1995 USISL Pro League

USISL Pro League
Season	1995
Champions	Long Island Rough Riders (1st Title)
Regular Season title	Minnesota Thunder (1st Title)
Matches played	550
Goals scored	2,630 (4.78 per match)
Best Player	Giovanni Savarese Long Island Rough Riders
Top goalscorer	Flávio Ferri San Antonio Pumas (29 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jim Adams Columbus Xoggs
	← NA 1996 →

The 1995 USISL Professional League was the higher of the two outdoor men's leagues run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1995.

Overview

From its beginnings in 1986 as a semi-professional indoor league in the American Southwest, the USISL had grown over the last decade. In 1989, the league added a summer, outdoor competition which had grown in popularity as the indoor league slowly shrank. By 1994, the outdoor season included 69 teams with various levels of professionalism. In 1995, the USISL decided to split the summer schedule into two different leagues, the Professional and the Premier Leagues. The Professional League was fully professional while the Premier League continued to allow amateur and semi-professional teams to compete.

Regular season

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

Coastal Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Long Island Rough Riders	20	18	1	0	1	69	20	+49	45	157
2	Delaware Wizards	20	16	0	0	4	47	22	+25	41	137
3	Jersey Dragons	20	11	1	1	7	48	32	+16	39	111
4	Cape Cod Crusaders	20	11	0	2	7	49	33	+16	35	105
5	Rhode Island Stingrays	20	4	1	2	13	30	56	−26	28	60
6	Baltimore Bays	20	3	1	0	16	29	64	−35	28	50

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Capital Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	New York Fever	20	13	2	0	5	43	22	+21	38	124
2	North Jersey Imperials	20	13	0	1	6	63	35	+28	43	123^[a]
3	Pennsylvania Freedom	20	11	1	1	7	55	44	+11	44	116
4	Albany Alleycats	20	9	0	1	10	48	51	−3	41	97
5	New Hampshire Ramblers	20	9	1	1	9	42	32	+10	35	95
6	Connecticut Wolves	20	8	0	1	11	35	53	−18	29	79
7	Boston Storm	20	3	0	0	17	25	62	−37	24	42

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Bonus points adjusted from 47 to 43?

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Charleston Battery	20	16	1	1	2	58	16	+42	44	146
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	13	1	0	6	59	35	+24	45	127
3	Raleigh Flyers	20	13	1	1	5	49	32	+17	42	126
4	Myrtle Beach Boyz	20	13	0	1	6	51	36	+15	39	119
5	Hampton Roads Mariners	20	12	1	1	6	51	31	+20	41	119
6	Greensboro Dynamo	20	11	0	0	9	55	33	+22	45	111^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Bonus points adjusted from 43 to 45?

Midwest Division

East Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Minnesota Thunder	20	19	0	0	1	72	15	+57	49	163
2	Chicago Stingers	20	11	0	0	9	49	46	+3	39	105
3	St. Louis Knights	20	9	2	0	9	43	42	+1	34	96
4	Cincinnati Cheetahs	20	5	0	2	13	36	50	−14	33	67
5	Detroit Wheels	20	2	0	1	17	25	66	−41	15	29^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Bonus points adjusted from 24 to 15?

West Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Milwaukee Rampage	20	17	0	0	3	63	24	+39	45	147
2	Columbus Xoggz	20	16	1	0	3	62	19	+43	46	146
3	Louisville Thoroughbreds	20	10	1	1	8	50	44	+6	41	107
4	Lexington Bluegrass Bandits	20	7	2	0	11	42	52	−10	39	89
5	Rockford Raptors	20	8	0	1	11	36	36	0	28	78

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Tampa Bay Cyclones	20	16	1	0	3	70	25	+45	47	147
2	Mobile Revelers	20	13	0	2	5	39	21	+18	34	116
3	Chattanooga Railroaders	20	9	1	0	10	50	51	−1	40	98
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	20	7	1	0	12	36	56	−20	32	78
5	Florida Stars	20	8	0	1	11	36	56	−20	26	76

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Central Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	El Paso Patriots	20	15	0	0	5	67	38	+29	51	141
2	DFW Toros	20	13	0	2	5	62	40	+22	44	126
3	New Mexico Chiles	20	13	0	0	7	54	31	+23	42	120
4	San Antonio Pumas	20	12	1	0	7	69	46	+23	44	120
5	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	20	11	1	2	6	41	33	+8	39	113
6	Texas Lightning	20	7	0	0	13	37	65	−28	33	75
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	20	5	1	1	13	32	45	−13	31	67

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Division

North Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Monterey Bay Jaguars	20	14	2	0	4	60	24	+36	46	138
2	Chico Rooks	20	14	0	1	5	58	34	+24	45	131
3	Reno Rattlers	20	12	1	1	6	44	23	+21	37	115
4	CCV Hydra	20	9	0	1	10	42	36	+6	34	90
5	San Francisco Bay Diablos	20	6	0	3	11	43	49	−6	34	76

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Los Angeles Salsa U-23s	20	15	0	0	5	63	34	+29	47	137
2	San Diego Top Guns	20	11	2	0	7	47	32	+15	41	115
3	Valley Golden Eagles	20	11	0	2	7	41	31	+10	34	104
4	Las Vegas Quicksilver	20	3	0	0	17	22	55	−33	22	40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Northwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SW	SL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Hawaii Tsunami	20	17	1	0	2	69	15	+54	48	154
2	Salem Surge	20	14	0	0	6	61	37	+24	47	131
3	Everett Bigfoot	20	11	1	0	8	38	36	+2	32	102
4	Portland Firebirds	20	9	0	3	8	36	30	+6	31	91
5	Yakima Reds	20	4	0	0	16	29	60	−31	27	51

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Northeast Division

First round

August 9, 1995
8:00 PM EST

Pennsylvania Freedom (PA)	0-1	Jersey Dragons (NJ)

United German-Hungarian Club, Oakford, Pennsylvania

August 9, 1995

North Jersey Imperials (NJ)	1-4	Cape Cod Crusaders (MA)
Duane Robinson 49:06'	Report	9:42', 13:24' Ron Murphy 28:03' Jeff Doyle 46:57' Stu McRury

Don Ahern Veteran's Memorial Stadium, Bayonne, New Jersey

Referee: Noel Kenny

Second round

August 12 1995

Delaware Wizards (DE)	5–4 (SO)	Cape Cod Crusaders (WI)
Matt Ford 0:40', 3' Chris Morgan Gary Ross 86' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	Ron Murphy 52' David Johnson 80:57'
Penalties
Rob Smith Gary Ross Franklin McIntosh Kevin Sloan Omid Nazami Chris Morgan	5–4

Hoffman Stadium, Newark, Delaware

Attendance: 3,074

According to the available records, the Delaware Wizards defeated the Cape Cod Crusaders 5-4 (SO).

August 12, 1995
5:00 PM EST

New York Fever (NY)	1-0	Jersey Dragons (NJ)
Carlton Carter 21:58'	Report 1 Report 2

Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York

Attendance: 973

Final

August 18, 1995
5:30 PM EST

New York Fever (NY)	1-0	Delaware Wizards (MA)
Mike Saunders 54'	Report 1

Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York

Attendance: 725

August 20, 1995
5:00 PM EST

Delaware Wizards (MA)	0-2	New York Fever (NY)
	Report	11' Jim McElderry 47' Ian Hennessy

Newark High School, Newark, Delaware

Attendance: 3,118

The New York Fever advanced.

Atlantic Division

August 11, 1995

Charlotte Eagles (NC)	0-2	Raleigh Flyers (NC)
	Report	15' Raimo de Vries Randy Sheen

Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,312

August 12, 1995

Charleston Battery (SC)	0-3	Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
	Report	6:39' Chris Diaz 45' Troy Edwards 57' John Garvey

Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 3,127

Final

August 17, 1995
7:30 PM EST

Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)	1-6	Raleigh Flyers (NC)
Gabe Garcia 44' John Garvey	Report	15:22' Raimo de Vries 35', 42' Alan Prampin 39' Brian Hunter 55', 58' Garth Pollonais

Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Attendance: 1,000

August 19, 1995
7:00 PM EST

Raleigh Flyers (NC)	1-3	Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
Raimo de Vries 24:07'	Report	0:49' Gabe Garcia 12:19' Jimmy McGeough 44:27' Carlos Garcia

Broughton High School, Raleigh, North Carolina

The teams played a mini-game to decide who advanced after finishing the series tied at one game apiece.

August 19, 1995
10:00 PM EST

Raleigh Flyers (NC)	0-2	Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
	Report	7:53', 22:44' John Garvey

Broughton High School, Raleigh, North Carolina

The Myrtle Beach Boyz advanced.

Midwest Division

First round

August 8, 1995
7:30 PM CST

St. Louis Knights (MO)	1-2 OT	Chicago Stingers (IL)
Eric Puls 12'		11' 64:17' Matt Knowles

St. Louis Soccer Park, Fenton, Missouri

August 9, 1995
7:00 PM CST

Columbus Xoggz (OH)	1-1	Louisville Thoroughbreds (KY)
Marty Schafer 11'		48' Marty Schoering 88' Louisville player #13

Xogg houZe, Dublin, Ohio

The game was suspended late in the match due to darkness. On August 10th, the league announced the Xoggz and Thoroughbreds would finish their game on August 11th. The team which won would then immediately play the Milwaukee Rampage in the first game of the second round series. The Thoroughbreds, facing the requirement to make short-notice travel plans in order to play the last few minutes of the suspended game, then play their "home game" in Columbus in the event they won, chose to forfeit instead.

Second round

The Midwest Division second round matchups featured two-game series. All other divisions had single elimination matchups.

August 12, 1995

Chicago Stingers (IL)	0-2	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Steve Morris PK	Report	55', 56' Tony Sanneh

Forest View Park; Arlington Heights, Illinois

Attendance: 1,096

August 13, 1995
7:30 PM CST

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	3-1	Chicago Stingers (IL)
Tony Sanneh Don Gramenz Gerard Lagos	Report	David Richardson

National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 1,567

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the Midwest Division final.

August 11, 1995
6:30 PM EST

Columbus Xoggz (OH)	1-1	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Damian Roden 33'	Report	31' Dan Stebbins
Penalties
Matt Coyer Marty Schafer Stephen Pugh Lord	0-2	Kris Kelderman Steve Provan Rodrigo Gonzalez Dan Stebbins

Xogg houZe, Dublin, Ohio

Attendance: 1,503

August 13, 1995

3:00PM

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	1-0	Columbus Xoggz (OH)
Jason Willan	Report

Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Attendance: 2,107

The Milwaukee Rampage advanced.

Final

August 18, 1995
5:30 PM CST

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-0	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Omar Dalombo 52' Dan Stebbins 62'	Report

Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Attendance: 2,812

August 20, 1995
5:30 PM CST

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	3-2 OT	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Gerard Lagos Magee	Report	Dan Stebbins

National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 2,529

August 20, 1995

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	1-0	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Mario Lone 8:59'	Report

National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 2,529

The Minnesota Thunder advanced.

Southeast Division

August 12, 1995

7:30 PM

Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)	4-1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Rich Biondi 1:44' Adrian Bush 28:58' Mario Yepes 40' Riquelme Caicedo	Report 1 Report 2	11:30' Antonio De Rosa 26' Waldir Barreto

USF Soccer Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 1,400

August 12, 1995

Mobile Revelers (AL)	0-2	Chattanooga Railroaders (TN)
	Report

Attendance: 1,700

Final

August 19, 1995
7:30 PM PST

Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)	3-1	Chattanooga Railroaders (TN)
Mario Yepes 13:23' Junior 16:15' Riquelme Caicedo 47:51'	Report 1 Report 2	1:18' Caleb Suri

USF Soccer Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 2,514

The Tampa Bay Cyclones advanced.

South Central Division

August 12, 1995

El Paso Patriots (TX)	3-2 OT	San Antonio Pumas (TX)
David Stewart 44:12' Steve Guardado 46:13' Cesar Sosa 62:46'	Report	52:54' (pen.) Flavio Ferri 59:59' Alex Matturro

Dudley Field, El Paso, Texas

Attendance: 3,823

August 12, 1995

New Mexico Chiles (NM)	7-2	DFW Toros (TX)
Blaine LeGere 9:07' Richard Farrer 12' Jeff Gregorio 45:47' Richie Louis Mochtar Abukusumo	Report	Dmitriakov Hernandez

Milne Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Attendance: 4,877

Final

August 17, 1995
7:30 PM MST

New Mexico Chiles (NM)	3-0	El Paso Patriots (TX)
Richard Farrer 18:03' PK' Richie Louis 23' (pen.)	Report	Gabino Amparan

Wilson Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Attendance: 3,529

August 20, 1995
2:00 PM CST

El Paso Patriots (TX)	1-2	New Mexico Chiles (NM)
Rito Delgado 46:42'	Report 1 Report 2	21', 37' Richard Farrer

Dudley Field, El Paso, Texas

Attendance: 2,000

The New Mexico Chiles advanced to the Sizzlin' Nine Tournament.

Western Division

First round

August 9, 1995

Chico Rooks (CA)	1-2	Reno Rattlers (NV)
Scott Wulferdingen 15'	Report 1 Report 2	35' Thies Carstons 51' Roberto Solano

Durham High School Stadium, Durham, California

Attendance: 2,215

Second round

August 12, 1995

Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)	2-1	Reno Rattlers (NV)
Paul Bravo 13' Randy Mann 60+6'	[1] [2]	19' Thies Carstena

Carl Connelly Stadium, Aptos, California

Attendance: 900

August 12, 1995

Los Angeles Salsa U-23's (CA)	5-1	San Diego Top Guns (CA)
	Report

Attendance: 900

Final

August 19, 1995
7:30 PM PST

Los Angeles Salsa U-23's (CA)	2-3	Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)
57'	[3] [4]	45' Paul Bravo 56' Randy Mann 58' Rhett Harty

Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California

Attendance: 1,100

August 20, 1995
7:30 PM PST

Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)	2-1 OT	Los Angeles Salsa U-23's (CA)
Jeff Baicher 51' (pen.) Ryan Collins 67'	[5] [6]	48' Joe Flanagan

Carl Connelly Stadium, Aptos, California

Attendance: 1,000

The Monterey Bay Jaguars advanced.

Northwest Division

August 12, 1995

Cascade Surge (OR)	3-2	Everett BigFoot (WA)
Victor Sanhueza 21:50' Byron Alvarez 35:56', 51:29'	[7] [8]	17:01' Craig Beeson 49:48' Chris McDonald

McCulloch Stadium, Salem, Oregon

Attendance: 2,542 or 2,543 or 3,200

Referee: Tom Ward

Final

August 19, 1995
7:30 PST

Hawaii Tsunami (HI)	2-0	Cascade Surge (OR)
Peter Woodring 14', 24:47'	[9] [10]

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Attendance: 4,500

The Hawaii Tsunami advanced.

Sizzlin' Nine Championship

The Sizzlin' Nine Championship was a three-group round robin tournament featuring nine teams. The Long Island Rough Riders received a bye into the Sizzlin' Nine Championship. The other eight teams were the seven divisional champions and the divisional finals runner-up with the highest total points during the regular season. Each of the three groups played at a single location. The top four teams then advanced to the playoff semifinals.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Long Island Rough Riders	2	2	0	6	2	+4
2	Monterey Bay Jaguars	2	1	1	9	3	+6
3	New Mexico Chiles	2	0	2	2	12	−10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 29, 1995
7:30 PM EST

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	2-1	Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)
Giovanni Savarese 46:47' Mike Masters 52:12'	Report	26:16' Paul Bravo

Mitchel Park, Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 2,478

August 30, 1995
7:30 PM EST

Monterey Bay Jaguars (CA)	8-1	New Mexico Chiles (NM)
Paul Bravo 11' Jeff Baicher Curt Cox Randy Mann Chris Beeson 60'	Report	55' Blaine LeGere

Mitchel Park, Uniondale, New York

August 31, 1995
7:30 PM EST

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	4-1	New Mexico Chiles (NM)
Giovanni Savarese Cordt Weinstein	Report	Richie Louis

Mitchel Park, Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 2,681

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Minnesota Thunder	2	2	0	4	1	+3
2	New York Fever	2	1	1	2	2	0
3	Hawaii Tsunami	2	0	2	0	3	−3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 29, 1995
5:45 PM EST

New York Fever (NY)	1-0	Hawaii Tsunami (HI)
	Report
Penalties
Peter Vermes John DeBrito	2-0	Billy Thompson Jerry Proctor Cris Gilmore Samuel Ekeme

Barrett Stadium, Valhalla, New York

Attendance: 992

When the game ended in a tie, the referee chose to go directly to penalty kicks because the field had no lights and it was difficult to see.

August 30, 1995
5:45 PM EST

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	2-0	Hawaii Tsunami (HI)
Amos Magee 33:30' Tony Sanneh	Report

Barrett Stadium, Valhalla, New York

Attendance: 200

August 31, 1995
5:45 PM EST

New York Fever (NY)	2-1	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Ian Hennessy 14'		25' Tony Sanneh
Penalties
Jim McElderry Peter Vermes John DeBrito	3-4	Tony Sanneh Don Gramenz Manny Lagos Matt Holmes

Barrett Stadium, Valhalla, New York

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Tampa Bay Cyclones	2	1	1	7	6	+1
2	Myrtle Beach Boyz	2	1	1	7	7	0
3	Milwaukee Rampage	2	1	1	5	6	−1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 28, 1995
7:00 PM EST

Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)	3-5	Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)
Carlos Garcia 8:01' David Mallick 34' John Garvey 58:08' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	8:15', 53' Adrian Bush 11:17' (pen.) Andy Zorovich 25:07' Eric Ravndal 59:48' Riquelme Caicedo

Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Attendance: 1,000

August 29, 1995
7:00 PM EST

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	3-2	Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)
Omar Dalombo 3' Dan Stebbins 14' Jason Willan 23'		27' Harold Ooft 28' Riquelme Caicedo

Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

August 30, 1995
7:00 PM EST

Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)	4-2	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Gerard Gregoire 12:30' John Garvey 31:20' Carlos Garcia 37:58', 46'	Report	28', 44:48' Omar Dalombo

Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Attendance: 750

Semi-finals

September 2, 1995
5:00 PM EST

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	3-2 OT	Myrtle Beach Boyz (SC)
Amos Magee 6:19' Manny Lagos 59:32' Don Gramenz 62:30'	Report	16:19', 52:49' John Garvey

Mitchel Park, Uniondale, New York

September 2, 1995
7:30 PM EST

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	5-2	Tampa Bay Cyclones (FL)
Giovanni Savarese 12', 22', 25' Kevin Anderson 43' Cordt Weinstein 47'	Report	9', 41' Rich Biondi

Mitchel Park, Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 3,425

Final

September 4, 1995
4:00 PM EST

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	2-1	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Chris Armas 29:16' Giovanni Savarese 59:54'	(Report) Report 2	33' Amos Magee

Mitchel Park, Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 4,118

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Flavio Ferri	San Antonio Pumas	19	29	8	66
2	Rito Delgado	El Paso Patriots	18	26	11	61
3	Paul Young	Charleston Battery	19	23	9	55
4	Giovanni Savarese	Long Island Rough Riders	20	23	8	54
5	Darren Eales	Hampton Roads Mariners	19	24	4	52
6	Ivailo Ilarionov	Chattanooga Railroaders	15	18	14	50
7	Billy Thompson	Hawaii Tsunami	14	21	7	49
8	Duane Robinson	New Jersey Imperials	17	21	5	47
9	Manny Lagos	Minnesota Thunder	17	19	7	45
10	John van Buskirk	Louisville Thoroughbreds	19	21	3	44