2006 United Soccer Leagues

The 2006 Season was the 20th edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

• Miami FC joined the First Division.
• The Richmond Kickers departed the First Division for the Second Division.
• The Northern Virginia Royals departed the Second Division for the Premier Development League (PDL).
• 9 new teams joined the PDL while 5 teams folded, for a complete list see here.

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Champion/Best USL team
USL First Division	Vancouver Whitecaps	Rochester Raging Rhinos	Montreal Impact
USL Second Division	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond Kickers
USL PDL	Michigan Bucks	Laredo Heat	Carolina Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup	Chicago Fire (MLS)	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	Carolina Dynamo (PDL)
Voyageurs Cup	Montreal Impact	Toronto Lynx	n/a

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montreal Impact (S)	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16	51	Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	28	13	4	11	34	21	+13	50
3	Charleston Battery	28	13	8	7	33	25	+8	46[a]	First round of playoffs
4	Vancouver Whitecaps (C)	28	12	6	10	40	28	+12	46[a]
5	Miami FC	28	11	11	6	47	44	+3	39
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	10	10	8	38	36	+2	38
7	Seattle Sounders	28	11	13	4	42	48	−6	37
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	10	13	5	36	42	−6	35
9	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	8	12	8	26	37	−11	32[b]
10	Toronto Lynx	28	8	12	8	30	36	−6	32[b]
11	Portland Timbers	28	7	15	6	25	39	−14	27[c]
12	Minnesota Thunder	28	7	15	6	34	45	−11	27[c]

Quarterfinals and Semifinals 2-game aggregate
Higher seeded team hosted first game

• Exception: Montreal hosted second game vs Vancouver

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1
	3	Charleston Battery	2	1	3			3	Charleston Battery	0	0	0
	6	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	0	2										2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	0
															4	Vancouver Whitecaps	3
								4	Vancouver Whitecaps (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
	4	Vancouver Whitecaps	4	2	6			1	Montreal Impact	0	0	0
	5	Miami FC	1	0	1

Charleston Battery won 3–2 on Aggregate.

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Vancouver Whitecaps won 6–1 on Aggregate.

Rochester Raging Rhinos won 1–0 on Aggregate.

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Vancouver Whitecaps won 2–0 on Aggregate in Overtime.

USL First Division 2006 champions
Vancouver Whitecaps FC First title

First Team
F: Romario (Miami FC) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Cam Weaver (Seattle Sounders) (Co-Leading Goalscorer)
M: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Luke Kreamalmeyer (Portland Timbers); Zinho (Miami FC); Joey Gjertsen (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); Geordie Lyall (Vancouver Whitecaps); Mauricio Segovia (Puerto Rico Islanders); Andrew Gregor (Seattle Sounders)
G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Michael Anhaeuser (Charleston Battery) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team
F: Alen Marcina (Puerto Rico Islanders); Greg Simmonds (Virginia Beach Mariners)
M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Jeff Clarke (Vancouver Whitecaps); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Gavin Glinton (Charleston Battery))
D: Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact); Matt Bobo (Atlanta Silverbacks); Kenney Bertz (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps)
G: Scott Vallow (Rochester Raging Rhinos)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond Kickers (O)	20	13	3	4	50	20	+30	43	Regular season champion
2	Charlotte Eagles	20	8	4	8	29	27	+2	32	Playoff berth clinched
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	20	8	6	6	27	20	+7	30
4	Cincinnati Kings	20	9	8	3	28	27	+1	30
5	New Hampshire Phantoms	20	9	10	1	27	43	−16	27[a]
6	Western Mass Pioneers	20	8	9	3	31	28	+3	27
7	Harrisburg City Islanders	20	8	9	3	34	35	−1	27
8	Wilmington Hammerheads	20	4	9	7	30	31	−1	19
9	Long Island Rough Riders	20	3	12	5	15	40	−25	14

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Richmond Kickers	2	0	2
	4	Cincinnati Kings	1	0	1
								1	Richmond Kickers	2
								2	Charlotte Eagles	1
	3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0	1	1
	2	Charlotte Eagles	4	2	6

Richmond Kickers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Charlotte Eagles won 6–1 on Aggregate.

• See 2006 PDL Season

• United Soccer Leagues

• Official USL Site