2006 United Soccer Leagues

The 2006 Season was the 20th edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

General

• Miami FC joined the First Division.
• The Richmond Kickers departed the First Division for the Second Division.
• The Northern Virginia Royals departed the Second Division for the Premier Development League (PDL).
• 9 new teams joined the PDL while 5 teams folded, for a complete list see here.

Honors

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Vancouver Whitecaps	Rochester Raging Rhinos	Montreal Impact
USL Second Division	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond Kickers
USL PDL	Michigan Bucks	Laredo Heat	Carolina Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup	Chicago Fire (MLS)	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	Carolina Dynamo (PDL)

Standings

First Division

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	H2H Pts
1	Montreal Impact	51	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	50	28	13	4	11	34	21	+13
3	Charleston Battery	46	28	13	8	7	33	25	+8	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	46	28	12	6	10	40	28	+12
5	Miami FC	39	28	11	11	6	47	44	+3
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	38	36	+2
7	Seattle Sounders	37	28	11	13	4	42	48	−6
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	35	28	10	13	5	36	42	−6
9	Virginia Beach Mariners	32	28	8	12	8	26	37	−11	VBM: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
10	Toronto Lynx	32	28	8	12	8	30	36	−6
11	Portland Timbers	27	28	7	15	6	25	39	−14	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts
12	Minnesota Thunder	27	28	7	15	6	34	45	−11

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and Semifinals 2-game aggregate
Higher seeded team hosted first game

• Exception: Montreal hosted second game vs Vancouver

	First Round							Semifinals							Final
								1	Montreal Impact	0	0	0
	4	Vancouver Whitecaps	4	2	6			4	Vancouver Whitecaps (aet)	0	2	2
	5	Miami FC	1	0	1										2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	0
															4	Vancouver Whitecaps	3
								2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1
	3	Charleston Battery	2	1	3			3	Charleston Battery	0	0	0
	6	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	0	2

Second Division

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Richmond Kickers	20	13	3	4	50	20	+30	43
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	8	4	8	29	27	+2	32
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	8	6	6	27	20	+7	30
4	Cincinnati Kings	20	9	8	3	28	27	+1	30
5	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	9	10	1	27	43	-16	27^1
6	Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	9	3	31	28	+3	27
7	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	8	9	3	34	35	-1	27
8	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	4	9	7	30	31	-1	19
9	Long Island Rough Riders	20	3	12	5	15	40	-25	14

¹New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Richmond Kickers	2	0	2
	4	Cincinnati Kings	1	0	1
								1	Richmond Kickers	2
								2	Charlotte Eagles	1
	3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0	1	1
	2	Charlotte Eagles	4	2	6

Premier Development League

• See 2006 PDL Season

See also

• United Soccer Leagues

External links

• Official USL Site