2014 USL Pro season

The 2014 USL Pro season was the fourth USL Pro season and the 28th season of third-division soccer in the United States.

USL Pro
Season2014
ChampionsSacramento Republic
Commissioner's CupOrlando City SC
Matches played210
Goals scored585 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerKevin Molino (20)
Biggest home winORL 7, DDL 0
(August 31)
Biggest away winSAC 6, OCB 1
(August 17)
Highest scoringHAR 5, DDL 3 (May 17)
Longest winning run8 ORL
(May 17 – July 12)
Longest unbeaten run21 RIC
(April 19 – August 16)
Longest losing run6 OKC
(April 15 – May 25)
(August 9 – September 4)
OCB
(July 7 – August 8)
Highest attendance20,231 SAC vs. HAR
(April 26)
SAC vs. LAG
(May 17)[1]
SAC vs. AZU
(Jun 7)[2]
Lowest attendance213 DDL vs. CHB
(May 4)
Total attendance610,351
Average attendance3,114
← 2013
2015 →

Teams

Antigua Barracuda FC and VSI Tampa Bay FC folded following the 2013 season and were replaced by Sacramento Republic FC and Oklahoma City Energy FC. On January 29, 2014, the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS announced that they would be fielding a USL Pro team, the LA Galaxy II.[3] The Los Angeles Blues were rebranded Orange County Blues FC on February 5, 2014.[4] Arizona United SC replaced Phoenix FC on March 13, 2014.[5]

Orlando City Soccer Club spent their final season in USL Pro playing at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on the campus of Walt Disney World Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. This is due to the closure of the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, their home for their first three seasons, for remodeling during 2014. The following season Orlando City moved up to Major League Soccer.

Stadiums and Locations
Locations of teams for the 2014 USL PRO season
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arizona United SC Peoria, Arizona Peoria Sports Complex 11,333
Charleston Battery Charleston, South Carolina Blackbaud Stadium 5,100
Charlotte Eagles Charlotte, North Carolina Dickson Field 2,500
Dayton Dutch Lions West Carrollton, Ohio DOC Stadium 3,000
Harrisburg City Islanders Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Skyline Sports Complex 5,000
LA Galaxy II Carson, California StubHub Center Track and Field Stadium 2,000
Oklahoma City Energy FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Pribil Field 4,000
Orange County Blues FC Irvine, California Anteater Stadium 2,500
Orlando City Lake Buena Vista, Florida ESPN Sports Complex 5,300
Pittsburgh Riverhounds Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Highmark Stadium 3,500
Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 22,000
Rochester Rhinos Rochester, New York Sahlen's Stadium 13,768
Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento, California Bonney Field 8,000
Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington, North Carolina Legion Stadium 6,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit supplier Shirt sponsor
Arizona United SC United States Michael Dellorusso United States Matt Kassel Lotto Abrazo Health Care
Charleston Battery United States Michael Anhaeuser Republic of Ireland Colin Falvey Nike SPARC/Teamphoria!
Charlotte Eagles United States Mark Steffens United States Eric Reed Nike Powerade
Dayton Dutch Lions England Matt Weston United States Joel DeLass Nike Dayton Outpatient Center
Harrisburg City Islanders United States Bill Becher United States Jason Pelletier Adidas Capital Blue Cross
LA Galaxy II United States Curt Onalfo United States Jack McBean Adidas Herbalife
Oklahoma City Energy Denmark Jimmy Nielsen United States Michael Thomas Admiral First Fidelity Bank
Orange County Blues FC Iran Dariush Yazdani Scotland Allan Russell Nike Sports 1 Marketing
Orlando City England Adrian Heath United States Rob Valentino Lotto Orlando Health
Pittsburgh Riverhounds Croatia Nikola Katic Netherlands Collins John Nike #1 Cochran
Richmond Kickers England Leigh Cowlishaw Uganda Henry Kalungi Adidas Health Diagnostic Laboratory
Rochester Rhinos United States Bob Lilley United States Troy Roberts Admiral Bimbo Bakeries USA
Sacramento Republic United States Preki Mexico Rodrigo López Lotto UC Davis Children's Hospital
Wilmington Hammerheads United States Carson Porter Scotland Tom Parratt Nike New Hanover Regional Medical Center

MLS-USL Pro Alliance

Each USL PRO team will compete in two additional inter-league games against 2014 MLS Reserve League opponents in a "geographically influenced unbalanced schedule". The inter-league games will count in both the official USL PRO and MLS Reserve League standings.[6]

The following teams will affiliate:

USL Pro teams compiled a 14 Win, 5 Tie and 9 Loss record against MLS Reserve Teams in 2014.

Player transfers

For full article, see List of USL Pro transfers 2014.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Oklahoma City Energy FC Expansion team Denmark Jimmy Nielsen December 20, 2013 [11]
Sacramento Republic FC Expansion team United States Preki July 15, 2013 [12]
LA Galaxy II Expansion team United States Curt Onalfo January 29, 2014 [3]
Arizona United SC Expansion team United States Michael Dellorusso March 28, 2014 [13][14]
Pittsburgh Riverhounds United States Justin Evans 14th Place Croatia Nikola Katic (Interim) May 19, 2014 [15][16]
Dayton Dutch Lions Netherlands Sid van Druenen 14th Place England Matt Weston August 7, 2014 [17]
Wilmington Hammerheads England David Irving 12th Place United States Carson Porter (Interim) August 21, 2014 [18]

League table
Pos Team Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orlando City (C) 28 19 5 4 56 24 +32 62 Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs
2 Sacramento Republic FC (A) 28 17 4 7 49 28 +21 55 Playoffs
3 LA Galaxy II (A) 28 15 6 7 54 38 +16 51
4 Richmond Kickers (A) 28 13 12 3 53 28 +25 51
5 Charleston Battery (A) 28 11 8 9 36 31 +5 41
6 Rochester Rhinos (A) 28 10 8 10 29 25 +4 38
7 Wilmington Hammerheads (A) 28 9 11 8 35 33 +2 38
8 Harrisburg City Islanders (A) 28 10 7 11 45 46 −1 37
9 Arizona United SC 28 10 5 13 32 47 −15 33[lower-alpha 1]
10 Oklahoma City Energy FC 28 9 5 14 32 37 −5 32
11 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 9 5 14 35 49 −14 32
12 Charlotte Eagles 28 9 4 15 33 40 −7 31
13 Orange County Blues FC 28 9 1 18 31 54 −23 28
14 Dayton Dutch Lions 28 6 4 18 28 63 −35 22
Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)
Notes:
  1. Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.[19][20]

Results table


Color Key: Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw
ClubMatch
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Arizona United SC
(AZU)		OKCSACLAGCHERICHARORLCHVOCBSACDDLROCLAGSACOCBLAGOCBOKCOCBWILCHBSACLAGOKCPITOKCSEAPIT
0–42–11–12–10–41–00–10–40–21–11–21–01–10–12–32–42–11–13–00–00–21–22–32–13–11–01–52–1
Charleston Battery
(CHB)		ORLRICORLNYRPITROCHARDDLWILWILPITORLLAGCHEHARCHERICRICAZUMTLROCDDLOCBROCOKCSACPITHAR
1–12–20–11–10–00–14–02–00–10–11–00–23–01–31–40–00–41–12–01–00–02–23–22–12–01–34–02–1
Charlotte Eagles
(CHE)		DDLRICCHIWILAZULAGOCBORLRICWILOKCOCBCHBHARROCDDLCHBSACPITDDLWILORLRICROCORLPITMTLHAR
0–12–12–32–01–21–22–01–30–21–21–10–13–11–11–01–30–00–10–22–12–01–41–23–12–00–11–12–4
Dayton Dutch Lions
(DDL)		NYRCHEROCHARRICCHBLAGHARSACROCOCBLAGAZUROCORLPITPITCHEHARCHEOKCHARCHBWILRICCORORLWIL
0–31–01–11–01–50–21–13–51–20–13–41–52–10–20–21–01–23–11–31–20–30–12–22–11–11–20–70–4
Harrisburg City Islanders
(HAR)		WILDDLOCBSACCHBAZUDDLRICPITRICPITPITMTLCHECHBDDLWILOKCRICLAGDDLNYRORLORLROCROCCHBCHE
0–00–11–42–10–40–15–32–31–10–13–10–00–11–14–13–10–03–31–23–11–03–13–21–32–21–41–24–2
LA Galaxy II
(LAG)		OCBSACOKCSACOCBAZUOCBCHEDDLSACOKCSEADDLROCCHBAZUORLAZUOKCOCBHARPITAZUOKCWILRSLRICSAC
3–11–14–20–33–11–13–02–11–11–25–01–05–11–20–31–10–34–21–04–01–31–33–21–03–31–01–12–1
Oklahoma City Energy FC
(OKC)		OCBLAGAZUDALORLORLOCBRICLAGNYRWILCHESACROCSACPITAZULAGHARDDLOCBSACAZULAGAZUCHBSACOCB
2–02–44–00–11–21–30–11–40–51–02–21–12–00–02–02–01–10–13–33–01–01–21–20–10–10–20–11–0
Orange County Blues FC
(OCB)		LAGOKCSACLAGHARLAGSACCHEOKCSEAAZUDDLORLCHECHVAZUSACAZUAZULAGOKCPITROCCHBSACWILRICOKC
1–30–22–11–34–10–31–20–21–00–12–04–31–41–02–13–21–21–20–30–40–10–11–02–31–61–21–10–1
Orlando City
(ORL)		CHBPITROCCHBDALOKCOKCPITROCAZUCHECHBMTLOCBDDLLAGWILSACROCCHEHARHARCHERICWILDDLWILRIC
1–11–13–11–03–22–13–11–01–11–03–12–02–14–12–03–02–00–00–14–12–33–10–23–21–37–00–01–0
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
(PIT)		ORLRICWILRICCHBORLROCWILCHBHARROCHARHARRICDDLDDLROCOKCCHERSLSACLAGOCBAZUDALCHECHBAZU
1–11–33–42–20–00–10–11–50–11–13–21–30–01–30–12–12–00–22–05–20–53–11–01–33–11–00–41–2
Richmond Kickers
(RIC)		CHBPITCHEPITDDLROCAZUOKCCHICHEROCHARHARWILPITCHBRSLSACCHBCHBHARWILCHEDDLORLOCBLAGORL
2–23–11–22–25–11–14–04–10–02–00–03–21–02–23–11–10–02–14–01–12–13–12–11–12–31–11–10–1
Rochester Rhinos
(ROC)		ORLDDLCHICHBRICWILORLPITSACRICDDLPITLAGAZUDDLOKCCHEPITDALWILORLCHBOCBCHBCHEHARHARWIL
1–31–12–01–01–10–01–11–00–10–01–02–32–10–12–00–00–10–23–00–11–00–00–11–21–32–24–12–0
Sacramento Republic FC
(SAC)		LAGCHVOCBLAGAZUHAROCBLAGROCDDLAZUOKCCORAZUOKCOCBRICCHEORLPITAZUOKCOCBWILCHBWILOKCLAG
1–13–11–23–01–21–22–12–11–02–11–10–24–31–00–22–11–21–00–05–02–12–16–12–03–10–01–01–2
Wilmington Hammerheads
(WIL)		HARPITCHEROCCHBCHBPITCHEOKCRICCHIRICORLHARROCAZUCHERICDDLNYRSACOCBLAGORLSACORLDDLROC
0–04–30–20–01–01–05–12–12–22–22–21–10–20–01–00–00–21–31–20–10–22–13–33–10–00–04–00–2
MLS Reserve Teams:
Chicago Fire – CHI • Chivas USA – CHV • Colorado Rapids – COR • FC Dallas – DAL • Montreal Impact – MTL • New York Red Bulls – NYR • Real Salt Lake – RSL • Seattle Sounders – SEA

USL Pro published schedule and results.[21][22]

Playoffs

The 2014 USL Pro Playoffs included the top eight finishers in the table, with the quarterfinals (No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, etc.) set for the weekend of September 12–14. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams will be played the following weekend, with the 2014 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 26–28. All playoff rounds feature a single-game knockout format and teams will not be re-seeded following each round.[21]

Quarterfinals Semifinals USL Pro Championship
         
1 Orlando City 0
8 Harrisburg City Islanders 1
8 Harrisburg City Islanders 3
4 Richmond Kickers 2
4 Richmond Kickers (a.e.t.) 2
5 Charleston Battery 1
8 Harrisburg City Islanders 0
2 Sacramento Republic 2
2 Sacramento Republic 4
7 Wilmington Hammerheads 1
2 Sacramento Republic 3
3 LA Galaxy II 2
3 LA Galaxy II 2
6 Rochester Rhinos 1
September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) QF Richmond Kickers 2–1 (a.e.t.) Charleston Battery Richmond, Virginia
7:00 pm EDT Martin 11'
Asante Yellow card 72'
Lee Yellow card 78'
Delicâte 117'
Shanosky Yellow card 120'
Arbelaez Red card 120'		 Report Kelly 64'
Adjetey Red card 104'
Cuevas Red card 120'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,711
Referee: Charles Carson
September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) QF Orlando City 0–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Lake Buena Vista, Florida
7:30 pm EDT Valentino Yellow card 24'
Pulis Yellow card 89'		 Report Hoppenot 40', Yellow card 65'
Barril Yellow card 79'
Derschang Red card 90+'		 Stadium: ESPN Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,855
Referee: Matthew Miscannon
September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) QF Sacramento Republic 4–1 Wilmington Hammerheads Sacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT Vuković Yellow card 10' 40 ', 67'
Daly 64'
Jahn 88'		 Report Nicholson Yellow card 42'
Ruggles Yellow card 54'
Ochoa 58' (pen.)		 Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Michael Zapata
September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) QF LA Galaxy II 2–1 Rochester Rhinos Carson, California
7:30 pm PDT Hoffman 29' (pen.)
Stojkov Yellow card 43'
Rugg Yellow card 45' 63'
Garcia Yellow card 45' Red card 65'
Bli Yellow card 90+'		 Report Rosenlund Yellow card 16'
Banks 22'
Smith Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Daniel Radford
September 20, 2014 (2014-09-20) SF Richmond Kickers 2–3 Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond, Virginia
7:00 pm EDT Yeisley 32'
Shanosky 79'
Spitz Yellow card 90+'		 Report Langley 27' Yellow card 89'
Hardware 45'
Barril Yellow card 64'
Bahner Yellow card 71'
DiPrima 76'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,734
Referee: Mark Gorak
September 20, 2014 (2014-09-20) SF Sacramento Republic 3–2 LA Galaxy II Sacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT López Yellow card 57' 70' (pen.) 84' (pen.) 90+'
Klimenta Yellow card 82'		 Report Rugg 26 ', 44'
Sorto Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Baboucarr Jallow
September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27) F Sacramento Republic 2–0 Harrisburg City Islanders Sacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT Guzman 36'
Evans Yellow card 90'
Stewart 90+'		 Report
Report
Report
Report		 Langley Yellow card 46' Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Championship Game MVP: Rodrigo López (SAC)

Statistical leaders

Top Goalkeepers

(Minimum of 1080 Minutes Played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club GP MINS SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO
1 United States John McCarthy Rochester Rhinos 18 1620 41 13 0.722 8–4–6 10
2 United States Joe Willis Richmond Kickers 18 1620 56 14 0.777 10–0–7 7
3 New Zealand Jake Gleeson Sacramento Republic 17 1471 47 15 0.917 11–2–3 6
4 Mexico Miguel Gallardo Orlando City 24 2160 66 23 0.958 17–4–3 8
5 Cuba Odisnel Cooper Charleston Battery 24 2094 70 25 1.074 10–7–7 9
6 United States Samir Badr Oklahoma City Energy 13 1093 33 14 1.152 3–6–3 3
7 Canada Quillan Roberts Wilmington Hammerheads 17 1514 37 20 1.188 5–4–6 5
8 United States Alec Kann Charlotte Eagles 17 1515 56 22 1.306 6–8–3 3
9 United States Cody Laurendi LA Galaxy II 19 1665 35 25 1.351 10–6–3 4
10 United States Michael Lisch Pittsburgh Riverhounds 17 1530 67 25 1.470 7–6–3 4

Source:[23]

League Awards

[24]

All-League Teams

[25]

First Team

F: Matthew Delicâte (RIC), Chandler Hoffman (LAG), Dane Kelly (CHB)
M: George Davis IV (RIC), Rodrigo López (SAC), Kevin Molino (ORL)
D: Luke Boden (ORL), Ashani Fairclough (WIL), Nemanja Vuković (SAC), William Yomby (RIC)
G: John McCarthy (ROC)

Second Team

F: J.C. Banks (ROC), Aaron Schoenfeld (DDL), Long Tan (AZU)
M: André Auras (LAG), Jorge Herrera (CHE), Allan Russell (OCB)
D: Matt Bahner (HAR), Gareth Evans (OKC), Brad Rusin (ORL), Daniel Steres (LAG)
G: Joe Willis (RIC)

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