A-League 2001 Season (original) (raw)
Montreal Impact - Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Rochester Raging Rhinos - Toronto Lynx
2001 FINAL STANDINGS
Charlotte was promoted from the D3Pro League.
Tennessee became Nashville. Portland was added.
Vancouver became the Whitecaps.
Northern Conference GP W T L GF GA BP Pts
Hershey Wildcats 26 16 3 7 45 20 8 75
Rochester Raging Rhinos 26 16 4 6 43 27 6 74
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 26 10 4 12 39 39 6 50
Montreal Impact 26 10 2 14 29 37 3 45
Connecticut Wolves 26 9 6 11 30 37 1 43
Long Island Rough Riders 26 8 4 16 31 50 5 *33
Toronto Lynx 26 7 3 16 20 41 1 32
Central Conference GP W T L GF GA BP Pts
Richmond Kickers 26 16 3 7 47 34 9 76
Charleston Battery 26 16 1 9 51 34 8 73
Charlotte Eagles 26 14 2 10 50 41 8 66
Nashville Metros 26 14 2 10 47 48 5 63
Atlanta Silverbacks 26 13 1 12 48 39 6 59
Indiana Blast 26 8 0 18 38 55 3 35
Cincinnati Riverhawks 26 6 0 20 39 80 3 27
Western Conference GP W T L GF GA BP Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps 26 16 2 8 44 33 8 74
San Diego Flash F. C. 26 14 1 11 55 42 11 68
Milwaukee Rampage 26 14 2 10 45 40 5 63
Portland Timbers 26 13 3 10 41 38 7 62
Seattle Sounders 26 13 1 12 40 39 4 57
Minnesota Thunder 26 9 2 15 29 34 3 41
El Paso Patriots 26 8 4 14 39 42 4 40
Win-4pts, Draw-1pt, 1 bonus point for scoring three goals in a game
*-after extra time
First Round (Two-leg aggregate)
Richmond, Rochester, Vancouver and Hershey receive byes
9/20/01 Charleston 1-2 Pittsburgh
9/22/01 Pittsburgh 3-1 Charleston
Pittsburgh advance on 5-2 aggregate
9/19/01 San Diego 2-0 Atlanta
9/23/01 Atlanta 2-2 San Diego
San Diego advance on 4-2 aggregate
9/20/01 Portland 2-0 Charlotte
9/22/01 Charlotte 2-3 Portland
Portland advance on 5-2 aggregate
9/19/01 Nashville 2-3 Milwaukee
9/22/01 Milwaukee 0-1* Nashville
Aggregate drawn 3-3
Milwaukee advance on penalty kicks, 4-2
Second Round (Two-legs aggregate)
9/28/01 Milwaukee 2-2 Richmond
9/30/01 Richmond 2-1* Milwaukee
Toronto advance on 4-3 aggregate after extra time
9/26/01 Pittsburgh 2-1 Rochester
9/29/01 Rochester 3-0 Pittsburgh
Rochester advance on 4-2 aggregate
9/27/01 Portland 0-2 Hershey
9/29/01 Hershey 1-0 Portland
Hershey advance on 3-0 aggregate
9/26/01 San Diego 2-0 Vancouver
9/29/01 Vancouver 4-1 San Diego
Vancouver advance on 4-3 aggregate
Semifinals (Two-legs aggregate)
10/3/01 Vancouver 0-4 Hershey
10/6/01 Hershey 0-1 Vancouver
Hershey advance on 4-1 aggregate
10/4/01 Milwaukee 2-3 Rochester
10/6/01 Rochester 1-0 Milwaukee
Rochester advance on 4-2 aggregate
A-League Championship
10/13/01 Rochester 2-0 Hershey
Leading Goalscorers
Paul Conway, Charleston 22
Dustin Swinehart, Charlotte 18
Jakob Fenger, Nashville 14
Jeff Houser, Nashville 14
Digital Takawira, Milwaukee 13
Mark Baena, Portland 13
Iggy Moleka, Atlanta 12
Luis Macias, El Paso 12
Kevin Jeffrey, Richmond 11
Leighton O'Brien, Seattle 11
Rodrigo Costa, Indiana 11
Goalkeeping Leaders GAA
Jon Busch, Hershey 0.60
Scott Vallow, Rochester 0.97
Didar Sandhu, Vancouver 1.09
John Swallen, Minnesota 1.14
Dusty Hudock, Charleston 1.20
Miek McGinty, Richmond 1.21
Randy Dedini, Pittsburgh 1.30
Greg Sutton, Montreal 1.30
Bill Andracki, Rochester/Atlanta 1.30
Matt Napolean, Portland 1.31
2001 A-League Award Winners
Most Valuable Player: Paul Conway, Charleston Battery Goalkeeper of the Year: Jon Busch, Hershey Wildcats Defender of the Year: Rick Titus, Vancouver Whitecaps Rookie of the Year: Robbie Aristidemo, Toronto Lynx Coach of the Year: Dale Mitchell, Vancouver Whitecaps
2001 A-League First XI
G - Scott Vallow, Rochester Raging Rhinos
D - Chris Fox, Richmond Kickers
D - Craig Demmin, Rochester Raging Rhinos
D - Scott Cannon, Richmond Kickers
D - Scott Schweitzer, Rochester Raging Rhinos
M - Brian Loftin, Milwaukee Rampage
M - Yari Allnutt, Rochester Raging Rhinos
M - Stoian Mladenov, Minnesota Thunder
F - Paul Conway, Charleston Battery
F - Darren Sawatzky, Seattle Sounders
F - Digital Takawira, Milwaukee Rampage
Home Attendance G Total Avg.
Rochester 16 172,480 10,780
Portland 15 89,612 5,974
Vancouver 13 72,050 5,542
Minnesota 15 52,675 3,512
Pittsburgh 15 48,390 3,226
Charleston 15 46,248 3,083
El Paso 15 45,269 3,018
Hershey 15 43,658 2,911
Toronto 13 36,340 2,795
Milwaukee 15 40,234 2,682
Richmond 15 36,542 2,436
Montreal 13 27,340 2,103
Connecticut 15 29,784 1,986
Atlanta 14 27,167 1,941
Indiana 15 28,967 1,931
Seattle 15 28,271 1,885
Charlotte 15 22,646 1,510
Tennessee 14 20,261 1,447
Long Island 13 14,268 1,098
Cincinnati 15 13,138 876
San Diego 15 8,698 580
LEAGUE 306 904,038 2,954
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