2009 United Soccer Leagues

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The 2009 season is the 23rd season played by the United Soccer Leagues. Season titles will be contested by 20 professional men's clubs in the USL First Division and USL Second Division, as well as 37 professional and amateur women's clubs in the W-League and 68 professional and amateur men's teams in the USL Premier Development League.

The First Division season kicked off on April 11 with the US Open Cup finalist Charleston Battery and host defending champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC playing to a scoreless tie, while the Carolina RailHawks defeated the visiting Minnesota Thunder 2–1. The season ended on September 20 with the Charleston Battery defeating hosts Minnesota Thunder 3–2. As a change for this season, the Finals will follow the rest of the playoffs in being two legs.^[1] The playoffs started on September 24, and ended on October 17 with the Montreal Impact defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a 6–3 aggregate score.

The Second Division season started on April 17 with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and host Crystal Palace Baltimore playing to a scoreless tie. The regular season ended on August 15 with three games. The Richmond Kickers captured the title in the playoffs with a 3–1 win over the Charlotte Eagles on August 29.

2009 USL-1 (red) and USL-2 (green) franchises. Not shown: Puerto Rico Islanders, Bermuda Hogges.

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Montreal Impact	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland Timbers
USL Second Division	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte Eagles	Wilmington Hammerheads
USL PDL	Ventura County Fusion	Chicago Fire Premier	Reading Rage
U.S. Open Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	D.C. United	Rochester Rhinos
Canadian Championship	Toronto FC (MLS)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	n/a
USL W-League	Pali Blues	Washington Freedom Reserves	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues

Season	2009
Champions	Montreal Impact
Goals scored	388
Average goals/game	2.35
Biggest home win	9 – 0 (Carolina vs Miami)
Biggest away win	4 – 1 (Portland @ Rochester) 3 – 0 (Portland @ Miami, Carolina @ Cleveland, Rochester @ Cleveland)
Highest scoring	9 – 0 (Carolina vs Miami)
Longest winning run	5 (Portland, Puerto Rico)
Longest unbeaten run	24 (Portland)
Longest losing run	6 (Miami)
Highest attendance	14,103 (Portland)
Lowest attendance	67 (Miami)
Average attendance	4,702
← 2008 2010 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	30	16	4	10	45	19	+26	58	Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
2	Carolina RailHawks	30	16	7	7	43	19	+24	55	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
3	Puerto Rico Islanders	30	15	7	8	44	31	+13	53^[a]
4	Charleston Battery	30	14	5	11	33	21	+12	53^[a]
5	Montreal Impact (C)	30	12	11	7	32	31	+1	44^[b]
6	Rochester Rhinos	30	11	9	10	34	32	+2	43
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	11	10	9	42	36	+6	42
8	Minnesota Thunder	30	7	13	10	39	44	−5	31
9	Miami FC	30	8	17	5	26	52	−26	29
10	Austin Aztex	30	5	17	8	28	51	−23	21^[c]
11	Cleveland City Stars	30	4	19	7	22	52	−30	19

Abbreviation and Color Key: Austin Aztex – AUS • Carolina RailHawks – CAR • Charleston Battery – CHA • Cleveland City Stars – CLE • Miami FC – MIA • Minnesota Thunder – MIN • Montreal Impact – MTL • Portland Timbers – POR • Puerto Rico Islanders – PUE • Rochester Rhinos – ROC • Vancouver Whitecaps FC – VAN Home • Away • Win • Loss • Tie
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Austin Aztex	MIN	VAN	CLE	PUE	MTL	CAR	PUE	CHA	CHA	PUE	MIA	CAR	ROC	CLE	CLE	ROC	POR	MIN	MTL	CHA	CAR	ROC	MIN	MTL	MIA	VAN	MIA	POR	POR	VAN
Austin Aztex	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1
Carolina RailHawks	MIN	ROC	MIN	POR	POR	CHA	MIA	CLE	AUS	CLE	POR	MIN	AUS	PUE	CHA	VAN	CHA	MIA	AUS	ROC	CLE	VAN	VAN	ROC	MIA	MTL	MTL	PUE	PUE	MTL
Carolina RailHawks	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	9–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Charleston Battery	VAN	MTL	MIN	MIA	CAR	MTL	MIA	ROC	CLE	AUS	AUS	POR	PUE	PUE	PUE	MTL	CAR	CLE	ROC	CAR	AUS	VAN	POR	CLE	VAN	POR	MIN	MIA	ROC	MIN
Charleston Battery	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–3
Cleveland City Stars	MIA	AUS	ROC	POR	MIN	CAR	CAR	CHA	PUE	PUE	ROC	MIA	MIA	VAN	AUS	AUS	PUE	CHA	MTL	ROC	VAN	CAR	CHA	MTL	MIN	MIN	MTL	POR	POR	VAN
Cleveland City Stars	3–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1
Miami FC	CLE	MTL	ROC	CHA	CAR	CHA	MIN	VAN	AUS	CLE	CLE	MTL	PUE	VAN	POR	POR	MIN	CAR	MTL	PUE	MIN	POR	VAN	CAR	AUS	AUS	ROC	CHA	ROC	PUE
Miami FC	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	9–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–1
Minnesota Thunder	CAR	AUS	CHA	CAR	VAN	CLE	MIA	PUE	ROC	CAR	POR	ROC	POR	VAN	MTL	AUS	MIA	POR	MTL	MIA	AUS	ROC	CLE	CLE	PUE	VAN	CHA	PUE	MTL	CHA
Minnesota Thunder	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	5–2	1–1	2–3
Montreal Impact	CHA	MIA	PUE	ROC	CHA	AUS	ROC	POR	VAN	VAN	MIA	POR	CHA	MIN	ROC	PUE	CLE	AUS	MIA	MIN	POR	PUE	CLE	AUS	CAR	CAR	CLE	VAN	MIN	CAR
Montreal Impact	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Portland Timbers	VAN	CAR	CAR	CLE	ROC	PUE	PUE	VAN	MTL	CAR	CHA	MIN	MTL	MIN	AUS	MIA	MIA	PUE	MIN	VAN	CHA	MTL	ROC	MIA	CHA	ROC	AUS	AUS	CLE	CLE
Portland Timbers	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–4	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Puerto Rico Islanders	VAN	ROC	MTL	AUS	VAN	POR	POR	AUS	MIN	CLE	CLE	AUS	CHA	CHA	CHA	CAR	MIA	ROC	CLE	MTL	POR	VAN	MIA	MTL	MIN	ROC	CAR	MIN	CAR	MIA
Puerto Rico Islanders	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–2	2–1	3–1
Rochester Rhinos	CAR	PUE	MIA	CLE	MTL	POR	VAN	CHA	MTL	MIN	CLE	AUS	MIN	AUS	PUE	MTL	CHA	CLE	VAN	CAR	AUS	POR	MIN	CAR	VAN	POR	PUE	MIA	MIA	CHA
Rochester Rhinos	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–4	3–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	CHA	PUE	AUS	POR	MIN	PUE	ROC	POR	MTL	MIA	MTL	CLE	MIN	MIA	CAR	PUE	ROC	CLE	POR	CHA	CAR	CAR	CHA	MIA	ROC	AUS	MIN	MTL	AUS	CLE
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

					1	Portland Timbers	1	3	4

					7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	3	5
2	Carolina RailHawks FC	0	0	0

7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	0	1
										7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	1	3

										5	Montreal Impact	3	3	6
3	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	4	5

6	Rochester Rhinos	2	1	3
					3	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	1	2

					5	Montreal Impact	2	2	4
4	Charleston Battery	0	1	1

5	Montreal Impact	2	2	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	12	5	3	42	24	+18	39	Regular season champion
2	Richmond Kickers	20	11	3	6	39	18	+21	39	Playoff spot clinched
3	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	9	7	4	31	23	+8	31
4	Charlotte Eagles	20	8	5	7	40	28	+12	31
5	Real Maryland Monarchs	20	8	10	2	22	31	−9	26
6	Crystal Palace Baltimore	20	6	9	5	16	20	−4	23
7	Western Mass Pioneers	20	6	9	5	21	34	−13	23
8	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	6	10	4	18	27	−9	22
9	Bermuda Hogges	20	4	12	4	19	43	−24	16

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General

Honors

First Division

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Awards and All-League teams

Second Division

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

First round

Semifinals

Final

Awards and All-League team

Premier Development League

W-League

References

External links