1994 U.S. Interregional Soccer League (outdoor) season

August 2023 The 1994 United States Interregional Soccer League was an outdoor season run by the United States Interregional Soccer League. Regular season Schedule Each team had a 20-game schedule, with two games counting as Designated Makeup Games (DMGs). DMGs are plugged in for any game that was cancelled during the season. Scoring Teams in the Northeast and Midwest have points that reflect the addition of a 1-point corner kick bonus per game. The standings published by the USISL list only the wins, losses, goals scored, goals allowed and total points. They do not provide the number of wins or losses that came through shootouts. They also do not provide the number of bonus points coming from goals or corner kicks.Outdoor scoring system (1989–1995)http://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/2013%20USL%20Media%20Guide_Web.pdf 2013 USL Media Guide – compare 1993 and 1994 PDL standings with the 1992 and 1995 PDL standings. 2013-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20131207053310/http://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/2013%20USL%20Media%20Guide_Web.pdf 2013-12-07 dead Regulation win = 6 points Shootout win (SW) = 4 points Shootout loss (SL) = 2 points Regulation loss = 0 points Bonus points (BP): An additional one point per goal up to a maximum of three points per game. Northeast Division and Midwest Division teams received one point per corner kick each game. Northeast Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1Long Island Rough Riders181353519 +161172 Jersey Dragons181263923 +16110Points deducted due to ineligible players.3 Cape Cod Crusaders 181083925 +14984 New Jersey Imperials 181082825 +3985 Delaware Wizards 18992825 +3896 New York Fever 187112933 -4 827 Boston Storm 185132447 -23658 Connecticut Wolves 186121432 -18599 Philadelphia Freedom 186122136 -1558 Atlantic Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1Greensboro Dynamo181626022 +381432 Charleston Battery181443615 +211113 Charlotte Eagles 181084432 +12954 Raleigh Flyers 18993333 0905 Hampton Roads Hurricanes 181083227 +5846 Columbia Heat 18993239 -7 827 Washington Mustangs 181173329 +480Points deducted due to ineligible players.8 Baltimore Bays 186122639 -13599 Richmond Kickers 184142143 -2244 Southeast Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1Cocoa Expos171616913 +561282 Atlanta Magic171164436 +81043 Florida Stars 171166539 +2697Points deducted due to ineligible players.4 Orlando Lions 177105046 +4815 Boca Raton Sabres 186123748 -1173Points deducted due to ineligible players.6 Fort Lauderdale Kicks 175122553 -28 537 South Florida Flamingos173141980 -6137 Midwest Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1Minnesota Thunder181806114 +471702 Milwaukee Rampage181628118 +631613 Columbus Xoggz 181173937 +21124 St. Louis Knights 181174637 +91085 Detroit Wheels 18993538 -3986 Rockford Raptors 181083634 +2 987 Des Moines Menace185133746 -9638 Cincinnati Cheetas185133840 -2599 Sioux City Breeze181171564 -4923 Midsouth Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1Louisville Thoroughbreds181355335 +181142 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers181263823 +151073 Birmingham Grasshoppers 181353619 +171044 Lexington Bluegrass Bandits 181083225 +7875 Nashville Metros 187114343 0786 Arkansas A's 184142262 -40457 Chattanooga Express185131645 -29368 Memphis Jackals11291934 -1529 South Central Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1Tulsa Roughnecks181625218 +441322 DFW Toros181265140 +111123 San Antonio Pumas 181175330 +231074 Texas Lightning 181176031 +291035 Austin Lone Stars 171076251 +11976 Dallas Rockets 18993948 -9867 Oklahoma City Slickers184142857 -29468 Wichita Blue Angels1701716119 -10316 Southwest Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1East Los Angeles Cobras181627032 +381472 El Paso Patriots181355728 +29120Points deducted due to ineligible players.3 Valley Golden Eagles 181264840 +81104 Montclair Standard Falcons 181084034 +6945 Arizona Cotton 187114933 +16796 Tucson Amigos 187114443 +1757 New Mexico Chiles187113248 -16668 Las Vegas Quicksilver183153184 -53489 San Diego Top Guns9451619 +337 Pacific Division PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints1San Francisco United All-Blacks181535920 +391342 North Bay Breakers 181445529 +261253 CCV Hydra 181356231 +311224 Chico Rooks 181264330 +131085 San Francisco Bay Diablos 181084248 -692Points deducted due to ineligible players.6 Silicon Valley Firebirds 18994228 +14 857 Reno Rattlers 187113845 -7718 Hawaii Tsunami 183152477 -53409 Santa Cruz Surf 182162161 -403210 Shasta Scorchers 182162063 -4331 Note Playoffs Northeast Division July 27, 1994 Jersey Dragons (NJ) Manuel Archer 64 Fred Butler 90 2-0 https://www.newspapers.com/image/155209647/?match=1&terms=Delaware%20Wizards Delaware Wizards (DE) John F Kennedy StadiumHoboken, New Jersey July 30, 1994 Long Island Rough Riders (NY) Danny Mueller 66 *43 109 Manuel Archer 107 Junior Superbia 1-1 OT Jersey Dragons (NJ) Mitchell ParkUniondale, New York 3,422 The game remained tied through two overtime periods. The Long Island Rough Riders advanced due to their 4–2 advantage in corner kicks. `1:00 PM July 31, 1994 North Jersey Imperials (NJ) Marek Sadowski 60 1-0 https://www.newspapers.com/image/497148151/?match=1&terms=North%20Jersey%20Imperials Cape Cod Crusaders (MA) Bruins Stadium, North Bergen, New Jersey 1,000 Final 7:30 PM August 5, 1994 North Jersey Imperials (NJ) Greg Bajek 64 84 43 Richard Nuttall51 89 Giovanni Savarese 2-3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/725333333/?match=1&terms=North%20Jersey%20Imperials Long Island Rough Riders (NY) Bruins Stadium, North Bergen, New Jersey August 6, 1994 Long Island Rough Riders (NY) Cordt Weinstein 90+2 1-0 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/725333578/ North Jersey Imperials (NJ) Mitchell ParkUniondale, New York 4,463 The Long Island Rough Riders advanced. Atlantic Division July 30, 1994 Charleston Battery (SC) Andrew Coggins 23:55 41:28Paul Young 31:20Rich Hughes 45:55 44:55 Byron Mitchell 4-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20010914155916fw_/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/1994/94STAT.htm#GAME26 Hampton Roads Hurricanes (VA) Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina 1,783 Sultan Dawood July 30, 1994 Charlotte Eagles (NC) Keith Dakin Philibert Jones 2-0 Raleigh Flyers (North Carolina) Charlotte Latin Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina 1,000 Final August 5, 19948:00 PM EST Charlotte Eagles (North Carolina) Graham West 35:34Jean-Rene Tassy 59:48 20 pen. 61:26 Paul Young23:08 Andy Coggins 2-3 Charleston Battery (South Carolina) Charlotte Latin Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina 1,500 August 6, 19947:30 PM EST Charleston Battery (SC) Paul Young 41:49 43:49Mario Lone 59:59 29:07 Phillipe Berthoud 3-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20010914155916fw_/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/1994/94STAT.htm#GAME28 Charlotte Eagles (NC) Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina 2,367 or 2,400 Clause Staefe The Charleston Battery advanced. Southeast Division July 30, 1994 Cocoa Expos (FL) David Maury 10 o.g. Chris Payne 23 Richard Sharpe 64 73Robin Chan Eric Leibin 2 62 Andy Restreop 85 Del Smith 7-1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/177219392/?match=1&terms=Atlanta%20Magic%20 Orlando Lions (FL) Cocoa, Florida 2,119 or 500 July 30, 1994 Atlanta Magic (GA) Caleb Suri 77 1-0 Florida Stars (FL) Old Roswell High Stadium, Roswell, Georgia Final August 3, 19948:00 PM EST Atlanta Magic (GA) Caleb Suri 76 1-0 Cocoa Expos (FL) Old Roswell High Stadium, Roswell, Georgia August 7, 19947:30 PM EST Cocoa Expos (FL) Keiran Breslin Chris Payne 2-0 Atlanta Magic (GA) Varsity Field, Melbourne, Florida With the series tied at one game each, the Expos and Magic played a mini-game to determine who would advance. August 7, 199410:00 PM EST Cocoa Expos (FL) Richard Sharpe pen. pen.Eddie Enders Paul Robertson Vince Datillo 5-1 Atlanta Magic (GA) Varsity Field, Melbourne, Florida The Cocoa Expos advanced. Midwest Division July 30, 1994 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Gerard Lagos 6:07 7:26 Pierre Morice 81:44 49:02 pen. Jeff Davis 67:57 Tom Stone 3-2 St. Louis Knights (MO) Macalester Stadium, Saint Paul, Minnesota 2,119 July 30, 19947:30 CST Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Steve Kuntz 0 17Tony Sanneh Tony Sanneh 1 57Steve Provan 120 1-0 OT (Report) Columbus Xoggz (OH) Brown Deer High School, Brown Deer, Wisconsin 1,385 Final August 3, 19947:30 CST Milwaukee Rampage (WI) *Derek Bylsma Tag Gambatese 8 Amos Magee 10 Gerard Lagos80 Tim Foster 2-3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/193147438/?match=1&terms=milwaukee%20rampage Minnesota Thunder (MN) Brown Deer High School, Brown Deer, Wisconsin 611 August 6, 19947:30 CST Minnesota Thunder (MN) Don Gramenz Amos Magee Manny Lagos 79:46 pen. Derek Bylsma 3-1 Report 1 Report 2 Milwaukee Rampage (WI) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 2,230 The Minnesota Thunder advanced. Midsouth Division July 30, 1994 Louisville Thoroughbreds (KY) John van Buskirk 42 pen. PK 22 38 Shane Gibson 41 Dexter Sandy58 Brian Jeffs 1-4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/110222340/?match=1&terms=Louisville%20Thoroughbreds Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (KY) Oldham County High School, Buckner, Kentucky 1,500 July 30, 1994 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA) Phil Harden 0-1 Birmingham Grasshoppers (AL) Pan American Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana Final August 5, 19947:30 PM EST Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (KYLA) Billy Hughes Jarg Baumgartner 0-2 Birmingham Grasshoppers (AL) Woodford County ParkVersailles, Kentucky 1,100 August 7, 19945:00 PM EST Birmingham Grasshoppers (AL) Holder Schneidt Billy Hughes 84 Richard Mundy 2-1 Report 1 Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (KYLA) Birmingham-Southern CollegeBirmingham, Alabama 2,200 The Birmingham Grasshoppers advanced. South Central Division July 29, 1994 Texas Lightning (TX) Corey Hooper Ron Baskin Chris Veselka Steve Bailey Lance Reed 2-3 OT Austin Lone Stars (TX) July 30, 1994 Tulsa Roughnecks (OK) Virgil Stevens Shahram Salami Gabe Jones Chris Veselka JoJo Flemister 1-4 Austin Lone Stars (TX) Tulsa, Oklahoma 1,387 July 30, 1994 San Antonio Pumas (TX) Marco Ferruzzi J.D. Stark Steve Schauer 3-4 DFW Toros (TX) Final August 5, 19948:00 PM CST Austin Lone Stars (TX) Gabe Jones 9Judd Willman 16 45 Melecio Sanitbanez 45+1 54 Heriberto Garcia52 Nicolas Arturo Velez 2-4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/357257531/?match=1&terms=Austin%20Lone%20Stars DFW Toros (TX) House Park, Austin, Texas August 6, 19947:30 PM CST Austin Lone Stars (TX) *Manuel Romero 40 Nicolas Arturo Velez 80 0-2 DFW Toros (TX) House Park, Austin, Texas The DFW Toros advanced. Southwest Division July 30, 1994 El Paso Patriots (TX) Arturo Bautista Steve Guardado Raul Haro Carlos Acosta Julio Umana 2-5 Valley Golden Eagles (CA) El Paso, Texas 4,278 July 31, 1994 East Los Angeles Cobras (CA) Harut Karapetyan Sean Henderson Carlos Zavala Juan Munoz Sergio Suarez Garrett Torres Eddie Soto Jesus Artlaga 7-3 Montclair Standard Falcons (CA) Los Angeles Final August 5, 1994 East Los Angeles Cobras (CA) Juan Andia Emerson Mendez Carlos Acosta Jose Umana 0-6 Valley Golden Eagles (CA) Los Angeles August 7, 1994 Valley Golden Eagles (CA) Jose Vasquez Harut Karapetyan 0-3 East Los Angeles Cobras (CA) Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California With the series tied at one game apiece, the Cobras and Valley Eagles played a minigame to determine who advanced. August 7, 1994 Valley Golden Eagles (CA) 0-2 East Los Angeles Cobras (CA) Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California The East Los Angeles Cobras advanced. Pacific Division July 30, 1994 San Francisco United All-Blacks (CA) Scott Wulferdingen 0-1 Chico Rooks (CA) July 30, 1994 North Bay Breakers (CA) Craig Ruggels Roman Ritz Chris Ziemer Luis Berbari Jose Romas 3-2 CCV Hydra (CA) Final August 5, 1994 North Bay Breakers (CA) Roman Ritz Chris Ziemer Mike Black 2-1 Chico Rooks (CA) Rohnert Park, California August 6, 1994 Chico Rooks (CA) Dean Freeman Jeremy Gunn Roman Ritz 2-1 North Bay Breakers (CA) Chico, California 1,750 With the series tied at one game apiece, Chico and North Bay played a mini-game to determine who would advance. August 6, 1994 Chico Rooks (CA) 1-0 North Bay Breakers (CA) Chico, California 1,750 The Chico Rooks advanced. Sizzlin' Nine Championship Greensboro Group PlaceTeamWLGFGAGD1Greensboro Dynamo20143 +112 DFW Toros1169 -33 Birmingham Grasshoppers 02210 -8 Greensboro Dynamo defeated Birmingham Grasshoppers 6–1 DFW Toros defeated Birmingham Grasshoppers 4–1 Greensboro Dynamo defeated DFW Toros 8–2 August 10, 1994 6:00 PM EDT Greensboro Dynamo 6–1 Report 1 Report 2 Birmingham Grasshoppers Mike Gailey 10:33 21:44 Kenny Gasser 28:35 Jason Haupt 31:32 42:22 Gabe Garcia 32:13 30:23 Jorg Baumgartner Guilford College Soccer FieldGreensboro, North Carolina 1,041 August 10, 1994 6:00 PM EDT Dallas/Fort Worth Toros 4–1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/944825007/ Birmingham Grasshoppers Jorg Baumgartner Guilford College Soccer FieldGreensboro, North Carolina 108 August 11, 1994 6:00 PM EDT Greensboro Dynamo 8–2 Report 1 Dallas/Fort Worth Toros Jason Haupt 6:07 21:52 Jimmy Glenn 25:33 39:21 Eddie Radwanski 34:00 Brian Japp 51:49 Gabe Garcia 53:08 Allen Higgins 55:03 16:08 43:40 Melesio Santibanez Guilford College Soccer FieldGreensboro, North Carolina 1,368 Charleston Group PlaceTeamWLGFGAGD1Charleston Battery2092 +72 Cocoa Expos1184 +43 Chico Rooks 02011 -11 Charleston defeated Cocoa 4–2 Charleston defeated Chico 5–0 Cocoa defeated Chico 6–0 August 9, 1994 7:30 PM EDT Charleston Battery 4–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20010914155916fw_/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/1994/94STAT.htm#GAME29 Cocoa Expos Paul Young 25:47 34:56 David Hoffman 48:25 55:49 24:33 27:36 Richard Sharpe Stoney FieldCharleston, South Carolina 2,012 Eric Brown August 10, 1994 7:30 PM EDT Charleston Battery 5–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20010914155916fw_/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/1994/94STAT.htm#GAME30 Chico Rooks Andrew Coggins 5:05 Garth Pollonais 5:59 Paul Young 28:48 56:37 Mario Lone 52:04 Stoney FieldCharleston, South Carolina 2,372 Eric Fink August 11, 1994 7:30 PM EDT Cocoa Expos 6–0 Chico Rooks Sharpe Stoney FieldCharleston, South Carolina Raleigh Group PlaceTeamWLGFGAGD1 Long Island Rough Riders11106 +42Minnesota Thunder1165 +13 East Los Angeles Cobras 11510 -5 August 9, 1994 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Pierre Morice 17 pen. Gerard Lagos 28 29:15 Manuel Lagos 50 pen. 20 pen. Chris Armas 36 Giovanni Savarese 4-2 Long Island Rough Riders (NY) Broughton High SchoolRaleigh, North Carolina 175 August 10, 1994 Minnesota Thunder 2–3 (SO) Report 1 East Los Angeles Cobras Manuel Lagos 17 pen. Gerard Lagos 56 pen. 12 Juan Munoz pen. Jose Vasquez y Gerard Lagos 1–2 Rhett Hardy Broughton High SchoolRaleigh, North Carolina August 11, 1994 East Los Angeles Cobras 2–8 Report 1 Report 2 Long Island Rough Riders Sean Henderson 26:26 Jose Vasquez 3 Richie Nuttall 11 Giovanni Savarese 17 Travis Rinker 26 Mike Masters 38 Jim Rooney Cordt Weinstein Broughton High SchoolRaleigh, North Carolina East Los Angeles Cobras defeated Minnesota Thunder 3-2 (SO) Long Island Rough Riders defeated East Los Angeles Cobras 8–2 Semi-finals August 13, 1994 Greensboro Dynamo (NC) Aidan Murphy 28:23 Mike Gosselin 78:47 17:16 Mike Masters 0 56 Travis Rinker 2-1 OT https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/944830027/ Long Island Rough Riders (NY) UNCG Soccer Stadium Greensboro, North Carolina 2,800 August 13, 1994 Charleston Battery (SC) 12:39 19:22 Amos Magee35:18 48:01Manny Lagos58:58 Mark Abboud 0-5 https://web.archive.org/web/20010914155916fw_/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/1994/94STAT.htm#GAME31 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina 4,058 Final August 15, 1994 Greensboro Dynamo (NC) Mike Gailey 10 46 Gerard Lagos 1-1 OT Minnesota Thunder (MN) UNCG Soccer Stadium, Greensboro, North Carolina 5,159 Brian Japp 2-1 Points leaders RankScorerClubGPGoalsAssistsPoints1 USA Chris Veselka Austin Lone Stars 133014742 ENG Richard Sharpe Cocoa Expos15336723 USA Joey Kirk Milwaukee Rampage182411594 USA A. J. Jones Texas Lightning1422953 USA Brian McBride Milwaukee Rampage151817536 USA Manny Lagos Minnesota Thunder 17189457 USA Tony Sanneh Milwaukee Rampage17141442 MEX Salvador MercadoEl Paso Patriots18202428 USA Sheikh N'DureFlorida Stars18177419 USA Jason HauptGreensboro Dynamo1815104010 USA Jeff BaicherCCV Hydra161723611 HON Leonel SuazoWashington Mustangs1217034 USA Mark WeidnerBirmingham Grasshoppers1634 USA Andrew ZiemerNorth Bay Breakers1634 Honors MVP: USA Manny Lagos Points leader: USA Chris Veselka, Austin Lone Stars (74 points) Goals leader: ENG Richard Sharpe, Cocoa Expos (33 goals) Assist Leader: USA Wayne Lobring, Louisville Thoroughbreds (21 assists) Goalkeeper of the Year: USA Kyle Krpata Coach of the Year: USA Tim Hankinson External links United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF) The Year in American Soccer – 1994 Divisional finals References defunct Category:USISL outdoor seasons (1989–1994) 2