1999 USL A-League

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USL A-League
Season1999
Champions Minnesota Thunder
(1st title)
Premiers Rochester Rhinos
(2nd title)
Top goalscorer Niall Thompson, Mark Baena
(20 goals)
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 1999.

Contents

Regular season

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDBPPts
1 Rochester Rhinos 28202154720+27792
2 Staten Island Vipers 28172185331+22982
3 Long Island Rough Riders 281530105744+13874
4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 281511116343+20972
5 Lehigh Valley Steam 281321124244−2663
6 Boston Bulldogs 281205114936+13861
7 Toronto Lynx 281113134936+13251
8 Connecticut Wolves 28701203268−36534
Source: [ citation needed ]

Atlantic Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDBPPts
1 Hershey Wildcats 281521105433+211075
2 Richmond Kickers 281431105144+7669
3 Charleston Battery 28141494339+4668
4 Atlanta Silverbacks 281232115161−10662
5 Jacksonville Cyclones 281211145161−10960
6 Hampton Roads Mariners 281052114541+4557
7 Raleigh Express 28922153250−18547
8 Maryland Mania 28211241685−69213
Source: [ citation needed ]

Western Conference

Central Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDBPPts
1 Minnesota Thunder 28184425717+40690
2 MLS Project 40 281520114446−2468
3 New Orleans Storm 281400145661−51167
4 Indiana Blast 281122134351−8555
5 Milwaukee Rampage 281121144449−5554
6 Tennessee Rhythm 28923144452−8649
7 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28523184571−26734
Source: [ citation needed ]

Pacific Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDBPPts
1 San Diego Flash 28182356530+351190
2 Vancouver 86ers 28172277731+461084
3 Seattle Sounders 28163185636+201081
4 Orange County Zodiac 28134385949+101073
5 El Paso Patriots 281202144959−10656
6 San Francisco Bay Seals 28724153754−17440
7 Sacramento Geckos 28001271691−7501
Source: [ citation needed ]

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

Rochester Rhinos (NY)2–1 Lehigh Valley Steam (PA)
Carlos Zavala Soccerball shade.svg70'
Mauro Biello Soccerball shade.svg72'		Soccerball shade.svg89' Ian Checcio
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 8,437


Staten Island Vipers (NY)3–2 (OT) Richmond Kickers (VA)
Ernest Inneh Soccerball shade.svg27', 57'
Martin Dugas Soccerball shade gold.svg 97'		Soccerball shade.svg30', 80' Gary Glasgow
Attendance: 1,452


Western Conference

San Diego Flash (CA)3–1 El Paso Patriots (TX)
Kevin Legg Soccerball shade.svg26', 70'
Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)		Soccerball shade.svg9' Victor Castro
Douglas Stadium, San Diego, California
Attendance: 2,984


Vancouver 86ers (BC)1–3 MLS Project 40
Chris Dailly Soccerball shade.svg85'Soccerball shade.svg39' Alen Kozić
Soccerball shade.svg69', 84' Kirk Wilson
Red card.svg 70' Jason Moore
Attendance: 5,050


Minnesota Thunder (MN)4–0 New Orleans Storm (LA)
Craig Gaunt Soccerball shade.svg33' (o.g.)
Stoian Mladenov Soccerball shade.svg65'
Gerard Lagos Soccerball shade.svg78', 84'
Attendance: 1,560


Seattle Sounders (WA)6–3 Orange County Zodiac (CA)
Sean Henderson Soccerball shade.svg17', 44' (pen.)
Mark Baena Soccerball shade.svg26'
Jose Vasquez Soccerball shade.svg38' (o.g.)
Kieran Barton Yellow card.svg 59'
Ian Russell Soccerball shade.svg64', 87'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg5' Jason Boyce
Yellow card.svg 9' P.J. Polowski
Yellow card.svg 42' Mark Foster
Red card.svg 52' Shawn Saunders
Soccerball shade.svg62' Jose Vasquez
Yellow card.svg 68' Jason Boyce
Yellow card.svg 71' Martín Vásquez
Soccerball shade.svg73' Gustavo Leal
Red card.svg 83' Peter Lak
Renton Memorial Stadium, Renton, Washington
Attendance: 2,984
Referee: David Bragg (USA)

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference Semifinal 1

Hershey Wildcats (PA)2–0 Staten Island Vipers (NY)
Jamel Mitchell Soccerball shade.svg65'
Matthew Ford Soccerball shade.svg84'


Staten Island Vipers (NY)0–2 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Soccerball shade.svg37', 84' Jamel Mitchell
Red card.svg 67' Kyle Swords
Attendance: 1,085

The Hershey Wildcats advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Eastern Conference Semifinal 2

Rochester Rhinos (NY)6–2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Doug Miller Soccerball shade.svg1:30', 10:50'
Darren Tilley Soccerball shade.svg8:30', 71:04'
Yari Allnutt Soccerball shade.svg18:00'
Mauro Biello Soccerball shade.svg50:00'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg38:10' Justin Evans
Soccerball shade.svg87:00' Goran Vasic
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 9,127



The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Western Conference Semifinal 1

Minnesota Thunder (MN)1–0 (OT) MLS Project 40
Paul Schneider Soccerball shade gold.svg 105'
National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,578


The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the Western Conference final.

Western Conference Semifinal 2

San Diego Flash (CA)6–0 Seattle Sounders (WA)
Chugger Adair Soccerball shade.svg3'
Antonio Robles Yellow card.svg 23'
Carlos Farias Soccerball shade.svg34', 53', 60', 84' (pen.)
Mauricio Alegre Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report Red card.svg 23' Ollie Heald
Merrill Douglas Stadium San Diego, California
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Kari Seitz


Seattle Sounders (WA)0–1 San Diego Flash (CA)
Jason Annicchero Red card.svg 82' Report Soccerball shade.svg11' Jerome Watson
Renton Memorial Stadium Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 4,426
Referee: Kevin Stott

The San Diego Flash advanced to the Western Conference final.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference


Rochester Rhinos (NY)1–0 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Doug Miller Soccerball shade.svg80'
Frontier Field Rochester, New York
Attendance: 9,024


Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1 Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Mauro Biello Soccerball shade.svg20'
Doug Miller Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen.)
Yari Allnutt Soccerball shade.svg85'		Soccerball shade.svg78' Tim Leonard
Frontier Field Rochester, New York
Attendance: 7,753

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the final.

Western Conference


The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final

Minnesota Thunder (MN)2–1 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Gerard Lagos Soccerball shade.svg43'
Paweł Nowak Soccerball shade.svg47'		Soccerball shade.svg57' Darren Tilley
National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota
Attendance: 9,987

MVP: Amos Magee, Minnesota Thunder

Points leaders

RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints
1 Niall Thompson Vancouver 86ers 20747
2 Mark Baena Seattle Sounders 20646
Eduardo Sebrango Vancouver 86ers 181046
4 Darko Kolic Long Island Rough Riders 17943
5 Steve Patterson Orange County Zodiac 19442
6 Jamel Mitchell Hershey Wildcats 15939
Ernest Inneh Staten Island Vipers 18339
8 Greg Simmonds Hershey Wildcats 16638
9 Onandi Lowe Richmond Kickers 15737
John Wolyniec Long Island Rough Riders 15737
John Sulentic Vancouver 86ers 91937
12 Carlos Farias San Diego Flash 15636
Ian Russell Seattle Sounders 14836
14 Gary Glasgow Richmond Kickers 14735
15 Patrick Beech New Orleans Storm 16234
16 Paul Conway Charleston Battery 14533
17 Dan Stebbins Milwaukee Rampage 101232
18 Mac Cozier Jacksonville Cyclones 13430
Gustavo Leal Orange County Zodiac 13430
Mugurel Dumitru San Diego Flash 91230

Honors

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