2002 USL A-League

August 2023 March 2026 USL A-League -2002 Season- 2002 18 Milwaukee Rampage (2nd Title) Seattle Sounders (2nd Title) 252 USA Leighton O'Brien, Seattle Sounders USA McKinley Tennyson, Portland Timbers,SYR Fadi Afash, Portland Timbers CUB Eduardo Sebrango, Montreal Impact (18 goals each) USA Dusty Hudock, Charleston Battery 751 2001 2003 The 2002 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2002. League standings Eastern Conference Northeast Division main WDL Q 4 y y y RRR Rochester Raging Rhinos MTL Montreal Impact TOR Toronto Lynx PIT Pittsburgh Riverhounds 17 3 8 38 25 16 3 9 39 29 10 5 13 37 35 8 5 15 39 44 y +1 +5 +3 +4 green2 Q Q complete kenn.com Southeast Division main WDL Q 4 y y y CHS Charleston Battery RIC Richmond Kickers ATL Atlanta Silverbacks CHT Charlotte Eagles HRM Hampton Roads Mariners 19 6 3 46 16 13 6 9 44 37 13 2 13 47 44 10 4 14 46 46 6 3 19 25 57 y +7 +7 +8 +6 +2 green2 Q Q Q Q complete kenn.com Western Conference Central Division main WDL Q 4 y y y MIL Milwaukee Rampage MIN Minnesota Thunder CIN Cincinnati Riverhawks IND Indiana Blast 16 5 7 48 29 14 5 9 55 35 8 0 20 35 68 6 4 18 29 67 y +6 +9 +6 -3 Cincinnati lost three point for using an ineligible player (bonus points entry total reflects this deduction) +1 green2 Q Q complete kenn.com Pacific Division main WDL Q 4 y y y SEA Seattle Sounders POR Portland Timbers VAN Vancouver Whitecaps ELP El Paso Patriots CAL Calgary Storm 23 1 4 71 27 13 3 12 47 39 11 5 12 41 39 10 7 11 38 48 4 3 21 26 66 y +14 +8 +5 +7 +3 green2 Q Q Q Q complete kenn.com The 2002 USL A-League points system was 4 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss + 1 bonus point when scoring three or more goals in a game.http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/usl4.html United Soccer Leagues Statistical History, Part 4 (2000-2003) American Soccer History Archives David Litterer February 14, 2010 May 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150108174131/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/usl4.html January 8, 2015 dead Playoff bracket 2/2/2/1 y First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Final 1 Western Conference Eastern Conference W4 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 W5 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 2 W3 Minnesota Thunder 2 1 3 W6 El Paso Patriots 1 1 2 E4 Richmond Kickers 1 2 3 E5 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 1 2 E3 Montreal Impact 0 1 1 (6) E6 Charlotte Eagles 1 0 1 (5) W1 Seattle Sounders 0 2 2 W5 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 6 8 W2 Milwaukee Rampage 0 2 2 W3 Minnesota Thunder 0 1 1 E1 Charleston Battery 2 1 3 E4 Richmond Kickers 1 3 4 E2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 0 1 1 E3 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 W2 Milwaukee Rampage 0 2 2 W5 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1 1 E4 Richmond Kickers 1 0 1 (9) E2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 1 0 1 (8) Milwaukee Rampage 2 Richmond Kickers 1 Playoff first round Charlotte vs Montreal September 4, 20027:00 PM EST Charlotte Eagles (NC) Dwyane Demmin 17 30 Adam Braz67 Nevio Pizzolitto 1–0 http://www.uslfans.com/game_reports/2002/charlotte_sumner_09042002.shtml Montreal Impact (QC) Transamerica Field, Charlotte, North Carolina 546 September 8, 20024:00 PM EST Montreal Impact (QC) Eduardo Sebrango 36 1–0 yes Charlotte Eagles (NC) Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec 6,883 Patrick Leduc Giuliano Oliviero Darko Kolic Eduardo Sebrango Gabriel Gervais Mark Rowland 6–5 Andy McDermott Leo Gajardo Dustin Swinehart Jamie Wellington Carlos Calderson Nathan Watkins Montreal advances on penalties after series tied 1–1 on aggregate. Richmond vs Atlanta September 5, 2002 Richmond Kickers (VA) Peter Luzak 23Josh Henderson 86Peter Luzak 90 36, 0 88 James Wall42 Alan Woods 56 Jason Annicchero86 Jeff Cassar 1–1 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2002/news,2002,0679.shtml Atlanta Silverbacks (GA) Sports Backers Stadium, Richmond, Virginia 1,258 Todd Perry September 8, 20026:00 PM EST Atlanta Silverbacks (GA) Philippe Godoy 10Ryan Leib 20Jason Annicchero 39John Barry Nusum 55, 88Gilbert Jean-Baptiste 66Byron Mitchell 2 78 84 8 Josh Henderson13 Bryan Namoff39 Kevin Knight45 Kevin Jeffrey 80 Khary Stockton 1–2 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2002/news,2002,0686.shtml Richmond Kickers (VA) DeKalb Memorial Stadium, Clarkston, Georgia 351 Kermit Quisenberry Richmond advances 3–2 on aggregate. Minnesota vs El Paso September 5, 2002 El Paso Patriots (TX) Johnny Frias 7 25 Johnny Torres29 Johnny Menyongar 1–2 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas 1,270 September 7, 20028:00 PM EST Minnesota Thunder (MN) Zafer Kılıçkan 70 32 pen. Jose Abarca 1–1 El Paso Patriots (TX) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 1,567 Minnesota advances 3–2 on aggregate. Vancouver vs Portland September 5, 20027:05 PM PST Portland Timbers (OR) Keith Costigan 10Fadi Afash 68Brent Sancho 69 32 Paul Dailly43 Chris Franks45 Ollie Heald68 Nick Dasovic 0–1 http://www.soccercityusa.com/timbers/vanc090502.htm Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) PGE Park, Portland, Oregon 4,071 September 7, 2002 Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Steve Kindel 52 1–0 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2002/news,2002,0689.shtml Portland Timbers (OR) Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 4,060 Vancouver Whitecaps advance 2–0 on aggregate. Conference semifinals Eastern Conference Semifinal 1 September 12, 2002 Montreal Impact (QC) Eduardo Sebrango 53Gabriel Gervais 81 22 Kalin Bankov30 Bill Sedgwick 0–0 http://www.uslfans.com/game_reports/2002/montreal_ohayon_09122002.shtml Rochester Rhinos (NY) Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec 6,354 September 14, 20028:00 PM (EST) Rochester Rhinos (NY) Yuri Lavrinenko 26Bill Sedgwick 62 43 Patrice Bernier 1–0 http://www.uslfans.com/game_reports/2002/rochester_kiedrowski_altieri_09142002.shtml Montreal Impact (QC) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 10,367 The Rochester Rhinos advanced 1–0 on aggregate. Eastern Conference Semifinal 2 September 13, 2002 Charleston Battery (SC) Justin Evans 63Paul Conway 87 pen. 75 Mike Burke86 Marco Ferruzzi 2–1 http://www.charlestonbattery.com/matches_report.asp?mid=55 Richmond Kickers (VA) Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina 2,379 Daniel Baruk (USA) September 15, 20026:00 PM (EST) Richmond Kickers (VA) Josh Henderson 8Kevin Jeffrey 22Chris Fox 24David Hayes 36 4, 45 Mac Cozier15 Mark Watson 3–1 http://www.charlestonbattery.com/matches_report.asp?mid=55 Charleston Battery (SC) UR Stadium, Richmond, Virginia 2,043 Mike Stutt (USA) The Richmond Kickers advanced 4–3 on aggregate. Western Conference Semifinal 1 September 12, 20028:30 (EST) Minnesota Thunder (MN) Mike Gores 42Don Gramenz 64Steve Shak 82Mike Gentile 87 0–0 http://a-league.com/news/2002/news,2002,0697.shtml Milwaukee Rampage (WI) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 1,321 September 14, 20028:00 (EST) Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Miguel Saavedra 20John Wolyniec 77 65 Steve Shak 2–1 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin 3,579 The Milwaukee Rampage advanced 2–1 on aggregate. Western Conference Semifinal 2 September 13, 20027:30 P.M. (PST) Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Chris Franks 3Jason Jordan 44 90Jeff Clarke 47 14 Dick McCormick0 78 Viet Nguyen79 Leighton O'Brien 2–0 https://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2002/sep13.html Seattle Sounders (WA) Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 5,686 Steve DePiero (USA) September 15, 20025:00 P.M. (PST) Seattle Sounders (WA) Andrew Gregor 38Leighton O'Brien 43Kyle Smith 52Jason Farrell 60Scott Jenkins 61 19, 26 70 pen. Ollie Heald22 Jeff Clarke39 Steve Kindel67 Dave Morris75 Kevan Cameron90 Niall Thompson 2–6 https://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2002/sep15.html Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington 3,917 Sandra Hunt (USA) The Vancouver Whitecaps advanced 8–2 on aggregate. Conference finals Eastern Conference September 19, 2002 Richmond Kickers (VA) Josh Henderson 49 28 Lenin Steenkamp 1–1 Rochester Rhinos (NY) Sports Backers Stadium, Richmond, Virginia 3,327 September 21, 2002 Rochester Rhinos (NY) 0–0 yes Richmond Kickers (VA) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 10,148 Stoian Mladenov Carlos Zavala Yuri Lavrinenko Temoc Suarez Tommy Tanner Bill Sedgewick Craig Demmin Lenin Steenkamp Greg Simmonds 8–9 Rob Ukrop Paul Lekics Ihor Dotsenko Ray Goodlett David Hayes Mike Burke Tony Williams Kevin Knight Ronnie Pascale The Richmond Kickers advanced. Western Conference September 19, 20027:30 PM PST Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Ollie Heald 45 0–0 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2002/news,2002,0719.shtml Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 6,056 September 21, 20028:00 PM EST Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Destin Makumbu 43Matt Bobo 56, 101Matt Behncke 60Bobby Brennan 90 59 Niall Thompson 2–1 yes http://www.uslfans.com/game_reports/2002/milwaukee_ninmann_09212002.shtml Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin 3,223 The Milwaukee Rampage advanced. Final September 28, 20028:00 PM EST Milwaukee Rampage (WI) John Wolyniec 45, 62Steve Bernal 58David Lara 68Siniša Angelovski 106 22 Tony Williams 2 56 93 Khary Stockton 59 pen. Marco Ferruzzi62 Kevin Knight96 Josh Henderson 2–1 yes https://web.archive.org/web/20110610063317/http://www.uslsoccer.com/postseason/usl1/198769.html Richmond Kickers (VA) Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex, Franklin, Wisconsin 6,189 MPV: John Wolyniec Points leaders RankScorerClubGPGoalsAssistsPoints1 USA McKinley Tennyson Portland Timbers2418642 USA Brian Ching Seattle Sounders25168423 USA Leighton O'Brien Seattle Sounders271311374 SYR Fadi Afash Portland Timbers2218036 CUB Eduardo Sebrango Montreal Impact28180366 USA Paul Conway Charleston Battery 25136327 LBR Johnny Menyongar Minnesota Thunder 251011318 USA Johnny Torres Minnesota Thunder23125299 USA Darren SawatzkySeattle Sounders289102810 USA Dustin SwinehartCharlotte Eagles2710626 ZIM Digital TakawiraMilwaukee Rampage22982612 CAN Niki BudalicToronto Lynx2812125 USA John WolyniecMilwaukee Rampage261052514 USA Josh HendersonRichmond Kickers2311224 USA Brian PiesnerAtlanta Silverbacks2571024 Awards and All A-League teams All A-League First Team F: USA Brian Ching (Seattle Sounders); USA McKinley Tennyson (Portland Timbers) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); CUB Eduardo Sebrango (Montreal Impact) (Co-Leading Goalscorer) M: USA Andrew Gregor (Seattle Sounders); USA Leighton O'Brien (Seattle Sounders); USA Brian Piesner (Atlanta Silverbacks); RSA Lenin Steenkamp (Rochester Raging Rhinos) D: CAN Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); ENG Destin Makumbu (Milwaukee Rampage); CAN Mark Watson (Defender of the Year) G: USA Dusty Hudock (Charleston Battery) (Goalkeeper of the Year) Coach: USA Brian Schmetzer, Seattle Sounders) (Coach of the Year) All A-League Second TeamA-League Awards: 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212210859/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/stats_awards.asp?year=2002 2012-02-12 F: SYR Fadi Afash (Portland Timbers) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); USA Josh Henderson (Richmond Kickers); LBR Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder) M: CAN Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); BRA Luis da Gama (El Paso Patriots); USA Jose Gomez (Charlotte Eagles); CAN Steve Kindel (Vancouver Whitecaps) D: TRI Craig Demmin (Rochester Raging Rhinos); JAM Linval Dixon (Charleston Battery); USA Mark Schulte (Minnesota Thunder) G: USA Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders) See also 2002 U.S. Open Cup 2002 Voyageurs Cup References External links The Year in American Soccer - 2002 2002 A-League results defunct 2002 2 Category:2002 in Canadian soccer