2003 USL Pro Soccer League

USL Pro Soccer League

Season	2003
Champions	Wilmington Hammerheads
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Regular season

Atlantic Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Long Island Rough Riders	20	13	3	4	41	21	+20	42
New Jersey Stallions	20	9	2	9	36	32	+4	29
New York Freedom	20	8	6	6	30	28	+2	29 [lower-alpha 1]
Reading Rage	20	5	0	15	40	24	+16	15

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. New York was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Northern Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Hampshire Phantoms	20	11	2	7	32	22	+10	35
Westchester Flames	20	11	0	9	36	40	−4	33
Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	1	11	43	35	+8	25

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Southern Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Carolina Dynamo	20	14	4	2	45	16	+29	46
Wilmington Hammerheads	20	11	3	6	43	23	+20	36
Northern Virginia Royals	20	6	1	13	20	34	−14	18 [lower-alpha 1]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Northern Virginia was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Western Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Utah Blitzz	20	12	3	5	46	20	+26	39
California Gold	20	11	3	6	39	30	+9	36
San Diego Gauchos	20	3	1	16	19	49	−30	10

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Playoffs

Southern Region

• Carolina 1 :: 1 Wilmington (a.e.t.)
• Wilmington 2 :: 0 Carolina

(Wilmington wins series 3-1 on aggregate)

Western Region

• California 0 :: 1 Utah

Atlantic Region

• Long Island (4) 0 :: PK :: 0 (5) New Jersey

Northern Region

• New Hampshire 0 :: 3 Westchester
• Westchester 2 :: 3 New Hampshire

(Westchester wins series 5-3 on aggregate)

Northern Region Playoffs

August 7, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Westchester Flames	3–0	New Hampshire Phantoms
Camara 12' (pen.) Decu 25' Inneh  80' Thompson 88'	Report

City Park Stadium , New Rochelle, New York

Referee: Ken Heller

August 9, 2003

8:05 PM EDT

Second Leg

New Hampshire Phantoms	3–2	Westchester Flames
D'Angelo 4' Simpson 82' Victal 90+1'	Report	Camara 9', 90+'

Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire

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Southern Region Playoffs

August 8, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Wilmington Hammerheads	1–1	Carolina Dynamo
Carmichael 90'	Report	Adeyemi 15'

Legion Stadium , Wilmington, North Carolina

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Carolina Dynamo	0–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
	Report	Goulding 7' Karalexis 90'

Macpherson Stadium , Browns Summit, North Carolina

Wilmington won 3–1 on Aggregate.

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Western Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–0	California Gold
Curran 71'	Report

Rice-Eccles Stadium , Salt Lake City, Utah

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Atlantic Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Long Island Rough Riders	0–0 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Stallions
	Report
Penalties
McLain	4–5	Scerbo

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium , Stony Brook, New York

Attendance: 378

League Semifinals

• New Jersey (0) 3 :: PK :: 3 (3) Westchester
• Wilmington 2 :: 1 Utah

August 16, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

Westchester Flames	3–3 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Stallions
Camara 2' Inneh 7', 29'	Report	Fracchia 15' (pen.), 32' (pen.) Tapia 79'
Penalties
Decu Beskovic Navarrete	3–0	Rigby

City Park Stadium , New Rochelle, New York

August 16, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
Medina 90'	Report	Nylen 10' 88' Keen 45' Corrie  80'

Rice-Eccles Stadium , Salt Lake City, Utah

USL-PSL Championship

August 23, 2003

5:00 PM EDT

Wilmington Hammerheads	2–1 (OT)	Westchester Flames
Navarrete 76' (o.g.) Johnson  106'	Report	Thompson 37'

Legion Stadium , Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,982