2003 USL Pro Soccer League

USL Pro Soccer League

Season	2003
Champions	Wilmington Hammerheads (1st Title)
Premiers	Carolina Dynamo (1st Title)
Matches played	130
Goals scored	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)

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

Northern Region Playoffs

August 7, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

First Leg

City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

Referee: Ken Heller

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

August 9, 2003

8:05 PM EDT

Second Leg

Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire

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

Southern Region Playoffs

August 8, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

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

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Macpherson Stadium, Browns Summit, North Carolina

Wilmington won 3–1 on Aggregate.

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

Western Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

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

Atlantic Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, New York

Attendance: 378

League Semifinals

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

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

August 16, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

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

August 16, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

USL-PSL Championship

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

August 23, 2003

5:00 PM EDT

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,982