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2007 United Soccer Leagues

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2008 United Soccer Leagues

The 2007 Season is the 21st edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

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The season kicked off on Friday, April 13 when the 2006 league runners-up Rochester Raging Rhinos traveled to the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon to take on the Puerto Rico Islanders.

General

  • Two new teams join the First Division: the California Victory (San Francisco, CA), and the Carolina RailHawks (Cary, NC).
  • The Virginia Beach Mariners franchise was terminated by the league.
  • The Toronto Lynx depart the First Division for the Premier Development League (PDL).
  • Three new teams join the Second Division: the Bermuda Hogges (Hamilton, Bermuda), the Cleveland City Stars, and Crystal Palace Baltimore.
  • The Long Island Rough Riders depart the Second Division for the PDL.
  • The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will be on hiatus during 2007 to reorganize.
  • Many new teams join the PDL, for a complete list see here.

    • First Division

    The schedule was not a balanced home and away affair; to make up the four extra games to total 28, each team played their four geographically closest competitors. The playoff format was changed to qualify eight instead of six teams; therefore the first and second league champions obtained seeding to determine home field advantage instead of a first round bye as in previous seasons. The previous bidding to host between the two playoff finalists for the one game cup final was discontinued for this season.

      Commissioner's Cup, quarterfinal round of playoffs
      Quarterfinal round of playoffs

    Second Division

    Purple indicates regular season champion
    Green indicates playoff berth clinched
    Bold indicates regular season winner

    1New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for circumstances not released by the USL.

    Premier Development League

  • See 2007 PDL Season

    • References

    2007 United Soccer Leagues Wikipedia
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