2001 USL D3 Pro League

Statistics of USL D3 Pro League in season 2001.

League standings

Northern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Boston Bulldogs	18	10	2	6	41	27	+14	8	50
New Hampshire Phantoms	18	8	2	8	35	31	+4	7	41
New Jersey Stallions	18	9	2	7	26	25	+1	3	41
Reading Rage	18	8	2	8	32	33	−1	5	39
Rhode Island Stingrays	18	8	1	9	34	39	−5	5	38
South Jersey Barons	18	6	1	11	35	42	−7	5	30
Western Mass Pioneers	18	6	1	11	29	36	−7	4	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Southern Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Wilmington Hammerheads	17	11	0	6	39	23	+16	6	50
Carolina Dynamo	18	9	3	6	29	20	+9	5	44
Greenville Lions	18	5	3	10	25	31	−6	4	27
Northern Virginia Royals	17	1	0	16	9	63	−54	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Utah Blitzz	18	14	1	3	59	22	+37	11	68
Chico Rooks	18	11	1	6	43	25	+18	7	52
Stanislaus United Cruisers	18	10	1	7	32	31	+1	4	45
Arizona Sahuaros	18	5	2	11	25	39	−14	4	26
Tucson Fireballs	18	5	0	13	40	64	−24	5	25
Northern Nevada Aces	18	4	1	13	24	55	−31	3	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Conference semi-finals

• Boston defeated Reading, 6-0
• New Jersey defeated New Hampshire 4-2
• Greenville defeated Carolina 2-1
• Stanlslaus defeated Arizona 2-1
• Chico defeated Tucson 5-1

Boston Bulldogs	6–0	Reading Rage
Seth Lilburn 13', 83' Kevin Jones 24', 46' Methembe Ndlovu 26' Ryan Lucas 74'

August 10, 2001

Bowditch Field, Framingham, Massachusetts

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Stanislaus United Cruisers	2–1	Arizona Sahuaros
Manuel Brasil	Report	Brad Moore

August 10, 2001

Patton Field, Modesto, California

Attendance: 300

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New Jersey Stallions	4–2	New Hampshire Phantoms
Julio Cesar Dos Santos 2' Jason Cairns Jeff Rigby		Jamie Williams 80' Elie Monteiro

August 11, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Memorial Stadium, New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Chico Rooks	5–1	Tucson Fireballs
Brandon Kaplan 43' Joe Munoz 44', 55' Luis Mario Orellana 59', 90'	Report	67' (pen.) Milos Tomic  80' Maxi Viera  80' Drazenko Pendic

August 11, 2001

Rooks Stadium, Chico, California

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Carolina Dynamo	1–2	Greenville Lions
CJ. Robinson 85'	Report	25', 90+5' Herbert Dos Santos Taylor Tucker

August 15, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Bryan Park Soccer Complex, Browns Summit, North Carolina

Conference Finals/Quarterfinals

• Boston defeated New Jersey 2-0
• Greenville defeated Wilmington 3-3 (4-3 PK)
• Stanislaus United defeated Chico 2-1

Boston Bulldogs	2–0	New Jersey Stallions
James Proctor 44' Kevin Jones 75'	Report

Northern Conference Final

August 18, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Alan Carson Field, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

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Wilmington Hammerheads	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Greenville Lions
Jeff Nikocaj 3' Mike Franks 81'	Report	80' Jerome Lee Yaw
Penalties
Chad Crandell Junior Zarate	3–4

Southern Conference Final

August 18, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

UNCW Soccer Stadium, Wilmington, North Carolina

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Chico Rooks	1–2	Stanislaus United Cruisers
Luis Mario Orellana 87'	Report	62', 74' Manuel Brasil

Western Conference Final

August 18, 2001

Rooks Stadium, Chico, California

Semifinals

• Greeneville defeated Boston 2-1 (OT)
• Utah defeated Stanislaus United 3-0

Boston Bulldogs	1–2 (OT)	Greenville Lions
Ryan Lucas 90+'	Report	18' 94' Mike Adeyemi

August 24, 2001

7:30 PM EDT

Bowditch Field, Framingham, Massachusetts

Utah Blitzz	3–0	Stanislaus United Cruisers
Adolfo Ovalle 44' (pen.) Fadi Afash 65', 86'	Report

August 24, 2001

South Field, Provo, Utah

USL D3 Pro League Championship

• Utah defeated Greenville 1-0

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Utah Blitzz	1–0	Greenville Lions
Jorge Estrada 90'	Report

September 1, 2001

3:00 PM

Franklin Covey Field, Salt Lake City, Utah

Attendance: 6,000

References

1. United Soccer Leagues (RSSSF)