Season 1998 Start date 1998 | Champions Chicago Stingers Champion Chicago Sockers | |
Relegated Central Jersey Riptide, Miami Tango, Albany Alleycats, Orlando Nighthawks, Vermont Voltage People also search for 1995 USISL Professional League |
The 1998 USISL D-3 Pro League was the 12th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and was the second season of now-defunct USISL D-3 Pro League. The champions were the Chicago Stingers who beat the New Hampshire Phantoms in the final.
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Changes from 1996
Before the season, Western Massachusetts, Northern Virginia, and Pensacola were added. Baltimore became Eastern Shore. Dallas became Texas. Vermont became the Voltage. Miami was promoted from PDSL.
Name Changes
Folding or Moving
No teams left the league nor folded.
Southeast Division
Miami Breakers 18 17 1 0 0 67 21 51 Orlando Nighthawks 18 12 6 0 0 62 33 36 Southwest Florida Manatees 18 8 10 0 1 34 57 24 Pensacola Barracudas 18 5 13 1 1 21 57 13 Tallahassee Tempest 18 2 16 0 0 12 41 6North Central Division
Indiana Blast 18 15 3 0 0 57 24 45 Chicago Stingers 18 13 5 0 1 37 16 39 Rockford Raptors 18 10 18 1 2 31 25 28 Cleveland Caps 18 10 8 1 0 33 41 28South Central Division
Austin Lone Stars 18 13 5 0 1 46 20 39 Texas Toros 18 13 5 1 0 44 24 37 San Antonio Pumas 17 7 10 0 0 26 44 21 Tulsa Roughnecks 18 7 11 1 0 33 44 16Houston Hurricanes 18 6 11 2 2 25 36 14 Shreveport/Bossier Lions 18 4 14 0 0 24 50 6West Division
Arizona Sahuaros 18 14 4 0 0 67 28 42 Chico Rooks 18 11 7 1 2 39 28 31 Stanislaus County Cruisers 18 13 5 1 0 51 25 37 Los Angeles Fireballs 18 6 12 1 1 21 37 16 San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles 18 5 13 0 1 29 51 15 Reno Rattlers 18 4 14 1 0 23 52 10Divisional Semifinals
Higher seed/home team on the left.
Division Finals
Division Finals: Austin defeated Texas 1-0 Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 8-3 Delaware defeated Roanoke, 2-1 New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island, 3-2 Chicago defeated Indiana, 3-0 Central Jersey defeated Reading, 3-0 Arizona defeated Stanislaus County 2-1Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals: New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 3-0 Chicago defeated Delaware 1-0 Orlando defeated Charlotte, 3-2 Austin defeated Arizona 1-0Semifinals
Semi-finals: Chicago defeated Orlando, 2-0 New Hampshire defeated Austin, 3-2 (OT)Championship
CHAMPIONSHIP: Chicago defeated New Hampshire, 3-2(OT)References
1998 USISL D-3 Pro League Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA