2009 United Soccer Leagues

USL Second Division
Season	2009
Champions	Wilmington Hammerheads (Regular Season); Richmond Kickers (playoffs)
Goals scored	252
Average goals/game	2.80
Biggest home win	6–0 (Charlotte vs. Bermuda)
Biggest away win	6–3 (Wilmington @ Charlotte); 3–0 (Charlotte @ Real Maryland)
Highest scoring	7–2 (Richmond vs Bermuda); 6–3 (Wilmington @ Charlotte)
Longest winning run	5 (Wilmington)
Longest unbeaten run	6 (Richmond)
Longest losing run	5 (Bermuda)
Highest attendance	4,010 (Richmond)
Lowest attendance	200 (Bermuda)
Average attendance	1,686
	← 2008 2010 →

USL First Division
Season	2009
Champions	Montreal Impact
Goals scored	388
Average goals/game	2.35
Biggest home win	9 – 0 (Carolina vs Miami)
Biggest away win	4 – 1 (Portland @ Rochester); 3 – 0 (Portland @ Miami, Carolina @ Cleveland, Rochester @ Cleveland)
Highest scoring	9 – 0 (Carolina vs Miami)
Longest winning run	5 (Portland, Puerto Rico)
Longest unbeaten run	24 (Portland)
Longest losing run	6 (Miami)
Highest attendance	14,103 (Portland)
Lowest attendance	67 (Miami)
Average attendance	4,702
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 season is the 23rd season played by the United Soccer Leagues. Season titles will be contested by 20 professional men's clubs in the USL First Division and USL Second Division, as well as 37 professional and amateur women's clubs in the W-League and 68 professional and amateur men's teams in the USL Premier Development League.

The First Division season kicked off on April 11 with the US Open Cup finalist Charleston Battery and host defending champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC playing to a scoreless tie, while the Carolina RailHawks defeated the visiting Minnesota Thunder 2–1. The season ended on September 20 with the Charleston Battery defeating hosts Minnesota Thunder 3–2. As a change for this season, the Finals will follow the rest of the playoffs in being two legs.^[1] The playoffs started on September 24, and ended on October 17 with the Montreal Impact defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a 6–3 aggregate score.

The Second Division season started on April 17 with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and host Crystal Palace Baltimore playing to a scoreless tie. The regular season ended on August 15 with three games. The Richmond Kickers captured the title in the playoffs with a 3–1 win over the Charlotte Eagles on August 29.

2009 USL-1 (red) and USL-2 (green) franchises. Not shown: Puerto Rico Islanders, Bermuda Hogges.

General

Changes in the First Division: the Cleveland City Stars were promoted from Second Division and the Austin Aztex were added as an expansion team. The Atlanta Silverbacks went on hiatus for the season, and the Seattle Sounders were replaced by an expansion MLS team.
Changes in the Second Division: the Cleveland City Stars were promoted to the First Division.
In the PDL, 9 teams withdrew for the 2009 season, while 10 expansion teams increase the league to 68 teams in 8 divisions across 4 conferences. Teams play a 16-game league schedule.
In the W-League, 6 teams withdrew for the 2009 season, while 2 expansion teams were added, leaving the league at 37 members. Sky Blue and Washington Freedom were given WPS teams, with Washington playing their reserves in the W-League and Sky Blue selling their W-League team.

Honors

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Montreal Impact	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland Timbers
USL Second Division	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte Eagles	Wilmington Hammerheads
USL PDL	Ventura County Fusion	Chicago Fire Premier	Reading Rage
U.S. Open Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	D.C. United	Rochester Rhinos
Canadian Championship	Toronto FC (MLS)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	n/a
USL W-League	Pali Blues	Washington Freedom Reserves	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues

First Division

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	30	16	4	10	45	19	+26	58	Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
2	Carolina RailHawks	30	16	7	7	43	19	+24	55	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
3	Puerto Rico Islanders	30	15	7	8	44	31	+13	53^[a]
4	Charleston Battery	30	14	5	11	33	21	+12	53^[a]
5	Montreal Impact (C)	30	12	11	7	32	31	+1	44^[b]
6	Rochester Rhinos	30	11	9	10	34	32	+2	43
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	11	10	9	42	36	+6	42
8	Minnesota Thunder	30	7	13	10	39	44	−5	31
9	Miami FC	30	8	17	5	26	52	−26	29
10	Austin Aztex	30	5	17	8	28	51	−23	21^[c]
11	Cleveland City Stars	30	4	19	7	22	52	−30	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Playoff Champion
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: PUE: 6 pts, CHA: 3 pts
^ 1 bonus point awarded?
^ Austin deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on July 25, 2009^[2]

Results

Abbreviation and Color Key: Austin Aztex – AUS • Carolina RailHawks – CAR • Charleston Battery – CHA • Cleveland City Stars – CLE • Miami FC – MIA • Minnesota Thunder – MIN • Montreal Impact – MTL • Portland Timbers – POR • Puerto Rico Islanders – PUE • Rochester Rhinos – ROC • Vancouver Whitecaps FC – VAN Home • Away • Win • Loss • Tie
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Austin Aztex	MIN	VAN	CLE	PUE	MTL	CAR	PUE	CHA	CHA	PUE	MIA	CAR	ROC	CLE	CLE	ROC	POR	MIN	MTL	CHA	CAR	ROC	MIN	MTL	MIA	VAN	MIA	POR	POR	VAN
Austin Aztex	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1
Carolina RailHawks	MIN	ROC	MIN	POR	POR	CHA	MIA	CLE	AUS	CLE	POR	MIN	AUS	PUE	CHA	VAN	CHA	MIA	AUS	ROC	CLE	VAN	VAN	ROC	MIA	MTL	MTL	PUE	PUE	MTL
Carolina RailHawks	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	9–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Charleston Battery	VAN	MTL	MIN	MIA	CAR	MTL	MIA	ROC	CLE	AUS	AUS	POR	PUE	PUE	PUE	MTL	CAR	CLE	ROC	CAR	AUS	VAN	POR	CLE	VAN	POR	MIN	MIA	ROC	MIN
Charleston Battery	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–3
Cleveland City Stars	MIA	AUS	ROC	POR	MIN	CAR	CAR	CHA	PUE	PUE	ROC	MIA	MIA	VAN	AUS	AUS	PUE	CHA	MTL	ROC	VAN	CAR	CHA	MTL	MIN	MIN	MTL	POR	POR	VAN
Cleveland City Stars	3–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1
Miami FC	CLE	MTL	ROC	CHA	CAR	CHA	MIN	VAN	AUS	CLE	CLE	MTL	PUE	VAN	POR	POR	MIN	CAR	MTL	PUE	MIN	POR	VAN	CAR	AUS	AUS	ROC	CHA	ROC	PUE
Miami FC	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	9–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–1
Minnesota Thunder	CAR	AUS	CHA	CAR	VAN	CLE	MIA	PUE	ROC	CAR	POR	ROC	POR	VAN	MTL	AUS	MIA	POR	MTL	MIA	AUS	ROC	CLE	CLE	PUE	VAN	CHA	PUE	MTL	CHA
Minnesota Thunder	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	5–2	1–1	2–3
Montreal Impact	CHA	MIA	PUE	ROC	CHA	AUS	ROC	POR	VAN	VAN	MIA	POR	CHA	MIN	ROC	PUE	CLE	AUS	MIA	MIN	POR	PUE	CLE	AUS	CAR	CAR	CLE	VAN	MIN	CAR
Montreal Impact	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Portland Timbers	VAN	CAR	CAR	CLE	ROC	PUE	PUE	VAN	MTL	CAR	CHA	MIN	MTL	MIN	AUS	MIA	MIA	PUE	MIN	VAN	CHA	MTL	ROC	MIA	CHA	ROC	AUS	AUS	CLE	CLE
Portland Timbers	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–4	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Puerto Rico Islanders	VAN	ROC	MTL	AUS	VAN	POR	POR	AUS	MIN	CLE	CLE	AUS	CHA	CHA	CHA	CAR	MIA	ROC	CLE	MTL	POR	VAN	MIA	MTL	MIN	ROC	CAR	MIN	CAR	MIA
Puerto Rico Islanders	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–2	2–1	3–1
Rochester Rhinos	CAR	PUE	MIA	CLE	MTL	POR	VAN	CHA	MTL	MIN	CLE	AUS	MIN	AUS	PUE	MTL	CHA	CLE	VAN	CAR	AUS	POR	MIN	CAR	VAN	POR	PUE	MIA	MIA	CHA
Rochester Rhinos	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–4	3–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	CHA	PUE	AUS	POR	MIN	PUE	ROC	POR	MTL	MIA	MTL	CLE	MIN	MIA	CAR	PUE	ROC	CLE	POR	CHA	CAR	CAR	CHA	MIA	ROC	AUS	MIN	MTL	AUS	CLE
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1

Playoffs

Teams will be re-seeded for semifinal matchups.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

					1	Portland Timbers	1	3	4

					7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	3	5
2	Carolina RailHawks FC	0	0	0

7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	0	1
										7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	1	3

										5	Montreal Impact	3	3	6
3	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	4	5

6	Rochester Rhinos	2	1	3
					3	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	1	2

					5	Montreal Impact	2	2	4
4	Charleston Battery	0	1	1

5	Montreal Impact	2	2	4

Quarterfinals

September 24, 2009

7:05 PM EDT

Rochester Rhinos	2–1	Puerto Rico Islanders
Bertz 64' Ball 71' Short 74'	(Report)	Arrieta 7' Hansen 68' Addlery 72'

Marina Auto Stadium
Rochester, New York

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Chris Penso (United States)

September 27, 2009

7:00 PM ADT

Puerto Rico Islanders	4–1	Rochester Rhinos
Noël 12', 80' Addlery 40', 90' 84'	(Report)	Sancho 24' 29' Nunes 82'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Attendance: 4,232

Referee: Jose Rivero (United States)

Puerto Rico Islanders won 5–3 on aggregate.

September 24, 2009

7:45 PM EDT

Montreal Impact	2–0	Charleston Battery
Testo 10' Di Lorenzo 12' Placentino 88' 88'	(Report)	Bobo 10' 45'

Saputo Stadium
Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 11,282

Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

September 27, 2009

7:00 PM EDT

Charleston Battery	1–2	Montreal Impact
Fuller 16' 72' Wilson 76'	(Report)	deRoux 16' Pizzolitto 23' Donatelli 74' 82'

Blackbaud Stadium
Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 2,311

Referee: Mark Kadlecik (United States)

Montreal Impact won 4–1 on aggregate.

September 24, 2009

7:30 PM PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Carolina RailHawks FC
Versailles 64' Edwini-Bonsu 77'	(Report)	Low 78' Paladini 80'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 5,135

Referee: Fabrizio Romano (Canada)

September 27, 2009

5:00 PM EDT

Carolina RailHawks FC	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rusin 52' Plotkin 76'	(Report)	Bellisomo 43' Nash 59' Martin 75'

WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina

Attendance: 2,471

Referee: Niko Bratsis (United States)

Vancouver Whitecaps won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

October 1, 2009

7:30 PM EDT

Montreal Impact	2–1	Puerto Rico Islanders
Donatelli 8' Brown 20' Pizzolitto 58'	(Report)	Jones 6' Steele 31'

Saputo Stadium
Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 9,835

Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (CAN)

October 4, 2009

7:00 PM ADT

Puerto Rico Islanders	1–2	Montreal Impact
Vélez 44' Hansen 86' (pen.) Nuñez 90'	(Report)	Byers 2' deRoux 16' Pizzolitto 24' Joqueviel 81' Sebrango 90'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Attendance: 5,101

Referee: Oscar Ortiz (USA)

Montreal Impact won 4–2 on aggregate.

October 1, 2009

7:30 PM PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Portland Timbers
Gbeke 25' Reda 45'^[3] Haber 49' James 66' Versailles 76'	(Report)	Pore 44' (pen.)

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 4,516

Referee: Geoff Gamble (CAN)

October 4, 2009

4:00 PM PDT

Portland Timbers	3–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Farber 10', 43' McManus 26' Pore 66' Nimo 83' López 90'	(Report)	Haber 4' 62' Nash 60' James 71'

PGE Park
Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 14,283

Referee: Hilario Grajeda (USA)

Vancouver Whitecaps won 5–4 on aggregate.

Finals

October 10, 2009

6:30 PM PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–3	Montreal Impact
Nash 51' Haber 56' James 65' 66'	(Report)	Pejic 45' (o.g.) Byers 63' Sebrango 89'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 5,886

Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (CAN)

October 17, 2009

2:30 PM EDT

Montreal Impact	3–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Donatelli 30' (pen.) Gjertsen 40' Brown 42'	(Report)	Bellsomo 21' Pejic 29' Toure 44' Moose 56'

Saputo Stadium
Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 13,034

Referee: Dave Gantar

Montreal Impact won 6–3 on aggregate.

USL First Division 2009 Champions
Montreal Impact Second title

Awards and All-League teams

First Team
F: Charles Gbeke (Vancouver Whitecaps) (Leading Goalscorer); Keita Mandjou (Portland Timbers); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Rhinos)
M: Daniel Paladini (Carolina RailHawks); Ryan Pore (Portland Timbers); Ricardo Sánchez (Minnesota Thunder)
D: Nelson Akwari (Charleston Battery); Cristian Arrieta (Puerto Rico Islanders) (MVP & Defender of the Year); Matt Bobo (Charleston Battery); David Hayes (Portland Timbers)
G: Steve Cronin (Portland Timbers) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Gavin Wilkinson (Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team
F: Marlon James (Vancouver Whitecaps); Eddie Johnson (Austin Aztex)
M: Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Lawrence Olum (Minnesota Thunder); Jonathan Steele (Puerto Rico Islanders); David Testo (Montreal Impact)
D: Stephen DeRoux (Montreal Impact); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers); John Krause (Puerto Rico Islanders); Mark Schulte (Carolina RailHawks)
G: Bill Gaudette (Puerto Rico Islanders)

Second Division

Regular season

Standings

USL Second Division
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	12	5	3	42	24	+18	39	Regular season champion
2	Richmond Kickers	20	11	3	6	39	18	+21	39	Playoff spot clinched
3	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	9	7	4	31	23	+8	31
4	Charlotte Eagles	20	8	5	7	40	28	+12	31
5	Real Maryland Monarchs	20	8	10	2	22	31	−9	26
6	Crystal Palace Baltimore	20	6	9	5	16	20	−4	23
7	Western Mass Pioneers	20	6	9	5	21	34	−13	23
8	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	6	10	4	18	27	−9	22
9	Bermuda Hogges	20	4	12	4	19	43	−24	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Abbreviation and Color Key: Bermuda Hogges – BMU • Charlotte Eagles – CHA • Crystal Palace Baltimore – CPB Harrisburg City Islanders – HAR • Pittsburgh Riverhounds – PIT • Real Maryland Monarchs – RMM Richmond Kickers – RIC • Western Mass Pioneers – WMA • Wilmington Hammerheads – WIL Home • Away • Win • Loss • Tie
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Bermuda Hogges	CPB	RMM	HAR	RIC	WIL	WIL	RMM	WIL	CHA	PIT	HAR	CPB	WMA	PIT	PIT	RIC	WMA	WMA	CHA	RMM
Bermuda Hogges	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	7–2	5–0	2–2	1–1	4–3
Charlotte Eagles	WIL	CPB	WIL	RIC	CPB	HAR	PIT	BMU	WMA	RIC	HAR	WIL	RIC	WMA	RMM	RMM	CPB	BMU	PIT	WMA
Charlotte Eagles	2–2	0–2	3–6	1–1	1–2	3–0	5–1	6–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	3–0	5–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–0
Crystal Palace Baltimore	PIT	BMU	CHA	WIL	RMM	WMA	CHA	RIC	WMA	RMM	WMA	WIL	BMU	RMM	HAR	HAR	RIC	CHA	HAR	PIT
Crystal Palace Baltimore	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0
Harrisburg City Islanders	RIC	WMA	BMU	PIT	PIT	CHA	RMM	RIC	BMU	RMM	CHA	WIL	CPB	CPB	PIT	WIL	RIC	RMM	CPB	WMA
Harrisburg City Islanders	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	5–0	3–0	4–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	CPB	RIC	RMM	HAR	HAR	CHA	WIL	BMU	RIC	WMA	RIC	BMU	BMU	RMM	HAR	WMA	WMA	WIL	CHA	CPB
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	5–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–0
Real Maryland Monarchs	BMU	PIT	CPB	WMA	BMU	CPB	HAR	WMA	RIC	HAR	WIL	CPB	PIT	WIL	CHA	CHA	RIC	HAR	BMU	WIL
Real Maryland Monarchs	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	4–3	2–0
Richmond Kickers	HAR	RIC	WMA	BMU	CHA	CPB	WMA	HAR	RMM	PIT	CHA	PIT	CHA	BMU	CPB	WIL	HAR	RMM	WIL	WIL
Richmond Kickers	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	7–2	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2
Western Mass Pioneers	HAR	RIC	CPB	RMM	WIL	CPB	RIC	CPB	RMM	CHA	PIT	BMU	WIL	CHA	BMU	BMU	PIT	PIT	HAR	CHA
Western Mass Pioneers	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	5–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
Wilmington Hammerheads	CHA	CPB	CHA	BMU	BMU	WMA	PIT	BMU	CPB	RMM	HAR	CHA	WMA	RMM	RIC	HAR	PIT	RIC	RMM	RIC
Wilmington Hammerheads	2–2	3–0	3–6	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–3	3–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

			1	Wilmington Hammerheads	0

			4	Charlotte Eagles	1
4	Charlotte Eagles	3

5	Real Maryland Monarchs	1
						2	Richmond Kickers	3

						4	Charlotte Eagles	1



			2	Richmond Kickers (AET)	1

			3	Harrisburg City Islanders	0

First round

August 19, 2009

Charlotte Eagles	3–1	Real Maryland Monarchs
Herrera 4' (pen.) Swinehart 16' Bentos 90' 90+'	Report	Brooks 83' 54' 90+' Lewis 68' King 89' Funicello 90'

Restart Field
Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 760

Referee: Mark Kadlecik (United States)

Semifinals

August 22, 2009

7:00 PM EDT

Richmond Kickers	1 – 0 (AET)	Harrisburg City Islanders
Worthen 33' Hunter 117' Delicâte 120'	(Report)	Baker 43' Velten 63'

University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia

Attendance: 1,923

Referee: Mike Andrews (United States)

August 22, 2009

7:00 PM EDT

Wilmington Hammerheads	0–1	Charlotte Eagles
Watson 36'	(Report)	Williams 61' Herrera 62' Swinehart 80' Bentos 85'

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 2,783

Referee: Dan Fitzgerald (United States)

Final

August 29, 2009

8:00 PM EDT

Richmond Kickers	3–1	Charlotte Eagles
Elcock 63' DiRaimondo 83' Bulow 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Martins 14' Nunes 41' Williams 46' Ceus 85'

University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia

Attendance: 2,991

Referee: Tony Russo (United States)

Awards and All-League team

First Team
F: Matthew Delicâte (Richmond Kickers), Jamie Watson (WIL) (MVP)
M: Ty Shipalane (HAR), Kenny Bundy (WIL), Mike Burke (RIC), Jorge Herrera (CHA)
D: Dustin Bixler (HAR), John Borrajo (RMD), Shintaro Harada (CPB), Yomby William (RIC) (Defender of the Year)
G: Ronnie Pascale (RIC) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: David Irving (WIL)
Rookie of the Year: Ty Shipalane, HAR

Second Team
F: Almir Barbosa (WMA), Damico Coddington (BER), Chad Severs (HAR)
M: Justin Evans (PIT), Jamie Franks (WIL), Amaury Nunes (CHA), Val Teixeira (CPB)
D: Colin Falvey (WIL), Sascha Gorres (RIC), Andrew Marshall (CPB)
G: Chase Harrison (HAR)

Premier Development League

W-League

References

^ "2009 USL-1 season details unveiled". www.uslsoccer.com. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
^ "Austin receives two point deduction". www.uslsoccer.com. July 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
^ Substitute Marco Reda was sent off from the bench.

External links

Official USL Site

[table_hth_PUE0.84345609501165-2] Head-to-head: PUE: 6 pts, CHA: 3 pts

[table_hth_MTL0.84345609501165-3] 1 bonus point awarded?

[table_hth_AUS0.84345609501165-5] Austin deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on July 25, 2009^[2]

[1] "2009 USL-1 season details unveiled". www.uslsoccer.com. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

[4] "Austin receives two point deduction". www.uslsoccer.com. July 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2009.

[6] Substitute Marco Reda was sent off from the bench.

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