1997 USISL D 3 Pro League

New clubs

Indiana Blast

Vermont Voltage

South Jersey Barons

Los Angeles Fireballs

Stanislaus County Cruisers

Myrtle Beach Seadawgs

Cleveland Caps

Tallahassee Tempest

Daytona Tigers

League standings

GP W SW SL L GF GA Pts Northeast DivisionNorth Jersey Imperials 18 10 1 0 7 39 23 31Rhode Island Stingrays 18 10 1 1 6 32 25 31New Hampshire Phantoms 18 9 2 2 5 36 27 29Central Jersey Riptide 18 8 2 3 5 26 24 26Vermont Wanderers 18 6 1 1 10 21 39 19NYCD Alleycats 18 6 0 1 11 25 38 18Cape Cod Crusaders 18 4 1 0 13 19 32 13

Mid-Atlantic Division

Reading Rage 18 13 1 0 4 46 22 40Philadelphia Freedom 18 10 1 0 7 29 32 31Baltimore Bays 18 8 0 2 8 30 34 24New Jersey Stallions 18 7 2 1 8 25 26 23Delaware Wizards 18 7 0 2 9 23 32 21South Jersey Barons 18 4 1 3 10 22 28 13

South Atlantic Division

Myrtle Beach Seadawgs 18 14 1 0 3 40 19 43South Carolina Shamrocks 18 11 2 0 5 37 27 35Charlotte Eagles 18 10 2 1 5 38 21 32Florida Strikers 18 10 0 0 8 51 34 30Wilmington Hammerheads 18 8 1 1 8 37 24 25Mobile Revelers 18 4 0 0 14 25 54 12Daytona Tigers 18 3 0 1 14 14 61 9

North Central Division

Chicago Stingers 18 12 1 0 5 32 19 37Indiana Blast 18 7 1 1 9 28 31 22Cleveland Caps 18 6 3 0 9 28 32 21Rockford Raptors 18 6 2 2 8 32 33 20

South Central Division

Albuquerque Geckos 18 13 2 1 2 51 15 41Austin Lone Stars 18 11 1 0 6 38 28 34Houston Hurricanes 18 9 0 2 7 35 30 27Tulsa Roughnecks 18 9 0 0 9 36 40 27San Antonio Pumas 18 5 0 2 11 23 45 15Dallas Toros 18 2 0 0 16 22 53 6

Albuquerque gets a bye to the national semifinal as hosts.

West Division

San Francisco Bay Seals 18 13 2 0 3 41 16 41Sacramento Scorpions 18 11 0 0 7 39 36 33Chico Rooks 18 9 3 3 3 38 28 30San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles 18 9 2 0 7 30 31 29Stanislaus County Cruisers 18 8 0 3 7 31 27 24Arizona Sahuaros 18 6 1 1 10 39 40 19Hawaii Tsunamii 16 4 1 1 10 24 29 13Reno Rattlers 16 4 0 0 12 17 34 12Los Angeles Fireballs 18 3 0 2 13 22 40 9Division Semi-finals: Central Jersey defeated North Jersey 2-1 (SO) New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island 2-1 (OT) Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 2-1 New Jersey defeated Reading, 2-1 Myrtle Beach defeated Florida, 5-1 Charlotte defeated South Carolina 3-2 Indiana defeated Cleveland 3-2 San Antonio defeated Austin, 4-2 Houston defeated Tulsa, 4-1 San Francisco Bay defeated San Gabriel Valley, 5-0 Chico defeated Sacramento, 6-1Division Finals: New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 2-0 Baltimore defeated New Jersey, 3-0 Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 3-3 (SO) Indiana defeated Chicago, 1-0 Houston defeated San Antonio, 2-0 San Francisco defeated Chico, 2-0Quarterfinals: San Francisco Bay defeated Houston, 3-0 New Hampshire defeated Baltimore 1-0 (OT) Charlotte defeated Indiana, 6-0Semifinals: Charlotte defeated San Francisco Bay, 4-2 Albuquerque defeated New Hampshire 2-1 (OT)CHAMPIONSHIP: Albuquerque defeated Charlotte, 4-1