Tuesday, September 12, 2006

USL D1 Playoff Field Set

The USL First Division (second division overall in American soccer) playoff field is set.

First Round Playoffs

(3) Charleston Battery v (6) Puerto Rico Islanders

(4) Vancouver Whitecaps v (5) Miami FC

Semifinals

1) Montreal Impact v Vancouver/Miami winner

(2) Rochester Raging Rhinos v Charleston/Puerto Rico winner

The Richmond Kickers won USL Division 2 (The third division overall in American soccer) title last week.

6 comments:

Hernandez said...

i care about a league action.

lots of mls stars come from a league

i agree with sams army. snobs on this site do not respect mls and us soccer. they do not respect soccer anywhere in our region. mexican leagues are among the best in the world and mls is catching up having defeated the champion of your beloved english league chelsea.

soon mls and mexico leagues will form a super league to rival the champions league of europe. a league is part of it also. romario the best player of brazil is playing for the miami team as is zinho. lots of top players in all division here in america.

i care.

Anonymous said...

Well said, Hernandez. The euro bias on this supposedly American website is sickening.

I too agree that MLS is quickly emerging as a top worldwide league and that the A league/USL is also very good.

The Mexican League has been a top interntational league for years. The intensity and skills level in Mexico is excellent. Sure the game isn't as fast as in England but I would argue the skill level is much higher and defending is much much better.

Like you, I watch American soccer first and like to also see Mexican games and games from Brazil and Argentina. All of this focus on European leagues and Euro players is flat out hype by the media. The best Mexican and American players through the years have stayed in the CONCACAF region to play their club ball.

Harvey said...

Did you see that goal Zinha scored off the free kick versus PR? That was one world class goal.

Montreal has had a good season, but I think the Raging Rhinos are the team to beat in the playoffs. Miami could be the sleeper sitting at #5.

Anonymous said...

Look for Ben Holligsworth to have a big impact on the Charleston series. He has really improved his game this year for the Battery.

Kartik said...

I never knew so many people cared about the USL. If I had realized that I would have posted more often on the goings on in the league.

The play in USL is of an inferior quality but the league is at least run in professional manner unlike MLS. That's why some top foreign players have come to USL, because of the strange salary structure in MLS and being owned by the league. Most of those good foreign players are gone, but in the old days of the A-league several good international players came and flew under the radar of the soccer media here because they were not in MLS earning scraps.

Anonymous said...

Romario plays in the US? That is news to me.