2012 USL Pro season explained

Competition:	USL Pro
Season:	2012
Winners:	Charleston Battery
Shieldtitle:	Commissioner's Cup
Shield:	Orlando City SC
Matches:	132
Total Goals:	330
League Topscorer:	Dennis Chin (11)
Biggest Home Win:	CHB 4, ANT 0 (May 4) HAR 4, DDL 0 (May 19) DDL 4, WIL 0 (June 23) ORL 4, ROC 0 (July 14) ORL 4, CHB 0 (July 27) CHE 4, ANT 0 (August 4)
Biggest Away Win:	ORL 4, LAB 0 (July 8) CHB 4, ROC 0 (August 11)
Highest Scoring:	WIL 4, LAB 2 (June 30) ORL 4, HAR 2 (August 1)
Longest Wins:	6 games: ROC (April 14 – May 12)
Longest Unbeaten:	14 games: ORL (June 9 – August 17)
Longest Winless:	12 games: DDL (April 13 – June 17)
Longest Losses:	8 games: ANT (April 28 – June 29)
Highest Attendance:	8,932 ORL vs DDL (August 17)
Lowest Attendance:	200 LAB vs WIL (May 4)
Average Attendance:	2,777
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 USL Pro season was the 26th season of third-division soccer in the United States,^[1] and the second season of USL Pro.The season started with 11 teams. FC New York self-relegated to the National Premier Soccer League prior to the release of the schedule. The final weekend of the regular season was August 17–19.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium
Antigua Barracuda	St. John's, Antigua	Stanford Cricket Ground
Charleston Battery	Charleston, South Carolina	Blackbaud Stadium
Charlotte Eagles	Charlotte, North Carolina	Restart Field
Dayton Dutch Lions	Bellbrook, Ohio	Miami Valley South Stadium
Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Los Angeles Blues	Fullerton, California	Titan Stadium
Orlando City SC	Orlando, Florida	Citrus Bowl
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Bridgeville, Pennsylvania	Chartiers Valley High School
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia
Rochester Rhinos	Rochester, New York
Wilmington Hammerheads	Wilmington, North Carolina	Legion Stadium

Personal and Kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Captain	Jersey manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Antigua Barracuda		Joma	None
Charleston Battery		Umbro	avVenta
Charlotte Eagles		Admiral	Coca-Cola
Dayton Dutch Lions		Under Armour	Scoutforall.com
Harrisburg City Islanders		Nike	Capital Blue Cross/Snickers
Los Angeles Blues		Nike	Marriott
Orlando City SC	Ian Fuller	Umbro	Orlando Health/Legoland Florida
Pittsburgh Riverhounds		Umbro	1 Cochran
Richmond Kickers		Adidas	Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.
Rochester Rhinos		Umbro	Non-Smoking Coalition
Wilmington Hammerheads		Umbro	New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Transfers

For full list, see List of USL Pro transfers 2012.

Results table

Color Key: Home Away Win Loss Draw <
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24<	--Win : bgcolor=#DFE7FF	scoreLoss: bgcolor=#FFDFDF	scoreDraw: bgcolor=#FFFFDD	score-->
Antigua Barracuda FC (ANT)	PIT	PIT	CHE	CHE	WIL	CHB	ORL	ORL	CHB	ORL	CHB	CHB	ROC	HAR	LAB	LAB	PIT	DAY	RIC	CHE	LAB	LAB	RIC	RIC
Antigua Barracuda FC (ANT)	0–1	3–1	3–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1
Charleston Battery (CHB)	RIC	RIC	CHE	PIT	ANT	ROC	LAB	PIT	DAY	ORL	ANT	HAR	ANT	ANT	CHE	CHE	WIL	ORL	ORL	WIL	WIL	HAR	ROC	DAY
Charleston Battery (CHB)	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–4	2–2	1–2	0–3	4–0	0–0
Charlotte Eagles (CHE)	ORL	DAY	CHB	HAR	ANT	ANT	HAR	ROC	ROC	WIL	ORL	RIC	RIC	LAB	CHB	CHB	PIT	WIL	RIC	RIC	ANT	PIT	DAY	WIL
Charlotte Eagles (CHE)	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	3–0	2–2	1–0
Dayton Dutch Lions (DDL)	CHE	PIT	ROC	RIC	LAB	ROC	HAR	ROC	CHB	PIT	LAB	LAB	WIL	ORL	PIT	ROC	HAR	HAR	WIL	RIC	ANT	CHE	ORL	CHB
Dayton Dutch Lions (DDL)	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0
Harrisburg City Islanders (HAR)	CHE	WIL	CHE	RIC	PIT	DAY	ROC	RIC	WIL	ROC	ORL	CHB	ROC	PIT	ANT	DAY	DAY	PIT	LAB	ORL	CHB	RIC	LAB	LAB
Harrisburg City Islanders (HAR)	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–0
Los Angeles Blues (LAB)	ROC	ROC	WIL	WIL	DAY	PIT	ORL	CHB	DAY	DAY	CHE	WIL	RIC	ORL	ORL	ANT	ANT	ROC	HAR	PIT	ANT	ANT	HAR	HAR
Los Angeles Blues (LAB)	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–4	0–1	0–1	0–4	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1
Orlando City SC (ORL)	CHE	WIL	RIC	RIC	PIT	ANT	ANT	LAB	CHE	WIL	CHB	ANT	HAR	DAY	PIT	LAB	LAB	ROC	CHB	WIL	CHB	HAR	ROC	DAY
Orlando City SC (ORL)	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	4–2	1–0	1–1
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PIT)	ANT	ANT	DAY	CHB	WIL	ORL	LAB	HAR	RIC	CHB	DAY	ROC	WIL	ORL	DAY	HAR	RIC	CHE	HAR	ROC	ANT	LAB	CHE	ROC
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PIT)	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	0–3	0–1
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	CHB	CHB	ORL	ORL	DAY	HAR	PIT	WIL	HAR	ROC	CHE	WIL	CHE	ROC	LAB	WIL	PIT	DAY	CHE	CHE	ANT	HAR	ANT	ANT
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2
Rochester Rhinos (ROC)	LAB	LAB	DAY	CHE	CHE	CHB	DAY	HAR	DAY	RIC	WIL	HAR	PIT	RIC	HAR	ANT	DAY	WIL	ORL	PIT	LAB	ORL	CHB	PIT
Rochester Rhinos (ROC)	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–4	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–0
Wilmington Hammerheads (WIL)	ORL	HAR	PIT	ANT	LAB	LAB	CHE	RIC	ORL	ROC	HAR	RIC	PIT	DAY	LAB	RIC	ROC	CHB	DAY	CHE	ORL	CHB	CHB	CHE
Wilmington Hammerheads (WIL)	1–4	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–4	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1

USL Pro published schedule and results.^[2] ^[3]

Playoffs

The 2012 USL Pro Playoffs included the top six finishers in the table, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receiving a first-round bye on August 25. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams was played the following weekend, with the 2012 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 7–9. All playoff rounds featured a single-game knockout format.

Championship Game MVP: Jose Cuevas (CHB)

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dennis Chin	Orlando City SC	11
2	Nicki Paterson	Charleston Battery	10
3	Corey Hertzog	Wilmington Hammerheads	9
3	Matt Luzunaris	Orlando City SC	9
5	Andriy Budnyy	Wilmington Hammerheads	8
6	Jose Cuevas	Charleston Battery	7
6	Lucky Mkosana	Harrisburg City Islanders	7
8	Bright Dike	Los Angeles Blues	6
	Matt Kassel	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
	Darryl Roberts	Charlotte Eagles

Source:^[4]

Top goalkeepers

(Minimum of 1080 Minutes Played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	MINS	SVS	GA	GAA	W-L-T	SHO
1	Miguel Gallardo	Orlando City SC	21	1845	53	16	0.780	14-0-6	8
2	Kristian Nicht	Rochester Rhinos	22	1890	86	20	0.909	12-6-4	11
3	Andrew Dykstra	Charleston Battery	20	1800	57	20	1.000	11-7-2	9
4	Eric Reed	Charlotte Eagles	21	1890	64	21	1.000	9-9-1	7
5	Ronnie Pascale	Richmond Kickers	24	2154	95	27	1.128	11-8-5	7
6	Matt Williams	Dayton Dutch Lions	24	2147	115	29	1.215	4-10-10	5
7	Nick Noble	Harrisburg City Islanders	23	2050	70	29	1.273	9-7-7	8
8	Alex Horwath	Wilmington Hammerheads	24	2160	85	32	1.333	11-7-6	7
9	Hunter Gilstrap	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	22	1980	92	35	1.590	4-13-5	3
10	Molvin James	Antigua Barracuda	15	1268	56	33	2.342	3-9-1	0

Source:^[4]

League awards

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Most Valuable Player: Kevin Molino (ORL)
Rookie of the Year: Jose Cuevas (CHB)
Defender of the Year: Troy Roberts (ROC)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Kristian Nicht (ROC)
Coach of the Year: Adrian Heath (ORL)

All-League Teams

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First Team

F: Dennis Chin (ORL), Jose Cuevas (CHB), Corey Hertzog (WIL)
M: J.C. Banks (ROC), Kevin Molino (ORL), Nicki Paterson (CHB)
D: Josh Rife (CHE), Troy Roberts (ROC), Rob Valentino (ORL), William Yomby (RIC)
G: Kristian Nicht (ROC)

Second Team

F: Bright Dike (LAB), Matt Luzunaris (ORL), Lucky Mkosana (HAR)
M: Joel DeLass (DDL), Matt Kassel (PIT), Bryce Taylor (WIL)
D: Kieron Bernard (ORL), Erlys Garcia (LAB), Quentin Griffith (ANT), Jerome Mechack (ORL)
G: Miguel Gallardo (ORL)

Notes and References

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Web site: Schedule/Results . April 30, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150207061230/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/schedules/index_E.html . February 7, 2015 . dead .
Web site: USL PRO – Top 10 Stats Leaders . September 10, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015428/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/stats/index_E.html . August 16, 2013 .
Web site: USL PRO Awards Winners Announced . September 7, 2012 . United Soccer Leagues . September 7, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021224426/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/661366.html . October 21, 2012 .
Web site: All-League Teams Announced . September 4, 2012 . United Soccer Leagues . September 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103175641/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/660191.html . January 3, 2014 .