2009 United Soccer Leagues
The 2009 season is the 23rd season played by the United Soccer Leagues. Season titles will be contested by 20 professional men's clubs in the USL First Division and USL Second Division, as well as 37 professional and amateur women's clubs in the W-League and 68 professional and amateur men's teams in the USL Premier Development League.
The First Division season kicked off on April 11 with the US Open Cup finalist Charleston Battery and host defending champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC playing to a scoreless tie, while the Carolina RailHawks defeated the visiting Minnesota Thunder 2-1. The season ended on September 20 with the Charleston Battery defeating hosts Minnesota Thunder 3-2. As a change for this season, the Finals will follow the rest of the playoffs in being two legs.[1] The playoffs started on September 24, and ended on October 17 with the Montreal Impact defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a 6-3 aggregate score.
The Second Division season started on April 17 with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and host Crystal Palace Baltimore playing to a scoreless tie. The regular season ended on August 15 with three games. The Richmond Kickers captured the title in the playoffs with a 3-1 win over the Charlotte Eagles on August 29.
General
- Changes in the First Division: the Cleveland City Stars were promoted from Second Division and the Austin Aztex were added as an expansion 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.
- In the W-League, 6 teams withdrew for the 2009 season, while 2 expansion teams were added, leaving the league at 37 members. Sky Blue and Washington Freedom were given WPS teams, with Washington playing their reserves in the W-League and Sky Blue selling their W-League team.
Honors
Competition | Champion | Runner-Up | Regular Season Champion/Best USL team |
---|---|---|---|
USL First Division | Montreal Impact | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Portland Timbers |
USL Second Division | Richmond Kickers | Charlotte Eagles | Wilmington Hammerheads |
USL PDL | Ventura County Fusion | Chicago Fire Premier | Reading Rage |
U.S. Open Cup | Seattle Sounders FC | D.C. United | Rochester Rhinos |
USL W-League | Pali Blues | Washington Freedom Reserves | Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues |
First Division
Season | 2009 |
---|---|
Goals scored | 388 |
Average goals/game | 2.35 |
Biggest home win | 9 – 0 (Carolina vs Miami) |
Biggest away win |
4 – 1 (Portland @ Rochester) 3 – 0 (Portland @ Miami, Carolina @ Cleveland, Rochester @ Cleveland) |
Highest scoring | 9 – 0 (Carolina vs Miami) |
Longest winning run | 5 (Portland, Puerto Rico) |
Longest unbeaten run | 24 (Portland) |
Longest losing run | 6 (Miami) |
Highest attendance | 14,103 (Portland) |
Lowest attendance | 67 (Miami) |
Average attendance | 4,702 |
← 2008 2010 → |
Regular season
Standings
Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
Quarterfinal round of playoffs
Pos | Club | Pts | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | H2H Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Portland Timbers | 58 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 19 | +26 | |
2 | Carolina RailHawks | 55 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 19 | +24 | |
3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 53 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | PUE: 6 pts CHA: 3 pts |
4 | Charleston Battery | 53 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 21 | +12 | |
5 | Montreal Impact | 44 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | |
6 | Rochester Rhinos | 43 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | |
7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 42 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | |
8 | Minnesota Thunder | 31 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | |
9 | Miami FC | 29 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 52 | −26 | |
10 | Austin Aztex | 21† | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 51 | −23 | |
11 | Cleveland City Stars | 19 | 30 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 52 | −30 |
† Austin deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on July 25, 2009[2]
Results
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 FC - 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 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | |
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 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 9-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | |
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 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | |
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 |
3-1 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | |
Miami FC | CLE | MTL | ROC | CHA | CAR | CHA | MIN | VAN | AUS | CLE | CLE | MTL | PUE | VAN | POR | POR | MIN | CAR | MTL | PUE | MIN | POR | VAN | CAR | AUS | AUS | ROC | CHA | ROC | PUE |
3-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 9-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | |
Minnesota Thunder | CAR | AUS | CHA | CAR | VAN | CLE | MIA | PUE | ROC | CAR | POR | ROC | POR | VAN | MTL | AUS | MIA | POR | MTL | MIA | AUS | ROC | CLE | CLE | PUE | VAN | CHA | PUE | MTL | CHA |
2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | |
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 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | |
Portland Timbers | VAN | CAR | CAR | CLE | ROC | PUE | PUE | VAN | MTL | CAR | CHA | MIN | MTL | MIN | AUS | MIA | MIA | PUE | MIN | VAN | CHA | MTL | ROC | MIA | CHA | ROC | AUS | AUS | CLE | CLE |
1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | |
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 | CAR | MIN | CAR | MIA |
2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | |
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 |
1-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 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 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | |
Playoffs
Teams will be re-seeded for semifinal matchups
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Carolina RailHawks FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
6 | Rochester Rhinos | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Charleston Battery | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Quarterfinals
September 24, 2009 7:05 PM EDT |
Puerto Rico Islanders | 1 – 2 | Rochester Rhinos |
---|---|---|
Arrieta 7' Hansen 68' Addlery 72' |
(Report) | Bertz 64' Ball 71' Short 74' |
September 24, 2009 7:45 PM EDT |
Charleston Battery | 0 – 2 | Montreal Impact |
---|---|---|
Bobo 10', 45' | (Report) | Testo 10' Di Lorenzo 12' Placentino 88' 88' |
September 24, 2009 7:30 PM PDT |
Carolina RailHawks FC | 0 – 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
---|---|---|
Low 78' Paladini 80' |
(Report) | Versailles 64' Edwini-Bonsu 77' |
September 27, 2009 5:00 PM EDT |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 – 0 | Carolina RailHawks FC |
---|---|---|
Bellisomo 43' Nash 59' Martin 75' |
(Report) | Rusin 52' Plotkin 76' |
September 27, 2009 7:00 PM ADT |
Rochester Rhinos | 1 – 4 | Puerto Rico Islanders |
---|---|---|
Sancho 24', 29' Nunes 82' |
(Report) | Noël 12', 80' Addlery 40', 90' 84' |
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico Attendance: 4,232 Referee: Jose Rivero (United States) |
September 27, 2009 7:00 PM EDT |
Montreal Impact | 2 – 1 | Charleston Battery |
---|---|---|
deRoux 16' Pizzolitto 23' Donatelli 74' 82' |
(Report) | Fuller 16' 72' Wilson 76' |
Semifinals
October 1, 2009 7:30 PM EDT |
Puerto Rico Islanders | 1 – 2 | Montreal Impact |
---|---|---|
Jones 6' Steele 31' |
(Report) | Donatelli 8' Brown 20' Pizzolitto 58' |
October 1, 2009 7:30 PM PDT |
Portland Timbers | 1 – 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
---|---|---|
Pore 44' | (Report) | Gbeke 25' Reda 45' Haber 49' James 66' Versailles 76' |
October 4, 2009 7:00 PM ADT |
Montreal Impact | 2 – 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders |
---|---|---|
Byers 2' deRoux 16' Pizzolitto 24' Joqueviel 81' Sebrango 90' |
(Report) | Vélez 44' Hansen 86' (pen.) Nuñez 90' |
October 4, 2009 4:00 PM PDT |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3 – 3 | Portland Timbers |
---|---|---|
Haber 4' 62' Nash 60' James 71' |
(Report) | Farber 10', 43' McManus 26' Pore 66' Nimo 83' López 90' |
Finals
October 10, 2009 6:30 PM PDT |
Montreal Impact | 3 – 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
---|---|---|
Pejic 45' (Own goal) Byers 63' Sebrango 89' |
(Report) | Nash 51' Haber 56' James 65' 66' |
October 17, 2009 2:30 PM EDT |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 – 3 | Montreal Impact |
---|---|---|
Bellsomo 21' Pejic 29' Moose 56' Toure 44' |
(Report) | Donatelli 30' (pen.) Gjertsen 40' Brown 42' |
Awards and All-League team
F: Charles Gbeke (VAN), Keita Mandjou (POR), Johnny Menyongar (ROC)
M: Daniel Paladini (CAR), Ryan Pore (POR), Ricardo Sánchez (MIN)
D: Nelson Akwari (CHA), Cristian Arrieta, (PR), Matt Bobo (CHA), David Hayes, (POR)
G: Steve Cronin (POR) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach:
Second Division
Season | 2009 |
---|---|
Champions | Wilmington Hammerheads (Regular Season); Richmond Kickers (playoffs) |
Goals scored | 252 |
Average goals/game | 2.80 |
Biggest home win | 6–0 (Charlotte vs. Bermuda) |
Biggest away win |
6–3 (Wilmington @ Charlotte) 3–0 (Charlotte @ Real Maryland) |
Highest scoring |
7–2 (Richmond vs Bermuda) 6–3 (Wilmington @ Charlotte) |
Longest winning run | 5 (Wilmington) |
Longest unbeaten run | 6 (Richmond) |
Longest losing run | 5 (Bermuda) |
Highest attendance | 4,010 (Richmond) |
Lowest attendance | 200 (Bermuda) |
Average attendance | 1,686 |
← 2008 2010 → |
Regular season
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 41 |
2 | Richmond Kickers | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 39 |
3 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 31 |
4 | Charlotte Eagles | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 31 |
5 | Real Maryland Monarchs | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 26 |
6 | Crystal Palace Baltimore | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 23 |
7 | Western Mass Pioneers | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 23 |
8 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 22 |
9 | Bermuda Hogges | 20 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 16 |
Purple indicates league title clinched
Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Results
Abbreviation and Color Key: Bermuda Hogges - BMU • Charlotte Eagles - CHA • Crystal Palace Baltimore - CPB Harrisburg City Islanders - HAR • Pittsburgh Riverhounds - PIT • Real Maryland Monarchs - RMM Richmond Kickers - RIC • Western Mass Pioneers - WMA • Wilmington Hammerheads - WIL 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 | |||||||||
Bermuda Hogges | CPB | RMM | HAR | RIC | WIL | WIL | RMY | WIL | CHA | PIT | HAR | CPB | WMA | PIT | PIT | RIC | WMA | WMA | CHA | RMY | ||||||||
2-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 7-2 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-3 | |||||||||
Charlotte Eagles | WIL | CPB | WIL | RIC | CPB | HAR | PIT | BMU | WMA | RIC | HAR | WIL | RIC | WMA | RMM | RMM | CPB | BMU | PIT | WMA | ||||||||
2-2 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | |||||||||
Crystal Palace Baltimore | PIT | BMU | CHA | WIL | RMM | WMA | CHA | RIC | WMA | RMM | WMA | WIL | BMU | RMM | HAR | HAR | RIC | CHA | HAR | PIT | ||||||||
0-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||||||||
Harrisburg City Islanders | RIC | WMA | BMU | PIT | PIT | CHA | RMM | RIC | BMU | RMM | CHA | WIL | CPB | CPB | PIT | WIL | RIC | RMM | CPB | WMA | ||||||||
2-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-3 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh Riverhounds | CPB | RIC | RMM | HAR | HAR | CHA | WIL | BMU | RIC | WMA | RIC | BMU | BMU | RMM | HAR | WMA | WMA | WIL | CHA | CPB | ||||||||
0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | |||||||||
Real Maryland Monarchs | BMU | PIT | CPB | WMA | BMU | CPB | HAR | WMA | RIC | HAR | WIL | CPB | PIT | WIL | CHA | CHA | RIC | HAR | BMU | WIL | ||||||||
3-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 2-0 | |||||||||
Richmond Kickers | HAR | RIC | WMA | BMU | CHA | CPB | WMA | HAR | RMM | PIT | CHA | PIT | CHA | BMU | CPB | WIL | HAR | RMM | WIL | WIL | ||||||||
2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | |||||||||
Western Mass Pioneers | HAR | RIC | CPB | RMM | WIL | CPB | RIC | CPB | RMM | CHA | PIT | BMU | WIL | CHA | BMU | BMU | PIT | PIT | HAR | CHA | ||||||||
3-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | |||||||||
Wilmington Hammerheads | CHA | CPB | CHA | BMU | BMU | WMA | PIT | BMU | CPB | RMM | HAR | CHA | WMA | RMM | RIC | HAR | PIT | RIC | RMM | RIC | ||||||||
2-2 | 3-0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | |||||||||
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Charlotte Eagles | 3 | 4 | Charlotte Eagles | 1 | ||||||||
5 | Real Maryland Monarchs | 1 | 2 | Richmond Kickers | 3 | ||||||||
4 | Charlotte Eagles | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Richmond Kickers (AET) | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 0 |
First Round
August 19, 2009 |
Real Maryland Monarchs | 1 – 3 | Charlotte Eagles |
---|---|---|
Brooks 83' 54', 90+' Lewis 68' King 89' Funicello 90' |
Report | Herrera 4' (pen.) Swinehart 16' Bentos 90' 90+' |
Semifinals
August 22, 2009 7:00 PM EDT |
Harrisburg City Islanders | 0 – 1 (AET) |
Richmond Kickers |
---|---|---|
Baker 43' Velten 63' |
(Report) | Worthen 33' Hunter 117' Delicâte 120' |
University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Mike Andrews (United States) |
August 22, 2009 7:00 PM EDT |
Charlotte Eagles | 1 – 0 | Wilmington Hammerheads |
---|---|---|
Williams 61' Herrera 62' Swinehart 80' Bentos 85' |
(Report) | Watson 36' |
Final
August 29, 2009 8:00 PM EDT |
Charlotte Eagles | 1 – 3 | Richmond Kickers |
---|---|---|
Martins 14' Nunes 41' Williams 46' Ceus 85' |
(Report) | Elcock 63' DiRaimondo 83' Bulow 86' (pen.) |
University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia Attendance: 2,991 Referee: Tony Russo (United States) |
Awards and All-League team
First Team
F: Matthew Delicâte (Richmond Kickers), Jamie Watson (WIL) (MVP)
M: Ty Shipalane (HAR), Kenny Bundy (WIL), Mike Burke (RIC), Jorge Herrera (CHA)
D: Dustin Bixler (HAR), John Borrajo (RMD), Shintaro Harada (CPB), Yomby William (RIC) (Defender of the Year)
G: Ronnie Pascale (RIC) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: David Irving (WIL)
Rookie of the Year: Ty Shipalane, HAR
Second Team
F: Almir Barbosa (WMA), Damico Coddington (BER), Chad Severs (HAR)
M: Justin Evans (PIT), Jamie Franks (WIL), Amaury Nunes (CHA), Val Teixeira (CPB)
D: Colin Falvey (WIL), Sascha Gorres (RIC), Andrew Marshall (CPB)
G: Chase Harrison (HAR)
Premier Development League
W-League
References
- ↑ "2009 USL-1 season details unveiled". www.uslsoccer.com. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ↑ "Austin receives two point deduction". www.uslsoccer.com. July 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-11.