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2003 USL A-League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | USL A-League |
| -2003 Season- | |
| season | 2003 |
| num_teams | 19 |
| winners | Charleston Battery |
| (1st Title) | |
| premiers | Milwaukee Wave United |
| (1st Title) | |
| matches | 266 |
| best player | BRA Thiago Martins, Pittsburgh Riverhounds |
| league topscorer | BRA Thiago Martins, Pittsburgh Riverhounds |
| (22 goals) | |
| best goalkeeper | CAN Greg Sutton, Montreal Impact |
| total goals | 754 |
| prevseason | 2002 |
| nextseason | 2004 |
-2003 Season- (1st Title) (1st Title) (22 goals)
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
Southeast Division
Western Conference
Central Division
Pacific Division
Playoffs
Bracket
|RD1-group1=Eastern Conference |RD1-group2=Western Conference
|RD1-seed1=S1 |RD1-team1=Charleston Battery |RD1-score1-1=0 |RD1-score1-2=4 |RD1-score1-agg=4 |RD1-seed2=S2 |RD1-team2=Virginia Beach Mariners |RD1-score2-1=1 |RD1-score2-2=1 |RD1-score2-agg=2
|RD1-seed3=N1 |RD1-team3=Montreal Impact |RD1-score3-1=1 |RD1-score3-2=0 |RD1-score3-agg=1 |RD1-seed4=N2 |RD1-team4=Rochester Raging Rhinos |RD1-score4-1=2 |RD1-score4-2=0 |RD1-score4-agg=2
|RD1-seed5=C2 |RD1-team5=Minnesota Thunder |RD1-score5-1=0 |RD1-score5-2=2 |RD1-score5-agg=3 |RD1-seed6=C1 |RD1-team6=Milwaukee Wave United |RD1-score6-1=1 |RD1-score6-2=0 |RD1-score6-agg=1
|RD1-seed7=P2 |RD1-team7=Vancouver Whitecaps |RD1-score7-1=0 |RD1-score7-2=1 |RD1-score7-agg=1 (5) |RD1-seed8=P1 |RD1-team8=Seattle Sounders |RD1-score8-1=0 |RD1-score8-2=1 |RD1-score8-agg=1 (6)
|RD2-team1=Charleston Battery |RD2-score1-1=0 |RD2-score1-2=1 |RD2-score1-agg=1 |RD2-team2=Rochester Rhinos |RD2-score2-1=0 |RD2-score2-2=0 |RD2-score2-agg=0
|RD2-team3=Minnesota Thunder |RD2-score3-1=1 |RD2-score3-2=1 |RD2-score3-agg=2 |RD2-team4=Seattle Sounders |RD2-score4-1=0 |RD2-score4-2=0 |RD2-score4-agg=0
|RD3-team1=Charleston Battery |RD3-score1=3 |RD3-team2=Minnesota Thunder |RD3-score2=0
Division finals
Northeast Division
7:35 PM (EDT) Stoian Mladenov Doug Miller Kirk Wilson Zé Roberto 4:00 PM (EDT) Martin Nash Abraham Francois Yuri Lavrinenko Kirk Wilson David Hayes
The Rochester Rhinos advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.
Southeast Division
Stephen Danbusky 6:00 PM (EDT) Josh Henderson Russell Hutchison Roland Vargas-Aguilera Stephen Danbusky
The Charleston Battery advance 4 – 2 on aggregate.
Central Division
Chris Morman 5:30 PM (CDT)
The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 1 on aggregate.
Pacific Division
7:00 (PDT) Scott Jenkins Ryan Edwards Ollie Heald Paul Dailly 3:00 PM (PDT) Dave Morris Steve Kindel Chad Brown Andrew Gregor Zach Scott Darren Sawatzky Tiarnan King Chris Franks Carlo Corazzin Dave Morris Jeff Clarke Chad Brown Darren Sawatzky Herculez Gomez Andrew Gregor Viet Nguyen
The Seattle Sounders advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.
Conference finals
Eastern Conference final
8:00 PM (EDT) 6:00 PM (EDT)
The Charleston Battery advance 1 – 0 on aggregate.
Western Conference final
7:00 PM (PDT) Zach Scott Scott Jenkins Chad Brown 6:00 PM (CDT) Duncan Tarley Ryan Edwards Craig Tomlinson
The Minnesota Thunder advance 2 – 0 on aggregate.
Final
7:00 PM (EDT) Terry Phelan Paul Conway John Wilson Steve Klein
Points leaders
| Rank | Scorer | Club | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiago Martins | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 25 | 22 | 7 | 51 |
| 2 | Doug Miller | Rochester Rhinos | 28 | 17 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Dante Washington | Virginia Beach Mariners | 26 | 18 | 1 | 37 |
| 4 | Greg Howes | Milwaukee Wave United | 28 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Todd Dusosky | Milwaukee Wave United | 26 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| Roland Vargas-Aguilera | Virginia Beach Mariners | 26 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |
| Kevin Jeffrey | Richmond Kickers | 27 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |
| 8 | Josh Henderson | Charleston Battery | 20 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| Byron Alvarez | Portland Timbers | 21 | 12 | 1 | 25 | |
| McKinley Tennyson | Portland Timbers | 27 | 11 | 3 | 25 | |
| 11 | Lourenço Andrade | El Paso Patriots | 20 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| Dino Delevski | Milwaukee Wave United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
Awards and All A-League Teams
All A-League First Team
F: Thiago Martins (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Doug Miller (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Dante Washington (Virginia Beach Mariners)
M: Roland Aguilera (Virginia Beach Mariners); Marco Ferruzzi (Minnesota Thunder); Andrew Gregor (Seattle Sounders); Ricardo Villar (Pittsburgh Riverhounds)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); Danny Jackson (Seattle Sounders); John Wilson (Charleston Battery)
G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Bob Lilley, Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year)
All A-League Second Team
F: Byron Alvarez (Portland Timbers); Greg Howes (Milwaukee Wave United); Kevin Jeffrey (Richmond Kickers)
M: Ted Chronopoulos (Charleston Battery); Ollie Heald (Vancouver Whitecaps); Zé Roberto (Montreal Impact); David Testo (Richmond Kickers)
D: Scott Schweitzer (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Steve Shak (Minnesota Thunder); Alan Woods (Atlanta Silverbacks)
G: Rich Cullen (Seattle Sounders)
References
References
- (September 20, 2003). "Charleston claims A-League title".
- link. (2012-02-12)
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