1995 USISL Pro League

The 1995 USISL Professional League was the higher of the two outdoor men's leagues run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1995.

USISL Pro League
Season1995
ChampionsLong Island Rough Riders (1st Title)
Regular Season titleMinnesota Thunder (1st Title)
Matches played550
Goals scored2,630 (4.78 per match)
Best Player Giovanni Savarese Long Island Rough Riders
Top goalscorer Flávio Ferri San Antonio Pumas (29 Goals)
Best goalkeeper Jim Adams Columbus Xoggs
← NA
1996 →

Overview

From its beginnings in 1986 as a semi-professional indoor league in the American Southwest, the USISL had grown over the last decade. In 1989, the league added a summer, outdoor competition which had grown in popularity as the indoor league slowly shrank. By 1994, the outdoor season included 69 teams with various levels of professionalism. In 1995, the USISL decided to split the summer schedule into two different leagues, the Professional and the Premier Leagues. The Professional League was fully professional while the Premier League continued to allow amateur and semi-professional teams to compete.

Regular season

  • Regulation win = 6 points
  • Shootout win (SW) = 4 points
  • Shootout loss (SL) = 2 points
  • Regulation loss = 0 points
  • Bonus points (BP): An additional one point per goal up to a maximum of three points per game.

Northeast Division

Coastal Conference

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Long Island Rough Riders 20 18 1 0 1 69 20 +49 45 157
2 Delaware Wizards 20 16 0 0 4 47 22 +25 41 137
3 Jersey Dragons 20 11 1 1 7 48 32 +16 39 111
4 Cape Cod Crusaders 20 11 0 2 7 49 33 +16 35 105
5 Rhode Island Stingrays 20 4 1 2 13 30 56 −26 28 60
6 Baltimore Bays 20 3 1 0 16 29 64 −35 28 50
Source:

Capital Conference

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 New York Fever 20 13 2 0 5 43 22 +21 38 124
2 North Jersey Imperials 20 13 0 1 6 63 35 +28 43 123[a]
3 Pennsylvania Freedom 20 11 1 1 7 55 44 +11 44 116
4 Albany Alleycats 20 9 0 1 10 48 51 −3 41 97
5 New Hampshire Ramblers 20 9 1 1 9 42 32 +10 35 95
6 Connecticut Wolves 20 8 0 1 11 35 53 −18 29 79
7 Boston Storm 20 3 0 0 17 25 62 −37 24 42
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Bonus points adjusted from 47 to 43?

Atlantic Division

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Charleston Battery 20 16 1 1 2 58 16 +42 44 146
2 Charlotte Eagles 20 13 1 0 6 59 35 +24 45 127
3 Raleigh Flyers 20 13 1 1 5 49 32 +17 42 126
4 Myrtle Beach Boyz 20 13 0 1 6 51 36 +15 39 119
5 Hampton Roads Mariners 20 12 1 1 6 51 31 +20 41 119
6 Greensboro Dynamo 20 11 0 0 9 55 33 +22 45 111[a]
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Bonus points adjusted from 43 to 45?

Midwest Division

East Conference

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Minnesota Thunder 20 19 0 0 1 72 15 +57 49 163
2 Chicago Stingers 20 11 0 0 9 49 46 +3 39 105
3 St. Louis Knights 20 9 2 0 9 43 42 +1 34 96
4 Cincinnati Cheetahs 20 5 0 2 13 36 50 −14 33 67
5 Detroit Wheels 20 2 0 1 17 25 66 −41 15 29[a]
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Bonus points adjusted from 24 to 15?

West Conference

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Milwaukee Rampage 20 17 0 0 3 63 24 +39 45 147
2 Columbus Xoggz 20 16 1 0 3 62 19 +43 46 146
3 Louisville Thoroughbreds 20 10 1 1 8 50 44 +6 41 107
4 Lexington Bluegrass Bandits 20 7 2 0 11 42 52 −10 39 89
5 Rockford Raptors 20 8 0 1 11 36 36 0 28 78
Source:

Southeast Division

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Tampa Bay Cyclones 20 16 1 0 3 70 25 +45 47 147
2 Mobile Revelers 20 13 0 2 5 39 21 +18 34 116
3 Chattanooga Railroaders 20 9 1 0 10 50 51 −1 40 98
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 7 1 0 12 36 56 −20 32 78
5 Florida Stars 20 8 0 1 11 36 56 −20 26 76
Source:

South Central Division

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 El Paso Patriots 20 15 0 0 5 67 38 +29 51 141
2 DFW Toros 20 13 0 2 5 62 40 +22 44 126
3 New Mexico Chiles 20 13 0 0 7 54 31 +23 42 120
4 San Antonio Pumas 20 12 1 0 7 69 46 +23 44 120
5 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 20 11 1 2 6 41 33 +8 39 113
6 Texas Lightning 20 7 0 0 13 37 65 −28 33 75
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 20 5 1 1 13 32 45 −13 31 67
Source:

Western Division

North Conference

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Monterey Bay Jaguars 20 14 2 0 4 60 24 +36 46 138
2 Chico Rooks 20 14 0 1 5 58 34 +24 45 131
3 Reno Rattlers 20 12 1 1 6 44 23 +21 37 115
4 CCV Hydra 20 9 0 1 10 42 36 +6 34 90
5 San Francisco Bay Diablos 20 6 0 3 11 43 49 −6 34 76
Source:

South Conference

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Los Angeles Salsa U-23s 20 15 0 0 5 63 34 +29 47 137
2 San Diego Top Guns 20 11 2 0 7 47 32 +15 41 115
3 Valley Golden Eagles 20 11 0 2 7 41 31 +10 34 104
4 Las Vegas Quicksilver 20 3 0 0 17 22 55 −33 22 40
Source:

Northwest Division

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Hawaii Tsunami 20 17 1 0 2 69 15 +54 48 154
2 Salem Surge 20 14 0 0 6 61 37 +24 47 131
3 Everett Bigfoot 20 11 1 0 8 38 36 +2 32 102
4 Portland Firebirds 20 9 0 3 8 36 30 +6 31 91
5 Yakima Reds 20 4 0 0 16 29 60 −31 27 51
Source:

Playoffs

Northeast Division

First round

Pennsylvania Freedom (PA)0-1Jersey Dragons (NJ)
United German-Hungarian Club, Oakford, Pennsylvania


North Jersey Imperials (NJ)1-4Cape Cod Crusaders (MA)
  • Duane Robinson 49:06'
 Report
  • 9:42', 13:24' Ron Murphy
  • 28:03' Jeff Doyle
  • 46:57' Stu McRury
Don Ahern Veteran's Memorial Stadium, Bayonne, New Jersey
Referee: Noel Kenny

Second round

Delaware Wizards (DE)5–4 (SO)Cape Cod Crusaders (WI)
  • Matt Ford 0:40', 3'
  • Chris Morgan
  • Gary Ross 86' (pen.)
 Report 1 Report 2
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 3,074
  • According to the available records, the Delaware Wizards defeated the Cape Cod Crusaders 5-4 (SO).


New York Fever (NY)1-0Jersey Dragons (NJ)
  • Carlton Carter 21:58'
 Report 1 Report 2
Attendance: 973

Final

New York Fever (NY)1-0Delaware Wizards (MA)
Mike Saunders 54' Report 1
Attendance: 725


Delaware Wizards (MA)0-2New York Fever (NY)
Report 11' Jim McElderry
47' Ian Hennessy
Attendance: 3,118

The New York Fever advanced.

Atlantic Division

Charlotte Eagles (NC)0-2Raleigh Flyers (NC)
Report
Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 1,312


Charleston Battery (SC)0-3Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
Report 6:39' Chris Diaz
45' Troy Edwards
57' John Garvey
Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 3,127

Final

Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)1-6Raleigh Flyers (NC)
 Report
Attendance: 1,000


Raleigh Flyers (NC)1-3Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
 Report
  • The teams played a mini-game to decide who advanced after finishing the series tied at one game apiece.
Raleigh Flyers (NC)0-2Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
Report

The Myrtle Beach Boyz advanced.

Midwest Division

First round

St. Louis Knights (MO)1-2 OTChicago Stingers (IL)


Columbus Xoggz (OH)1-1Louisville Thoroughbreds (KY)
Marty Schafer 11' 48' Marty Schoering
  88' Louisville player #13
Xogg houZe, Dublin, Ohio
  • The game was suspended late in the match due to darkness. On August 10th, the league announced the Xoggz and Thoroughbreds would finish their game on August 11th. The team which won would then immediately play the Milwaukee Rampage in the first game of the second round series. The Thoroughbreds, facing the requirement to make short-notice travel plans in order to play the last few minutes of the suspended game, then play their "home game" in Columbus in the event they won, chose to forfeit instead.

Second round

  • The Midwest Division second round matchups featured two-game series. All other divisions had single elimination matchups.
Chicago Stingers (IL)0-2Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Steve Morris PK Report 55', 56' Tony Sanneh
Forest View Park; Arlington Heights, Illinois
Attendance: 1,096


Minnesota Thunder (MN)3-1Chicago Stingers (IL)
 Report
  • David Richardson
Attendance: 1,567

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the Midwest Division final.

Columbus Xoggz (OH)1-1Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Damian Roden 33' Report 31' Dan Stebbins
Penalties
Matt Coyer
Marty Schafer
Stephen Pugh
Lord 		0-2 Kris Kelderman
Steve Provan
Rodrigo Gonzalez
Dan Stebbins
Xogg houZe, Dublin, Ohio
Attendance: 1,503


Milwaukee Rampage (WI)1-0Columbus Xoggz (OH)
 Report
Attendance: 2,107

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced.

Final

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)2-0Minnesota Thunder (MN)
 Report
Attendance: 2,812


Minnesota Thunder (MN)3-2 OTMilwaukee Rampage (WI)
 Report
Attendance: 2,529


Minnesota Thunder (MN)1-0Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Mario Lone 8:59' Report
Attendance: 2,529

The Minnesota Thunder advanced.

Southeast Division

Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)4-1Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
  • Rich Biondi 1:44'
  • Adrian Bush 28:58'
  • Mario Yepes 40'
  • Riquelme Caicedo
Report 1 Report 2
  •  11:30' Antonio De Rosa
  • 26' Waldir Barreto
Attendance: 1,400


Mobile Revelers (AL)0-2Chattanooga Railroaders (TN)
Report
Attendance: 1,700

Final

Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)3-1Chattanooga Railroaders (TN)
  • Mario Yepes 13:23'
  • Junior 16:15'
  • Riquelme Caicedo 47:51'
 Report 1 Report 2
Attendance: 2,514

The Tampa Bay Cyclones advanced.

South Central Division

El Paso Patriots (TX)3-2 OTSan Antonio Pumas (TX)
  • David Stewart 44:12'
  • Steve Guardado 46:13'
  • Cesar Sosa 62:46'
 Report
Attendance: 3,823


New Mexico Chiles (NM)7-2DFW Toros (TX)
  • Blaine LeGere 9:07'
  • Richard Farrer 12'
  • Jeff Gregorio 45:47'
  • Richie Louis
  • Mochtar Abukusumo
Report
  • Dmitriakov
  • Hernandez
Attendance: 4,877

Final

New Mexico Chiles (NM)3-0El Paso Patriots (TX)
 Report
Wilson Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 3,529


El Paso Patriots (TX)1-2New Mexico Chiles (NM)
  • Rito Delgado 46:42'
 Report 1 Report 2
Attendance: 2,000

The New Mexico Chiles advanced to the Sizzlin' Nine Tournament.

Western Division

First round

Chico Rooks (CA)1-2Reno Rattlers (NV)
 Report 1 Report 2
  • 35' Thies Carstons
  • 51' Roberto Solano
Attendance: 2,215

Second round

Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)2-1Reno Rattlers (NV)
 [1] [2]
  • 19' Thies Carstena
Carl Connelly Stadium, Aptos, California
Attendance: 900


Los Angeles Salsa U-23's (CA)5-1San Diego Top Guns (CA)
Report
Attendance: 900

Final

Los Angeles Salsa U-23's (CA)2-3Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)
  • 57'
 [3] [4]
Attendance: 1,100


Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)2-1 OTLos Angeles Salsa U-23's (CA)
 [5] [6]
Carl Connelly Stadium, Aptos, California
Attendance: 1,000

The Monterey Bay Jaguars advanced.

Northwest Division

Cascade Surge (OR)3-2Everett BigFoot (WA)
 [7] [8]
Attendance: 2,542 or 2,543 or 3,200
Referee: Tom Ward

Final

Hawaii Tsunami (HI)2-0Cascade Surge (OR)
 [9] [10]
Attendance: 4,500

The Hawaii Tsunami advanced.

Sizzlin' Nine Championship

The Sizzlin' Nine Championship was a three-group round robin tournament featuring nine teams. The Long Island Rough Riders received a bye into the Sizzlin' Nine Championship. The other eight teams were the seven divisional champions and the divisional finals runner-up with the highest total points during the regular season. Each of the three groups played at a single location. The top four teams then advanced to the playoff semifinals.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Long Island Rough Riders 2 2 0 6 2 +4
2 Monterey Bay Jaguars 2 1 1 9 3 +6
3 New Mexico Chiles 2 0 2 2 12 −10
Source:
Long Island Rough Riders (NY)2-1Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)
Giovanni Savarese 46:47'
Mike Masters 52:12'		 Report 26:16' Paul Bravo
Attendance: 2,478
Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)8-1New Mexico Chiles (NM)
Chris Beeson 60'
 Report
  • 55' Blaine LeGere
Long Island Rough Riders (NY)4-1New Mexico Chiles (NM)
Giovanni Savarese
Cordt Weinstein 		Report Richie Louis
Attendance: 2,681

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Minnesota Thunder 2 2 0 4 1 +3
2 New York Fever 2 1 1 2 2 0
3 Hawaii Tsunami 2 0 2 0 3 −3
Source:
New York Fever (NY)1-0Hawaii Tsunami (HI)
Report
Penalties
 2-0
Barrett Stadium, Valhalla, New York
Attendance: 992
  • When the game ended in a tie, the referee chose to go directly to penalty kicks because the field had no lights and it was difficult to see.
Minnesota Thunder (MN)2-0Hawaii Tsunami (HI)
 Report
Barrett Stadium, Valhalla, New York
Attendance: 200
New York Fever (NY)2-1Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Ian Hennessy 14' 25' Tony Sanneh
Penalties
Jim McElderry
Peter Vermes
John DeBrito 		3-4 Tony Sanneh
Don Gramenz
Manny Lagos
Matt Holmes
Barrett Stadium, Valhalla, New York

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Tampa Bay Cyclones 2 1 1 7 6 +1
2 Myrtle Beach Boyz 2 1 1 7 7 0
3 Milwaukee Rampage 2 1 1 5 6 −1
Source:
Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)3-5Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)
 Report 1 Report 2
  • 8:15', 53' Adrian Bush
  • 11:17' (pen.) Andy Zorovich
  • 25:07' Eric Ravndal
  • 59:48' Riquelme Caicedo
Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Attendance: 1,000
Milwaukee Rampage (WI)3-2Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)
Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)4-2Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
 Report
  • 28', 44:48' Omar Dalombo
Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Attendance: 750

Semi-finals

Minnesota Thunder (MN)3-2 OTMyrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
Amos Magee 6:19'
Manny Lagos 59:32'
Don Gramenz 62:30'		 Report 16:19', 52:49' John Garvey


Long Island Rough Riders (NY)5-2Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)
 Report
  • 9', 41' Rich Biondi
Attendance: 3,425

Final

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)2-1Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Chris Armas 29:16'
Giovanni Savarese 59:54'		 (Report) Report 2 33' Amos Magee
Attendance: 4,118

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club GP Goals Assists Points
1 Flavio Ferri San Antonio Pumas 19 29 8 66
2 Rito Delgado El Paso Patriots 18 26 11 61
3 Paul Young Charleston Battery 19 23 9 55
4 Giovanni Savarese Long Island Rough Riders 20 23 8 54
5 Darren Eales Hampton Roads Mariners 19 24 4 52
6 Ivailo Ilarionov Chattanooga Railroaders 15 18 14 50
7 Billy Thompson Hawaii Tsunami 14 21 7 49
8 Duane Robinson New Jersey Imperials 17 21 5 47
9 Manny Lagos Minnesota Thunder 17 19 7 45
10 John van Buskirk Louisville Thoroughbreds 19 21 3 44

Honors

  • MVP: Giovanni Savarese
  • Points leader: Flavio Ferri, San Antonio Pumas (66 points)
  • Goals leader: Flavio Ferri, San Antonio Pumas (29 goals)
  • Assists leader: Wayne Lobring, Louisville Thoroughbreds (18 assists)
  • Defender of the Year: Troy Edwards
  • Goalkeeper of the Year: Jim Adams
  • Rookie of the Year: Wellijohn Dominiciano Jr.,
  • Coach of the Year: Buzz Lagos
  • Organization of the Year: Tampa Bay Cyclones

References

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