A-League 1999 Season (original) (raw)
Hampton Roads Mariners - Hershey Wildcats - Jacksonville Cyclones - Lehigh Valley Steam
Long Island Rough Riders - Maryland Mania - Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Raleigh Capital Express
and Tennessee were added.
Indiana was promoted from the D3-Pro League.
Albuquerque moved to Sacramento. Raleigh became the Express.
Worcester moved to Boston.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Northeast Division GP W L SO GF GA BP Pts
Rochester Rhinos 28 22 6 2-1 47 20 7 92
Staten Island Vipers 28 19 9 2-1 53 31 9 82
Long Island Rough Riders 28 18 10 3-0 57 44 8 74
Pittsburgh Riverdogs 28 16 12 1-1 63 43 9 72
Lehigh Valley Steam 28 15 13 2-1 42 44 6 63
Boston Bulldogs 28 12 16 0-6 49 36 8 61
Toronto Lynx 28 12 16 0-5 49 36 8 51
Connecticut Wolves 28 7 21 0-1 32 68 5 34
Atlantic Division GP W L SO GF GA BP Pts
Hershey Wildcats 28 17 11 2-1 54 33 10 75
Richmond Kickers 28 17 11 3-1 51 44 6 69
Charleston Battery 28 15 13 3-2 43 39 6 62
Jacksonville Cyclones 28 13 15 1-1 51 61 9 59
Atlanta Silverbacks 28 15 13 1-1 51 61 9 59
Hampton Roads Mariners 28 15 13 5-2 45 41 5 57
Raleigh Express 28 11 17 2-2 32 50 5 47
Maryland Mania 28 3 25 1-1 16 85 2 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division GP W L SO GF GA BP Pts
Minnesota Thunder 28 22 6 4-4 57 17 6 88
US Project 40 Select 28 17 11 2-0 44 46 4 66
New Orleans Storm 28 14 14 0-0 56 61 11 66
Indiana Blast 28 13 15 2-2 43 51 5 55
Milwaukee Rampage 28 13 15 2-1 44 49 5 54
Tennessee Rhythm 28 11 17 2-3 44 52 6 49
Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 7 21 2-3 45 71 7 34
Pacific Division GP W L SO GF GA BP Pts
San Diego Flash 28 20 8 2-3 65 30 11 90
Vancouver 86ers 28 19 9 2-2 77 31 10 84
Seattle Sounders 28 19 9 3-1 56 36 10 81
Orange County Zodiac 28 17 11 4-3 59 49 10 73
El Paso Patriots 28 12 16 0-2 49 59 6 55
San Francisco Bay Seals 28 9 19 2-4 37 54 4 40
Sacramento Geckos 28 0 28 0-1 16 91 0 1
After the season, Maryland and Staten Island folded and Jacksonville
withdrew for 1 year. The Seals became the Bay Area Seals.
1999 PLAYOFFS
*-after extra time
Conference Quarterfinals (Single Game)
Eastern
9/10/99 Rochester 2-1 Lehigh Valley
9/11/99 Staten Island 3-2* Richmond
9/11/99 Hershey 3-2 Charleston
9/11/99 Long Island 3-4 Pittsburgh
Western
9/10/99 San Diego 3-1 El Paso
9/10/99 Vancouver 1-3 US Pro-40
9/11/99 Minnesota 4-0 New Orleans
9/11/99 Seattle 6-3 Orange County
Conference Semifinals (Best of Three)
Eastern
9/16/99 Hershey 2-0 Staten Island
9/18/99 Hershey 2-0 Staten Island
Hershey advance on 2-0 series win
9/18/99 Rochester 6-2 Pittsburgh
9/25/99 Pittsburgh 1-0 Rochester
9/28/99 Rochester 2-0 Pittsburgh
Rochester advance on 2-1 series win
Western
9/18/99 Minnesota 1-0* US Pro-40
9/20/99 Minnesota 2-0 US Pro-40
Minnesota advance on 2-0 series win
9/18/99 San Diego 6-0 Seattle
9/25/99 Seattle 0-1 San Diego
San Diego advance on 2-0 series win
Conference Finals (Best of Three)
10/3/99 Hershey 2-1 Rochester
10/9/99 Rochester 1-0 Hershey
10/11/99 Rochester 3-1 Hershey
Rochester advance on 2-1 series win
10/2/99 Minnesota 4-1 San Diego
10/7/99 San Diego 1-2 Minnesota
Minnesota advance on 2-0 series win
A-League Championship
10/16/99 Minnesota 2-1 Rochester
Leading Goalscorers
Doug Miller, Rochester 18
Niall Thompson, Vancouver 20
Mark Baena, Seattle 20
Steve Patterson, Orange County 19
Ernest Inneh, Staten Island 18
Eduardo Sebrango, Vancouver 18
Greg Simmonds, Hershey 16
Patrick Beech, New Orleans 16
Jamel Mitchell, Hershey 15
Onandi Lowe, Richmond 15
John Wolyniac, Long Island 15
Carlos Farias, San Diego 15
Goalkeeping Leaders GAA
John Swallen, Minnesota 0.56
Pat Onstad, Rochester 0.62
Mark Rueda, San Diego 0.98
Peter Pappas, Staten Island 1.01
Paul Shepherd, Vancouver 1.02
Jason Petronis, Hershey 1.02
Mike McGinty, Richmond 1.08
Dusty Hudock, Charleston 1.09
Tom Tate, San Diego 1.10
Peter Zaratin, Staten Island 1.12
1999 A-League Award Winners
Most Valuable Player: John Swallen, Minnesota Thunder
Top Goal Scorer: Niall Thompson, Seattle Sounders
Top Goalkeeper: John Swallen, Minnesota Thunder
Coach of the Year: Paul Riley, Long Island Rough Riders
Defender of the Year: Scott Schweitzer, Rochester Raging Rhinos
Rookie of the Year: Greg Simmonds, Hershey Wildcats
Referee of the Year: Glenn Prechac
1999 A-League First XI
G - John Swallen, Minnesota
D - Scott Schweitzer, Rochester
D - Craig Demmin, Rochester
D - Tenywa Bonseu, Pittsburgh
D - Kalin Bankov, Minnesota
M - Carlos Farias, San Diego
M - Mac Cozier, Jacksonville
M - Mauro Biello, Rochester
F - Mark Baena, Seattle
F - Ernest Inneh, Staten Island
F - Niall Thompson, Vancouver
Home Attendance G Total Avg.
Rochester 16 183,980 11,499
Vancouver 15 62,776 4,185
Montreal 15 60,117 4,008
Hershey 14 53,118 3,794
El Paso 15 55,375 3,692
Minnesota 15 53,146 3,543
Milwaukee 15 47,638 3,176
Long Island 14 43,999 3,143
San Diego 15 46,239 3,083
Seattle 15 43,535 2,902
Richmond 14 35,380 2,527
Connecticut 15 36,786 2,452
Hampton Roads 14 30,484 2,177
New Orleans 15 31,096 2,073
Charleston 14 26,541 1,896
Toronto 14 25,204 1,800
Cincinnati 15 24,367 1,624
Staten Island 11 16,545 1,504
California 15 21,414 1,428
Nashville 15 18,651 1,243
Sacramento 15 18,556 1,237
Jacksonville 14 16,334 1,167
Atlanta 14 12,920 923
Raleigh 14 9,183 656
Orange County 15 7,985 532
San Francisco Bay 15 6,399 427
Worcester 14 4,477 320
LEAGUE 392 992,245 2,531
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