USL Professional Division 2012

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USL Professional Division 2012
USL Pro Logo.jpg
master Charleston Battery
Teams 11
Games 132
Gates 330  (ø 2.5 per game)
Top scorer United StatesUnited States Dennis Chin (11)
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^ North American Soccer League 2012

The USL Professional Division 2012 was the second season of the USL Professional Division, the third soccer division in the USA.

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The 11 teams each play 24 games in the regular season. The best six teams qualify for the playoffs. (First and second for semi-finals, third to sixth for quarter-finals) Each duel is played in one game. The team that was better in the regular season always has home rights.

Regular season

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Orlando City  24  17th  6th  1 050:180 +32 57
 2. Rochester Rhinos  24  12  5  7th 027:230  +4 41
 3. Charleston Battery  24  12  2  10 036:260 +10 38
 4th Richmond Kickers  24  11  5  8th 031:270  +4 38
 5. Wilmington Hammerheads  24  10  7th  7th 034:320  +2 37
 6th Harrisburg City Islanders  24  10  7th  7th 034:290  +5 37
 7th Charlotte Eagles  24  11  3  10 034:260  +8 36
 8th. Los Angeles Blues SC  24  9  3  12 026:290  −3 30th
 9. Dayton Dutch Lions FC  24  4th  10  10 020:290  −9 22nd
10. Pittsburgh Riverhounds  24  4th  5  15th 020:390 −19 17th
11. Antigua Barracuda FC  24  5  1  18th 016:500 −34 16

Playoffs

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  4th Richmond Kickers 2        
5 Wilmington Hammerheads 3  
1 Orlando City 3
  5 Wilmington Hammerheads 4th  
 
3 Charleston Battery 1
  5 Wilmington Hammerheads 0
3 Charleston Battery 2    
6th Harrisburg City Islanders 1  
2 Rochester Rhinos 1 (3)
  3 Charleston Battery 1 (4)  
   

List of goalscorers

space player franchise Gates
1 United StatesUnited States Dennis Chin Orlando City 11
2 ScotlandScotland Nicki Paterson Charleston Battery 10
3 United StatesUnited States Corey Hertzog Wilmington Hammerheads 9
United StatesUnited States Matt Luzunaris Orlando City 9
5 UkraineUkraine Andriy Budnyy Wilmington Hammerheads 8th
6th United StatesUnited States José Cuevas Charleston Battery 7th
ZimbabweZimbabwe Lucky Mkosana Harrisburg City Islanders 7th
8th United StatesUnited States Bright Dike Los Angeles blues 6th
United StatesUnited States Matt Kassel Pittsburgh Riverhounds 6th
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Darryl Roberts Charlotte Eagles 6th

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