1994 U.S. Interregional Soccer League (outdoor) season

The 1994 United States Interregional Soccer League was an outdoor season run by the United States Interregional Soccer League.

Regular season

Schedule

Each team had a 20-game schedule, with two games counting as Designated Makeup Games (DMGs). DMGs are plugged in for any game that was cancelled during the season.

Scoring

Teams in the Northeast and Midwest have points that reflect the addition of a 1-point corner kick bonus per game. The standings published by the USISL list only the wins, losses, goals scored, goals allowed and total points. They do not provide the number of wins or losses that came through shootouts. They also do not provide the number of bonus points coming from goals or corner kicks.^[1][2]

• 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 and Midwest Division teams received one point per corner kick each game.

Northeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Long Island Rough Riders	18	13	5	35	19	+16	117
2	Jersey Dragons	18	12	6	39	23	+16	110[Note 1]
3	Cape Cod Crusaders	18	10	8	39	25	+14	98
4	New Jersey Imperials	18	10	8	28	25	+3	98
5	Delaware Wizards	18	9	9	28	25	+3	89
6	New York Fever	18	7	11	29	33	-4	82
7	Boston Storm	18	5	13	24	47	-23	65
8	Connecticut Wolves	18	6	12	14	32	-18	59
9	Philadelphia Freedom	18	6	12	21	36	-15	58

Atlantic Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Greensboro Dynamo	18	16	2	60	22	+38	143
2	Charleston Battery	18	14	4	36	15	+21	111
3	Charlotte Eagles	18	10	8	44	32	+12	95
4	Raleigh Flyers	18	9	9	33	33	0	90
5	Hampton Roads Hurricanes	18	10	8	32	27	+5	84
6	Columbia Heat	18	9	9	32	39	-7	82
7	Washington Mustangs	18	11	7	33	29	+4	80[Note 2]
8	Baltimore Bays	18	6	12	26	39	-13	59
9	Richmond Kickers	18	4	14	21	43	-22	44

Southeast Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Cocoa Expos	17	16	1	69	13	+56	128
2	Atlanta Magic	17	11	6	44	36	+8	104
3	Florida Stars	17	11	6	65	39	+26	97[Note 3]
4	Orlando Lions	17	7	10	50	46	+4	81
5	Boca Raton Sabres	18	6	12	37	48	-11	73[Note 4]
6	Fort Lauderdale Kicks	17	5	12	25	53	-28	53
7	South Florida Flamingos	17	3	14	19	80	-61	37

Midwest Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Minnesota Thunder	18	18	0	61	14	+47	170
2	Milwaukee Rampage	18	16	2	81	18	+63	161
3	Columbus Xoggz	18	11	7	39	37	+2	112
4	St. Louis Knights	18	11	7	46	37	+9	108
5	Detroit Wheels	18	9	9	35	38	-3	98
6	Rockford Raptors	18	10	8	36	34	+2	98
7	Des Moines Menace	18	5	13	37	46	-9	63
8	Cincinnati Cheetas	18	5	13	38	40	-2	59
9	Sioux City Breeze	18	1	17	15	64	-49	23

Midsouth Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Louisville Thoroughbreds	18	13	5	53	35	+18	114
2	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	18	12	6	38	23	+15	107
3	Birmingham Grasshoppers	18	13	5	36	19	+17	104
4	Lexington Bluegrass Bandits	18	10	8	32	25	+7	87
5	Nashville Metros	18	7	11	43	43	0	78
6	Arkansas A's	18	4	14	22	62	-40	45
7	Chattanooga Express	18	5	13	16	45	-29	36
8	Memphis Jackals	11	2	9	19	34	-15	29

South Central Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Tulsa Roughnecks	18	16	2	52	18	+44	132
2	DFW Toros	18	12	6	51	40	+11	112
3	San Antonio Pumas	18	11	7	53	30	+23	107
4	Texas Lightning	18	11	7	60	31	+29	103
5	Austin Lone Stars	17	10	7	62	51	+11	97
6	Dallas Rockets	18	9	9	39	48	-9	86
7	Oklahoma City Slickers	18	4	14	28	57	-29	46
8	Wichita Blue Angels	17	0	17	16	119	-103	16

Southwest Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	East Los Angeles Cobras	18	16	2	70	32	+38	147
2	El Paso Patriots	18	13	5	57	28	+29	120[Note 5]
3	Valley Golden Eagles	18	12	6	48	40	+8	110
4	Montclair Standard Falcons	18	10	8	40	34	+6	94
5	Arizona Cotton	18	7	11	49	33	+16	79
6	Tucson Amigos	18	7	11	44	43	+1	75
7	New Mexico Chiles	18	7	11	32	48	-16	66
8	Las Vegas Quicksilver	18	3	15	31	84	-53	48
9	San Diego Top Guns	9	4	5	16	19	+3	37

Pacific Division

Place	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	San Francisco United All-Blacks	18	15	3	59	20	+39	134
2	North Bay Breakers	18	14	4	55	29	+26	125
3	CCV Hydra	18	13	5	62	31	+31	122
4	Chico Rooks	18	12	6	43	30	+13	108
5	San Francisco Bay Diablos	18	10	8	42	48	-6	92[Note 6]
6	Silicon Valley Firebirds	18	9	9	42	28	+14	85
7	Reno Rattlers	18	7	11	38	45	-7	71
8	Hawaii Tsunami	18	3	15	24	77	-53	40
9	Santa Cruz Surf	18	2	16	21	61	-40	32
10	Shasta Scorchers	18	2	16	20	63	-43	31

1. Points deducted due to ineligible players.
2. Points deducted due to ineligible players.
3. Points deducted due to ineligible players.
4. Points deducted due to ineligible players.
5. Points deducted due to ineligible players.
6. Points deducted due to ineligible players.

Playoffs

Northeast Division

July 27, 1994

Jersey Dragons (NJ)	2-0	Delaware Wizards (DE)
Manuel Archer 64' Fred Butler 90'	Report

John F Kennedy Stadium
Hoboken, New Jersey

July 30, 1994

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	1-1 OT	Jersey Dragons (NJ)
Danny Mueller 66'		43'  109' Manuel Archer  107' Junior Superbia

Mitchell Park
Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 3,422

The game remained tied through two overtime periods. The Long Island Rough Riders advanced due to their 4–2 advantage in corner kicks.

July 31, 1994

`1:00 PM

North Jersey Imperials (NJ)	1-0	Cape Cod Crusaders (MA)
Marek Sadowski 60'	Report

Bruins Stadium, North Bergen, New Jersey

Attendance: 1,000

Final

August 5, 1994

7:30 PM

North Jersey Imperials (NJ)	2-3	Long Island Rough Riders (NY)
Greg Bajek 64', 84'	Report	43' Richard Nuttall 51', 89' Giovanni Savarese

Bruins Stadium, North Bergen, New Jersey

August 6, 1994

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	1-0	North Jersey Imperials (NJ)
Cordt Weinstein 90+2'	Report

Mitchell Park
Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 4,463

The Long Island Rough Riders advanced.

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Atlantic Division

July 30, 1994

Charleston Battery (SC)	4-1	Hampton Roads Hurricanes (VA)
Andrew Coggins 23:55', 41:28' Paul Young 31:20' Rich Hughes 45:55'	Report	44:55' Byron Mitchell

Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 1,783

Referee: Sultan Dawood

July 30, 1994

Charlotte Eagles (NC)	2-0	Raleigh Flyers (North Carolina)
Keith Dakin Philibert Jones

Charlotte Latin Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,000

Final

August 5, 1994
8:00 PM EST

Charlotte Eagles (North Carolina)	2-3	Charleston Battery (South Carolina)
Graham West 35:34' Jean-Rene Tassy 59:48'		20' (pen.) 61:26' Paul Young 23:08' Andy Coggins

Charlotte Latin Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,500

August 6, 1994
7:30 PM EST

Charleston Battery (SC)	3-1	Charlotte Eagles (NC)
Paul Young 41:49', 43:49' Mario Lone 59:59'	Report	29:07' Phillipe Berthoud

Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 2,367 or 2,400

Referee: Clause Staefe

The Charleston Battery advanced.

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Southeast Division

July 30, 1994

Cocoa Expos (FL)	7-1	Orlando Lions (FL)
David Maury 10' (o.g.) Chris Payne 23' Richard Sharpe 64', 73' Robin Chan Eric Leibin	Report	62' Andy Restreop 85' Del Smith

Cocoa, Florida

Attendance: 2,119 or 500

July 30, 1994

Atlanta Magic (GA)	1-0	Florida Stars (FL)
Caleb Suri 77'

Old Roswell High Stadium, Roswell, Georgia

Final

August 3, 1994
8:00 PM EST

Atlanta Magic (GA)	1-0	Cocoa Expos (FL)
Caleb Suri 76'

Old Roswell High Stadium, Roswell, Georgia

August 7, 1994
7:30 PM EST

Cocoa Expos (FL)	2-0	Atlanta Magic (GA)
Keiran Breslin Chris Payne

Varsity Field, Melbourne, Florida

• With the series tied at one game each, the Expos and Magic played a mini-game to determine who would advance.

August 7, 1994
10:00 PM EST

Cocoa Expos (FL)	5-1	Atlanta Magic (GA)
Richard Sharpe pen.' pen.' Eddie Enders Paul Robertson		Vince Datillo

Varsity Field, Melbourne, Florida

The Cocoa Expos advanced.

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Midwest Division

July 30, 1994

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	3-2	St. Louis Knights (MO)
Gerard Lagos 6:07', 7:26' Pierre Morice 81:44'		49:02' (pen.) Jeff Davis 67:57' Tom Stone

Macalester Stadium, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Attendance: 2,119

July 30, 1994
7:30 CST

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	1-0 OT	Columbus Xoggz (OH)
Steve Kuntz  17' Tony Sanneh Tony Sanneh  57'  Steve Provan 120'	(Report)

Brown Deer High School, Brown Deer, Wisconsin

Attendance: 1,385

Final

August 3, 1994
7:30 CST

Milwaukee Rampage (WI)	2-3	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Derek Bylsma Tag Gambatese	Report	8' Amos Magee 10' Gerard Lagos 80' Tim Foster

Brown Deer High School, Brown Deer, Wisconsin

Attendance: 611

August 6, 1994
7:30 CST

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	3-1	Milwaukee Rampage (WI)
Don Gramenz Amos Magee Manny Lagos 79:46' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2	Derek Bylsma

National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 2,230

The Minnesota Thunder advanced.

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Midsouth Division

July 30, 1994

Louisville Thoroughbreds (KY)	1-4	Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (KY)
John van Buskirk 42' (pen.) PK	Report	22', 38' Shane Gibson 41' Dexter Sandy 58' Brian Jeffs

Oldham County High School, Buckner, Kentucky

Attendance: 1,500

July 30, 1994

New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (LA)	0-1	Birmingham Grasshoppers (AL)
		Phil Harden

Pan American Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana

Final

August 5, 1994
7:30 PM EST

Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (KYLA)	0-2	Birmingham Grasshoppers (AL)
		Billy Hughes Jarg Baumgartner

Woodford County Park
Versailles, Kentucky

Attendance: 1,100

August 7, 1994
5:00 PM EST

Birmingham Grasshoppers (AL)	2-1	Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (KYLA)
Holder Schneidt Billy Hughes 84'	Report 1	Richard Mundy

Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama

Attendance: 2,200

The Birmingham Grasshoppers advanced.

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South Central Division

July 29, 1994

Texas Lightning (TX)	2-3 OT	Austin Lone Stars (TX)
Corey Hooper Ron Baskin		Chris Veselka Steve Bailey Lance Reed

July 30, 1994

Tulsa Roughnecks (OK)	1-4	Austin Lone Stars (TX)
Virgil Stevens		Shahram Salami Gabe Jones Chris Veselka JoJo Flemister

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Attendance: 1,387

July 30, 1994

San Antonio Pumas (TX)	3-4	DFW Toros (TX)
Marco Ferruzzi J.D. Stark Steve Schauer

Final

August 5, 1994
8:00 PM CST

Austin Lone Stars (TX)	2-4	DFW Toros (TX)
Gabe Jones 9' Judd Willman 16'	Report	45' Melecio Sanitbanez 45+1', 54' Heriberto Garcia 52' Nicolas Arturo Velez

House Park, Austin, Texas

August 6, 1994
7:30 PM CST

Austin Lone Stars (TX)	0-2	DFW Toros (TX)
		Manuel Romero 40' Nicolas Arturo Velez 80'

House Park, Austin, Texas

The DFW Toros advanced.

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Southwest Division

July 30, 1994

El Paso Patriots (TX)	2-5	Valley Golden Eagles (CA)
Arturo Bautista Steve Guardado		Raul Haro Carlos Acosta Julio Umana

El Paso, Texas

Attendance: 4,278

July 31, 1994

East Los Angeles Cobras (CA)	7-3	Montclair Standard Falcons (CA)
Harut Karapetyan Sean Henderson Carlos Zavala Juan Munoz Sergio Suarez		Garrett Torres Eddie Soto Jesus Artlaga

Los Angeles

Final

August 5, 1994

East Los Angeles Cobras (CA)	0-6	Valley Golden Eagles (CA)
		Juan Andia Emerson Mendez Carlos Acosta Jose Umana

Los Angeles

August 7, 1994

Valley Golden Eagles (CA)	0-3	East Los Angeles Cobras (CA)
		Jose Vasquez Harut Karapetyan

Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California

• With the series tied at one game apiece, the Cobras and Valley Eagles played a minigame to determine who advanced.

August 7, 1994

Valley Golden Eagles (CA)	0-2	East Los Angeles Cobras (CA)

Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California

The East Los Angeles Cobras advanced.

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Pacific Division

July 30, 1994

San Francisco United All-Blacks (CA)	0-1	Chico Rooks (CA)
		Scott Wulferdingen

July 30, 1994

North Bay Breakers (CA)	3-2	CCV Hydra (CA)
Craig Ruggels Roman Ritz Chris Ziemer		Luis Berbari Jose Romas

Final

August 5, 1994

North Bay Breakers (CA)	2-1	Chico Rooks (CA)
Roman Ritz Chris Ziemer		Mike Black

Rohnert Park, California

August 6, 1994

Chico Rooks (CA)	2-1	North Bay Breakers (CA)
Dean Freeman Jeremy Gunn		Roman Ritz

Chico, California

Attendance: 1,750

• With the series tied at one game apiece, Chico and North Bay played a mini-game to determine who would advance.

August 6, 1994

Chico Rooks (CA)	1-0	North Bay Breakers (CA)

Chico, California

Attendance: 1,750

The Chico Rooks advanced.

Sizzlin' Nine Championship

Greensboro Group

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Greensboro Dynamo	2	0	14	3	+11
2	DFW Toros	1	1	6	9	-3
3	Birmingham Grasshoppers	0	2	2	10	-8

• Greensboro Dynamo defeated Birmingham Grasshoppers 6–1
• DFW Toros defeated Birmingham Grasshoppers 4–1
• Greensboro Dynamo defeated DFW Toros 8–2

August 10, 1994

6:00 PM EDT

Greensboro Dynamo	6–1	Birmingham Grasshoppers
Mike Gailey 10:33', 21:44' Kenny Gasser 28:35' Jason Haupt 31:32', 42:22' Gabe Garcia 32:13'	Report 1 Report 2	30:23' Jorg Baumgartner

Guilford College Soccer Field
Greensboro, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,041

August 10, 1994

6:00 PM EDT

Dallas/Fort Worth Toros	4–1	Birmingham Grasshoppers
	Report	Jorg Baumgartner

Guilford College Soccer Field
Greensboro, North Carolina

Attendance: 108

August 11, 1994

6:00 PM EDT

Greensboro Dynamo	8–2	Dallas/Fort Worth Toros
Jason Haupt 6:07', 21:52' Jimmy Glenn 25:33', 39:21' Eddie Radwanski 34:00' Brian Japp 51:49' Gabe Garcia 53:08' Allen Higgins 55:03'	Report 1	16:08', 43:40' Melesio Santibanez

Guilford College Soccer Field
Greensboro, North Carolina

Attendance: 1,368

Charleston Group

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Charleston Battery	2	0	9	2	+7
2	Cocoa Expos	1	1	8	4	+4
3	Chico Rooks	0	2	0	11	-11

• Charleston defeated Cocoa 4–2
• Charleston defeated Chico 5–0
• Cocoa defeated Chico 6–0

August 9, 1994

7:30 PM EDT

Charleston Battery	4–2	Cocoa Expos
Paul Young 25:47', 34:56' David Hoffman 48:25', 55:49'	Report	24:33', 27:36' Richard Sharpe

Stoney Field
Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 2,012

Referee: Eric Brown

August 10, 1994

7:30 PM EDT

Charleston Battery	5–0	Chico Rooks
Andrew Coggins 5:05' Garth Pollonais 5:59' Paul Young 28:48', 56:37' Mario Lone 52:04'	Report

Stoney Field
Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 2,372

Referee: Eric Fink

August 11, 1994

7:30 PM EDT

Cocoa Expos	6–0	Chico Rooks
Sharpe

Stoney Field
Charleston, South Carolina

Raleigh Group

Place	Team	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Long Island Rough Riders	1	1	10	6	+4
2	Minnesota Thunder	1	1	6	5	+1
3	East Los Angeles Cobras	1	1	5	10	-5

August 9, 1994

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	4-2	Long Island Rough Riders (NY)
Pierre Morice 17' (pen.) Gerard Lagos 28', 29:15' Manuel Lagos 50' (pen.)		20' (pen.) Chris Armas 36' Giovanni Savarese

Broughton High School
Raleigh, North Carolina

Attendance: 175

August 10, 1994

Minnesota Thunder	2–3 (SO) (a.e.t.)	East Los Angeles Cobras
Manuel Lagos 17' (pen.) Gerard Lagos 56' (pen.)	Report 1	12' Juan Munoz pen.' Jose Vasquez
Penalties
Gerard Lagos	1–2	Rhett Hardy

Broughton High School
Raleigh, North Carolina

August 11, 1994

East Los Angeles Cobras	2–8	Long Island Rough Riders
Sean Henderson 26:26' Jose Vasquez	Report 1 Report 2	3' Richie Nuttall 11' Giovanni Savarese 17' Travis Rinker 26' Mike Masters 38' Jim Rooney Cordt Weinstein

Broughton High School
Raleigh, North Carolina

• East Los Angeles Cobras defeated Minnesota Thunder 3-2 (SO)
• Long Island Rough Riders defeated East Los Angeles Cobras 8–2

Semi-finals

August 13, 1994

Greensboro Dynamo (NC)	2-1 OT	Long Island Rough Riders (NY)
Aidan Murphy 28:23' Mike Gosselin 78:47'	Report	17:16' Mike Masters  56' Travis Rinker

UNCG Soccer Stadium
Greensboro, North Carolina

Attendance: 2,800

August 13, 1994

Charleston Battery (SC)	0-5	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
	Report	12:39', 19:22' Amos Magee 35:18', 48:01'Manny Lagos 58:58' Mark Abboud

Stoney Field, Charleston, South Carolina

Attendance: 4,058

Final

August 15, 1994

Greensboro Dynamo (NC)	1-1 OT	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Mike Gailey 10'		46' Gerard Lagos
Penalties
Brian Japp	2-1

UNCG Soccer Stadium, Greensboro, North Carolina

Attendance: 5,159

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Chris Veselka	Austin Lone Stars	13	30	14	74
2	Richard Sharpe	Cocoa Expos	15	33	6	72
3	Joey Kirk	Milwaukee Rampage	18	24	11	59
4	A. J. Jones	Texas Lightning	14	22	9	53
	Brian McBride	Milwaukee Rampage	15	18	17	53
6	Manny Lagos	Minnesota Thunder	17	18	9	45
7	Tony Sanneh	Milwaukee Rampage	17	14	14	42
	Salvador Mercado	El Paso Patriots	18	20	2	42
8	Sheikh N'Dure	Florida Stars	18	17	7	41
9	Jason Haupt	Greensboro Dynamo	18	15	10	40
10	Jeff Baicher	CCV Hydra	16	17	2	36
11	Leonel Suazo	Washington Mustangs	12	17	0	34
	Mark Weidner	Birmingham Grasshoppers	16			34
	Andrew Ziemer	North Bay Breakers	16			34

Honors

• MVP: Manny Lagos
• Points leader: Chris Veselka, Austin Lone Stars (74 points)
• Goals leader: Richard Sharpe, Cocoa Expos (33 goals)
• Assist Leader: Wayne Lobring, Louisville Thoroughbreds (21 assists)
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Kyle Krpata
• Coach of the Year: Tim Hankinson

External links

• United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)
• The Year in American Soccer – 1994
• Divisional finals