USL First Division · United States · level 2

2001

Honors
champion Rochester Rhinos
mvp Paul Conway
golden boot Paul Conway

329 games 2.58 goals / game 2,571 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Richmond Kickers 26 16 3 7 76 47 34 2.92 1.38
Hershey Wildcats 26 16 3 7 75 45 20 2.88 2.25
Rochester Rhinos 26 16 4 6 74 43 27 2.85 1.59
Vancouver Whitecaps 26 16 2 8 74 44 38 2.85 1.16
Charleston Battery 26 16 1 9 73 51 34 2.81 1.50
San Diego Flash 26 14 1 11 68 55 42 2.62 1.31
Charlotte Eagles 26 14 2 10 66 50 41 2.54 1.22
Milwaukee Rampage 26 14 2 10 63 45 40 2.42 1.13
Nashville Metros 26 14 2 10 63 47 48 2.42 0.98
Portland Timbers 26 13 3 10 62 41 38 2.38 1.08
Atlanta Silverbacks 26 13 1 12 59 48 39 2.27 1.23
Seattle Sounders 26 13 1 12 57 40 39 2.19 1.03
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 26 10 4 12 50 39 39 1.92 1.00
Impact de Montréal 26 10 2 14 45 29 37 1.73 0.78
Connecticut Wolves 26 9 6 11 43 30 37 1.65 0.81
Minnesota Thunder 26 9 2 15 41 29 34 1.58 0.85
El Paso Patriots 26 8 4 14 40 39 42 1.54 0.93
Indiana Blast 26 8 0 18 35 38 55 1.35 0.69
Long Island Rough Riders 26 8 4 16 33 31 50 1.27 0.62
Toronto Lynx 26 7 3 16 32 20 41 1.23 0.49
Cincinnati Riverhawks 26 6 0 20 27 39 80 1.04 0.49

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Paul Conway 22
  2. Dustin Swinehart 18
  3. Jakob Fenger-Larsen 14
  4. Jeff Houser 14
  5. Digital Takawira 13
  6. Mark Baena 13
  7. Luis Macias 12
  8. Kevin Jeffrey 11
  9. Leighton O'Brien 11
  10. Rodrigo Costa 11

Assists

  1. Jaymison Bailey 11
  2. Mark Rowland 10
  3. Miguel Suazo 9
  4. Jason Farrell 8
  5. Stoian Mladenov 8
  6. Welton Melo 8
  7. Caleb Norkus 7
  8. Ignace Moleka 7
  9. Jason Jordan 7
  10. Keith Costigan 7

Appearances

  1. Adam Maurer 26
  2. Christof Lindenmayer 26
  3. Danny Care 26
  4. Gilbert Jean-Baptiste 26
  5. Lenin Steenkamp 26
  6. Mark Rowland 26
  7. Mark Schulte 26
  8. Matt Napoleon 26
  9. Michael Griego 26
  10. Rick Titus 26

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Oct. 13, 2001 2001 Hershey Wildcats 0 - 2 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field Erich Simmons 13692 1
Oct. 6, 2001 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 0 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field Terry Vaughn 721 1
Oct. 6, 2001 2001 Hershey Wildcats 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Hershey, PA Peter Kokolski 786 1
Oct. 4, 2001 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 2 - 3 Rochester Rhinos Milwaukee, WI Ricardo Salazar 721 1
Oct. 3, 2001 2001 Hershey Wildcats 4 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC Gerry Procter 6685 1
Sept. 30, 2001 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 2 - 1 Richmond Kickers Richmond, VA Robert Mann 4107 1
Sept. 29, 2001 2001 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0 - 3 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field Peter Kokolski 8102 1
Sept. 29, 2001 2001 San Diego Flash 1 - 4 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, BC Mike Siefert 6782 1
Sept. 29, 2001 2001 Hershey Wildcats 1 - 0 Portland Timbers Hershey, PA Alex Prus 1048 1
Sept. 28, 2001 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 2 - 2 Richmond Kickers Milwaukee, WI Michael Kennedy 1318 1
Sept. 27, 2001 2001 Hershey Wildcats 2 - 0 Portland Timbers Portland, OR Mac Pinski 4894 1
Sept. 26, 2001 2001 San Diego Flash 2 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps San Diego, CA Ramón Hernández 468 1
Sept. 26, 2001 2001 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 - 1 Rochester Rhinos Pittsburgh, PA Tarik Khan 1073 1
Sept. 23, 2001 2001 Atlanta Silverbacks 2 - 2 San Diego Flash Atlanta, GA Glen Preshac 722 1
Sept. 22, 2001 2001 Charleston Battery 1 - 3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Charleston, SC Erich Simmons 2606 1
Sept. 22, 2001 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 0 - 1 Nashville Metros Milwaukee, WI Abiodun Okulaja 2125 1
Sept. 22, 2001 2001 Charlotte Eagles 2 - 3 Portland Timbers Charlotte, NC Reggie Rutty 2100 1
Sept. 20, 2001 2001 Charleston Battery 1 - 2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Pittsburgh, PA Cien Asoera 1152 1
Sept. 20, 2001 2001 Charlotte Eagles 0 - 2 Portland Timbers Portland, OR Sandra Hunt 4771 1
Sept. 19, 2001 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 3 - 2 Nashville Metros Nashville, TN Ali Saheli 810 1
Sept. 19, 2001 2001 Atlanta Silverbacks 0 - 2 San Diego Flash San Diego, CA Richard Herron 370 1
Sept. 8, 2001 2001 Long Island Rough Riders 1 - 3 Rochester Rhinos Frontier Field Marcel Yonan 12647 1
Sept. 8, 2001 2001 Seattle Sounders 5 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Seattle, WA Ramón Hernández 3665 1
Sept. 8, 2001 2001 Charleston Battery 4 - 1 Nashville Metros Charleston, SC Brian Poeschel 3748 1
Sept. 8, 2001 2001 Atlanta Silverbacks 2 - 5 Charlotte Eagles Charlotte, NC Jeff Feulner 1408 1

Awards

award winner
Champion Rochester Rhinos
Coach of the Year Dale Mitchell
Defender of the Year Rick Titus
Goalkeeper of the Year Jon Busch
MVP Paul Conway
Rookie of the Year Robbie Aristodemo

Where the minutes came from

United States: 236,785 minutes, 42.5%United States: 236,785 minutes, 42.5%United States: 236,785 minutes, 42.5%Canada: 56,681 minutes, 10.2%England: 13,689 minutes, 2.5%Jamaica: 12,223 minutes, 2.2%Zimbabwe: 1,597 minutes, 0.3%Venezuela: 1,526 minutes, 0.3%Bermuda: 2,201 minutes, 0.4%Montserrat: 1,989 minutes, 0.4%Scotland: 1,462 minutes, 0.3%Northern Ireland: 1,727 minutes, 0.3%Ukraine: 1,717 minutes, 0.3%Trinidad and Tobago: 9,269 minutes, 1.7%Trinidad and Tobago: 9,269 minutes, 1.7%Sweden: 1,752 minutes, 0.3%Spain: 1,842 minutes, 0.3%Spain: 1,842 minutes, 0.3%Spain: 1,842 minutes, 0.3%South Africa: 5,238 minutes, 0.9%South Africa: 5,238 minutes, 0.9%Serbia: 782 minutes, 0.1%Serbia: 782 minutes, 0.1%Saint Lucia: 1,551 minutes, 0.3%Romania: 2,656 minutes, 0.5%Poland: 730 minutes, 0.1%New Zealand: 2,210 minutes, 0.4%New Zealand: 2,210 minutes, 0.4%New Zealand: 2,210 minutes, 0.4%Mexico: 3,973 minutes, 0.7%Liberia: 2,027 minutes, 0.4%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Japan: 1,450 minutes, 0.3%Ireland: 1,778 minutes, 0.3%Honduras: 602 minutes, 0.1%Haiti: 2,443 minutes, 0.4%Guyana: 1,613 minutes, 0.3%Guinea: 1,062 minutes, 0.2%Greece: 1,064 minutes, 0.2%Ghana: 708 minutes, 0.1%France: 1,947 minutes, 0.3%France: 1,947 minutes, 0.3%Ecuador: 495 minutes, 0.1%Ecuador: 495 minutes, 0.1%Denmark: 2,128 minutes, 0.4%Denmark: 2,128 minutes, 0.4%Cuba: 774 minutes, 0.1%Zaire: 2,550 minutes, 0.5%Colombia: 4,686 minutes, 0.8%Chile: 1,348 minutes, 0.2%Chile: 1,348 minutes, 0.2%Chile: 1,348 minutes, 0.2%Bulgaria: 4,740 minutes, 0.9%Brazil: 5,151 minutes, 0.9%Argentina: 5,104 minutes, 0.9%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Minutes by country of origin. 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 origin
countryminutesshare
United States 236,785 42.5%
not recorded 153,715 27.6%
Canada 56,681 10.2%
England 13,689 2.5%
Jamaica 12,223 2.2%
Trinidad and Tobago 9,269 1.7%
South Africa 5,238 0.9%
Brazil 5,151 0.9%
Argentina 5,104 0.9%
Bulgaria 4,740 0.9%
Colombia 4,686 0.8%
Mexico 3,973 0.7%
Romania 2,656 0.5%
Zaire 2,550 0.5%
Haiti 2,443 0.4%
New Zealand 2,210 0.4%
Bermuda 2,201 0.4%
Denmark 2,128 0.4%
Liberia 2,027 0.4%
Montserrat 1,989 0.4%
France 1,947 0.3%
Spain 1,842 0.3%
Ireland 1,778 0.3%
Sweden 1,752 0.3%
Northern Ireland 1,727 0.3%
Ukraine 1,717 0.3%
Guyana 1,613 0.3%
Zimbabwe 1,597 0.3%
Saint Lucia 1,551 0.3%
Venezuela 1,526 0.3%
Scotland 1,462 0.3%
Japan 1,450 0.3%
Chile 1,348 0.2%
Greece 1,064 0.2%
Guinea 1,062 0.2%
Serbia 782 0.1%
Cuba 774 0.1%
Poland 730 0.1%
Ghana 708 0.1%
Honduras 602 0.1%
Ecuador 495 0.1%

No birthplace is on record for 256,619 of these minutes, so they go by the player's recorded nationality instead.

Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.