USL First Division · United States · level 2

1999

Honors
champion Minnesota Thunder
mvp John Swallen
golden boot Niall Thompson

367 games 3.40 goals / game 2,412 avg. attendance

Standings

team GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Rochester Rhinos 28 22 6 92 47 20 3.29 2.35
San Diego Flash 28 20 8 90 65 30 3.21 2.17
Minnesota Thunder 28 22 6 88 57 17 3.14 3.35
Vancouver 86ers 28 19 9 84 77 31 3.00 2.48
Staten Island Vipers 28 19 9 82 53 31 2.93 1.71
Seattle Sounders 28 19 9 81 56 36 2.89 1.56
Hershey Wildcats 28 17 11 75 54 33 2.68 1.64
Long Island Rough Riders 28 18 10 74 57 44 2.64 1.30
Orange County Zodiac 28 17 11 73 59 49 2.61 1.20
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 16 12 72 63 43 2.57 1.47
Richmond Kickers 28 17 11 69 51 44 2.46 1.16
Nike Project-40 28 17 11 66 44 46 2.36 0.96
New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 28 14 14 66 56 61 2.36 0.92
Lehigh Valley Steam 28 15 13 63 42 44 2.25 0.95
Charleston Battery 28 15 13 62 43 39 2.21 1.10
Boston Bulldogs 28 12 16 61 49 36 2.18 1.36
Atlanta Silverbacks 28 15 13 59 51 61 2.11 0.84
Jacksonville Cyclones 28 13 15 59 51 61 2.11 0.84
Virginia Beach Mariners 28 15 13 57 45 41 2.04 1.10
Indiana Blast 28 13 15 55 43 51 1.96 0.84
El Paso Patriots 28 12 16 55 49 59 1.96 0.83
Milwaukee Rampage 28 13 15 54 44 49 1.93 0.90
Toronto Lynx 28 12 16 51 49 36 1.82 1.36
Tennessee Rhythm 28 11 17 49 44 52 1.75 0.85
Raleigh Flyers 28 11 17 47 32 50 1.68 0.64
San Francisco Bay Seals 28 9 19 40 37 54 1.43 0.69
Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 7 21 34 45 71 1.21 0.63
Connecticut Wolves 28 7 21 34 32 68 1.21 0.47
Maryland Mania 28 3 25 13 16 85 0.46 0.19
Sacramento Geckos 28 0 28 1 16 91 0.04 0.18

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Mark Baena 20
  2. Niall Thompson 20
  3. Steve Patterson 19
  4. Eduardo Sebrango-Rodriguez 18
  5. Ernest Inneh 18
  6. Darko Kolic 17
  7. Greg Simmonds 16
  8. Patrick Beech 16
  9. Carlos Farías 15
  10. Jamel Mitchell 15

Assists

  1. Ive Sulentic 19
  2. Justin Evans 14
  3. Dan Stebbins 12
  4. Mugurel Dumitru 12
  5. Eduardo Sebrango-Rodriguez 10
  6. Darko Kolic 9
  7. Jamel Mitchell 9
  8. Morgan Zeba 9
  9. Randy Merkel 9
  10. Chris DaSilva 8

Appearances

  1. Andreas Maier 28
  2. Andrew Guastaferro 28
  3. Anthony Latronica 28
  4. Benjamin Fisher 28
  5. Bo Oshoniyi 28
  6. Brian Ashton 28
  7. Chris Scrofani 28
  8. Gabriel Valencia-Jimenez 28
  9. Gary Glasgow 28
  10. Ian Russell 28

Most recent games

all games

date season round team score team venue referee attendance sources
Oct. 11, 1999 1999 sf Hershey Wildcats 1 - 3 Rochester Rhinos Rochester, NY 7753 2
Oct. 9, 1999 1999 sf Hershey Wildcats 0 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Rochester, NY 9024 1
Oct. 7, 1999 1999 sf Minnesota Thunder 2 - 1 San Diego Flash San Diego, CA 2983 2
Oct. 3, 1999 1999 sf Hershey Wildcats 2 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Hershey, PA 1749 1
Oct. 2, 1999 1999 sf Minnesota Thunder 4 - 1 San Diego Flash Blaine, MN 2072 1
Sept. 28, 1999 1999 qf Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0 - 2 Rochester Rhinos Rochester, NY 6541 2
Sept. 25, 1999 1999 qf San Diego Flash 1 - 0 Seattle Sounders Renton, WA 4426 1
Sept. 6, 1999 1999 Seattle Sounders 0 - 1 Vancouver 86ers Burnaby, BC 5605 1
Sept. 6, 1999 1999 Charleston Battery 2 - 1 Hershey Wildcats Charleston, SC 3330 1
Sept. 6, 1999 1999 Nike Project-40 3 - 4 San Francisco Bay Seals San Francisco, CA 1235 1
Sept. 6, 1999 1999 Lehigh Valley Steam 1 - 1 Virginia Beach Mariners Virginia Beach, VA 2294 1
Sept. 6, 1999 1999 Rochester Rhinos 3 - 0 Staten Island Vipers Rochester, NY 11706 1
Sept. 5, 1999 1999 Lehigh Valley Steam 2 - 2 Richmond Kickers Richmond, VA 3068 1
Sept. 5, 1999 1999 Milwaukee Rampage 1 - 2 Minnesota Thunder Milwaukee, WI 4289 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Boston Bulldogs 3 - 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Bethel Park, PA 4024 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Charleston Battery 0 - 2 Raleigh Flyers Raleigh, NC — 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 El Paso Patriots 2 - 6 Orange County Zodiac El Paso, TX 2046 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Seattle Sounders 1 - 1 Vancouver 86ers Renton, WA 3105 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Nike Project-40 3 - 0 Sacramento Geckos Sacramento, CA 120 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Maryland Mania 0 - 5 Virginia Beach Mariners Arnold, MD 153 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Jacksonville Cyclones 4 - 3 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Metarie, LA — 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Staten Island Vipers 0 - 2 Toronto Lynx Toronto, ON 4544 1
Sept. 4, 1999 1999 Atlanta 3 - 1 Tennessee Rhythm Dekalb, GA — 1
Sept. 3, 1999 1999 Hershey Wildcats 4 - 0 Richmond Kickers Hershey, PA 4526 1
Sept. 3, 1999 1999 Milwaukee Rampage 0 - 3 Minnesota Thunder Blaine, MN 3550 1

Awards

award winner
Champion Minnesota Thunder
Coach of the Year Paul Riley
Defender of the Year Scott Schweitzer
Goalkeeper of the Year John Swallen
MVP John Swallen
Rookie of the Year Greg Simmonds

Where the minutes came from

United States: 65,632 minutes, 7.7%United States: 65,632 minutes, 7.7%Canada: 25,592 minutes, 3.0%Montserrat: 1,310 minutes, 0.2%Scotland: 4,081 minutes, 0.5%England: 12,819 minutes, 1.5%Trinidad and Tobago: 902 minutes, 0.1%Trinidad and Tobago: 902 minutes, 0.1%Sweden: 1,838 minutes, 0.2%South Africa: 525 minutes, 0.1%Serbia: 4,021 minutes, 0.5%Serbia: 4,021 minutes, 0.5%Poland: 934 minutes, 0.1%Mexico: 1,637 minutes, 0.2%Jamaica: 6,692 minutes, 0.8%Italy: 1,839 minutes, 0.2%Italy: 1,839 minutes, 0.2%Italy: 1,839 minutes, 0.2%Italy: 1,839 minutes, 0.2%Ireland: 1,893 minutes, 0.2%Guyana: 1,401 minutes, 0.2%Greece: 2,161 minutes, 0.3%Denmark: 365 minutes, 0.0%Denmark: 365 minutes, 0.0%Cuba: 2,112 minutes, 0.2%Bulgaria: 1,087 minutes, 0.1%Brazil: 450 minutes, 0.1%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Minutes by country of birth. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
minutes by country of birth
countryminutesshare
not recorded 712,973 83.9%
United States 65,632 7.7%
Canada 25,592 3.0%
England 12,819 1.5%
Jamaica 6,692 0.8%
Scotland 4,081 0.5%
Serbia 4,021 0.5%
Greece 2,161 0.3%
Cuba 2,112 0.2%
Ireland 1,893 0.2%
Italy 1,839 0.2%
Sweden 1,838 0.2%
Mexico 1,637 0.2%
Guyana 1,401 0.2%
Montserrat 1,310 0.2%
Bulgaria 1,087 0.1%
Poland 934 0.1%
Trinidad and Tobago 902 0.1%
South Africa 525 0.1%
Brazil 450 0.1%
Denmark 365 0.0%