United Soccer Leagues 2007 Information & United Soccer Leagues 2007 Links at HealthHaven.com

The 2007 Season is the 21st edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

The season kicked off on Friday, April 13 when the 2006 league runners-up Rochester Raging Rhinos traveled to the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon to take on the Puerto Rico Islanders.

[edit] General

Two new teams join the First Division: the California Victory (San Francisco, CA), and the Carolina RailHawks (Cary, NC).
The Virginia Beach Mariners franchise was terminated by the league.
The Toronto Lynx depart the First Division for the Premier Development League (PDL).
Three new teams join the Second Division: the Bermuda Hogges (Hamilton, Bermuda), the Cleveland City Stars, and Crystal Palace Baltimore.
The Long Island Rough Riders depart the Second Division for the PDL.
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will be on hiatus during 2007 to reorganize.
Many new teams join the PDL, for a complete list see here.

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Seattle Sounders	Atlanta Silverbacks	Seattle Sounders
USL Second Division	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond Kickers	Richmond Kickers
USL PDL	Laredo Heat	Michigan Bucks	Hampton Roads Piranhas
U.S. Open Cup	New England Revolution (MLS)	FC Dallas (MLS)	Carolina Railhawks/Seattle Sounders

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Seattle Sounders	28	16	6	6	37	23	+14	54
2	Portland Timbers	28	14	5	9	32	18	+14	51
3	Montreal Impact	28	14	6	8	32	21	+11	50
4	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	12	9	7	40	30	+10	43
5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	12	10	6	39	36	+3	42
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	10	8	10	35	34	+1	40
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	9	7	12	27	24	+3	39
8	Carolina RailHawks	28	8	12	8	24	34	-10	32
9	Miami FC	28	9	15	4	31	41	-10	31
10	Charleston Battery	28	8	14	6	32	39	-7	30
11	Minnesota Thunder	28	5	12	11	32	35	-3	26
12	California Victory	28	4	17	7	17	43	-26	19

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Richmond Kickers	20	12	3	5	37	15	+22	41
2	Cleveland City Stars	20	10	1	8	31	14	+17	39
3	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	11	4	5	26	15	+11	38
4	Charlotte Eagles	20	11	7	2	40	29	+11	35
5	Crystal Palace Baltimore	20	9	6	5	27	20	+7	32
6	Western Mass Pioneers	20	7	7	6	25	26	-1	27
7	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	4	9	7	22	30	-8	19
8	Cincinnati Kings	20	4	11	5	29	41	-12	17
9	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	3	12	5	16	34	-18	13¹
10	Bermuda Hogges	20	3	14	3	16	45	-29	12

¹New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for circumstances not released by the USL.

Semifinals August 18, 7:00 EDT			Final August 25, 8:00 EDT

1	Richmond Kickers (OT)	2
4	Charlotte Eagles	1
			1	Richmond Kickers	1 (7)
			3	Harrisburg City Islanders (PK's)	1 (8)
2	Cleveland City Stars	0
3	Harrisburg City Islanders (OT)	1