2007 United Soccer Leagues

General

• Two new teams join the First Division: the California Victory (San Francisco, CA), and the Carolina RailHawks (Cary, NC).
• The Virginia Beach Mariners franchise was terminated by the league.
• The Toronto Lynx depart the First Division for the Premier Development League (PDL).
• Three new teams join the Second Division: the Bermuda Hogges (Hamilton, Bermuda), the Cleveland City Stars, and Crystal Palace Baltimore.
• The Long Island Rough Riders depart the Second Division for the PDL.
• The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will be on hiatus during 2007 to reorganize.
• Many new teams join the PDL, for a complete list see here.

Honors

Standings

FRA Sebastien Le Toux, Seattle Sounders (10 goals each)

First Division

The schedule was not a balanced home and away affair; to make up the four extra games to total 28, each team played their four geographically closest competitors. The playoff format was changed to qualify eight instead of six teams; therefore the first and second league champions obtained seeding to determine home field advantage instead of a first round bye as in previous seasons. The previous bidding to host between the two playoff finalists for the one game cup final was discontinued for this season.

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Playoffs

September 21/23 September 29 | score-width=30px | team-width=175px | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Seattle Sounders | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-3=3 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Carolina RailHawks | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-3=0 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Montreal Impact | RD1-score3-1=3 | RD1-score3-2=0 | RD1-score3-3=3 | RD1-seed4=6 | RD1-team4=Puerto Rico Islanders | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=3 | RD1-score4-3=5 | RD1-seed5=4 | RD1-team5=Atlanta Silverbacks | RD1-score5-1=2 | RD1-score5-2=1 | RD1-score5-3=3 | RD1-seed6=5 | RD1-team6=Rochester Raging Rhinos | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=1 | RD1-score6-3=2 | RD1-seed7=2 | RD1-team7=Portland Timbers | RD1-score7-1=0 | RD1-score7-2=3 | RD1-score7-3=3 | RD1-seed8=7 | RD1-team8=Vancouver Whitecaps | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=0 | RD1-score8-3=1 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Seattle Sounders | RD2-score1-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=1 | RD2-score1-3=3 (4) | RD2-seed2=6 | RD2-team2=Puerto Rico Islanders | RD2-score2-1=1 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-3=3 (2) | RD2-seed3=4 | RD2-team3=Atlanta Silverbacks | RD2-score3-1=1 | RD2-score3-2=0 | RD2-score3-3=1 (3) | RD2-seed4=2 | RD2-team4=Portland Timbers | RD2-score4-1=1 | RD2-score4-2=0 | RD2-score4-3=1 (1) | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Seattle Sounders | RD3-score1-1=4 | RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=Atlanta Silverbacks | RD3-score2-1=0

Quarterfinals

• Brown
• Vincello
• Villegas
• Lyssand Montreal, Quebec
• Atieno
• Noel
• Herrera
• Sims
• Brown
• Arango
• Gervais Bayamón, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders won 5–3 on Aggregate.

• Norkus
• Maher
• Scott
• Sakuda
• Schmid Cary, North Carolina
• Gardner
• O'Brien
• Treschuk
• Alcaraz-Cuellar
• Worthen
• Steele
• Stokes Seattle, Washington Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

• Ukah
• Rios
• Wolfe
• Ambersley
• Palguta
• Menyongar
• Aloisi Atlanta, Georgia
• Perry
• Delicate
• Liendo
• Millwood
• Ukah
• Wolfe Rochester, New York Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–2 on Aggregate.

• Clarke Jordan
• Valente
• Jordan
• Gregor Burnaby, British Columbia
• Thompson
• Gregor
• Higgins
• Ambriz
• Jordan Portland, Oregon Portland Timbers won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

• González
• Villegas
• Krause
• Noel
• Alcaraz-Cuellar
• Gardner
• Jackson
• Treschuk Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• Howes
• Sims
• Atieno
• Delgado
• Delgado
• Herrera
• Howes
• O'Brien
• Alcaraz-Cuellar
• Schmid
• Atieno
• Simmonds
• Herrera
• Lyssand Tukwila, Washington Seattle Sounders won 4–2 on penalties after tying 3–3 on Aggregate.

• Poltl
• Ukah
• Lancaster
• Jordan
• Gregor Atlanta, Georgia
• Kandji
• Antoniuk
• Wolfe
• Gregor
• Griffin
• Kreamalmeyer
• Olum Ríos Rivillo Kandji Ukah Portland, Oregon Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–1 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.

Final

• Howes
• Alcaraz-Cuellar
• Le Toux
• Tomlinson
• Liendo Tukwila, Washington

Awards and All-League Teams

First Team

F: Dan Antoniuk (Atlanta Silverbacks); Hamed Diallo (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders) (MVP & Co-Leading Goalscorer)

M: Stephen Armstrong (Charleston Battery); Andrew Gregor (Portland Timbers); Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Zinho (Miami FC)

D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); David Hayes (Atlanta Silverbacks) (Defender of the Year); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers)

G: Josh Wicks (Portland Timbers) (Goalkeeper of the Year)

Coach: Gavin Wilkinson (Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team

F: Charles Gbeke (Montreal Impact) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Roger Levesque (Seattle Sounders)

M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Brian Farber (Minnesota Thunder); Kupono Low (Carolina RailHawks); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Raging Rhinos)

D: Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers); Marco Velez (Puerto Rico Islanders)

G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact)

Second Division

Playoffs

August 25, 8:00 EDT | score-width=30px | team-width=200px | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Richmond Kickers | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Charlotte Eagles | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Cleveland City Stars | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Harrisburg City Islanders | RD1-score4=1 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Richmond Kickers | RD2-score1=1 (7) | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Harrisburg City Islanders | RD2-score2=1 (8)

Semifinals

• Leibbrandt
• DeVae
• Moffat
• Cummings
• Devlin
• Pierce
• Fisher Cleveland, Ohio

• Watson
• Alexander
• Jaman
• Spencer
• Swinehart
  Richmond, Virginia

Final

• Bulow
• Schramm
• Gorres
• Morman
• Ombiji
• Schofield
• Bixler
• Bulow
• Gorres
• Dotsenko
• Schramm
• Howe
• Pace
• Wolfe
• Pascale
• Harding
• Baker
• Lookingland
• Velton
• Calvano
• Bixler
• Johnston
• Clay
• Schofield
• Pierce Richmond, Virginia

Premier Development League

• See 2007 PDL Season

References

References

1. (April 20, 2007). "Playoff format overhauled". The Vancouver Sun Newspaper.
2. "USL First Division 2007". United Soccer Leagues.
3. "USL Second Division 2007". United Soccer Leagues.