1999 USL A-League

The 1999 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 1999.

USL A-League
-1999 Season-
Season1999
ChampionsMinnesota Thunder
(1st title)
PremiersRochester Rhinos
(2nd title)
Top goalscorerNiall Thompson, Mark Baena
(20 goals)
2000 →

Regular season

Northeast Division
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Rochester Rhinos 28 20 2 1 5 47 20 +27 7 92
2 Staten Island Vipers 28 17 2 1 8 53 31 +22 9 82
3 Long Island Rough Riders 28 15 3 0 10 57 44 +13 8 74
4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 15 1 1 11 63 43 +20 9 72
5 Lehigh Valley Steam 28 13 2 1 12 42 44 −2 6 63
6 Boston Bulldogs 28 12 0 5 11 49 36 +13 8 61
7 Toronto Lynx 28 11 1 3 13 49 36 +13 2 51
8 Connecticut Wolves 28 7 0 1 20 32 68 −36 5 34
Source:

Atlantic Division
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Hershey Wildcats 28 15 2 1 10 54 33 +21 10 75
2 Richmond Kickers 28 14 3 1 10 51 44 +7 6 69
3 Charleston Battery 28 14 1 4 9 43 39 +4 6 68
4 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 12 3 2 11 51 61 −10 6 62
5 Jacksonville Cyclones 28 12 1 1 14 51 61 −10 9 60
6 Hampton Roads Mariners 28 10 5 2 11 45 41 +4 5 57
7 Raleigh Express 28 9 2 2 15 32 50 −18 5 47
8 Maryland Mania 28 2 1 1 24 16 85 −69 2 13
Source:

Central Division
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Minnesota Thunder 28 18 4 4 2 57 17 +40 6 90
2 MLS Project 40 28 15 2 0 11 44 46 −2 4 68
3 New Orleans Storm 28 14 0 0 14 56 61 −5 11 67
4 Indiana Blast 28 11 2 2 13 43 51 −8 5 55
5 Milwaukee Rampage 28 11 2 1 14 44 49 −5 5 54
6 Tennessee Rhythm 28 9 2 3 14 44 52 −8 6 49
7 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 5 2 3 18 45 71 −26 7 34
Source:

Pacific Division
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 San Diego Flash 28 18 2 3 5 65 30 +35 11 90
2 Vancouver 86ers 28 17 2 2 7 77 31 +46 10 84
3 Seattle Sounders 28 16 3 1 8 56 36 +20 10 81
4 Orange County Zodiac 28 13 4 3 8 59 49 +10 10 73
5 El Paso Patriots 28 12 0 2 14 49 59 −10 6 56
6 San Francisco Bay Seals 28 7 2 4 15 37 54 −17 4 40
7 Sacramento Geckos 28 0 0 1 27 16 91 −75 0 1
Source:

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference
Rochester Rhinos (NY)2–1Lehigh Valley Steam (PA)
Carlos Zavala  70'
Mauro Biello  72'		  89' Ian Checcio
Attendance: 8,437


Staten Island Vipers (NY)3–2 (OT)Richmond Kickers (VA)
Ernest Inneh  27', 57'
Martin Dugas  97' 		 30', 80' Gary Glasgow
Attendance: 1,452


Long Island Rough Riders (NY)3–4Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Cordt Weinstein  52'
Darko Kolic  68'
John Wolyniec  87'		  35' Goran Vasic
 40' Justin Evans
 75' Joenal Castma
 77' Allen Eller


Hershey Wildcats (PA)3–2Charleston Battery (SC)
Gino DiFlorio  54'
Greg Simmonds  70'
Chris Penny  73'
John Smith  90'		  58', 88' Dean Sewell
 73' Mike Burke
 73' Paul Conway
Attendance: 2,299

Western Conference
San Diego Flash (CA)3–1El Paso Patriots (TX)
Kevin Legg  26', 70'
 90' (pen.)		  9' Victor Castro
Attendance: 2,984


Vancouver 86ers (BC)1–3MLS Project 40
Chris Dailly  85'  39' Alen Kozić
 69', 84' Kirk Wilson
 70' Jason Moore
Attendance: 5,050


Minnesota Thunder (MN)4–0New Orleans Storm (LA)
Craig Gaunt  33' (o.g.)
Stoian Mladenov  65'
Gerard Lagos  78', 84'
Attendance: 1,560


Seattle Sounders (WA)6–3Orange County Zodiac (CA)
Sean Henderson  17', 44' (pen.)
Mark Baena  26'
Jose Vasquez  38' (o.g.)
Kieran Barton  59'
Ian Russell  64', 87'		 Report  5' Jason Boyce
 9' P.J. Polowski
 42' Mark Foster
 52' Shawn Saunders
 62' Jose Vasquez
 68' Jason Boyce
 71' Martín Vásquez
 73' Gustavo Leal
 83' Peter Lak
Renton Memorial Stadium, Renton, Washington
Attendance: 2,984
Referee: David Bragg (USA)

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference Semifinal 1
Hershey Wildcats (PA)2–0Staten Island Vipers (NY)
Jamel Mitchell  65'
Matthew Ford  84'


Staten Island Vipers (NY)0–2Hershey Wildcats (PA)
 37', 84' Jamel Mitchell
 67' Kyle Swords
Attendance: 1,085

The Hershey Wildcats advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Eastern Conference Semifinal 2
Rochester Rhinos (NY)6–2Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Doug Miller  1:30', 10:50'
Darren Tilley  8:30', 71:04'
Yari Allnutt  18:00'
Mauro Biello  50:00'		 Report  38:10' Justin Evans
 87:00' Goran Vasic
Attendance: 9,127


Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)1–0Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Mike Apple  65' Report
Attendance: 4,115


Rochester Rhinos (NY)2–0Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Doug Miller  35'
Tim Hardy  43'
Nate Daligcon  49'
Mali Walton  52'		 Report Report  29' Gary DePalma
 44'  64' Tenywa Bonseu
Attendance: 6,541

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Western Conference Semifinal 1
Minnesota Thunder (MN)1–0 (OT)MLS Project 40
Paul Schneider  105'
Attendance: 1,578


Minnesota Thunder (MN)2–0MLS Project 40
Gerard Lagos  28'
Stoian Mladenov  42'		  89' Judah Cooks
Attendance: 946

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the Western Conference final.

Western Conference Semifinal 2
San Diego Flash (CA)6–0Seattle Sounders (WA)
Chugger Adair  3'
Antonio Robles  23'
Carlos Farias  34', 53', 60', 84' (pen.)
Mauricio Alegre  87'		 Report  23' Ollie Heald
Merrill Douglas Stadium San Diego, California
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Kari Seitz


Seattle Sounders (WA)0–1San Diego Flash (CA)
Jason Annicchero  82' Report  11' Jerome Watson
Renton Memorial Stadium Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 4,426
Referee: Kevin Stott

The San Diego Flash advanced to the Western Conference final.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference
Hershey Wildcats (PA)2–1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Greg Simmonds  15'
Jamel Mitchell  79'		 Doug Miller
Attendance: 6,541


Rochester Rhinos (NY)1–0Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Doug Miller  80'
Attendance: 9,024


Rochester Rhinos (NY)3–1Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Mauro Biello  20'
Doug Miller  81' (pen.)
Yari Allnutt  85'		  78' Tim Leonard
Attendance: 7,753

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the final.

Western Conference
Minnesota Thunder (MN)4–1San Diego Flash (CA)
Paweł Nowak  10'
Stoian Mladenov  58' (pen.)
Amos Magee  63', 88'		  29' Jamie Munro
Attendance: 2,072


San Diego Flash (CA)1–2Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Nate Hetherington  83' Report  7'  14' Morgan Zeba
 27' Amos Magee
 80' (pen.) Kalin Bankov
Attendance: 2,983

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final
Minnesota Thunder (MN)2–1Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Gerard Lagos  43'
Paweł Nowak  47'		  57' Darren Tilley
Attendance: 9,987

MVP: Amos Magee, Minnesota Thunder

Points leaders
Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Niall Thompson Vancouver 86ers 20 7 47
2 Mark Baena Seattle Sounders 20 6 46
Eduardo Sebrango Vancouver 86ers 18 10 46
4 Darko Kolic Long Island Rough Riders 17 9 43
5 Steve Patterson Orange County Zodiac 19 4 42
6 Jamel Mitchell Hershey Wildcats 15 9 39
Ernest Inneh Staten Island Vipers 18 3 39
8 Greg Simmonds Hershey Wildcats 16 6 38
9 Onandi Lowe Richmond Kickers 15 7 37
John Wolyniec Long Island Rough Riders 15 7 37
John Sulentic Vancouver 86ers 9 19 37
12 Carlos Farias San Diego Flash 15 6 36
Ian Russell Seattle Sounders 14 8 36
14 Gary Glasgow Richmond Kickers 14 7 35
15 Patrick Beech New Orleans Storm 16 2 34
16 Paul Conway Charleston Battery 14 5 33
17 Dan Stebbins Milwaukee Rampage 10 12 32
18 Mac Cozier Jacksonville Cyclones 13 4 30
Gustavo Leal Orange County Zodiac 13 4 30
Mugurel Dumitru San Diego Flash 9 12 30

Honors

References
  1. 1999 League Awards Archived March 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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