A-League 2002 Season (original) (raw)
Hampton Roads returned from hiatus.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Northeast Division GP W L D GF GA BP Pts
Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 17 8 3 38 25 1 72
Montreal Impact 28 16 3 9 39 29 5 72
Toronto Lynx 28 10 13 5 37 35 3 48
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 8 5 15 39 44 4 41
Southeast Division GP W L D GF GA BP Pts
Charleston Battery 28 19 6 3 46 16 7 89
Richmond Kickers 28 13 6 9 44 37 7 65
Atlanta Silverbacks 28 13 2 13 47 44 8 62
Charlotte Eagles 28 10 4 14 46 46 6 50
Hampton Roads Mariners 28 6 3 19 25 57 2 29
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division GP W L D GF GA BP Pts
Milwaukee Rampage 28 16 5 7 48 29 6 75
Minnesota Thunder 28 14 5 9 55 35 9 70
Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 8 0 20 35 68 6 *35
Indiana Blast 28 6 4 18 29 67 1 29
Pacific Division GP W L D GF GA BP Pts
Seattle Sounders 28 23 4 1 71 27 14 107
Portland Timbers 28 13 3 13 47 39 8 63
El Paso Patriots 28 10 7 11 38 48 7 54
Vancouver Whitecaps 28 11 5 12 41 39 5 54
Calgary Storm 28 4 3 21 26 66 3 22
*-deducted 3 points for using an ineligible player.
Win-3pts, Draw-1pt
*-after extra time
First Round (Two-leg aggregate)
Charleston, Rochester, Seattle and Milwaukee receive byes
9/5/02 Richmond 1-1 Atlanta
9/8/02 Atlanta 1-2 Richmond
Richmond advance on 3-2 aggregate
9/4/02 Charlotte 1-0 Montreal
9/8/02 Montreal 1-0 Charlotte
Aggregate drawn 1-1
Montreal advance on penalty kicks, 6-5
9/5/02 Portland 0-1 Vancouver
9/7/02 Vancouver 1-0 Portland
Vancouver advance on 2-0 aggregate
9/5/02 El Paso 1-2 Minnesota
9/7/02 Minnesota 1-1 El Paso
Minnesota advance 3-2 aggregate
Second Round (Two-legs aggregate)
9/13/02 Charleston 2-1 Richmond
9/15/02 Richmond 3-1 Charleston
Toronto advance on 4-3 aggregate
9/12/02 Montreal 0-0 Rochester
9/14/02 Rochester 1-0 Montreal
Rochester advance on 1-0 aggregate
9/13/02 Vancouver 2-0 Seattle
9/15/02 Seattle 2-6 Vancouver
Vancouver advance on 8-2 aggregate
9/12/02 Minnesota 0-0 Milwaukee
9/14/02 Milwaukee 2-1 Minnesota
Minnesota advance on 2-1 aggregate
Semifinals (Two-legs aggregate)
9/19/02 Richmond 1-1 Rochester
9/21/02 Rochester 0-0* Richmond
aggregate drawn 1-1
Richmond advance on penalty kicks, 9-8
9/19/02 Vancouver 0-0 Milwaukee
9/21/02 Milwaukee 2-1* Vancouver
Milwaukee advance on 2-1 aggregate after extra time
A-League Championship
9/28/02 Milwaukee 2-1* Richmond
Leading Goalscorers
McKinley Tennyson, Portland 18
Fadi Afash, Portland 18
Eduardo Sebrango 18
Brian Ching, Seattle 16
Leighton O'Brien, Seattle 13
Johnny Torres, Minnesota 12
Niki Budalic, Toronro 12
Ryan Lucas, Toronto 11
Josh Henderson, Richmond 11
Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota 10
Dustin Swinehart, Charlotte 10
John Wolyniec, Milwaukee 10
Velko Iotov, Atlanta 10
Rodrigo Costa, Indiana 10
Goalkeeping Leaders GAA
Dusty Hudock, Charleston 0.60
Pat Onstad, Rochester 0.75
Greg Sutton, Montreal 0.99
Preston Burpo, Seattle 1.00
Dan Popik, Milwaukee 1.09
Ronnie Pascale, Richmond 1.15
Alex Marques, Vancouver 1.15
Theo Zagar, Toronto 1.19
John Lowry, Minnesota 1.24
Randy Dedini, Pittsburgh 1.27
2002 A-League Award Winners
Most Valuable Player: Leighton O'Brien, Seattle Sounders Goalkeeper of the Year: Dusty Hudock, Charleston Battery Defender of the Year: Mark Watson, Charleston Battery Rookie of the Year: Niki Budalic, Toronto Lynx Coach of the Year: Brian Schmetzer, Seattle Sounders
2002 A-League First XI
G - Dusty Hudock, Charleston Battery
D - Gabriel Gervais, Montreal Impact
D - Destin Makumbu, Milwaukee Rampage
D - Mark Watson, Charleston Battery
M - Andrew Gregor, Seattle Sounders
M - Leighton O'Brien, Seattle Sounders
M - Brian Piesner, Atlanta Silverbacks
M - Lenin Steenkamp, Rochester Ragin' Rhinos
F - Brian Ching, Seattle Sounders
F - Eduardo Sebrango, Montreal Impact
F - McKinley Tennyson, Portland Timbers
Home Attendance G Total Avg.
Rochester 14 140,109 10,008
Portland 14 87,648 6,261
Montreal 14 72,486 5,178
Seattle 14 57,223 4,087
Minnesota 14 54,072 3,862
Vancouver 14 52,762 3,769
Charleston 14 46,483 3,320
Richmond 14 34,029 2,431
Pittsburgh 14 31,829 2,274
El Paso 14 31,165 2,226
Indiana 14 30,415 2,173
Milwaukee 14 28,805 2,058
Toronto 14 24,216 1,730
Calgary 14 20,408 1,458
Charlotte 14 15,133 1,081
Hampton Roads 14 14,249 1,018
Atlanta 14 14,079 1,006
Cincinnati 14 10,274 734
LEAGUE 252 764,55 3,034
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