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

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 Bayamón 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.

Honors

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Seattle Sounders	Atlanta Silverbacks	Seattle Sounders
USL Second Division	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond Kickers	Richmond Kickers
USL PDL	Laredo Heat	Michigan Bucks	Hampton Roads Piranhas
U.S. Open Cup	New England Revolution (MLS)	FC Dallas (MLS)	Carolina Railhawks/Seattle Sounders
Voyageurs Cup	Montreal Impact	Vancouver Whitecaps	n/a

Standings

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.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Sounders (C, X)	28	16	6	6	37	23	+14	54	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
2	Portland Timbers	28	14	5	9	32	18	+14	51	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
3	Montreal Impact	28	14	6	8	32	21	+11	50	Quarterfinal round of playoffs and CONCACAF Champions League^[a]
4	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	12	9	7	40	30	+10	43	Quarterfinal round of playoffs
5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	12	10	6	39	36	+3	42
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	10	8	10	35	34	+1	40
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	9	7	12	27	24	+3	39
8	Carolina RailHawks	28	8	12	8	24	34	−10	32
9	Miami FC	28	9	15	4	31	41	−10	31
10	Charleston Battery	28	8	14	6	32	39	−7	30
11	Minnesota Thunder	28	5	12	11	32	35	−3	26
12	California Victory	28	4	17	7	17	43	−26	19

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champion; (X) Commissioner's Cup
Notes:

^ As 2008 Canadian Championship winner

Playoffs

Quarterfinals September 14/16					Semifinals September 21/23					Final September 29

1	Seattle Sounders	2	1	3

8	Carolina RailHawks	0	0	0
					1	Seattle Sounders (p)	2	1	3 (4)

					6	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	2	3 (2)
3	Montreal Impact	3	0	3

6	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	3	5
										1	Seattle Sounders	4

										4	Atlanta Silverbacks	0
4	Atlanta Silverbacks	2	1	3

5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	1	2
					4	Atlanta Silverbacks (p)	1	0	1 (3)

					2	Portland Timbers	1	0	1 (1)
2	Portland Timbers	0	3	3

7	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	0	1

Quarterfinals

September 14, 2007

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Montreal Impact	3–2	Puerto Rico Islanders
Brown 8' Vincello 26', 36' 56'	Report	Villegas 16' 32' Lyssand 50'

Claude Robillard Sports Complex
Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 10,217

Referee: Silvio Petrescu

September 16, 2007

6:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Puerto Rico Islanders	3–0	Montreal Impact
Atieno 22' 29' Noel 56' Herrera 81' Sims 90'	Report	Brown 45' Arango 63' Gervais 84'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Attendance: 6,112

Referee: Reggie Rutty

Puerto Rico Islanders won 5–3 on Aggregate.

September 14, 2007

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Carolina Railhawks	0–2	Seattle Sounders
Norkus 40' Maher 70'	Report	Scott 48' Sakuda 72' Schmid 82'

SAS Stadium
Cary, North Carolina

Attendance: 923

Referee: NA

September 16, 2007

9:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Seattle Sounders	1–0	Carolina Railhawks
Gardner 17' O'Brien 27' 90' (pen.) Treschuk 52' Alcaraz-Cuellar 77'	Report	Worthen 45' 90' Steele 85' Stokes 85'

Qwest Field
Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 3,640

Referee: Hidejet Tica

Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

September 14, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Atlanta Silverbacks	2–1	Rochester Raging Rhinos
Ukah 8' Rios 52' Wolfe 87'	Report	Ambersley 17' 52' Palguta 57' Menyongar 66' Aloisi 83'

RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia

Attendance: 1,482

Referee: Roni Canales

September 16, 2007

6:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Rochester Raging Rhinos	1–1	Atlanta Silverbacks
Perry 24' Delicate 79'	Report	Liendo 12' Millwood 40' Ukah 72' Wolfe 90'

PAETEC Park
Rochester, New York

Attendance: 4,294

Referee: Richard Sanchez

Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–2 on Aggregate.

September 14, 2007

10:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Vancouver Whitecaps	1–0	Portland Timbers
Clarke 58' Jordan 76' Valente 77'	Report	Jordan 22' Gregor 37'

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 4,761

Referee: Dave Gantar

September 16, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Portland Timbers	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps
Thompson 27' Gregor 70' Higgins 72' Ambriz 82'	Report	Jordan 90'

PGE Park
Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 8,522

Referee: Jair Marrufo

Portland Timbers won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

September 21, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Puerto Rico Islanders	1–2	Seattle Sounders
González 29' 77' Villegas 39' Krause 39' Noel	Report	Alcaraz-Cuellar 24' Gardner 39' Jackson 56' Treschuk 69'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Attendance: 12,098

Referee: Joe Carroccio

September 23, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Seattle Sounders	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Puerto Rico Islanders
Howes 101'	Report	Sims 9' Atieno 9' Delgado 80' Delgado 81' Herrera 117'
Penalties
Howes O'Brien Alcaraz-Cuellar Schmid	4–2	Atieno Simmonds Herrera Lyssand

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 3,107

Referee: Richard Sanchez

Seattle Sounders won 4–2 on penalties after tying 3–3 on Aggregate.

September 21, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Atlanta Silverbacks	1–1	Portland Timbers
Poltl 16' Ukah 43' Lancaster 90'	Report	Jordan 49' Gregor 90'

RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia

Attendance: 2,792

September 23, 2007

8:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Portland Timbers	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Atlanta Silverbacks
	Report	Kandji 30' Antoniuk 38' Wolfe 87'
Penalties
Gregor Griffin Kreamalmeyer Olum	1–3	Ríos Rivillo Kandji Ukah

PGE Park
Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 11,789

Referee: Terry Vaughn

Atlanta Silverbacks won 3–1 on penalties after tying 1–1 on Aggregate.

Final

September 29, 2007

10:00 PM EDT

Seattle Sounders	4–0	Atlanta Silverbacks
Howes 45', 82' Alcaraz-Cuellar 61' 69' Le Toux 87' Tomlinson 90+2' 90+2'	Report	Liendo 63'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 4,893

Referee: Mike Geiger

Awards and All-League Teams

First Team
F: Dan Antoniuk (Atlanta Silverbacks); Hamed Diallo (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders) (MVP & Co-Leading Goalscorer)
M: Stephen Armstrong (Charleston Battery); Andrew Gregor (Portland Timbers); Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Zinho (Miami FC)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); David Hayes (Atlanta Silverbacks) (Defender of the Year); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers)
G: Josh Wicks (Portland Timbers) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Gavin Wilkinson (Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team
F: Charles Gbeke (Montreal Impact) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Roger Levesque (Seattle Sounders)
M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Brian Farber (Minnesota Thunder); Kupono Low (Carolina RailHawks); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Raging Rhinos)
D: Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers); Marco Velez (Puerto Rico Islanders)
G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact)