1997 USISL D-3 Pro League

The 1997 USISL D-3 Pro League was the 11th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and was the first season of now-defunct USISL D-3 Pro League.

USISL D-3 Pro League
Season1997
ChampionsAlbuquerque Geckos (1st Title)
Regular Season titleAlbuquerque Geckos (1st Title)
Matches played349
Goals scored1,221 (3.5 per match)
Best Player Orett Prendergast Florida Strikers
Top goalscorer Orett Prendergast Florida Strikers (29 Goals)
Best goalkeeper J. J. Wozniak San Francisco Bay Seals
← 1996
1998 →

New clubs

League standings

Northeast Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 North Jersey Imperials 18 10 1 0 7 39 23 +16 31
2 Rhode Island Stingrays 18 10 1 1 6 32 25 +7 31
3 New Hampshire Phantoms 18 9 2 2 5 36 27 +9 29
4 Central Jersey Riptide 18 8 2 3 5 26 24 +2 26
5 Vermont Wanderers 18 6 1 1 10 21 39 −18 19
6 NYCD Alleycats 18 6 0 1 11 25 38 −13 18
7 Cape Cod Crusaders 18 4 1 0 13 19 32 −13 13
Source: rsssf.com
Mid-Atlantic Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Reading Rage 18 13 1 0 4 46 22 +24 40
2 Philadelphia Freedom 18 10 1 0 7 29 32 −3 31
3 Baltimore Bays 18 8 0 2 8 30 34 −4 24
4 New Jersey Stallions 18 7 2 1 8 25 26 −1 23
5 Delaware Wizards 18 7 0 2 9 23 32 −9 21
6 South Jersey Barons 18 4 1 3 10 22 28 −6 13
Source: rsssf.com
South Atlantic Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Myrtle Beach Seadawgs 18 14 1 0 3 40 19 +21 43
2 South Carolina Shamrocks 18 11 2 0 5 37 27 +10 35
3 Charlotte Eagles 18 10 2 1 5 38 21 +17 32
4 Florida Strikers 18 10 0 0 8 51 34 +17 30
5 Wilmington Hammerheads 18 8 1 1 8 37 24 +13 25
6 Mobile Revelers 18 4 0 0 14 25 54 −29 12
7 Daytona Tigers 18 3 0 1 14 14 61 −47 9
Source: rsssf.com
North Central Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chicago Stingers 18 12 1 0 5 32 19 +13 37
2 Indiana Blast 18 7 1 1 9 28 31 −3 22
3 Cleveland Caps 18 6 3 0 9 28 32 −4 21
4 Rockford Raptors 18 6 2 2 8 32 33 −1 20
Source: rsssf.com
South Central Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Albuquerque Geckos 18 13 2 1 2 51 15 +36 41
2 Austin Lone Stars 18 11 1 0 6 38 28 +10 34
3 Houston Hurricanes 18 9 0 2 7 35 30 +5 27
4 Tulsa Roughnecks 18 9 0 0 9 36 40 −4 27
5 San Antonio Pumas 18 5 0 2 11 23 45 −22 15
6 Dallas Toros 18 2 0 0 16 22 53 −31 6
Source: rsssf.com
  • Albuquerque gets a bye to the national semifinal as hosts.
West Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Francisco Bay Seals 18 13 2 0 3 41 16 +25 41
2 Sacramento Scorpions 18 11 0 0 7 39 36 +3 33
3 Chico Rooks 18 9 3 3 3 38 28 +10 30
4 San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles 18 9 2 0 7 30 31 −1 29
5 Stanislaus County Cruisers 18 8 0 3 7 31 27 +4 24
6 Arizona Sahuaros 18 6 1 1 10 39 40 −1 19
7 Hawaii Tsunamii 16 4 1 1 10 24 29 −5 13
8 Reno Rattlers 16 4 0 0 12 17 34 −17 12
9 Los Angeles Fireballs 18 3 0 2 13 22 40 −18 9
Source: rsssf.com

Playoffs

Division Semi-finals

  • Central Jersey defeated North Jersey 2–1 (SO)
  • New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island 2–1 (OT)
  • Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 2–1
  • New Jersey defeated Reading, 2–1
  • Myrtle Beach defeated Florida, 5–1
  • Charlotte defeated South Carolina 3–2
  • Indiana defeated Cleveland 3–2
  • San Antonio defeated Austin, 4–2
  • Houston defeated Tulsa, 4–1
  • San Francisco Bay defeated San Fernando Valley, 5–0
  • Chico defeated Sacramento, 6–1
Austin Lone Stars2–4San Antonio Pumas
  • Judd Willmann 30'
  • Gabe Jones 60'
 Report
  • 18' Omar Millan
  • 20' Alejandro Ojeda
  • 52' Americo Ayala
  • 57' Oscar Munoz
Attendance: 1,506
Houston Hurricanes4–1Tulsa Roughnecks
  • Gustavo Gongora 6'
  • Marco Palomino 32', 37', 38'
 Report
Butler Stadium, Houston, Texas
Philadelphia Freedom1–2Baltimore Bays
  • 87:30' Dan Santoro
Marple Newtown High School, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Myrtle Beach Seadawgs5–1Florida Strikers
  • 22:15' Rodolfo Orellana
Sacramento Scorpions1–6Chico Rooks
  • Jeremy Sweet 33'
 Report 2
  • 12', 22' Jake Gwin
  • 90' Armando Ceja
Attendance: 1,743
North Jersey Imperials0–1Central Jersey Riptide
Penalties
 1–2
  • DiCuollo
Rhode Island Stingrays1–2 (OT)New Hampshire Phantoms
  • Bjorn Hansen 16:47'
 Report
  • 0:23' Rich Fleming
  •  58' Willy Schweitzer
  • 94:21' Jamie Williams
Attendance: 1,505
Reading Rage1–2New Jersey Stallions
Ray Buss Field, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Indiana Blast3–2Cleveland Caps
 Report
  • 33' Freddie Smith
  • 48' Chad James
Attendance: 3,047
South Carolina Shamrocks2–3Charlotte Eagles
  • David Mcmahon 5'
  • Nate Ormondt 50' (pen.)
 Report
  • 39' Jeremy Sorzano
  • 66' John Clare
  • 77:35' Joshua Farrar
Shamrock Stadium, Greer, South Carolina
Attendance: 1,700
San Francisco Bay Seals5–0San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles
  • Gallo
  • Simpson pen.'
  • Folan
  • Cowell

Division Finals

  • New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 2–0
  • Baltimore defeated New Jersey, 3–0
  • Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 3–3 (SO)
  • Indiana defeated Chicago, 1–0
  • Houston defeated San Antonio, 2–0
  • San Francisco defeated Chico, 2–0
South Central Division Championship
Houston Hurricanes2–0San Antonio Pumas
  • Gongora 59'
  • Palomino 84'
 Report
Butler Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 3,560
South Atlantic Division Championship
Myrtle Beach Seadawgs3–3 (a.e.t.)Charlotte Eagles
  • Moore 36', 63'
  • Eason 68:40'
  • 27', 51' Dakin
  • 59' Wellington
Penalties
  • Jones
  • Aponowicz
  • Walker
  • Richards
  • Bennett
1–2
  • McGlaughlin
  • Farrar
  • Wellington
Attendance: 1,000
North Central Division Championship
Chicago Stingers0–1Indiana Blast
Forest View Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois
West Division Championship
San Francisco Bay Seals2–0Chico Rooks
  • Shane Watkins
  • Troya Cowell
Witter Field, Berkeley, California
Northeast Division Championship
New Hampshire Phantoms2–0Central Jersey Riptide
  • Thomas Dempsey  9'
  • Ron Murphy 13'
  • Richard Flemming  35'
  • Jamie Williams 85'
 Report 1 Report 2
  •  31' Radnessa
  •  71' Javier Velazquez
  •  85' Ideahl
Attendance: 2,623
Mid-Atlantic Division Championship
Baltimore Bays3–0New Jersey Stallions
  • Matt Tirschman
  • Bill Wnek

Quarterfinals/Inter Region Finals

  • San Francisco Bay defeated Houston, 3–0
  • New Hampshire defeated Baltimore 1–0 (OT)
  • Charlotte defeated Indiana, 6–0
West Region Final
San Francisco Bay Seals3–0Houston Hurricanes
East Region Final
New Hampshire Phantoms1–0 (OT)Baltimore Bays
 Report
Attendance: 2,830
Central Region Final
Charlotte Eagles6–0Indiana Blast

Semifinals

  • Charlotte defeated San Francisco Bay, 4–2
  • Albuquerque defeated New Hampshire 2–1 (OT)
San Francisco Bay Seals2–4Charlotte Eagles
  • Shane Watkins 77'
  • Shani Simpson 85' (pen.)
 Report
  • 25', 61' Jamie Wellington
  • 81', 89' Keith Dakin
UNM Soccer Complex, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 1,500
Albuquerque Geckos2–1 (OT)New Hampshire Phantoms
  • Colin Cheshire 14'
  • Brad Moore 96'
 Report
  • 24' Jamie Williams
UNM Soccer Complex, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 1,145

Third Place Match

San Francisco Bay Seals1–0New Hampshire Phantoms
  • Geise 10:51'
 Report
UNM Soccer Complex, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 2,013

Championship

  • Albuquerque defeated Charlotte, 4–1
USISL D-3 Pro League Championship Game
Albuquerque Geckos4–1Charlotte Eagles
 Report 1 Report 2
  • 14' Jon Payne
UNM Soccer Complex, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 2,013

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Honors

References

  1. ^ United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)
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