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The 2005 Season was the 19th edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.
General [ edit ]
First Division [ edit ]
^ a b POR: 4 pts; RIC: 1 pt
Playoffs [ edit ]
Each round except the final was a two-game aggregate goal series decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out immediately following the second game of the series, if necessary. The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker. Tournament was re-seeded after the first round.
Quarterfinals [ edit ]
Richmond Kickers won 5–4 on Penalty kicks after tying both games 0–0.
Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.
Semifinals [ edit ]
Richmond Kickers won 4–2 on Aggregate.
Seattle Sounders won 4–3 on Aggregate.
Awards and All-League Teams [ edit ]
First Team
F: Fabian Dawkins (Atlanta Silverbacks ); Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps ) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer ); Mauricio Salles (Puerto Rico Islanders )
M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Portland Timbers ); Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact ); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps ); Kirk Wilson (Rochester Raging Rhinos )
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact ); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders ) (Defender of the Year ); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers )
G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact ) (Goalkeeper of the Year )
Coach: Nick De Santis (Montreal Impact ) (Coach of the Year )
Second Team
F: Dan Antoniuk (Portland Timbers ); Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder ); Melvin Tarley (Minnesota Thunder )
M: Darren Caskey (Virginia Beach Mariners ); Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder ); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks ); Petter Villegas (Puerto Rico Islanders ))
D: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery ); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers ); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact )
G: Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders )
Second Division [ edit ]
Playoffs [ edit ]
Semifinals [ edit ]
Western Mass Pioneers won 3–2 on Aggregate.
Charlotte Eagles won 4–2 on Aggregate.
Charlotte lost 0-1 and then on the second leg won 2-1. The tied series in aggregate then went into overtime periods where Charlotte scored 2 goals.[1] [2]
Premier Development League [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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Note: There is no clear information from CSA about tier of U.S. based leagues which have Canadian clubs. In terms of historical information, they have been deployed as tier 2 league as USSF have done.