2005 United Soccer Leagues

Changes from 2004

• The Syracuse Salty Dogs, Milwaukee Wave United, Edmonton Aviators, and Calgary Mustangs of the First Division folded following the 2004 season.
• The Utah Blitzz of the Second Division folded following the 2004 season.
• The Cincinnati Kings joined the Second Division as an expansion club.
• The Westchester Flames, San Diego Gauchos, and California Gold switched from the Second Division to the PDL.

Summary

First Division

Playoffs

:Each round except the final was a two-game aggregate goal series decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out immediately following the second game of the series, if necessary. The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker. Tournament was re-seeded after the first round.

| RD1-seed1=4 | RD1-team1=Seattle Sounders | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-agg=3 | RD1-seed2=5 | RD1-team2=Portland Timbers | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-agg=0

| RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Vancouver Whitecaps | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=0 | RD1-score3-agg=0 (4) | RD1-seed4=6 | RD1-team4=Richmond Kickers | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=0 (5)

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Montreal Impact | RD2-score1-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=1 | RD2-score1-agg=3 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Seattle Sounders | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-agg=4

| RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Rochester Raging Rhinos | RD2-score3-1=1 | RD2-score3-2=1 | RD2-score3-agg=2 | RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=Richmond Kickers | RD2-score4-1=1 | RD2-score4-2=3 | RD2-score4-agg=4

| RD3-seed1=4 | RD3-team1=Seattle Sounders | RD3-score1=1 (4) | RD3-seed2=6 | RD3-team2=Richmond Kickers | RD3-score2=1 (3)

Quarterfinals

Richmond, Virginia

• Cephas
• Worthen
• Clarke
• Dasovic Burnaby, British Columbia
• Nash
• Morris
• Lyall
• Brown
• Williams Franks Nash Kindel Dasovic Delicate Gorres Worthen Jeffrey Richmond Kickers won 5–4 on Penalty kicks after tying both games 0–0.

• Miranda
• Levesque
• Scott
• Sleeth
• O'Brien
• Gregor Portland, Oregon
• Levesque
• O'Brien
• Marcum
• Alvarez
• Lines Tukwila, Washington Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

• Delicate
• Brown
• Worthen
• Sedgewick
• Miller
• Howes Richmond, Virginia
• Carrieri
• Bobo
• Carabajal
• Miller
• Delicate
• Vallow
• Schweitzer
• Cephas Rochester, New York Richmond Kickers won 4–2 on Aggregate.

• Sturm
• O'Brien
• Sleeth
• Gervais
• Vincello
• Burpo
• Gbeke Tukwila, Washington
• Pizzolitto
• Gervais
• Edwards
• Levesque
• Whitfield
• Gregor
• Sakuda Montreal, Quebec Seattle Sounders won 4–3 on Aggregate.

Final

• Scott
• Edwards
• Klaas
• Galindo
• Gregor
• Carrieri
• Brown
• Gorres
• Burke
• Gregor
• O'Brien
• Levesque
• Somoza
• Graham
• Sakuda
• Jenkins
• Delicate
• Ssejjemba
• Gorres
• Williams
• Jeffrey
• Pauls
• Pascale Seattle, Washington

Awards and All-League Teams

First Team

F: Fabian Dawkins (Atlanta Silverbacks); Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Mauricio Salles (Puerto Rico Islanders)

M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Portland Timbers); Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Kirk Wilson (Rochester Raging Rhinos)

D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders) (Defender of the Year); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers)

G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)

Coach: Nick De Santis (Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team

F: Dan Antoniuk (Portland Timbers); Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder); Melvin Tarley (Minnesota Thunder)

M: Darren Caskey (Virginia Beach Mariners); Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Petter Villegas (Puerto Rico Islanders))

D: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact)

G: Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders)

Second Division

Playoffs

| RD1-seed1 =1 | RD1-team1 =Western Mass Pioneers | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-seed2 =4 | RD1-team2 =Wilmington Hammerheads | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=1

| RD1-seed3 =2 | RD1-team3 =Charlotte Eagles | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=4 | RD1-seed4 =3 | RD1-team4 =Harrisburg City Islanders | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=1

| RD2-seed1 =1 | RD2-team1 =Western Mass Pioneers | RD2-score1 = 2 (4) | RD2-seed2 =2 | RD2-team2 =Charlotte Eagles
| RD2-score2 =** 2 (5) **

Semifinals

• Miller
• Bagley
• Krupnik
• Corrie
• Webb
• Augustine
• Mahoney
• Fletcher
• Maciel Wilmington, North Carolina
• Willis
• Maciel
• Krause
• Chase
• Bagley
• Nylen
• Gledhill Ludlow, Massachusetts Western Mass Pioneers won 3–2 on Aggregate.

• Potteiger
• Swinehart Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Coggins
• Johnson
• Guastaferro
• Severs
• Bixler
• Potteiger Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Eagles won 4–2 on Aggregate. Charlotte lost 0–1 and then on the second leg won 2–1. The tied series in aggregate then went into overtime periods where Charlotte scored 2 goals.

Final

• Willis
• McFarlane
• Fernandes
• Maciel
• Fletcher
• Coggins
• Swinehart
• DiNunzio
• Meek
• Fletcher
• Maciel
• Fernandes
• Deren
• Augustine
• Moya
• Swinehart
• Coggins
• Guastaferro
• DiNunzio
• Watkins
• Meek Ludlow, Massachusetts

References

References

1. "2005 USL-2 Season in Review".
2. [https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usisl.html United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)]