USL First Division · United States · level 2

2000

Honors
champion Rochester Rhinos
mvp Digital Takawira
golden boot Paul Conway

371 games 3.07 goals / game 2,653 avg. attendance

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Minnesota Thunder 28 20 4 4 99 74 30 3.54 2.47
Milwaukee Rampage 28 18 1 9 89 69 47 3.18 1.47
Charleston Battery 28 18 2 8 87 59 36 3.11 1.64
Seattle Sounders 28 18 3 7 85 56 38 3.04 1.47
Richmond Kickers 28 20 1 7 84 42 25 3.00 1.68
Long Island Rough Riders 28 16 4 9 76 54 36 2.71 1.50
Rochester Rhinos 28 20 1 7 75 42 25 2.68 1.68
San Diego Flash 28 16 3 9 75 54 32 2.68 1.69
Hershey Wildcats 28 15 3 10 70 49 30 2.50 1.63
Vancouver 86ers 28 14 3 11 70 62 41 2.50 1.51
Virginia Beach Mariners 28 14 2 12 62 44 38 2.21 1.16
Toronto Lynx 28 13 4 11 59 35 30 2.11 1.17
Raleigh Flyers 28 12 4 12 58 48 52 2.07 0.92
El Paso Patriots 28 12 2 14 57 48 50 2.04 0.96
San Francisco Bay Seals 28 12 3 13 56 42 53 2.00 0.79
Orange County Waves 28 12 1 15 55 44 52 1.96 0.85
Atlanta Silverbacks 28 11 3 14 55 51 42 1.96 1.21
Montreal Impact 28 12 3 13 54 34 41 1.93 0.83
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 10 4 14 49 41 43 1.75 0.95
Indiana Blast 28 9 4 15 45 40 57 1.61 0.70
Boston Bulldogs 28 9 3 16 39 32 41 1.39 0.78
Nike Project-40 28 8 1 19 33 35 60 1.18 0.58
Tennessee Rhythm 28 6 0 22 25 36 103 0.89 0.35
Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 2 3 23 13 25 80 0.46 0.31
Connecticut Wolves 28 1 8 19 13 22 57 0.46 0.39

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Greg Howes 17
  2. Johnny Menyongar 17
  3. Paul Conway 17
  4. Darren Sawatzky 16
  5. Digital Takawira 16
  6. Greg Simmonds 16
  7. Saúl Martínez 16
  8. Dwayne De Rosario 15
  9. Ihor Dotsenko 15
  10. Paul Schneider 15

Assists

  1. Temoc Suarez 11
  2. Digital Takawira 10
  3. Steve Bernal 10
  4. Darren Sawatzky 9
  5. Martin Nash 9
  6. Pasi Kinturi 9
  7. Steve Patterson 9
  8. Jeff Baicher 8
  9. Mauro Biello 8
  10. Paul Conway 8

Appearances

  1. Brian Piesner 28
  2. Brian Winters 28
  3. Danny Care 28
  4. Darren Sawatzky 28
  5. Dustin Ottesen 28
  6. Ignace Moleka 28
  7. Ihor Dotsenko 28
  8. Jake Dancy 28
  9. Jakob Fenger-Larsen 28
  10. Jamel Mitchell 28

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 30, 2000 2000 Minnesota Thunder 1 - 3 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field 14276 1
Sept. 24, 2000 2000 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 0 Toronto Lynx Frontier Field 8058 1
Sept. 23, 2000 2000 Milwaukee Rampage 0 - 5 Minnesota Thunder Blaine, MN 3414 1
Sept. 22, 2000 2000 Rochester Rhinos 1 - 1 Toronto Lynx Toronto, ON 2811 1
Sept. 21, 2000 2000 Milwaukee Rampage 3 - 4 Minnesota Thunder Milwaukee, WI 1187 1
Sept. 17, 2000 2000 Richmond Kickers 0 - 1 Toronto Lynx Richmond, VA 4027 1
Sept. 17, 2000 2000 Milwaukee Rampage 2 - 1 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 1952 1
Sept. 16, 2000 2000 Charleston Battery 0 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Charleston, SC 2806 1
Sept. 16, 2000 2000 Minnesota Thunder 4 - 0 Vancouver 86ers Blaine, MN 3005 1
Sept. 15, 2000 2000 Charleston Battery 0 - 2 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field 7538 1
Sept. 15, 2000 2000 Milwaukee Rampage 2 - 1 Seattle Sounders Milwaukee, WI 2558 1
Sept. 15, 2000 2000 Richmond Kickers 0 - 1 Toronto Lynx Toronto, ON 1998 1
Sept. 13, 2000 2000 Minnesota Thunder 0 - 3 Vancouver 86ers Vancouver, BC 5127 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 Charleston Battery 1 - 0 Raleigh Flyers Charleston, SC 3091 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 San Diego Flash 1 - 1 Vancouver 86ers San Diego, CA 3877 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 El Paso Patriots 2 - 3 Milwaukee Rampage Milwaukee, WI 3122 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 Indiana Blast 0 - 7 Minnesota Thunder Blaine, MN 2957 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 Richmond Kickers 2 - 1 Virginia Beach Mariners Richmond, VA 3927 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 Hershey Wildcats 2 - 4 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field 10456 1
Sept. 9, 2000 2000 San Francisco Bay Seals 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders Seattle, WA 100 1
Sept. 8, 2000 2000 Long Island Rough Riders 1 - 2 Toronto Lynx South Huntington, NY 758 1
Sept. 4, 2000 2000 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 - 2 Toronto Lynx Atlanta, GA 100 1
Sept. 4, 2000 2000 Seattle Sounders 0 - 5 Vancouver 86ers Vancouver, BC Mauricio Navarro 4875 1
Sept. 4, 2000 2000 Charleston Battery 3 - 2 Cincinnati Riverhawks Cincinnati, OH 450 1
Sept. 4, 2000 2000 Hershey Wildcats 3 - 2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Hershey, PA 3658 1

Awards

award winner
Champion Rochester Rhinos
Coach of the Year Neil Megson
Defender of the Year Scott Cannon
Goalkeeper of the Year Scott Vallow
MVP Digital Takawira
Rookie of the Year Greg Howes

Where the minutes came from

United States: 68,922 minutes, 9.7%United States: 68,922 minutes, 9.7%United States: 68,922 minutes, 9.7%Canada: 36,439 minutes, 5.1%Montserrat: 829 minutes, 0.1%Scotland: 2,737 minutes, 0.4%England: 10,531 minutes, 1.5%Trinidad and Tobago: 3,804 minutes, 0.5%Trinidad and Tobago: 3,804 minutes, 0.5%Sweden: 1,711 minutes, 0.2%South Africa: 1,947 minutes, 0.3%South Africa: 1,947 minutes, 0.3%Serbia: 3,620 minutes, 0.5%Serbia: 3,620 minutes, 0.5%Poland: 1,799 minutes, 0.3%Liberia: 2,244 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Japan: 266 minutes, 0.0%Jamaica: 5,782 minutes, 0.8%Italy: 561 minutes, 0.1%Italy: 561 minutes, 0.1%Italy: 561 minutes, 0.1%Italy: 561 minutes, 0.1%Ireland: 2,387 minutes, 0.3%Guyana: 1,794 minutes, 0.3%Greece: 1,014 minutes, 0.1%Denmark: 1,424 minutes, 0.2%Denmark: 1,424 minutes, 0.2%Cuba: 1,495 minutes, 0.2%Cameroon: 1,376 minutes, 0.2%Bulgaria: 2,461 minutes, 0.3%Brazil: 2,029 minutes, 0.3%Argentina: 2,421 minutes, 0.3%
  • 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 553,138 77.8%
United States 68,922 9.7%
Canada 36,439 5.1%
England 10,531 1.5%
Jamaica 5,782 0.8%
Trinidad and Tobago 3,804 0.5%
Serbia 3,620 0.5%
Scotland 2,737 0.4%
Bulgaria 2,461 0.3%
Argentina 2,421 0.3%
Ireland 2,387 0.3%
Liberia 2,244 0.3%
Brazil 2,029 0.3%
South Africa 1,947 0.3%
Poland 1,799 0.3%
Guyana 1,794 0.3%
Sweden 1,711 0.2%
Cuba 1,495 0.2%
Denmark 1,424 0.2%
Cameroon 1,376 0.2%
Greece 1,014 0.1%
Montserrat 829 0.1%
Italy 561 0.1%
Japan 266 0.0%