2003 USL A-League

August 2023 March 2026 USL A-League -2003 Season- 2003 19 Charleston Battery (1st Title) Milwaukee Wave United (1st Title) 266 BRA Thiago Martins, Pittsburgh Riverhounds BRA Thiago Martins, Pittsburgh Riverhounds (22 goals) CAN Greg Sutton, Montreal Impact 754 2002 2004 The 2003 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2003. League standings Eastern Conference Northeast Division main WDL Q MTL Montreal Impact ROC Rochester Raging Rhinos PIT Pittsburgh Riverhounds SYR Syracuse Salty Dogs TOR Toronto Lynx 16 6 6 40 21 15 6 7 55 36 15 4 9 50 41 11 5 12 42 38 11 4 13 29 38 #ccffcc A A complete Southeast Division main WDL Q CHB Charleston Battery VIR Virginia Beach Mariners RIC Richmond Kickers CHE Charlotte Eagles ATL Atlanta Silverbacks 15 7 6 41 27 14 5 9 51 34 12 9 9 41 32 6 7 15 29 59 4 7 17 27 48 -2 2 points deducted? #ccffcc A A complete Western Conference Central Division main WDL Q MIL Milwaukee Wave United MIN Minnesota Thunder EPP El Paso Patriots CIN Cincinnati Riverhawks IND Indiana Blast 18 0 10 61 32 17 2 9 44 28 9 3 16 33 48 9 0 19 38 62 3 2 23 28 67 -3 3 points deducted? #ccffcc A A complete Pacific Division main WDL Q SEA Seattle Sounders VAN Vancouver Whitecaps POR Portland Timbers CAL Calgary Storm 16 5 7 45 24 15 7 6 45 24 15 2 11 39 33 4 3 21 16 62 #ccffcc A A complete Playoffs Bracket high Division finals Conference finals Final y 2/2/1 Eastern Conference Western Conference S1 Charleston Battery 0 4 4 S2 Virginia Beach Mariners 1 1 2 N1 Montreal Impact 1 0 1 N2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 2 0 2 C2 Minnesota Thunder 0 2 3 C1 Milwaukee Wave United 1 0 1 P2 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1 1 (5) P1 Seattle Sounders 0 1 1 (6) Charleston Battery 0 1 1 Rochester Rhinos 0 0 0 Minnesota Thunder 1 1 2 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 Charleston Battery 3 Minnesota Thunder 0 Division finals Northeast Division September 5, 20037:35 PM (EDT) Rochester Rhinos (NY) Ian Fuller 0 6Stoian Mladenov 8 pen.Doug Miller 50Kirk Wilson 90 0 6 Nevio Pizzolitto84 Zé Roberto 2–1 http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/61746.html Montreal Impact (SC) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 8,339 Ken Heller (USA) September 7, 20034:00 PM (EDT) Montreal Impact (SC) Zé Roberto 4Martin Nash 2 63 90Abraham Francois 89 15 Scott Schweitzer65 Yuri Lavrinenko72 Kirk Wilson81 David Hayes 0–0 http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/61802.html Rochester Rhinos (NY) Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec 8,445 Silviu Petrescu (Canada) The Rochester Rhinos advance 2 – 1 on aggregate. Southeast Division September 5, 2003 Virginia Beach Mariners (VA) Roy Lassiter 18Stephen Danbusky 75 1–0 http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/61747.html Charleston Battery (SC) Virginia Beach Sportsplex, Virginia Beach, Virginia 3,200 Dan Stead (USA) September 7, 20036:00 PM (EDT) Charleston Battery (SC) Chris Goos 3Josh Henderson 14 71Russell Hutchison 17 o.g. 10 Hamisi Amani-Dove37 Roland Vargas-Aguilera58 Stephen Danbusky 4–1 http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/61813.html Virginia Beach Mariners (VA) Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina 2,031 Todd Perry (USA) The Charleston Battery advance 4 – 2 on aggregate. Central Division September 5, 2003 Milwaukee Wave United (WI) Greg Howes 14 pen.Chris Morman 78 54 Steve Shak 1–0 http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/61748.html Minnesota Thunder (MN) Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1,927 Cien Asoera (USA) September 7, 20035:30 PM (CDT) Minnesota Thunder (MN) Johnny Torres 62 92 84 Todd Dusosky 2–0 (OT) http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/61814.html Milwaukee Wave United (WI) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 2,649 Brent Sorg (USA) The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 1 on aggregate. Pacific Division September 5, 20037:00 (PDT) Seattle Sounders (WA) Marco Vélez 14Scott Jenkins 15Ryan Edwards 34 35 Carlo Corazzin87 Ollie Heald90 Paul Dailly 0–0 http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2003/sep5.html Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington 2,178 Cory Dean (Canada) September 7, 20013:00 PM (PDT) Vancouver Whitecaps (BC) Jean Piette 11Dave Morris 90Steve Kindel 117 2 Roger Levesque4 Chad Brown18 Andrew Gregor77 Zach Scott78 Darren Sawatzky 1–1 yes http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2003/sep7.html Seattle Sounders (WA) Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 5,175 Hu Lui (USA) Ollie Heald Tiarnan King Chris Franks Carlo Corazzin Dave Morris Jeff Clarke 5–6 Kyle Smith Chad Brown Darren Sawatzky Herculez Gomez Andrew Gregor Viet Nguyen The Seattle Sounders advance 1 – 0 on aggregate. Conference finals Eastern Conference final September 12, 20038:00 PM (EDT) Rochester Rhinos (NY) 0–0 http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/home/62187.html Charleston Battery (SC) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 10,017 Andrew Chapin (USA) September 14, 20036:00 PM (EDT) Charleston Battery (SC) Josh Henderson 41 41 Ian Fuller 1–0 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2003/news,2003,0577.shtml Rochester Rhinos (NY) Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina 2,571 Brian D'Amato (USA) The Charleston Battery advance 1 – 0 on aggregate. Western Conference final September 12, 20037:00 PM (PDT) Seattle Sounders (WA) Andrew Gregor 9Zach Scott 53Scott Jenkins 57Chad Brown 59 79 Steve Shak 0–1 http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2003/sep12.html Minnesota Thunder (MN) Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington 3,190 Ricardo Valenzuela (USA) September 14, 20036:00 PM (CDT) Minnesota Thunder (MN) Johnny Torres 59Duncan Tarley 90 8 Viet Nguyen23 Ryan Edwards85 Craig Tomlinson 1–0 http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2003/sep14.html Seattle Sounders (WA) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 2,612 Terry Vaughn (USA) The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 0 on aggregate. Final September 20, 20037:00 PM (EDT) Charleston Battery (SC) Ted Chronopoulos 13Terry Phelan 15Paul Conway 21John Wilson 32Steve Klein 37 3–0 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2003/news,2003,0577.shtml https://archive.today/20130205063943/http://www.uslfans.com/news/2003/news,2003,0577.shtml September 20, 2003 Charleston claims A-League title February 5, 2013 October 10, 2024 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina 5,711 Jair Marrufo (USA) Points leaders RankScorerClubGPGoalsAssistsPoints1 BRA Thiago Martins Pittsburgh Riverhounds25227512 USA Doug Miller Rochester Rhinos28174383 USA Dante Washington Virginia Beach Mariners26181374 USA Greg Howes Milwaukee Wave United281112345 USA Todd Dusosky Milwaukee Wave United2611729 BOL Roland Vargas-Aguilera Virginia Beach Mariners 2610929 TRI Kevin Jeffrey Richmond Kickers 27109298 USA Josh Henderson Charleston Battery2010525 MEX Byron AlvarezPortland Timbers2112125 USA McKinley TennysonPortland Timbers271132511 BRA Lourenço AndradeEl Paso Patriots209422 MKD Dino DelevskiMilwaukee Wave United238622 Awards and All A-League Teams All A-League First Team2003 A-League Awards https://web.archive.org/web/20120212211021/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/stats_awards.asp?year=2003 2012-02-12 F: BRA Thiago Martins (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); USA Doug Miller (Rochester Raging Rhinos); USA Dante Washington (Virginia Beach Mariners) M: BOL Roland Aguilera (Virginia Beach Mariners); USA Marco Ferruzzi (Minnesota Thunder); USA Andrew Gregor (Seattle Sounders); BRA Ricardo Villar (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) D: CAN Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); ENG Danny Jackson (Seattle Sounders); USA John Wilson (Charleston Battery) G: CAN Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year) Coach: USA Bob Lilley, Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year) All A-League Second Team F: MEX Byron Alvarez (Portland Timbers); USA Greg Howes (Milwaukee Wave United); TRI Kevin Jeffrey (Richmond Kickers) M: USA Ted Chronopoulos (Charleston Battery); CAN Ollie Heald (Vancouver Whitecaps); BRA Zé Roberto (Montreal Impact); USA David Testo (Richmond Kickers) D: USA Scott Schweitzer (Rochester Raging Rhinos); USA Steve Shak (Minnesota Thunder); USA Alan Woods (Atlanta Silverbacks) G: USA Rich Cullen (Seattle Sounders) References External links United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF) 2003 A-League The Year in American Soccer - 2003 defunct 2003 2 Category:2003 in Canadian soccer