2003 USL Pro Soccer League

USL Pro Soccer League
Season	2003
Champions	Wilmington Hammerheads
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Regular season

Atlantic Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Long Island Rough Riders	20	13	3	4	41	21	+20	42
New Jersey Stallions	20	9	2	9	36	32	+4	29
New York Freedom	20	8	6	6	30	28	+2	29^[a]
Reading Rage	20	5	0	15	40	24	+16	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ New York was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Northern Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Hampshire Phantoms	20	11	2	7	32	22	+10	35
Westchester Flames	20	11	0	9	36	40	−4	33
Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	1	11	43	35	+8	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Carolina Dynamo	20	14	4	2	45	16	+29	46
Wilmington Hammerheads	20	11	3	6	43	23	+20	36
Northern Virginia Royals	20	6	1	13	20	34	−14	18^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Northern Virginia was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

Western Region

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Utah Blitzz	20	12	3	5	46	20	+26	39
California Gold	20	11	3	6	39	30	+9	36
San Diego Gauchos	20	3	1	16	19	49	−30	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Southern Region

Carolina 1 :: 1 Wilmington (a.e.t.)
Wilmington 2 :: 0 Carolina

(Wilmington wins series 3-1 on aggregate)

Western Region

California 0 :: 1 Utah

Atlantic Region

Long Island (4) 0 :: PK :: 0 (5) New Jersey

Northern Region

New Hampshire 0 :: 3 Westchester
Westchester 2 :: 3 New Hampshire

(Westchester wins series 5-3 on aggregate)

Northern Region Playoffs

August 7, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Westchester Flames	3–0	New Hampshire Phantoms
Camara 12' (pen.) Decu 25' Inneh 80' Thompson 88'	Report

City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

Referee: Ken Heller

August 9, 2003

8:05 PM EDT

Second Leg

New Hampshire Phantoms	3–2	Westchester Flames
D'Angelo 4' Simpson 82' Victal 90+1'	Report	Camara 9', 90+'

Singer Family Park, Manchester, New Hampshire

Southern Region Playoffs

August 8, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

First Leg

Wilmington Hammerheads	1–1	Carolina Dynamo
Carmichael 90'	Report	Adeyemi 15'

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Second Leg

Carolina Dynamo	0–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
	Report	Goulding 7' Karalexis 90'

Macpherson Stadium, Browns Summit, North Carolina

Wilmington won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Western Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–0	California Gold
Curran 71'	Report

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

Atlantic Region Playoff

August 9, 2003

7:30 PM EDT

Long Island Rough Riders	0–0 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Stallions
	Report
Penalties
McLain	4–5	Scerbo

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, New York

Attendance: 378

League Semifinals

New Jersey (0) 3 :: PK :: 3 (3) Westchester
Wilmington 2 :: 1 Utah

August 16, 2003

5:30 PM EDT

Westchester Flames	3–3 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Stallions
Camara 2' Inneh 7', 29'	Report	Fracchia 15' (pen.), 32' (pen.) Tapia 79'
Penalties
Decu Beskovic Navarrete	3–0	Rigby

City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

August 16, 2003

6:00 PM EDT

Utah Blitzz	1–2	Wilmington Hammerheads
Medina 90'	Report	Nylen 10' 88' Keen 45' Corrie 80'

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

USL-PSL Championship

August 23, 2003

5:00 PM EDT

Wilmington Hammerheads	2–1 (OT)	Westchester Flames
Navarrete 76' (o.g.) Johnson 106'	Report	Thompson 37'

Legion Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

Attendance: 3,982

[table_hth_NYF0.79815774494696-1] New York was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

[table_hth_NVR0.84528179273255-2] Northern Virginia was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.

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