2005 United Soccer Leagues

The 2005 Season was the 19th edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

General

• A-League renamed USL First Division.
• Pro Soccer League renamed USL Second Division.
• The newly renamed top two divisions each become single table.
• The Syracuse Salty Dogs, Milwaukee Wave United, Edmonton Aviators, and Calgary Mustangs of the First Division folded following the 2004 season.
• The Utah Blitzz of the Second Division folded following the 2004 season.
• The Cincinnati Kings joined the Second Division, as an expansion club, for the 2005 season.
• The Westchester Flames, San Diego Gauchos, and California Gold switched from the Second Division to the PDL for the 2005 season.

Honors

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Seattle Sounders	Richmond Kickers	Montreal Impact
USL Second Division	Charlotte Eagles	Western Mass Pioneers	Western Mass Pioneers
USL PDL	Des Moines Menace	El Paso Patriots	Orange County Blue Star
U.S. Open Cup	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	FC Dallas (MLS)	Minnesota Thunder (Lost in Semi-final)

First Division

      Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
      Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
      First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	H2H Pts
1	Montreal Impact	61	28	18	3	7	37	15	+22
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	51	28	15	7	6	45	27	+18
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	45	28	12	7	9	37	21	+16
4	Seattle Sounders	44	28	11	6	11	33	25	+8
5	Portland Timbers	39	28	10	9	9	40	42	−2	POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt
6	Richmond Kickers	39	28	10	9	9	28	30	−2
7	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	46	43	+3
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	33	28	10	15	3	40	52	−12
9	Charleston Battery	32	28	9	14	5	27	36	−9
10	Minnesota Thunder	31	28	7	11	10	37	42	−5
11	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	28	7	14	7	26	39	−13
12	Toronto Lynx	17	28	3	17	8	26	50	−24

Playoffs

Each round except the final was a two-game aggregate goal series decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out immediately following the second game of the series, if necessary. The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker. Tournament was re-seeded after the first round.

	First Round							Semifinals							Final
								1	Montreal Impact	2	1	3
	4	Seattle Sounders	1	2	3			4	Seattle Sounders	2	2	4
	5	Portland Timbers	0	0	0										4	Seattle Sounders (aet) (p)	1 (4)
															6	Richmond Kickers	1 (3)
								2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	1	2
	3	Vancouver Whitecaps	0	0	0 (4)			6	Richmond Kickers	3	1	4
	6	Richmond Kickers (aet) (p)	0	0	0 (5)

Second Division

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Western Mass Pioneers	20	13	3	4	41	22	43
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	13	5	2	44	20	41
3	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	12	3	5	43	24	41
4	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	12	6	2	45	23	38
5	Cincinnati Kings	20	7	8	5	28	23	26
6	Long Island Rough Riders	20	7	13	0	29	42	21
7	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	6	11	3	32	25	21
8	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	6	11	3	29	38	21
9	Northern Virginia Royals	20	2	18	0	16	90	6

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Western Mass Pioneers	0	3	3
	4	Wilmington Hammerheads	1	1	2
								1	Western Mass Pioneers	2 (4)
								2	Charlotte Eagles (aet) (p)	2 (5)
	2	Charlotte Eagles	0	4 (aet)	4
	3	Harrisburg City Islanders	1	1	2

Charlotte lost 0-1 and then on the second leg won 2-1. The tied series in aggregate then went into overtime periods where Charlotte scored 2 goals.

Premier Development League

• See 2005 PDL Season

See also

• United Soccer Leagues

External links

• Official USL Site