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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
Season1999
ChampionsMinnesota Thunder
(1st title)
PremiersRochester Rhinos
(2nd title)
Top goalscorerNiall Thompson, Mark Baena
(20 goals)
← 1998
2000 →

Regular season

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Eastern Conference

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Northeast Division

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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: [citation needed]

Atlantic Division

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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: [citation needed]

Western Conference

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Central Division

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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: [citation needed]

Pacific Division

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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: [citation needed]

Conference Quarterfinals

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Eastern Conference

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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

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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

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Eastern Conference Semifinal 1

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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

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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'		 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136563379/?terms=Rhinos Report   29' Gary DePalma
  44'   64' Tenywa Bonseu
Attendance: 6,541

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Western Conference Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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Eastern Conference

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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