2005 United Soccer Leagues

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The 2005 Season was the 19th edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.

General

Honors

First Division

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Richmond Kickers won 5–4 on Penalty kicks after tying both games 0–0. Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

Richmond Kickers won 4–2 on Aggregate. Seattle Sounders won 4–3 on Aggregate.

Final

Awards and All-League Teams

First Team F: Fabian Dawkins (Atlanta Silverbacks); Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Mauricio Salles (Puerto Rico Islanders) M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Portland Timbers); Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Kirk Wilson (Rochester Raging Rhinos) D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders) (Defender of the Year); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers) G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year) Coach: Nick De Santis (Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year) Second Team F: Dan Antoniuk (Portland Timbers); Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder); Melvin Tarley (Minnesota Thunder) M: Darren Caskey (Virginia Beach Mariners); Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Petter Villegas (Puerto Rico Islanders)) D: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact) G: Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders)

Second Division

Playoffs

Semifinals

Western Mass Pioneers won 3–2 on Aggregate. Charlotte Eagles won 4–2 on Aggregate. Charlotte lost 0-1 and then on the second leg won 2-1. The tied series in aggregate then went into overtime periods where Charlotte scored 2 goals.

Final

Premier Development League

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