United Soccer Leagues 2007

The 2007 season was the 21st season of the United Soccer Leagues season. The season began on Friday, April 13th with the Puerto Rico Islanders playing against Rochester Raging Rhinos, who were second in the previous year .

General

• Two new teams played in the First Division : California Victory from San Francisco , California and the Carolina RailHawks from Cary , North Carolina .
• Virginia Beach Mariners was disbanded.
• Toronto Lynx move to the Premier Development League (PDL).
• Three new clubs join the Second Division : Bermuda Hogges from Hamilton, Bermuda , Cleveland City Stars and Crystal Palace Baltimore .
• Long Island Rough Riders switch to the PDL.
• Pittsburgh Riverhounds take time out.

title

league	master	Second	Regular Season Champion
USL First Division	Seattle Sounders FC	Atlanta Silverbacks	Seattle Sounders
USL Second Division	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond Kickers	Richmond Kickers

Tables

First Division

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Seattle Sounders FC	28	16	6th	6th	037:230	+14	54
2.	Portland Timbers	28	14th	9	5	032:180	+14	51
3.	Montreal Impact	28	14th	8th	6th	032:210	+11	50
4th	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	12	7th	9	040:300	+10	43
5.	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	12	6th	10	039:360	+3	42
6th	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	10	10	8th	035:340	+1	40
7th	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	9	12	7th	027:240	+3	39
8th.	Carolina RailHawks	28	8th	8th	12	024:340	−10	32
9.	Miami FC	28	9	4th	15th	031:410	−10	31
10.	Charleston Battery	28	8th	6th	14th	032:390	−7	30th
11.	Minnesota Thunder	28	5	11	12	032:350	−3	26th
12.	California Victory	28	4th	7th	17th	017: 300	+14	19th

Master regular season

Playoff place

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals 14 / September 16							Semifinals 21 / September 23					Final September 29th
	1	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	3
	8th	Carolina RailHawks	0	0	0
								1	Seattle Sounders FC	2 0  2 (4 i.)
	Eastern Conference
								6th	Puerto Rico Islanders	1 1  2 (2 E.)
	3	Montreal Impact	3	0	3
	6th	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	3	5
													1	Seattle Sounders FC	4th
													4th	Atlanta Silverbacks	0
	4th	Atlanta Silverbacks	2	1	3
	5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	1	2
								4th	Atlanta Silverbacks	1 0  1 (3 i.)
	Western Conference
								2	Portland Timbers	1 0  1 (1 E.)
	2	Portland Timbers	0	3	3
	7th	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	0	1

Second Division

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Richmond Kickers	20th	12	5	3	037:150	+22	41
2.	Cleveland City Stars	19th	10	8th	1	031:140	+17	38
3.	Harrisburg City Islanders	20th	11	5	4th	026:150	+11	38
4th	Charlotte Eagles	20th	11	2	7th	040:290	+11	35
5.	Crystal Palace Baltimore	20th	9	5	6th	027:200	+7	32
6th	Western Mass Pioneers	20th	7th	6th	7th	025:260	−1	27
7th	Wilmington Hammerheads	20th	4th	7th	9	022:300	−8	19th
8th.	Cincinnati Kings	20th	4th	5	11	029:410	−12	17th
9.	New Hampshire Phantoms 1	20th	3	5	12	016:340	−18	13
10.	Bermuda Hogges	20th	3	3	14th	016:450	−29	12

Master regular season

Playoff place

¹New Hampshire was deducted 1 point. The reasons were not disclosed.

Playoffs

	Semi-finals Aug 18 , 7:00 AM EDT					Final Aug 25 , 8:00 AM EDT
	1	Richmond Kickers	2 n.
	4th	Charlotte Eagles	1 V.
						1	Richmond Kickers	1 (7 i.)
						3	Harrisburg City Islanders	1 (8 E.)
	2	Cleveland City Stars	0 n.
	3	Harrisburg City Islanders	1 V.

Web links

• Official USL website