in 2006. Vancouver continued a long slow slide, finishing in the red, while Atlanta improved enough to finish 4th, while the Charleston Battery stumbled to the lower ranks of the standings. Carolina finished in 8th place, not too bad for an expansion club, but California had few victories to boast about; they finished last and folded after the season. The league season finished with the Seattle Sounders winning the regular season crown, while Portland and Montreal battled it out for 2nd place, Portland finishing 1 point ahead. The playoffs started off with a major surprise - 2nd year Puerto Rico ousting the Montreal Impact in the quarterfinals, rallying from a first leg 3-2 loss, to shut out the Impact 3-0 in the rejoinder. Atlanta earned advancement after a close series against the Rochester Rhinos, winning 2-1 and drawing 1-1 in the 2nd leg. Seattle had no problem with the expansion Carolina Railhawks, shutting them out 2-0 and 1-0. Portland was shut out in their first leg against Vancouver, but roared back in the 2nd, earning a 3-0 shutout and sending the Whitecaps packing. In the semifinals, Atlanta and Portland deadlocked through both legs (1-1 and 0-0) before settling the matter in penalty kicks, with the Silverbacks prevailing 3-1. Seattle also had a tough battle with the Islanders, winning the first game 2-1, and fighting to a scoreless draw in the second. The Championship was another story all together; the Sounders trounced Atlanta 4-0 to take their second league title in 3 years. Daniel Antoniuk of Atlanta was the top scorer (7 goals, 9 assists for 24 points), and Sebastian Le Toux of Seattle won the league Most Valuable Player award. |
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