A-League 1997 Season (original) (raw)
Jacksonville Cyclones - Long Island Rough Riders - Montreal Impact - Raleigh Flyers
The USISL Select League changed its name to the A-League.
Hershey, Atlanta, Colorado, Seattle and
Vancouver from the old A-League which then folded.
and South Carolina dropped to the D3 Pro League.
EA STERN CONFERENCE
Northeast Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
Montreal Impact 28 20 6 1-1 58 19 61
Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 14 9 0-5 56 47 42
Long Island Rough Riders 28 13 10 3-2 44 36 42
Toronto Lynx 28 12 14 2-0 44 43 38
Connecticut Wolves 28 8 15 4-1 31 45 28
Worcester Wildfire 28 6 19 1-2 26 61 19
Atlantic Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
Hershey Wildcats 28 18 8 1-1 56 33 55
Carolina Dynamo 28 16 8 2-2 63 33 50
Richmond Kickers 28 15 11 0-2 41 35 45
Charleston Battery 28 10 13 2-3 39 50 32
Raleigh Flyers 28 8 13 4-3 34 52 28
Jacksonville Cyclones 28 4 23 1-1 28 73 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
New Orleans Storm 28 13 10 3-2 45 42 42
Nashville Metros 28 10 9 7-2 42 34 37
Orlando Sundogs 28 12 12 0-4 39 40 36
Milwaukee Rampage 28 11 12 3-2 33 36 36
Minnesota Thunder 28 11 10 2-5 22 30 35
Atlanta Ruckus 28 9 15 3-1 39 48 30
Pacific Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
California Jaguars 28 17 10 1-0 48 34 52
Seattle Sounders 28 16 7 2-3 42 19 50
Vancouver 86ers 28 15 11 1-1 50 29 46
Colorado Foxes 28 15 10 1-2 55 49 46
Orange County Zodiac 28 10 17 1-0 35 62 31
El Paso Patriots 28 5 17 3-3 30 50 18
1997 PLAYOFFS
MG-Mini game series tiebreaker *-after extra time
Division Semifinals
9/3/97 Rochester 0-0 Long Island
Long Island wins shootout, 4-3
9/6/97 Long Island 1-1 Rochester
Long Island wins shootout, 3-1
Atlanta advance on 2-0 series win
9/5/97 Toronto 1-2 Montreal
9/7/97 Montreal 4-0 Toronto
Montreal advance on 2-0 series win
9/5/97 Charleston 1-1 Hershey
Hershey wins shootout, 3-1
9/7/97 Hershey 1-1 Charleston
Charleston wins shootout, 1-0
Series tied 1 game apiece
MG Hershey 0-0 Charleston
Charleston advance on 4-2 mini-game shootout win
9/5/97 Richmond 1-2 Carolina
9/6/97 Carolina 1-4 Richmond
Series tied 1 game apiece
MG Carolina 0-0 Richmond
Carolina advance on 3-2 mini-game shootout win
9/4/97 Nashville 1-2 Milwaukee
9/7/97 Milwaukee 3-0 Nashville
Milwaukee advance on 2-0 series win
9/4/97 Orlando 1-2 New Orleans
9/7/97 New Orleans 6-2 Orlando
New Orleans advance on 2-0 series win
9/4/97 Colorado 0-3 Seattle
9/6/97 Seattle 2-0 Colorado
Seattle advance on 2-0 series win
9/5/97 Vancouver 4-1 California
9/7/97 California 2-2 Vancouver
Vancouver win shootout, 2-1
Vancouver advance on 2-0 series win
Division Finals
9/12/97 Long Island 2-1 Montreal
9/14/97 Montreal 2-0 Long Island
Series tied 1 game apiece
MG Montreal 0-0 Long Island
Long Island advance on 4-1 mini-game shootout win
9/11/97 Charleston 3-3 Carolina
Charleston win shootout, 4-3
9/14/97 Carolina 2-1 Charleston
Series tied 1 game apiece
MG Carolina 1-0 Charleston
Carolina advance on mini-game win
9/12/97 Milwaukee 2-1* New Orleans
9/14/97 New Orleans 3-4 Milwaukee
Milwaukee advance on 2-0 series win
9/12/97 Vancouver 3-0 Seattle
9/14/97 Seattle 0-0 Vancouver
Seattle wins shootout, 1-0
Series tied 1 game apiece
MG Seattle 1-1 Vancouver
Vancouver advance on 3-1 mini-game shootout win
Conference Finals
9/19/97 Long Island 1-2 Carolina
9/21/97 Carolina 2-0 Long Island
Carolina advance on 2-0 series win
9/19/97 Milwaukee 3-1 Vancouver
9/21/97 Vancouver 0-0 Milwaukee
Milwaukee wins shootout, 3-0
Milwaukee advance on 2-0 series win
A-League Championship
9/27/97 Milwaukee 1-1 Carolina
Milwaukee win shootout 3-0
Leading Goalscorers
Doug Miller, Rochester 23
Mark Baena, California 20
Jamel Mitchell, Nashville 17
Stern John, New Orleans 16
Steve Patterson, Colorado 16
Gustavo Leal, Orange County 16
Dominic Mobilio, Vancouver 14
Sebastian Barnes, Orlando 14
Jimmy Glenn, Rochester 13
Darren Tilley, Montreal 13
Goalkeeping Leaders GAA
Dusty Hudock, Seattle 0.67
Paolo Ceccarelli, Montreal 0.77
John Swallen, Minnesota 0.92
Paul Dolan, Vancouver 0.95
Pat Onstad, Toronto 1.07
Kevi Rueda, California 1.18
Randy Dedini, Nashville 1.19
Marcos Machado, Orlando 1.19
1997 A-League Award Winners
Most Valuable Player: Doug Miller, Rochester Ragin' Rhinos
Top Goal Scorer: Doug Miller, Rochester Ragin' Rhinos
Top Goalkeeper: Dusty Hudock, Seattle Sounders
Coach of the Year: Bob Lilleo, Hershey Wildcats
Championship Game MVP: Carmine Isacco, Milwaukee Rampage
Rookie of the Year: Stern John, New Orleans Storm
1997 A-League First XI
G - Dusty Hudock, Seattle Sounders
D - John Limniatis, Montreal Impact
D - Scott Schweitzer, Carolina Dynamo
D - Mark Watson, Seattle Sounders
D - Travis Rinker, Long Island Rough Riders
M - Yari Allnutt, Carolina Dynamo
M - Mauro Biello, Montreal Impact
M - Garret Kusch, Vancouver 86ers
F - Mark Baena, California Jaguars
F - Doug Miller, Rochester Rhinos
F - Stern John, New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers
Home Attendance G Total Avg.
Rochester 14 149,481 10,677
Montreal 14 70,924 5,066
Long Island 14 58,052 4,147
Minnesota 14 53,933 3,852
Vancouver 14 49,812 3,558
Milwaukee 14 44,307 3,165
Hershey 14 43,932 3,138
Seattle 14 40,221 2,873
El Paso 14 38,226 2,730
Carolina 14 36,474 2,605
Connecticut 14 34,825 2,488
Atlanta 14 33,687 2,406
Jacksonville 14 29,394 2,100
Richmond 14 26,948 1,925
Raleigh 14 25,521 1,823
Charleston 14 24,320 1,737
Nashville 14 22,848 1,632
Worcester 14 21,545 1,539
Toronto 14 21,533 1,538
Orlando 14 21,196 1,514
Orange County 14 17,898 1,278
New Orleans 14 15,226 1,088
Colorado 14 13,759 983
California 14 9,780 699
LEAGUE 336 903,842 2,690
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