2003 USL Pro Soccer League

USL Pro Soccer League

Season	2003
Champions	Wilmington Hammerheads (1st Title)
Premiers	Carolina Dynamo (1st Title)
Matches	130
Goals	470 (3.62 per match)
Best Player	Rob Jachym Western Mass Pioneers
Top goalscorer	Rob Jachym Western Mass Pioneers (14 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Chad Sackett Utah Blitzz
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Regular season

Atlantic Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Long Island Rough Riders	20	13	3	4	41	21	+20	42
New Jersey Stallions	20	9	2	9	36	32	+4	29
New York Freedom	20	8	6	6	30	28	+2	29[a]
Reading Rage	20	5	0	15	40	24	+16	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. New York was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Northern Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Hampshire Phantoms	20	11	2	7	32	22	+10	35
Westchester Flames	20	11	0	9	36	40	−4	33
Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	1	11	43	35	+8	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Carolina Dynamo	20	14	4	2	45	16	+29	46
Wilmington Hammerheads	20	11	3	6	43	23	+20	36
Northern Virginia Royals	20	6	1	13	20	34	−14	18[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Northern Virginia was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Western Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Utah Blitzz	20	12	3	5	46	20	+26	39
California Gold	20	11	3	6	39	30	+9	36
San Diego Gauchos	20	3	1	16	19	49	−30	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Southern Region

• Carolina 1 :: 1 Wilmington (a.e.t.)
• Wilmington 2 :: 0 Carolina

(Wilmington wins series 3-1 on aggregate)

Western Region

• California 0 :: 1 Utah

Atlantic Region

• Long Island (4) 0 :: PK :: 0 (5) New Jersey

Northern Region

• New Hampshire 0 :: 3 Westchester
• Westchester 2 :: 3 New Hampshire

(Westchester wins series 5-3 on aggregate)

Northern Region Playoffs

August 7, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Westchester Flames	3–0	New Hampshire Phantoms
Aboubacar Camara 12' (pen.) Costea Decu 25' Ernest Inneh  80' Evaud Thompson 88'	Report

City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

Referee: Ken Heller

August 9, 2003

8:05 PM EDT

Second Leg

New Hampshire Phantoms	3–2	Westchester Flames
Anthony D'Angelo 4' Dushwane Simpson 82' Bruno Victal 90+1'	Report	9', 90+' Aboubacar Camara

Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire

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Southern Region Playoffs

August 8, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Wilmington Hammerheads	1–1	Carolina Dynamo
Byron Carmichael 90'	Report	15' Mike Adeyemi

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Carolina Dynamo	0–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
	Report	7' Graham Goulding 90' Timothy Karalexis

Macpherson Stadium, Browns Summit, North Carolina

Wilmington won 3–1 on Aggregate.

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Western Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–0	California Gold
Shane Curran 71'	Report

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Atlantic Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Long Island Rough Riders	0–0 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Stallions
	Report
Penalties
Scott McLain	4–5	Vincent Scerbo

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, New York

Attendance: 378

League Semifinals

• New Jersey (0) 3 :: PK :: 3 (3) Westchester
• Wilmington 2 :: 1 Utah

August 16, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

Westchester Flames	3–3 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Stallions
Aboubacar Camara 2' Ernest Inneh 7', 29'	Report	15' (pen.), 32' (pen.) Marcello Fracchia 79' Ramón Tapia
Penalties
Costeau Decu Mersim Beskovic Hector Navarrete	3–0	Jeff Rigby

City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

August 16, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
Kiko Medina 90'	Report	10'  88' Kevin Nylen 45' Johnnie Keen  80' George Corrie

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

USL-PSL Championship

August 23, 2003

5:00 PM EDT

Wilmington Hammerheads	2–1 (OT)	Westchester Flames
Fredy Nava-Mendez 76' (o.g.) Joey Johnson 106'	Report	37' Evaud Thompson

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,982