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The 2001 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the
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during the summer of 2001.


Summary

The addition of the
Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...
saw the renewal of a Pacific Northwest rivalry between them, the Seattle Sounders and
Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March 18, ...
which dated back to the
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. Although Vancouver was not new to the league, this was the first season they competed in under the Whitecaps name, replacing the 86ers name used since 1986. An ownership change in August 2000 brought a revival of the old Whitecaps name for the 2001 season. At the end of the regular season, the
Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional S ...
topped the league with seventy-six points. The playoffs were scheduled to begin on September 12, but those matches were postponed by a week due to the
September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...
. Midfielder
Mickey Trotman Mickey Trotman (21 October 1974 – 1 October 2001) was a Trinidadian professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder in the United States with the Dallas Burn, the Miami Fusion F.C., Miami Fusion and the Rochester Rhino ...
, a starter for the
Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...
, was killed in an automobile accident two days before the team's first semifinal match with the
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. The Rhinos defeated the
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to take its third league title in four seasons.


League standings


Northern Conference


Central Conference


Western Conference


Playoffs


Bracket


First round


Pittsburgh vs Charleston



San Diego vs Atlanta



Portland vs Charlotte



Milwaukee vs Nashville



Quarterfinals


Milwaukee vs Richmond



Hershey vs Portland



Vancouver vs San Diego



Rochester vs Pittsburgh



Semifinals


Semifinal 1



Semifinal 2



Final


Points leaders


Honors


Annual awards

* Most Valuable Player: Paul Conway * Leading Goal Scorer: Paul Conway * Goalkeeper of the Year:
Jon Busch Jon Busch (born August 18, 1976) is an American professional soccer coach and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. Busch is currently the goalkeeping coach for USL Championship club Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. He is best remembered for hi ...
* Defender of the Year: Rick Titus * Rookie of the Year: Robbie Aristodemo * Coach of the Year: Dale Mitchell * First Team All A-League2001 A-League Awards
**Goalkeeper:
Jon Busch Jon Busch (born August 18, 1976) is an American professional soccer coach and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. Busch is currently the goalkeeping coach for USL Championship club Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. He is best remembered for hi ...
**Defenders:
Scott Schweitzer Scott Schweitzer (born August 12, 1971) is an American soccer coach and former player. He spent two years as the head coach of Carolina RailHawks FC. College soccer Schweitzer was born in Rahway, New Jersey. He was a four-year letter winner at N ...
, Rick Titus, Gilbert Jean-Baptiste **Midfielders: Philippe Godoy,
Stoian Mladenov Stoian Mladenov (first name more frequently transliterated as Stoyan) () is a retired Bulgarian football (soccer) midfielder who played professionally in Europe and the United States. Career In 1993, Mladenov began his career with Lokomotiv Rus ...
, Leighton O'Brien,
Temoc Suarez Cuauhtemoc “Temoc” Suarez (born April 19, 1975) is an American former soccer player who spent three seasons in Major League Soccer, two in the National Professional Soccer League and five in the USL First Division. Suarez played for the Un ...
**Forwards: Paul Conway,
Kevin Jeffrey Kevin Jeffrey (born 4 October 1974 in Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former professional football (soccer) forward who spent eight seasons in the USL First Division. After his playing career, he became a football manager. After a successfu ...
,
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* Second Team All A-League **Goalkeeper: Matt Napoleon **Defenders: James Wall,
Brent Sancho Brent Sancho CM (born 13 March 1977) is a Trinidadian former professional football player and politician. In February 2015, he became the Minister of Sports for his home country, Trinidad and Tobago. Club career College Born in Port of Spain ...
, Jason Annicchero **Midfielders: John Ball,
Lenin Steenkamp Lenin Steenkamp (born 9 September 1969) is a South African football coach and player who spent his entire career in the United States. College In 1989, Steenkamp entered the College of Boca Raton on a soccer scholarship. Steenkamp was a 1989, ...
, Kevin Knight,
Steve Kindel Steve Kindel (born February 25, 1977) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Surrey United Firefighters. Career Club Kindel was a former standout at Simon Fraser University, where he won the 1997 NAIA Pacific Northwest Conference P ...
**Forwards: Jakob Fenger,
Digital Takawira Vitalis "Digital" Takawira (born September 24, 1972 in Salisbury) is a retired Zimbabwean football player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe, Switzerland and the United States, as well as for the Zimbabwe n ...
, Rodrigo Costa


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References

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