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 Division North Jersey Imperials 18 10 1 0 7 39 23 31 Rhode Island Stingrays 18 10 1 1 6 32 25 31 New Hampshire Phantoms 18 9 2 2 5 36 27 29 Central Jersey Riptide 18 8 2 3 5 26 24 26 Vermont Wanderers 18 6 1 1 10 21 39 19 NYCD Alleycats 18 6 0 1 11 25 38 18 Cape Cod Crusaders 18 4 1 0 13 19 32 13

Mid-Atlantic Division

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

South Atlantic Division

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

North Central Division

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

South Central Division

Albuquerque Geckos 18 13 2 1 2 51 15 41 Austin Lone Stars 18 11 1 0 6 38 28 34 Houston Hurricanes 18 9 0 2 7 35 30 27 Tulsa Roughnecks 18 9 0 0 9 36 40 27 San Antonio Pumas 18 5 0 2 11 23 45 15 Dallas 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 41 Sacramento Scorpions 18 11 0 0 7 39 36 33 Chico Rooks 18 9 3 3 3 38 28 30 San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles 18 9 2 0 7 30 31 29 Stanislaus County Cruisers 18 8 0 3 7 31 27 24 Arizona Sahuaros 18 6 1 1 10 39 40 19 Hawaii Tsunamii 16 4 1 1 10 24 29 13 Reno Rattlers 16 4 0 0 12 17 34 12 Los Angeles Fireballs 18 3 0 2 13 22 40 9 Division 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, 6-1 Division 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, 2-0 Quarterfinals: San Francisco Bay defeated Houston, 3-0 New Hampshire defeated Baltimore 1-0 (OT) Charlotte defeated Indiana, 6-0 Semifinals: Charlotte defeated San Francisco Bay, 4-2 Albuquerque defeated New Hampshire 2-1 (OT) CHAMPIONSHIP: Albuquerque defeated Charlotte, 4-1