2006 United Soccer Leagues

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

General

• 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.

Honors

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)

Standings

First Division

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs Template:Fb cl header !width=100| H2H Pts |- bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |1||align="left"|Montreal Impact |51||28||14||5||9||31||15||+16 |- bgcolor=#97DEFF |2||align="left"|Rochester Raging Rhinos |50||28||13||4||11||34||21||+13 |- bgcolor=#BBEBFF |3||align="left"|Charleston Battery |46||28||13||8||7||33||25||+8||rowspan="2" bgcolor="FFFFFF"|CHA: 4 pts
VAN: 1 pt |- bgcolor=#BBEBFF |4||align="left"|Vancouver Whitecaps |46||28||12||6||10||40||28||+12 |- bgcolor=#BBEBFF |5||align="left"|Miami FC |39||28||11||11||6||47||44||+3 |- bgcolor=#BBEBFF |6||align="left"|Puerto Rico Islanders |38||28||10||10||8||38||36||+2 |- |7||align="left"|Seattle Sounders |37||28||11||13||4||42||48||−6 |- |8||align="left"|Atlanta Silverbacks |35||28||10||13||5||36||42||−6 |- |9||align="left"|Virginia Beach Mariners |32||28||8||12||8||26||37||−11||rowspan="2" bgcolor="FFFFFF"|VBM: 7 pts
TOR: 4 pts |- |10||align="left"|Toronto Lynx |32||28||8||12||8||30||36||−6 |- |11||align="left"|Portland Timbers |27||28||7||15||6||25||39||−14||rowspan="2" bgcolor="FFFFFF"|POR: 9 pts
MIN: 3 pts |- |12||align="left"|Minnesota Thunder |27||28||7||15||6||34||45||−11 |}

Playoffs

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

• Exception: Montreal hosted second game vs Vancouver

Second Division

Purple indicates regular season champion
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Source: Template:Fb cl header |- bgcolor=#ccccff |1 |Richmond Kickers |20 |13 |3 |4 |50 |20 | +30 |43 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |2 |Charlotte Eagles |20 |8 |4 |8 |29 |27 | +2 |32 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |3 |Pittsburgh Riverhounds |20 |8 |6 |6 |27 |20 | +7 |30 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |4 |Cincinnati Kings |20 |9 |8 |3 |28 |27 | +1 |30 |- |5 |New Hampshire Phantoms |20 |9 |10 |1 |27 |43 | -16 |27¹ |- |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 |}

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

Playoffs

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

Premier Development League

• See 2006 PDL Season

See also

• United Soccer Leagues

References

External links

• Official USL Site