1998 USISL A-League

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USISL A-League
Season1998
Champions Rochester Rhinos
(1st title)
Premiers Rochester Rhinos
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Mark Baena
(24 goals)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 USISL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1998.

Contents

Regular season

Northeast Division

PosTeamPldWSOWSOLLGFGAGDPts
1 Rochester Rhinos 28231137215+5770
2 Montreal Impact 28138254733+1447
3 Staten Island Vipers 281511114637+946
4 Long Island Rough Riders 281431104635+1145
5 Worcester Wildfire 281022143750−1332
6 Toronto Lynx 28812172742−1525
7 Connecticut Wolves 28253183257−2511
Source: [ citation needed ]

Atlantic Division

PosTeamPldWSOWSOLLGFGAGDPts
1 Richmond Kickers 28183254822+2657
2 Hershey Wildcats 28172185131+2053
3 Hampton Roads Mariners 28151394439+546
4 Charleston Battery 281111153740−334
5 Jacksonville Cyclones 281002163653−1730
6 Atlanta Ruckus 28701203167−3621
7 Raleigh Flyers 28502213166−3515
Source: [ citation needed ]

Central Division

PosTeamPldWSOWSOLLGFGAGDPts
1 Nashville Metros 28182177031+3956
2 Minnesota Thunder 28163185233+1951
3 Milwaukee Rampage 28161386139+2249
4 New Orleans Storm 281411125350+343
5 Cincinnati Riverhawks 281100174865−1733
6 El Paso Patriots 28931155154−330
7 Albuquerque Geckos 285012239100−6115
Source: [ citation needed ]

Pacific Division

PosTeamPldWSOWSOLLGFGAGDPts
1 San Diego Flash 28201165823+3561
2 Seattle Sounders 281710106328+3552
3 Orange County Zodiac 28151394943+646
4 Vancouver 86ers 281321125542+1341
5 MLS Project 40 281012154555−1031
6 San Francisco Bay Seals 28915133147−1628
7 California Jaguars 28601213295−6318
Source: [ citation needed ]

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–0 Charleston Battery (SC)
Yari Allnutt Soccerball shade.svg22:00' (Tanner, Tilley)
Jimmy Glenn Soccerball shade.svg35:10' (McKay)
Mike Kirmse Soccerball shade.svg81:20'		 Report Yellow card.svg 44' Robert Rosario
Yellow card.svg 66' Todd Miller
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 9,673
Hershey Wildcats (PA)1–1 Hampton Roads Mariners (VA)
Kyle Swords Soccerball shade.svg49'Soccerball shade.svg18' Greg Richards
Penalties
4–3
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 2,089
Richmond Kickers (VA)0–0 Long Island Rough Riders (NY)
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 1,798

Western Conference

San Diego Flash (CA)3–1 Vancouver 86ers (BC)
Nate Hetherington Soccerball shade.svg22', 74'
Jamie Munro Red card.svg 41'
Carlos Farias Soccerball shade.svg51'
Jerome Watson Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg19' Jason Jordan
Devore Stadium, Chula Vista, California
Attendance: 4,178
Nashville Metros (TN)2–2 New Orleans Storm (LA)
Vince Martinez Red card.svg 35'
Martin Reynders Soccerball shade.svg41'
Soccerball shade.svg78' (pen.)		Soccerball shade.svg23' Ricardo Blanchard
Soccerball shade.svg53' (pen.) Gabe Gentile
Penalties
2–4
Attendance: 650
Seattle Sounders (WA)2–1 Orange County Zodiac (CA)
Peter Hattrup Soccerball shade.svg63'
Brandon Prideaux Yellow card.svg 73'
Dick McCormick Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.)		 Report Soccerball shade.svg22' Eddie Soto
Yellow card.svg 60' Steve Patterson
Yellow card.svg 67' Ken Hesse
Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 4,371
Referee: Mohammed Sagakhaneh

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference semifinal 1

Hershey Wildcats (PA)0–0 Richmond Kickers (VA)
Penalties
3–2
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 2,296
Richmond Kickers (VA)2–4 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Rob Johnson Soccerball shade.svg82'
Tony Williams Soccerball shade.svg84'		Soccerball shade.svg15' Lee Tschantret
Soccerball shade.svg45' Don D'Ambra
Soccerball shade.svg81' Jamel Mitchell
Soccerball shade.svg90' Jakob Fenger
Attendance: 9,147

The Hershey Wildcats advance to the Eastern Conference final.

Eastern Conference semifinal 2

Rochester Rhinos (NY)4–1 Montreal Impact (QC)
Tim Hardy Yellow card.svg 36'
Lenin Steenkamp Soccerball shade.svg44:02', 47:20'
Scott Schweitzer Soccerball shade.svg60:45'
Yari Allnutt Soccerball shade.svg67:50'
Mike Kirmse Yellow card.svg 84'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg22:25' Elvis Thomas
Yellow card.svg 24' John Limniatis
Yellow card.svg 56' Nevio Pizzolitto
Yellow card.svg 59' Nick De Santis
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 7,529

Western Conference semifinal 1

The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4-2 on aggregate.

Western Conference semifinal 2

San Diego Flash (CA)2–1 New Orleans Storm (LA)
Antonio Robles Soccerball shade.svg18'
Carlos Farias Soccerball shade.svg73'		Soccerball shade.svg60' Glenn Benjamin
Attendance: 4,043
New Orleans Storm (LA)3–3 San Diego Flash (CA)
Gabe Gentile Soccerball shade.svg46'
Chris Veselka Soccerball shade.svg61', 89'
Colin Rocke Red card.svg 63'
Andrew Restrepo Red card.svg 69'		Soccerball shade.svg7' Jerome Watson
Soccerball shade.svg53' Mauricio Alegre
Soccerball shade.svg75' Carlos Farias
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 3,183

The San Diego Flash advance to the Western Conference championship.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Jimmy Glenn Soccerball shade.svg2:30', Yellow card.svg 27'
Darren Tilley Soccerball shade.svg60:20', 88:25'
Yari Allnutt Yellow card.svg 41'		 Report Yellow card.svg 18' Mike Williams
Soccerball shade.svg83:01' Lee Tschantret
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 8,212
Hershey Wildcats (PA)0–1 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Report Soccerball shade.svg74:16' Darren Tilley
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 1,847

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the finals.

Western Conference

Minnesota Thunder (MN)2–1 San Diego Flash (CA)
John Coughlin Soccerball shade.svg22'
Gabe Garcia Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg55' Daniel Sinouhi
National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota
Attendance: 2,743

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final

Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1 Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Darren Tilley Soccerball shade.svg19:02', 22:55', 59:07'
Scott Schweitzer Yellow card.svg 51'
Tim Hardy Yellow card.svg 77'		 Report Yellow card.svg 1' Morgan Zeba
Soccerball shade.svg33:09' (o.g.) Tim Hardy
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 13,772

MVP: Darren Tilley

Points leaders

RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints
1 Mark Baena Seattle Sounders 24553
2 Darren Tilley Rochester Rhinos 21648
3 Amos Magee Minnesota Thunder 151040
4 Kirk Wilson El Paso Patriots 15737
5 Mauro Biello Montreal Impact 111335
6 Mike Burke Charleston Battery 16234
Gary Glasgow New Orleans Storm 15434
Antonio Robles San Diego Flash 15434
9 Yari Allnutt Rochester Rhinos 14533
10 Jon Szczepanski Milwaukee Rampage 81430
Jason Cairns Cincinnati Riverhawks 81430
12 Luis Labastida Albuquerque Geckos 91129
John Smith Nashville Metros 91129
14 Patrick Beech Seattle Sounders 12428
Steve Patterson Orange County Zodiac 11628
Martin Reynders Nashville Metros 11628
17 Giuliano Oliviero Montreal Impact 81127
18 Gino DiFlorio Cincinnati Riverhawks 12226
Jimmy Glenn Rochester Rhinos 10626

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