1994 U.S. Interregional Soccer League (outdoor) season explained

The 1994 United States Interregional Soccer League was an outdoor season run by the United States Interregional Soccer League.

Regular season

Schedule

Each team had a 20-game schedule, with two games counting as Designated Makeup Games (DMGs). DMGs are plugged in for any game that was cancelled during the season.

Scoring

Teams in the Northeast and Midwest have points that reflect the addition of a 1-point corner kick bonus per game. The standings published by the USISL list only the wins, losses, goals scored, goals allowed and total points. They do not provide the number of wins or losses that came through shootouts. They also do not provide the number of bonus points coming from goals or corner kicks.^{[1] [2]}

• 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 and Midwest Division teams received one point per corner kick each game.

Northeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Long Island Rough Riders	18	13	5	35	19	+16	117
2	Jersey Dragons	18	12	6	39	23	+16	110^[3]
3		18	10	8	39	25	+14	98
4		18	10	8	28	25	+3	98
5		18	9	9	28	25	+3	89
6		18	7	11	29	33	-4	82
7		18	5	13	24	47	-23	65
8		18	6	12	14	32	-18	59
9		18	6	12	21	36	-15	58

Atlantic Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Greensboro Dynamo	18	16	2	60	22	+38	143
2	Charleston Battery	18	14	4	36	15	+21	111
3		18	10	8	44	32	+12	95
4		18	9	9	33	33	0	90
5		18	10	8	32	27	+5	84
6		18	9	9	32	39	-7	82
7		18	11	7	33	29	+4	80^[4]
8		18	6	12	26	39	-13	59
9		18	4	14	21	43	-22	44

Southeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Cocoa Expos	17	16	1	69	13	+56	128
2	Atlanta Magic	17	11	6	44	36	+8	104
3		17	11	6	65	39	+26	97^[5]
4		17	7	10	50	46	+4	81
5		18	6	12	37	48	-11	73^[6]
6		17	5	12	25	53	-28	53
7	South Florida Flamingos	17	3	14	19	80	-61	37

Midwest Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Minnesota Thunder	18	18	0	61	14	+47	170
2	Milwaukee Rampage	18	16	2	81	18	+63	161
3		18	11	7	39	37	+2	112
4		18	11	7	46	37	+9	108
5		18	9	9	35	38	-3	98
6		18	10	8	36	34	+2	98
7	Des Moines Menace	18	5	13	37	46	-9	63
8	Cincinnati Cheetas	18	5	13	38	40	-2	59
9	Sioux City Breeze	18	1	17	15	64	-49	23

Midsouth Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Louisville Thoroughbreds	18	13	5	53	35	+18	114
2	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	18	12	6	38	23	+15	107
3		18	13	5	36	19	+17	104
4		18	10	8	32	25	+7	87
5		18	7	11	43	43	0	78
6		18	4	14	22	62	-40	45
7	Chattanooga Express	18	5	13	16	45	-29	36
8	Memphis Jackals	11	2	9	19	34	-15	29

South Central Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Tulsa Roughnecks	18	16	2	52	18	+44	132
2	DFW Toros	18	12	6	51	40	+11	112
3		18	11	7	53	30	+23	107
4		18	11	7	60	31	+29	103
5		17	10	7	62	51	+11	97
6		18	9	9	39	48	-9	86
7	Oklahoma City Slickers	18	4	14	28	57	-29	46
8	Wichita Blue Angels	17	0	17	16	119	-103	16

Southwest Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	East Los Angeles Cobras	18	16	2	70	32	+38	147
2	El Paso Patriots	18	13	5	57	28	+29	120^[7]
3		18	12	6	48	40	+8	110
4		18	10	8	40	34	+6	94
5		18	7	11	49	33	+16	79
6		18	7	11	44	43	+1	75
7	New Mexico Chiles	18	7	11	32	48	-16	66
8	Las Vegas Quicksilver	18	3	15	31	84	-53	48
9	San Diego Top Guns	9	4	5	16	19	+3	37

Pacific Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	San Francisco United All-Blacks	18	15	3	59	20	+39	134
2		18	14	4	55	29	+26	125
3		18	13	5	62	31	+31	122
4		18	12	6	43	30	+13	108
5		18	10	8	42	48	-6	92^[8]
6		18	9	9	42	28	+14	85
7		18	7	11	38	45	-7	71
8		18	3	15	24	77	-53	40
9		18	2	16	21	61	-40	32
10		18	2	16	20	63	-43	31

Playoffs

Northeast Division

The game remained tied through two overtime periods. The Long Island Rough Riders advanced due to their 4-2 advantage in corner kicks.

Final

The Long Island Rough Riders advanced.

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Atlantic Division

Final

The Charleston Battery advanced.

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Southeast Division

Final

• With the series tied at one game each, the Expos and Magic played a mini-game to determine who would advance.

The Cocoa Expos advanced.

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Midwest Division

Final

The Minnesota Thunder advanced.

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Midsouth Division

Final

The Birmingham Grasshoppers advanced.

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South Central Division

Final

The DFW Toros advanced.

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Southwest Division

Final

• With the series tied at one game apiece, the Cobras and Valley Eagles played a minigame to determine who advanced.

The East Los Angeles Cobras advanced.

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Pacific Division

Final

• With the series tied at one game apiece, Chico and North Bay played a mini-game to determine who would advance.

The Chico Rooks advanced.

Sizzlin' Nine Championship

Greensboro Group

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Greensboro Dynamo	2	0	14	3	+11
2	DFW Toros	1	1	6	9	-3
3		0	2	2	10	-8

• Greensboro Dynamo defeated Birmingham Grasshoppers 6-1
• DFW Toros defeated Birmingham Grasshoppers 4-1
• Greensboro Dynamo defeated DFW Toros 8-2

Charlotte Group

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Charleston Battery	2	0	9	2	+7
2	Cocoa Expos	1	1	8	4	+4
3		0	2	0	11	-11

• Charleston defeated Cocoa 4-2
• Charleston defeated Chico 5-0
• Cocoa defeated Chico 6-0

Raleigh Group

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Long Island Rough Riders	1	1	10	6	+4
2	Minnesota Thunder	1	1	6	5	+1
3		1	1	5	10	-5

• East Los Angeles Cobras defeated Minnesota Thunder 3-2 (SO)
• Long Island Rough Riders defeated East Los Angeles Cobras 8-2

Semi-finals

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Chris Veselka		13	30	14	74
2	Richard Sharpe	Cocoa Expos	15	33	6	72
3	Joey Kirk	Milwaukee Rampage	18	24	11	59
4	A. J. Jones	Texas Lightning	14	22	9	53
Brian McBride	Milwaukee Rampage	15	18	17	53
6	Manny Lagos		17	18	9	45
7	Tony Sanneh	Milwaukee Rampage	17	14	14	42
Salvador Mercado	El Paso Patriots	18	20	2	42
8	Sheikh N'Dure	Florida Stars	18	17	7	41
9	Jason Haupt	Greensboro Dynamo	18	15	10	40
10	Jeff Baicher	CCV Hydra	16	17	2	36
11	Leonel Suazo	Washington Mustangs	12	17	0	34
Mark Weidner	Birmingham Grasshoppers	16			34
Andrew Ziemer	North Bay Breakers	16			34

Honors

• MVP: Manny Lagos
• Points leader: Chris Veselka, Austin Lone Stars (74 points)
• Goals leader: Richard Sharpe, Cocoa Expos (33 goals)
• Assist Leader: Wayne Lobring, Louisville Thoroughbreds (21 assists)
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Kyle Krpata
• Coach of the Year: Tim Hankinson

External links

• United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)
• The Year in American Soccer – 1994
• Divisional finals

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usisl.html Outdoor scoring system (1989–1995)
2. Web site: 2013 USL Media Guide – compare 1993 and 1994 PDL standings with the 1992 and 1995 PDL standings. . 2013-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207053310/http://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/2013%20USL%20Media%20Guide_Web.pdf . 2013-12-07 . dead .
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